- Subtitle: Magical & Electrical Apparatus, Mechanical Automata, New and Ingenious Puzzles, &c
- Publisher: Volker Huber (1982)
- ISBN: 392178526X
- Type: Book
- Binding: Hardcover
- Edition: 1st Edition
- Pages: 146
- Category: Stage / History
- Marco's Rating: Good
- Language: English
Marco's Comments:
This is the reprint of Bland's second catalogue, with most of the content similar to the first one (which I have in original). It's a very good reading copy (as it isn't as fragile as the original) and very interesting, too. Bland was one of the major dealers of magic apparatus and one of his customers was Prof. Hoffmann, which explains some of this apparatus in "Modern Magic". Of Bland, I have a table which is before the publication of this catalogue (my table is about 1860) and I acquired the catalogue to check for the advertisement and price for the table. A similar table was for sale for £15 15s, which corresponds to more than £1,600.
This is the reprint of Bland's second catalogue, with most of the content similar to the first one (which I have in original). It's a very good reading copy (as it isn't as fragile as the original) and very interesting, too. Bland was one of the major dealers of magic apparatus and one of his customers was Prof. Hoffmann, which explains some of this apparatus in "Modern Magic". Of Bland, I have a table which is before the publication of this catalogue (my table is about 1860) and I acquired the catalogue to check for the advertisement and price for the table. A similar table was for sale for £15 15s, which corresponds to more than £1,600.