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London: Harry Leat, 1925. VG+. First edition. Paperback. Cover illustration is of a skeleton banging a drum on a blue background. Profusely illustrated with line-drawings, and a portrait photograph of the author. Sub-titled, 'Comprising magical sketches, a number of original tricks, forceful aticles, and many items of general interest to magicians. Harry Leat (1874-1949) was a magic dealer and publisher. Some creasing and short edge tear where covers overlap contents; else a very good plus copy of a SCARCE first edition.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good Plus.

London, 1925. First Edition. (London: Harry Leat 1925). First UK Edition. A softcover. 122 pages; sepia photo portrait frontispiece of the author; a blue-printed plate of a skeleton beating a drum (to the front cover), and with 45 illustrations and vignettes in line - 8 full-page, 1 folding and 36 in the text. Initials to the title page otherwise a nice VG+ copy in the original sown binding. NB: the front cover is the original from 1925 and not the later re-bound pale green issue. Photographs/scans available upon request.

London, England: Harry Leat, 1923. Seven original pamphlets by Leat that were published between 1923 and 1927. The pamphlets have been sewn together. Each is clean and tight, though the front cover of "Forty Years" and the rear cover of "Magical Cartoons" have some old glue residue along the binding edge from where a makeshift cover was previosly attached.. First Editions. Paperback. Collectible-Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pamphlets.