A few examples of appraisal values for
HOFFMANN MODERN MAGIC

• HOFFMANN, PROFESSOR. MORE
  HOFFMANN, PROFESSOR. MORE MAGIC.Hoffmann, Professor (Angelo J. Lewis). More Magic. London: George Routledge, ca. 1890. Publisher's pictorial cloth stamped in colors. Illustrated. 8vo. Pencil ownership signature of Floyd G. Thayer on the flyleaf and the Martinka over-slip (signed "Thayer the Mystifier"). Several annotations by Thayer to a section on the Welsh Rabbit Saucepan trick. With a 1905 letter, in blue pencil, from Thayer to A. Roterberg, originally enclosing money for a card trick. Light wear to covers; very good.
• MODERN MAGIC.Hoffmann, Professor
  MODERN MAGIC.Hoffmann, Professor (Angelo J. Lewis). Modern Magic. New York: George Routledge, [n.d]. American edition. Original green cloth stamped in gilt and black, floral endsheets. Frontispiece. Illustrated. 8vo. 563 pages. Front flyleaf chipped and nearly detached; hinges starting. Pub.’s advts. at rear for scientific publications.
• MODERN MAGIC.Hoffmann, Professor
  MODERN MAGIC.Hoffmann, Professor (Angelo J. Lewis). Modern Magic. New York: George Routledge, n.d. American edition. Original green cloth stamped in gilt and black. Green endsheets. Frontispiece. Illustrated. 8vo. 563 pages. Rubbing at ends, rear gutter paper splitting, hinges starting.
• MODERN MAGIC / MORE MAGIC.Hoffmann,
  MODERN MAGIC / MORE MAGIC.Hoffmann, Professor (Angelo J. Lewis). Modern Magic / More Magic. London: George Routledge, n.d. Two vols., original gray publisher’s cloth stamped in black, cream, and gilt. Frontispieces. Illustrated. Five pages advts. to rear of first volume (Martinka, Routledge). 8vo. Light shelfwear.
• HOFFMANN, PROFESSOR (ANGELO LEWIS).
  HOFFMANN, PROFESSOR (ANGELO LEWIS). MODERN MAGIC. NEW Y...Hoffmann, Professor (Angelo Lewis). Modern Magic. New York: George Routledge, (1876). First Edition, First State. Publisher's pictorial cloth stamped in black, gilt, and blind. Frontispiece (foxed), illustrated. 8vo. Flyleaves clipped, half-title copiously annotated, shelfworn.
• MODERN MAGIC.Hoffmann, Professor
  MODERN MAGIC.Hoffmann, Professor (Angelo J. Lewis). Modern Magic. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1894. Ninth edition. Publisher’s grey cloth stamped in gilt, black, and blind. Frontispiece. Illustrated. 8vo. Ownership signature to free endpaper; light rubbing on cover and spine.
• MODERN MAGIC.Hoffmann, Professor
  MODERN MAGIC.Hoffmann, Professor (Angelo J. Lewis). Modern Magic. London: George Routledge and Sons, (1876). First Edition, First State. Publisher’s green pictorial cloth, later pink endpapers. Frontispiece under tissue guard. Illustrated. 8vo. Edges of covers mildly rubbed, soiling to covers and page edge, first gathering weakly hinged but holding; frontis., and prelims. foxed, pictorial conjuror’s stamp applied to first chapter page. Toole Stott 386. With the Routledge monogram on the title page, the front cover depicting the conjurer with black hat and gold cone, as called for on first states.
• MODERN MAGIC / MORE MAGIC.Hoffmann,
  MODERN MAGIC / MORE MAGIC.Hoffmann, Professor (Angelo J. Lewis). Modern Magic / More Magic. London: George Routledge, n.d. [thirteenth edition]/1893. Two vols., green cloth stamped in colors. Illustrated. 8vo. Shelfworn with small tears, rubbing, and bumps to covers.
• HOFFMANN, PROFESSOR. FIVE VOLUMES
  HOFFMANN, PROFESSOR. FIVE VOLUMES ON MAGIC.Hoffmann, Professor (Angelo J. Lewis). Five Volumes on Magic. Including Drawing-Room Conjuring (London, [n.d.]; fifth edition); Magical Titbits (London, 1911); King Koko (London, 1904); Later Magic (New York, 1918); and Latest Magic (New York, 1919; second edition). Cloth or paper-backed boards. Illustrated. 8vo. Generally good condition with scattered annotations and light soiling to flyleaves and covers.
• MODERN MAGIC.Hoffmann, Professor
  MODERN MAGIC.Hoffmann, Professor (Angelo J. Lewis). Modern Magic. London: George Routledge, (1876). First Edition, First State. Pictorial blue cloth stamped in black, gilt, and blind. Tan endsheets (archery-themed bookplate to front pastedown, lacks front flyleaf and half-title). Tissue-guarded frontispiece of Sphinx illusion. Illustrated. 8vo. Cloth rubbed and soiled, spine head fraying, binding shaken, cracked gutter at center needing repair. Toole Stott 386. As Toole Stott notes, first editions are identified by a Routledge monogram on the title page. First states of the first edition show the conjurer with a black hat and gold cone on front cover.
• HOFFMANN, PROFESSOR (ANGELO LEWIS).
  HOFFMANN, PROFESSOR (ANGELO LEWIS). LATEST MAGIC. NEW Y...Hoffmann, Professor (Angelo Lewis). Latest Magic. New York: Spon & Chamberlain, 1918. First edition. Pictorial red cloth stamped in red, black, and gilt. Photographic portrait frontispiece. Illustrated. 8vo. 222 + 8 pgs. advts. Sturdy copy lightly shelfworn.
• MORE MAGIC.Hoffmann, Professor
  MORE MAGIC.Hoffmann, Professor (Angelo J. Lewis). More Magic. London: George Routledge, 1890. First edition, dark green cloth stamped in colors, beveled edges to covers. Floral endleaves. A.e.g. Half-title. Illustrated. 8vo. 457pp + 5 leaves advts. Front gutter splitting, small hole to flyleaf from label removal, edges rubbed.
• HOFFMANN, PROFESSOR. EIGHT
  HOFFMANN, PROFESSOR. EIGHT VOLUMES ON MAGIC AND PUZZLES...Hoffmann, Professor (Angelo J. Lewis). Eight Volumes on Magic and Puzzles. Including Puzzles Old and New (two copies, 1893/n.d., variant covers; both bindings broken, one volume lacking a page, cut-out illustration to another page); Hoyle's Games Modernized (n.d.); Modern Magic (Philadelphia, n.d.; jacket taped to covers); More Magic (Philadelphia, n.d.); and three volumes on tricks with Cards, Dice, Dominoes, and Miscellaneous apparatus (Philadelphia, n.d.). 8vo. Light or mild shelfwear, with other faults as noted.
• FIVE VOLUMES BY
  FIVE VOLUMES BY HOFFMANN.Hoffmann, Professor (Angelo J. Lewis). Five Volumes by Hoffmann. Including More Magic (London and New York: George Routledge, 1890/later impression); Later Magic (New York, 1904); Secrets of Stage Conjuring (London, [n.d.]); and Hoffmann’s Tricks Miscellaneous and Watches, Rings Etc (Philadelphia, [n.d.]). Cloth. Illustrated. 8vo. Fair or good condition, with worn covers, some splitting hinges, loose or worn endpapers.
• MAGIC AT HOME.Hoffmann, Professor
  MAGIC AT HOME.Hoffmann, Professor (Angelo J. Lewis). Magic at Home. London: Cassell & Co., 1891. Bright red cloth stamped in black and gilt. Frontispiece. Illustrated. 8vo. An outstanding copy, nearly pristine, lightest shelfwear to covers, minor splitting to rear gutter paper, dealer's blind-stamp to half-title.
• HOFFMANN, PROFESSOR (ANGELO LEWIS).
  HOFFMANN, PROFESSOR (ANGELO LEWIS). MORE MAGIC. LONDON:...Hoffmann, Professor (Angelo Lewis). More Magic. London: George Routledge, 1893. Publisher's cloth stamped in colors, spine in gilt. Ex-libris J.B. Findlay. Illustrated. 8vo. Near fine, cloth a trifle rubbed.
• [HOFFMANN, PROFESSOR (ANGELO
  [HOFFMANN, PROFESSOR (ANGELO LEWIS)]. THE YOUNG WIZARD ...[Hoffmann, Professor (Angelo Lewis)]. The Young Wizard [Extract from Boy's Own Paper]. London, 1885 Ð 1886. Modern green cloth incorporating publisher's original pictorial gilt covers. Including the full serialization of ÒThe Young WizardÓ compiled from original issues of The Boy's Own Paper. Illustrated with engravings, some in color, including two folding. 4to. Fine.
• HALLE, JOHANN SAMUEL. MAGIE /
  HALLE, JOHANN SAMUEL. MAGIE / FORTGESETZTE MAGIE.Halle, Johann Samuel. Magie / Fortgesetzte Magie. Ten volumes total, including the first and third (of four) volumes from the Viennese edition, Magie, oder Zauberkrafte der Natur (Johann Thomas Edlen, 1787); and eight (of 12) volumes from the expanded Berlin edition, Fortgesetzte Magie, oder Zauberkrafte der Natur (Joachim Pauli, 1788-1801). Engraved title vignettes, complete sets of folding engraved plates (74 total, two disbound and trimmed to margins) in each volume. 8vo. Contemporary quarter calf, morocco title compartments. Red edges, silk page ribbons to several vols. Light scattered brown-spotting and soiling; an overall outstanding and clean grouping of an uncommon title. Clarke and Blind 35.
• CHRISTIAN, MAGIC (TRANS. LORI
  CHRISTIAN, MAGIC (TRANS. LORI PIEPER). JOHANN NEPOMUK H...Christian, Magic (trans. Lori Pieper). Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Non Plus Ultra. Seattle: Hermetic Press/Conjuring Arts Research Library, 2013. Two volumes, English-language edition. Publisher's cloth with jackets, in slipcase. Copiously illustrated. 4tos. Fine.
• [MISCELLANEOUS] GROUP OF MORE
  [MISCELLANEOUS] GROUP OF MORE THAN 30 VINTAGE AND CONTE...[Miscellaneous] Group of More than 30 Vintage and Contemporary Magic Books and Booklets. Including More Magic (1940s) by Hoffmann; Encyclopedia of Silk Magic Vols. 1 Ð4 (v.d.); 100 Years of Magic Posters (1976) by Reynolds; Herrmann's Wizards' Manual (1910s); Wehman's Wizards' Manual (1910s); vintage booklets by Supreme Magic, Tannen's, Silk King Studios, Abbott's, Hades, and others; paperback magic mysteries by Clayton Rawson; various monographs; and more. Condition: generally good.
• HOFFMANN, PROFESSOR (ANGELO LEWIS).
  HOFFMANN, PROFESSOR (ANGELO LEWIS). TRICKS WITH CARDS. ...Hoffmann, Professor (Angelo Lewis). Tricks with Cards. London: Frederick Warne, 1889. Pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt. Illustrated. 8vo. 250 + 2 leaves advts. Nineteenth century bookplate and gift inscription. Torn corner of half-title remargined, minor tear repaired on title. Very good.
• [Occult and Cards] About 36
  [Occult and Cards] About 36 titles on witchcraft card tricks games and magic including: Modern Magic and More Magic circa 1900 by Professors Hoffman & Hoffman Estimate $ 50-80
• HOFFMANN, PROFESSOR (ANGELO LEWIS).
  HOFFMANN, PROFESSOR (ANGELO LEWIS). TRICKS WITH CARDS. ...Hoffmann, Professor (Angelo Lewis). Tricks with Cards. London, ca. 1884. First Edition. Scarce variant with publisher's color lithographed pictorial boards. Frontispiece. Illustrated with engravings. 8vo. 145 + 2 leaves advts. Board edges worn, light wear elsewhere but very good overall.
• THREE VOLUMES BY HOFFMANN.Hoffmann,
  THREE VOLUMES BY HOFFMANN.Hoffmann, Professor (Angelo J. Lewis). Three Volumes by Hoffmann. Including Drawing Room Conjuring (London: George Routledge, n.d.); Tricks with Cards (London: Frederick Warne, 1889); and Cyclopedia of Card and Table Games (London: George Routledge, 1891). 8vo. First vol. rebacked, retaining original covers.
• THE WIZARD'S POCKET
  THE WIZARD'S POCKET BOOK.Hoffmann, Professor (Angelo J. Lewis). The Wizard's Pocket Book. London: Magical Dept., A.W. Gamage Ltd., [1912]. Printed wrappers. 6 pages, printed in black and red. Mimeo instructions sheet. 16mo [wee book]. Good.
• HOFFMANN, PROFESSOR (ANGELO LEWIS),
  HOFFMANN, PROFESSOR (ANGELO LEWIS), TRANS. DRAWING-ROOM...Hoffmann, Professor (Angelo Lewis), trans. Drawing-Room Conjuring. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1887. Blue pictorial cloth, spine gilt stamped. Illustrated. 8vo. 181 + 1 page advt. Hinges slightly weak, cloth trifle rubbed; near fine. A translation of ÒRecueil de Tours de Physique AmusanteÓ (Paris, 1877).
• ROBERT-HOUDIN, JEAN EUGENE
  ROBERT-HOUDIN, JEAN EUGENE (TRANS. PROFESSOR HOFFMANN)....Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene (trans. Professor Hoffmann). The Secrets of Conjuring & Magic. London: George Routledge & Sons, (1878). Red cloth decoratively stamped in black, gilt, and blind. Frontis. behind tissue. Illustrated. 8vo. Binding a trifle shaken, else near fine.
• "Magic: Stage Illusions and
  "Magic: Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions" by Albert Hopkins, 1897 first edition. "Magic: Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions Including Trick Photography" with 400 fascinating illustrations (including "chronophotographic" progression of galloping hose), compiled and edited by Albert A. Hopkins, copyright 1897 by Munn & Co., NYC. Embossed sticker on the interior from Martinka & Co., Manufacturers of Fine Magical Apparatus, New York City. 9 3/4"H x 6 3/4"W. The hinges loose thus separating the spine from the spine piece, also light wear to cover.
• [MISCELLANEOUS] GROUP OF MAGIC
  [MISCELLANEOUS] GROUP OF MAGIC HISTORY AND REFERENCE BO...[Miscellaneous] Group of Magic History and Reference Books. Including Of Legerdemaine and Diverse Juggling Knacks (2004; inscribed and signed by Ken Klosterman) by Braun; Tarbell Scrapbook (1993; one of 100 copies) by Kaufman; Magicians' Tokens and Related Items (1978) by Kuethe; Antonio Diavolo (1986) by Gaughan and Steinmeyer; The Mysteries of Psycho (1987) by Gaughan and Steinmeyer; Professor Hoffmann: A Study (1977) by Findlay and Sawyer; S.S. Baldwin and the Press (1993) by Sawyer; and three books by J.B. Findlay, comprising: Travels of Testot (1965), Ninth Collectors' Annual (1975), and Tenth Collectors' Annual (1994). Condition: generally near fine.
• MISCELLANEOUS VINTAGE AND
  MISCELLANEOUS VINTAGE AND CONTEMPORARY MAGIC TRICKS. IN...Miscellaneous Vintage and Contemporary Magic Tricks. Including Flat Model Money Maker (Grant); Ball Through Hand (Viking); Hot Spot (Star Magic); Money Maker (Adams); Crazy Spots (Tenyo); Berg Card Frame (Thayer?); Supreme Clipboard (Tannen); Pass the Salt (Merv Taylor); Por-Mor (Merv Taylor); Ball and Vase (Adams); Coin Wand (unknown); Clutter-Buck (Harry Stanley); and more. Some with instructions, generally good condition.
• HERRMANN, LEON. HERRMANN THE
  HERRMANN, LEON. HERRMANN THE GREAT.New York: The Metropolitan Printing Co., ca. 1900. Half-length portrait of the famous French magician and nephew of Alexander Herrmann. Three tiny demons climb over a handsome magic wand held between his hands while a third demon whispers in his ear. 30 3/8 x 20 1/8". Expert restoration to central folds and borders; upper right corner recreated including portions of text. B-. Rare.
• HERRMANN, ALEXANDER. AUTOGRAPH OF
  HERRMANN, ALEXANDER. AUTOGRAPH OF MAGICIAN ALEXANDER HE...Herrmann, Alexander. Autograph of magician Alexander Herrmann. Bold and embellished signature of the famous French magician and master of impromptu miracles, in pencil on a large piece of card stock. Trimmed to 7 x 5 _Ó.
• MAGICIAN WITH TOP HAT AND
  MAGICIAN WITH TOP HAT AND DISAPPEARING BALL Germany lithographed tin whimsical man seated on trunk able to make ball disappear from top hat when key wind is activated. 6 3/4'' h. Some litho wear. (VG Cond.)
• GERMAIN MASTER OF MAGICGermain,
  GERMAIN MASTER OF MAGICGermain, Karl (Charles Mattmuller). Germain Master of Magic. Cleveland: Schmitz-Horning Litho. Co., ca. 1908. Color lithographed poster bearing Germain's portrait in orange, on a black background, with flying imps. 43 x 28”. Mounted on linen. A.
• HOFFMAN, Martin Joseph,
  HOFFMAN, Martin Joseph, (American, 1935-2013): ''Modern but Obsolete'', Pastel, text lower left corner reads ''Biologically Instant Poly-Technologically Anything for a Thrill World'', monogramed lower right, sight size 21'' x 29'', gilded frame, 29'' x 36''. CONDITION: Frame needs repair and staining in the image along the left margin.
• HOFFMANN, PROFESSOR (ANGELO LEWIS).
  HOFFMANN, PROFESSOR (ANGELO LEWIS). AUTOGRAPH LETTER, S...Hoffmann, Professor (Angelo Lewis). Autograph letter, signed by Professor Hoffmann. Dated April 22, 1914, Hoffmann writes regarding an effect in Camille Gaultier's book, describing it as Òa splendid trick, but somewhat difficult, and a man who could do it justice might certainly claim first mark as a conjurer.Ó On Hoffmann's printed memorandum paper. Light wear. Boldly signed ÒAngelo Lewis.Ó