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Item #55954 [THE METAMORPHIC PICTURE BOOK] Libro magico trovato dagli spiriti folletti [Magic...

[THE METAMORPHIC PICTURE BOOK] Libro magico trovato dagli spiriti folletti [Magic book found by the elf spirits].

Turin and Milano: Carlo Manfredi and Gio. Gnocchi, [circa 1870]. Octavo (18 × 13 cm). Original boards with a color lithograph in blue, orange, and brown on both covers. [100] pp. with numerous wood engravings, some of them stencil-colored. Spine renewed; binding with barely noticeable minor restorations and likely slightly..... More

Price: €1,500.00

[GAMBLING – FEAR AND LOATHING IN MONTE-CARLO] Kak ia spassia ot viernogo razorieniia v igornom vertepe v Monte-Karlo: nieskol'ko vazhnykh i pravdivykh razoblachenii prodielok krup'e i shpionov v kazino v Monte-Karlo [How I saved myself from certain ruin in the gambling den of Monte-Carlo: some important and truthful revelations of the tricks of croupiers and spies in Monte-Carlo's casinos].

Astrom, Aleksandr.

Vilnius: self-published (but printed in St. Petersburg by Akts. Obshch. Tipogr. Diela), [1906 or 1907?]. Octavo (20.5 × 13 cm). Staple-stitched illustrated wrappers; [4], 5-23, [1] pp. With six leaves of plates, one illustration in the text, and one centerfold. Printed on fine paper stock. Trace of wear and light..... More

Price: €950.00

[WOODEN BOX EMBELLISHED BY THE BOHEMIAN 'ROBIN HOOD'] Hand-made wooden box with straw inlay work by the legendary Bohemian robber and folkloric hero Václav Babinský.

Babinský, Václav (1796–1879).

Špilberk Castle, Brno: between 1841 and 1855. Wooden box, measuring 27 × 18.5 × 10 cm. A contemporary manuscript paper ticket (3 × 7 cm), mounted to interior of lid, reads: “Eine Sträflings-Arbeit von dem berühmten Räuber Babinskӱ (früher Wachtmeister bei den Uhlanen) verfertigt. Er wurde wegen seinen Mordthaten und..... More

Price: €2,500.00

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