(1st January 1867 - 23rd September 1928)
Born in Hamburg, Germany. Moved to USA. Pro dealer in Chicago (A. Roterberg, at 145 Illinois Street) by 1894 to 1916, selling his mail order business in 1908 to Ralph W. Read and his shop to Arthur and Carl Felsman in 1916.
Invented Multiplying Thimbles (8 on 2 hands version).
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1911 Supplementary Catalogue of New Tricks (used)August Roterberg | 2020 / 1 / 9 | $90.00 to wish list | ||
1911 Supplementary Catalogue of New TricksAugust Roterberg![]() The splendid array of tricks offered in the following pages is the result of a most careful selection from several hundred new ideas. Of these new tricks, I have embodied in this catalogue only those which I consider to be the very best, this being practically the first time that the majority of these tricks have been offered for sale. All descriptive matter is original with me and the illustrations have been made from my own ideas, under my personal supervision, great care having been taken to neither exaggerate nor misrepresent the effects in either the reading matter... | 2019 / 3 / 5 | $10.00 to wish list PDF_facsimile | ||
Roterberg Catalog 8August Roterberg![]() Without doubt the very best and most up-to-date treatise on the numerous sleights used by gamblers, concluding with a thoroughly interesting chapter on Card Sleights and Tricks with Cards. Among the various new gambler’s sleights will be found many which will prove of excellent service to the progressive conjurer. 205 pages; 101 illustrations.The last section is for: Practical Jokes, Puzzles and Novelties. 1st edition 1904 (date stamped on front 15th July 1904), 170... | 2016 / 4 / 23 | $10.00 to wish list PDF_facsimile | ||
Roterberg Catalog 7August Roterberg | 2016 / 4 / 23 | $10.00 to wish list PDF_facsimile | ||
Roterberg Catalog 5August Roterberg![]() Particularly noteworthy are the pages in the back where he reprints quotes and praises from customers who have read his books including John Northern Hilliard and Harry Kellar. 1st edition ca. 1898, 76 pages. | 2016 / 4 / 23 | $10.00 to wish list PDF_facsimile | ||
Roterberg Catalog 1August Roterberg![]() Noteworthy here is that Roterberg states that he corresponds not only in English but also German, French and Volapük - a universal language created by the German catholic priest Johann Martin Schleyer in 1880. 1st edition ca. 1894, 20 pages. | 2016 / 4 / 23 | $10.00 to wish list PDF_facsimile | ||
New Era Card TricksAugust Roterberg![]() August Roterberg is chiefly remembered today as a pioneering early twentieth century... | 2005 / 9 / 9 | $12.00 to wish list PDF & EPUB | ||
Roterberg Catalog 15August Roterberg![]() 1st edition 1913, 216 pages. | 2005 / 9 / 9 | $12.00 to wish list PDF & EPUB | ||
Latter Day TricksAugust Roterberg![]() 1st edition, 1896; 112 pages.
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The Modern WizardAugust Roterberg![]() | 2005 / 9 / 9 | $11.00 to wish list | ||
Card Tricks and how to do themAugust Roterberg![]() I cannot offer this book at $0.50 as originally sold in 1902, but our prices are almost as good as 100 years ago prices. This book is the small version of Roterberg's famous... | 2005 / 9 / 9 | $3.00 to wish list |
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