£1,500
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs - Including the Trevor Dawson Magic Collection | 613
Auction: 30 September 2020 at 11:00 BST
Greco, Gioachino. Translated by Hoffmann. The Games of Greco, 1900;
Hoffmann. Dominoes, 1899;
Hoffmann. Conjuring Tricks with Dominoes, Balls, &c. [c.1898], later cloth;
Hoffmann. Drawing Room Amusements 1883, blue half morocco;
Hoffmann. More Magic. London: G. Routledge, 1890, First edition, original pictorial cloth, rubbed;
Hoffmann. Drawing Room Conjuring, 1887, pictorial cloth; another copy. c. 1895, later cloth;
Hoffmann. Puzzles Old and New, 1893, pictorial cloth;
Hoffmann. Card Tricks without Apparatus. [c.1893], pictorial boards, rubbed;
Hoffmann. Parlor Amusements, [c.1887], pictorial cloth;
Hoffmann. Modern Magic "American Edition", [n.d.], pictorial cloth;
Hoffmann. The Illustrated Book of Patience Games, 1892;
Hoffmann. Magic at Home, 1891, pictorial cloth, spine faded;
Hoffmann. Conjuring Tricks from Modern Magic. London, [c.1891], later cloth, London, 1898;
Hoffmann. Tricks with Watches, Rings, Flags and Gloves, n.d., later cloth;
Hoffmann. Tricks with Handkerchiefs, n.d., original boards;
Hoffmann. Later Magic, New York, 1918, a few leaves loose, pictorial cloth, rubbed;
The Boy's Own Book. 1829, original pictorial boards, hinges weak;
Child, Mrs. The Girl's Own Book. 1843;
Brewster, David. Optics. 1931, (Cabinet Cyclopaedia), rebacked;
Mayo, H. On the Truths contained in Popular Superstition... Mesmerism. 1851, rebacked;
Games of Skill and Conjuring. 1865, rubbed;
Landells, E. The Girl's Own Toy-Maker. 1868, pictorial cloth;
Timbs, J. Curiosities of Science. 1869, later cloth;
Modern Pastimes. F. Warne, [1871], rebacked;
Hoyle, Edmond. Hoyle's Games Modernized. [c.1909], pictorial boards; another edition, 1901, pictorial boards, worn;
Tricks with Cards, 1899, pictorial cloth;
The Conjurer's Outfit and Accessories, [c.1910], pictorial boards;
Drawing Room Amusements. 1883, pictorial cloth;
King Koko, 1904, pictorial cloth, worn;
Tricks with Eggs &c., [c.1920], later cloth;
Latest Magic. New York, 1918, pictorial cloth;
Modern Magic. Philadelphia, [c.1878], pictorial cloth, worn, hinges weak; another edition. Philadelphia, [c.1925], pictorial cloth, dust-jacket;
Theobald, J.D. Magic and its Mysteries. F. Warne [c.1880], original boards, rebacked;
The Modern Hoyle. 1888, original boards, rebacked;
Marvels of Optical and Chemical Magic. [1868], green half morocco, lacks title;
Proskauer, J.J. Spook Crooks. [1932], later cloth, wrappers bound in;
Foucaud, E. The Book of Illustrious Mechanics, New York, 1847;
250 Parlor Tricks or Magic Made Easy. Detroit, [c.1900], cloth, wrappers bound in;
Parlor Amusements... Magic. Philadelphia: Royal Publ. Co., [n.d., wrappers bound in, very browned; and a few others (quantity)
Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson