Lot 180

6 Magic Books, comprising Dean, Henry

The Whole Art of Legerdemain, or Hocus Pocus in Perfection

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs

Auction: 30 September 2020 at 11:00 BST

£938

Description

London: A Bettsworth, C. Hitch [&c.], n.d. [c.1750], "Third Edition", 12mo, modern calf, lacks frontispiece and pp. 51-76 & 93-120, a little spotting;

Badcock, John. Domestic Amusements or Philosophical Recreations. London: T. Hughes, [n.d., ?c.1823], 12mo, folding coloured frontispiece, woodcuts, modern quarter calf, small blindstamp to title of Central Vale School;

Theobald, J. D. Magic and its Mysteries. London: F. Warne, [c.1880], 8vo, illustrations, original pictorial boards rubbed, rebacked with red leather;

The Parlor Magician 200New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, [c.1863], 8vo, illustrations, original pictorial boards, some light soiling, rebacked with red leather;

Routledge's Handbook of Conjuring. [c.1868], 8vo, original pictorial cloth, rubbed, rebacked;

Routledge, George & Sons, publishers. Games of Skill and Conjuring. 1865. 8vo, frontispiece, illustrations, original pictorial cloth gilt, rubbed (6)

Footnote

Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson