Magic
Including a large Will Goldston collection
£750
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 30 September 2020 at 11:00 BST
Description
Frost, Thomas. The Lives of the Conjurors. 1881;
Strutt, J. The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England. 1831, hand-coloured engravings, later quarter cloth;
The Popular Recreator. [c.1875], vol. 1-2, half calf, vol. 1 lacks title; and another copy of vol. 1 with title;
Barnum, P.T. The Humbugs of the World, 1866;
Valentine, Mrs. Games for Family Parties and Children, 1869, modern quarter red morocco;
Williams, C.O. Catalogue of Conjuring Apparatus, and 2 others, 1915-25, wrappers bound in;
Neil, C.L. The Modern Conjuror, 1903 and 1911, 2 copies;
Modern Card Magic. 1906, pictorial boards, rubbed;
Cassell's Book of In-Door Amusements &c., n.d., pictorial cloth, becoming loose;
"Trim" Old Wilds, [c.1888], wrappers bound in
Leat, H. Forty years in and around Magic. 1923, wrappers bound in;
Hopkins, N. Twentieth Century Magic. 1898, pictorial cloth;
Collins, S. A Conjuring Melange. 1947, dw;
Deceptive Conceptions in Magic. n.d., pictorial boards, rubbed;
Original Magical Creations, n.d., pictorial boards, rubbed;
Boys, C.V. Soap Bubbles. 1902, pictorial cloth;
Fischer, Ottokar. J.N. Hofzinsel's Card Conjuring. 1931;
Hoffman, Prof. Card Tricks without Apparatus, [c.1890], wrappers bound in;
Goldston, Will. Tricks and Illusions, 1905, pictorial cloth;
Goldston, Will. The Young Conjuror. part 2, pictorial boards, n.d.;
Goldston, Will. More Tricks and Puzzles, [c.1927], copy of conjurer & escapologist Tom Burke, pictorial boards;
Goldston, Will. More Modern Card Tricks. Book 1, n.d., hinge broken;
Goldston, Will. Tricks and Illusions, [c.1916];
Stage Illusions, n.d., pictorial boards worn; another copy, later edition;
Goldston, Will. Great Tricks Revealed. 1935, dw;
Goldston, Will. Tricks and Illusions. 3rd edition, n.d., later cloth;
Goldston, Will. More Tricks and Puzzles, wrappers bound in, Christopher Brinson Magic Library copy, black half calf;
Goldston, Will. Latest Conjuring [1905], later cloth;
Goldston, Will. Simple Conjuring Tricks. 1922, later cloth;
Goldston, Will. Magical Tricks. n.d., boards, worn;
Goldston, Will. Secrets of Famous Illusionists. 1933;
Goldston, Will. Tricks of the Masters, 1942;
Goldston, Will. A Magician's Swan Song, 1934;
Goldston, Will. Who's Who in Magic, n.d.;
Goldston, Will. Modern Card Tricks without Apparatus, n.d., pictorial boards, rubbed;
Chambers, R. The Book of Days. 1883, 2 vol., contemporary calf, rebacked;
Chambers, R. Fireside Amusements. 1850, pictorial boards, rebacked;
Verne, T. Dr Ox's Experiment. 1892, pictorial cloth;
Hoffmann, Prof. Modern Magic. 1901, 11th edition, pictorial cloth;
Browne, V. Secrets of Scene Painting. n.d., pictorial cloth;
Dicks One Hundred Amusements for Evening Parties. New York, [c.1890];
all original binding except where noted (quantity)
Footnote
Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson