Magic & related, a large collection, including
Frost, Thomas
£1,125
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 30 September 2020 at 11:00 BST
Description
The Old Showman and the London Fairs. 1881;
Bodie, W. The Bodie Book. Hypnotism, Electricity, Mental Suggestion, Magnetic Touch, Clairvoyance, Telepathy, 1905, rubbed;
Brewster, D. Letters on Natural Magic. 1842, 4th edition;
Smith, H. Gaieties and Gravities. 1826, 2nd edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf, lightly rubbed;
Hoffmann, Professor. The Secrets of Stage Conjuring 1881, pictorial cloth, ex libris Order of the Magi copy;
Hoffmann, Professor. Modern Magic. n.d., 16th edition, pictorial cloth;
Hoffmann, Professor. Card-Sharping Exposed. 1882, pictorial cloth;
Strutt, J. The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England. 1834, calf, rebacked; another edition, 1850;
Taylor, J. The Wonders of Nature and Art, 1836, later cloth;
Borlase, J. The King of the Conjurors. [1877];
Bogue, D., publisher. Round Games for all Parties. 1854, pictorial cloth;
Temple, R. The Temple Anecdotes. 1865, vol. 2, half calf;
Taylor, E. The History of Playing Cards. 1865, half calf;
The Sociable, or 1001 Home Amusements. New York, [c.1868], rebacked;
Timbs, J. Wonderful Inventions. 1868, calf gilt; The Romance of London, n.d.;
The Boy's Own Conjuring Book. New York: Dick and Fitzgerald, [no date, c. 1859], folding frontispiece, illus., original maroon cloth, rebacked retaining original spine;
Pepper, J. The Playbook of Metals, 1861;
Pepper, J. The Boy's Book of Sciences. [c.1880], calf gilt;
Pepper, J. Cyclopaedic Science Simplified, 1869;
Pepper, J. Scientific Amusements for Young People, [c.1864];
Pepper, J. Pneumatics. [1870], J.B. Findlay's copy, worn, rebacked;
Routledge's Every Boy's Annual. 1875, half calf;
Routledge, R. Science in Sport, 1895, pictorial cloth;
Routledge, R. Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth Century. 1877 & 1896;
Shafer, D. Secrets of Life Unveiled or Book of Fate. St. Louis, 1877, rebacked;
Thackeray, W.M. The Irish Sketch Book. New York, n.d., quarter calf;
Good, A. Magical Experiments. Philadelphia, [c.1894], pictorial cloth, lacks endpaper;
Atkinson, E. Natural Philosophy, 1881, rubbed;
Daniel, G. Merrie England, [1873], half morocco;
Thompson, C. The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and Pharmacy. 1897;
Sachs, E. Sleight of Hand. 1900;
Smedley, A. Some Reminiscences. 1900, rebacked;
Houdin, Robert. Life of Robert Houdin. Philadelphia, [c.1859], 2 copies, one with title loose;
Houdini, R. Memoirs, 1942;
The Book of 500 Curious Puzzles. New York, [c.1859], pictorial boards, rubbed, rebacked;
Blair, D. The Universal Preceptor. 69th edition, [c.1855], quarter calf;
Roterberg, A. Card Tricks. Chicago, [1902], wrappers bound in;
Cassell. Stage Illusions and Entertainment. 1923, later cloth;
Goldston, W. Simple Conjuring Tricks. 1922, later cloth;
Davenport & Co. Magic Catalogue... the very latest in Practical Magic., n.d., wrappers;
Paul Clive & Co., Conjuring Catalogue. n.d., wrappers;
and a few 20th century pamphlets (quantity)
Footnote
Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson