Lot 206

Magic and related, 19th Century, a collection

Magic and related, 19th Century, a collection

including:

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs

Auction: 30 September 2020 at 11:00 BST

£875

Description

Caulfield, J. Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons. 1820, 4 vol., green morocco gilt, plates, with title page of vol. 4 bound in vol. 1, rubbed;

Comstock, J. A Manual of Natural Philosophy. 1849, recased;

Ennemoser, J. The History of Magic. 1854, 2 vol.;

Lewitt & Allen, publishers Boy's Own Book of Sports;

Dalton, H. The Book of Drawing Room Plays. [c.1848], rebacked; another copy, [1868], pictorial cloth;

Emmons, S.B. The Spirit Land. Boston, 1877, some dampstaining, rebacked;

Peck, H.C, publishers. The Book of Parlour Games. Philadelphia, 1854, rebacked;

The Boy's Own Treasury of Sports, Pastimes. New York, 1854, rubbed;

Dick & Fitzgerald, publishers The Boy's Own Conjuring Book, New York, [c.1860];

The American Boy's Book. [c.1870], pictorial cloth, rebacked;

Routledge, Warne & Co., publishers Every Boy's Book. 1864, pictorial cloth;

The Illustrated Boy's Own Treasury. [c.1865], third edition;

Barnum, P.T. The Humbugs of the World. 1866, Margaret Yates Magic Library bookplate;

Arnott, N. Elements of Physics of Natural Philosophy. 1864, 2 vol., quarter calf, titles loose;

Brewster, D. Letters of Natural Magic. 1868, hinges weak;

Elliott, A. The Playground and the Parlour. 1868, modern maroon half morocco;

Frikell, G. The Secret Out or One Thousand Tricks, [1871], pictorial cloth;

Houdini, R. The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic. G. Routledge, [c.1878], pictorial cloth;

Bellew, F. The Art of Amusing. [n.d.], modern red half morocco;

Dods, J.B. The Philosophy of Mesmerism. 1876, pictorial cloth, hinges weak;

Bullock, C. Puzzledom, [1879];

Campbell, H. The American Girl's Home Book of Work and Play. New York, 1863, pictorial cloth;

Ball Mathematical Recreations and Problems. 1896;

Martin, J. The Boy's Playbook of Science, [c.1912];

Frikell, G. Hanky Panky, [c.1873], frontispiece loose;

Crawley, Capt. The Card Player's Manual, Magic Circle Library stamp;

Dupuis, N. The Magic of Geometric Optics. Kingston, 1868, green quarter morocco;

Cockton, H. The Life and Adventures of Valentine Vox the Ventriloquist. [n.d.];

Willman, C. Die Moderne Salon-Magie. Leipzig, 1891; "Berkeley". Card Tricks and Puzzles, 1892;

Blitz, Signor The Parlor Book of Magic. New York, 1889, browned;

Timbs, J. The Romance of London, 1899; Timbs, J. Notabilia. 1873; The Mirror, 1823, modern cloth, incomplete;

Hutchison, G.A. Indoor Games and Recreations, [c.1889], pictorial cloth; all original cloth or boards except where noted

Footnote

Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson