Magic and related, including a large collection of Will Goldston and signed limited editions
comprising:
£1,250
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 30 September 2020 at 11:00 BST
Description
Catalogues by Hamleys (6, none dated), Catalogue Stanyon & Co, c.1910;
Hall, T.H. A Bibliography of Books on Conjuring in English, 1580-1850. Palmyra Press, 1957, no. 8 of only 12 interleaved copies, dw;
Bertram, C. Isn’t it Wonderful ? A History of Magic & Mystery. 1899, wrappers bound in;
Sharpe, S. Neo Magic in the Art of the Conjuror. 1932;
Caulfield, J. Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons. [c.1820], 4 volumes, engraved plates, modern cloth;
Forster J. The Life of Charles Dickens. 1872, 3 vol., half calf, very worn;
Goldston, W. Tricks that Mystify, n.d., boards;
Goldston, W. More Modern Card Tricks, n.d., boards;
Goldston, W. More Tricks and Puzzles, n.d., boards;
Goldston, W. The Young Conjuror. Part 1, 2nd edition, boards;
Goldston, W. Secrets of Magic. 3rd edition, 1904, ex-library, boards;
Goldston, W. Latest Conjuring [c.1907, boards;
Goldston, W. Modern Card Tricks, n.d., boards;
Goldston, W. Tricks you should Know, n.d., boards;
Goldston, W. Paper Tricks, n.d., boards;
Goldston, W. Sensational Tales of Mystery Men. 1929, dw repaired;
Goldston, W. Simple Conjuring Tricks, 1915, boards, rebacked;
Hoffmann, Professor. Drawing Room Conjuring, 3rd edition, n.d.;
Hugard, J. Experienced Card Technique, 1940;
Ganson, L. The Dai Vernon Book of Magic. N.d., dw;
Rae, O. The More you Watch. 1938;
Sardina, M. The Magic of Rezuani. San Rafael, 1949, wrappers;
Sardina, M. La Magie du Sorcier. Paris, 1946, quarter calf, wrappers bound in;
Bern, C. A Whirlwind of Wizardry, 1919, boards repaired;
Cannell, J.C. Modern Conjuring, 1949, wrappers bound in;
Erdnase, S.W. The Expert at the Card Table. 1944, dw;
Rezvani, M.K. Les Coussinets de la Princesse, publ. by Magic Bibliophiles Club, with folder of illustrations, preserved in collector’s calf-backed folding box;
Downs, T. The Art of Magic. Chicago, 1921;
Culpitt, F. Laughter and Legerdemain. 1928;
Jordan, C.T. Six Card Tricks Series, n.d., wrappers;
Owen Magic Supreme Catalogue, 1959;
Scot, R. The Discoverie of Witchcraft, intro. By M. Summers. John Rodker, 1930, number 345/1275 copies, morocco-backed green buckram, t.e.g.;
Stanyon, E. Bibliography of Conjuring. No. 2, 1899, wrappers bound in;
Price, H. National Laboratory of Psychical Research. Short title Catalogue, vol. 1 part 2, 1929;
Caveney, M. Servais Le Roy. Monarch of Mystery, number 441/1000 copies, dw;
Dawes, E. John Henry Anderson. The Great Wizard of the North. 2014, 1/400 copies;
Dawes, E. Henry Robin. Expositor of Science and Magic. 1990, number 120/230 copies, wrappers;
The Wizard. Illustrated Monthly Journal for Conjurors. 1906-1908, vol. 203;
Dexter, W. The Riddle of Chung Ling Soo. 1955, dw; another copy, signed by the author, lacks dw, ex Magic Circle Library, with stamps;
Karr, T. The Silence of Chung Ling So. Miracle Factory, 2001, dw;
Gill, R. Magic as a Performing Art, 1976, dw;
Setterington, A. The Life and Times of the Great Lafayette. 1991, dw;
Giobbi, R. Confidences. 2012;
McCullagh, B. Chung Ling Soo’s Mechanists. 1988, wrappers bound in;
The People’s Book of Card Tricks. C. 1900, wrappers bound in;
Stanyon, E. Hand Shadows. [c.1900], wrappers bound in;
Burrows, J.F. Tricks in Magic, Illusion and Mental Phenomena;
McCullagh. B. Philately. Nos. 1-23 bound in one vol., 2003-05;
Cuthbert, T. What has Scotland ever done for Magic ? 2007, wrappers;
Davenport Ltd. Catalogue of Antiquarian, Old, New Books and Manuscripts 1982-83;
Heyl, E. A Contribution to Conjuring Bibliography 1880-1950. [nd], one of 100 copies, 2 copies;
Farelli, V. Magical Bibliography, a Guide. 1953, wrappers bound in;
Holmes, D. Some Modern Conjuring, 1909, wrappers bound in, foot of title page cut away;
Sterling, M. Problems in Mystery for Practical Magicians. 1909, later cloth;
Adams, G. Mr S.W. Erdnase. His Book. A Lecture to the Magic Circle, photocopy of typescript, bound in brown quarter morocco;
Hall, T.H. The Winder Sale of Old Conjuring Books, number 241 of 250 copies, signed, wrappers bound in;
An Illustrated Guide to Magic themed Trade Cards. R. Olson, modern photocopy, cloth;
Cremer, W. The Magician’s own Book, [c.1915];
Cremer, W. The Secret out. 1907, another edition, [c.1870], upper hinge broken;
Ken Brooke’s Magic, the Unique Years. 1980, dw;
James S. The Encyclopaedia of Rope Tricks. 2005;
Ricard, R. The Antiquarian Library of Ray Ricard, 2008, typescript;
Findlay, J. Conjurors, Coins, Medals. 1964, number 23/150 copies, signed, dw;
Christopher, M. The Milbourne Christopher Library. Magic, Mind Reading &c. 1589-1900, 1994; & 1901-1996, 1998, together 2 vol., dw;
Clarke, S.W. The Bibliography of Conjuring. 1920;
Price, H. Short-title Catalogue of the Research Library from 1472 to the Present day. 1935, quarter calf;
Hall, T.H. Old Conjuring Books. Number 479/1000 copies, signed;
A Grand Expose of the Science of Gambling. 2010;
Sauvage, S. Illustrating the Art of Magic. 2017;
Erdnase, S.W. Artifice, Ruse and Subterfuge at the Card Table. 2020, facsimile edition (quantity)
Footnote
Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson