Lot 210

Magic Books, a collection, including

Houdini, Harry

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs

Auction: 30 September 2020 at 11:00 BST

£500

Description

A Magician among the Spirits. New York, 1924, First edition, plates, original cloth;

Whaley, Bart, Gardner, Martin & Jeff Busby. The Man Who was Erdnase. 1991, one of 200 leather bound copies, signed by Whaley, Gardner, Busby and Milton Andrews, blue leather;

Hopkins, Albert A. Magic, Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions including Trick Photography. New York, 1906, original pictorial cloth, hinges weak, rubbed;

Wehman, Henry J. Wehman's Parlor Conjurer. New York, c. 1875, cloth, original wrappers bound in;

Herrmann, Alexander. Herrman's Black Art. New York, 1898, modern cloth, slightly browned;

Hull, Burling. Rope Ties and Chain Releases. New York: Magnotrix, [1915], cloth, original wrappers bound in;

Clark, K. Encyclopedia of Cigarette Tricks. 1952, original cloth, dustwrapper;

Magic Info Mini Mag. Special Issue, Erdnase. a Real Miracle, 1994, cloth, wrappers bound in;

The Gardner-Smith Correspondence. 1999, number 243 of 250 copies, cloth, wrappers bound in;

Ganson, Lewis. Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig, [n.d.], signed "De Vega" on title, original cloth, dustwrapper;

Cruikshank, G. Punch and Judy. 1870, half calf gilt;

Hoffmann, Professor. Conjuring Tricks. G. Routledge, [n.d.], title slightly torn and numbered in ink, modern cloth;

Bamberg, T. Okito on Magic. Chicago, 1952, dustwrapper;

Gardner, Martin. After the Dessert. 1942. Second edition, bound with 3 others, blue cloth;

Victor, Edward. Further Magic of the Hands. 1945, signed copy, original cloth;

Alfredson, J.B. Magical Ex Libris, a Checklist. 1991, cloth, wrappers bound in;

Minch, Stephen. By Forces Unseen. Seattle, 1993, dustwrapper;

Kaplan, G.G. The Fine At of Magic. 1948, original cloth, card of J. Demaline glued in, lacks front free endpaper;

Koval, F. The Illustrated Houdini Research Diary. 4 parts bound in one, a reprint ?, blue cloth;

Ascanio, A. de. The Magic of Ascanio. [n.d.], dustwrapper;

McClintock, R. Knuckle Busters, vol. 1-6 bound in one, cloth;

Andrews, V. A Gift from the Gods. 1981, dustwrapper;

Kay, Ricky. Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women. 1987, First British edition, Magic Library of Margaret Yates bookplate, dustwrapper

Footnote

Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson