Lot 217

Magic, 19th and early 20th Century, a large collection

comprising:

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs

Auction: 30 September 2020 at 11:00 BST

£750

Description

Endless Amusement. A Collection of nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments. 1834, folding plate torn with slight loss, rebacked;

Nichols, J.L. A Biography of the Brothers Davenport. 1864;

Cruickshank, G. Punch's Real History. 1844, later cloth; another copy, 1881, 6th edition, coloured plates, pictorial cloth;

Joyce, J. Scientific Dialogues. Manchester, 1845, 2 copies, one rebacked;

Brewster, D. The Kaleidoscope. 1858, rebacked;

Wilson, H. The Book of Wonderful Characters. [c.1869], pictorial cloth;

Preston, P. The Fireside Magic. New York, [1870], modern brown quarter morocco;

Stodare, Col. Stodare's Fly-Notes or Conjuring made Easy. 1867, pictorial boards, rubbed, rebacked;

Dickens, C. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. 1853, half morocco, spotted, rubbed;

Beckmann, J. A History of Inventions, 1846, 2 vol;

Neil, C.L. The Modern Conjuror, New York, 1937;

Logan, Olive. Before the Footlights and Behind the Scenes. Philadelphia: Parmelee & Co., 1870, frontispiece, plates, illustrations, original green pictorial cloth, very worn, hinges weak, upper hinge broken, Toole Stott 1292;

Evans, H. The Old and the New Magic. Chicago, 1909;

The Journal of Magic History, vol. 1, 1979, cloth;

Thompson, C.J. The Quacks of Old London, 1929;

Houdini, H. Handcuff Secrets. 1910, First edition, modern blue quarter morocco;

Devant, D. Secrets of My Magic. 1936;

Victor, E. The Magic of the Hands. [n.d.];

Burlinghame, H.J. Leaves from the Conjurer's Scrap Books. Chicago, 1891;

Comstock, J. A Manual of Natural Philosophy. 1846, endpapers loose, hinges weak, pictorial cloth;

Bergram, C. Isn't it Wonderful ? A List of Magic. 1896, large paper copy, white pictorial cloth, worn and discoloured;

Roterberg, A. Latter Day Tricks, [c.1898];

Roterberg, A. The Modern Wizard. [c.1894], lacks title;

New Era Card Tricks. 1897, pictorial cloth;

Hertz, C. A Modern Mystery Merchant. 1924;

Emmons, S.B. Philosophy of Popular Superstitions. Boston, 1853, slightly broken & rubbed;

Ewbank, T. A Description and Historical Account of Hydraulic and other Machines for Raising Water. New York, 1847, half calf, neatly rebacked;

Morley, H. Memoirs of Bartholomew Fair[c. 1874];

Fischer, O. Illustrious Magic. New York, 1951, dw;

Curious and Odd Characters. Boston, 1857, rebacked;

Nikola, L. The Nikola Card System, 1927, wrappers bound in;

R.C.W. Jest Book. Philadelphia, 1884, pictorial cloth, rebacked;

Gordon, P. Percy Naldrett... Conjurer. 2005, wrappers;

Anderson, G. Pure Genius. 2016, dw, presentation copy;

Routledge, E. Every Boy's Annual. 1885, pictorial cloth;

Carroll, L. Alice in Wonderland, [c.1900], pictorial cloth;

Houdini, H. The Unmasking of Robert Houdin, [c.1909], pictorial cloth;

Davies, C. Mystic London.... Occult Life. New York, [1897]

Footnote

Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson