Lot 228

Magic, a large collection, 20th century

including:

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs

Auction: 30 September 2020 at 11:00 BST

£550

Description

Charvet, D. The Bill in Lemon Book. 1990; Number 426/500 copies;

Hatton, H. Magician’s Tricks, [c.1910];

Hugard, J. The Royal Road to Card Magic, 1925;

Mulholland, T. Quicker than the Eye. 1932;

Dhotel, J. Magic with Small Apparatus. Vol. 1, 1941, dw;

Lowe, E. Card Fan-Tasies, 1945, cloth;

Curry, P. Paul Curry’s Worlds Beyond. 2001, dw;

Trost, Nick. Subtle Card Creations. 2008-2010, volumes 1-3;

Geris, B. Best of all Worlds. 2009, dw;

Orben, R. The Complete Comedian’s Encyclopaedia, vol. 1 c. 1951;

Lees, W. The Best of Close Up Magic. 1984;

Thompson, J.G. The Best Tricks from the Best Brains in Magic, 1945, dw;

Steinmeyer, J. The Magic of Alan Wakeling. 1993;

Neale, R. Tricks of the Imagination. 1991, dw;

Racherbaumer, J. The Wild Card Kit. 1992;

Koran, Al. Professional Presentations, n.d., dw;

Nash, M. Colours on the March, n.d., cloth;

Johnson, R. Final Call, 1979, dw;

Giobbi, R. Confidences. 2012;

Neale, R.E. The Magic Mirror. 2002, dw;

Neale, R.E. Life Death & other Card Tricks, unopened;

Aronson, S. Simply Simon. 1995, dw;

Aronson, S. The Aronson Approach. 1990, dw;

Mentzer, J. Card File. 1993, dw;

Jones, L. The Magic Gourmet. 2008, wrappers, inscribed copy;

Aronson, S. Sessions. 1982, dw;

Burger, E. Strange Ceremonies. 1991, dw;

Avis, J. Vis a Vis. 1998, dw;

Aronson, S. Try the Impossible. 2001, dw;

Burger, E. Solomon’s Mind… Card Mysteries. 1997, dw;

Read, R. The Calostrom Mind Reading Act. 1945, wrappers;

McCarthy, D. The Underground hits Bottom. 1983, wrappers;

Sadowitz, J. The Card Magic of... 1984, wrappers;

Hill, R. The Complete Eye Opener. 2006, wrappers;

Jay, J. Session… Joel Givens. 2007, wrappers;

Price, H. National Library for Psychical Research. Short title catalogue of works, vol. 1 part 2, 1929;

Price, H. University of London Council for Psychical Investigation. Short Title Catalogue of Works on Psychical Research, 1935, wrappers;

Cannon, H. The Secret Scroll. For Private Circulation Only, [n.d.];

Haley, L. The Dramatic Art of Magic. 1910;

Gilbert, A.C. Handkerchief Tricks for Boys. 1920, cloth;

Lucas, E. Three Hundred Games and Pastimes, 1922;

Crookes, W. Researches in the Phenomenon of Spiritualism. 1926;

Kitteridge, G. Witchcraft in Old & New England. 1928;

Seligmann, K. The History of Magic. 1948, dw;

O’Donnell, E. Haunted Britain. 1953, dw;

Randi, J. The Supernatural A-Z 1995, dw;

Wilkins, H. Mysteries Solved and Unsolved. 1958, dw;

Jenkins, E. The Shadow & the Light. 1982, dw;

Randi, J. The Supernatural A-Z 1995, dw;

Flanders, J. Consuming Passions. 2006, dw;

Berenke, L. The Magic in Books. 2009, signed copy;

Tillen, R. A History of Playing Cards. 1973, dw;

Benham, W. Playing Cards, 1931, ex-library copy; another edition, Spring Books, n.d.;

Konstam, K. Enquire Within. Card Playing. [n.d.], wrappers;

Hamilton, J. Playing Cards in the Victoria & Albert Museum. 1988;

Mander, R. The Theatres of London, 1975, dw;

Magic Magazine. 1910, volume for year, bound, worn;

Ferguson, J. Bibliographical Notes on the Historie of Inventions and Books of Secrets, 1981;

The Stage Year Book, 1916;

Brewer’s Theatre. 1994, dw;

Disher, M. The Pleasures of London, 1950, dw;

Bord, C. Modern Mysteries of Britain. 1987, dw;

Picknett, L. Flights of Fancy. Paranormal., 1987, dw;

Crestin-Billet. Collectible Playing Cards, wrappers;

Marash, J. Mime in Class and Theatre. 1950;

Morley, H. Old & Curious Playing Cards. 1989, dw;

Kilgarriff, M. Grace, Beauty & Banjos, 1998, dw;

Mayhew, H. Mayhew’s Characters. 1951, dw;

Norman, G. The Penny Showman, 1985;

Newton, H. Idols of the Halls, 1928, rubbed;

Fountain, N. Lose Empires. 2005, dw;

Cochran, C. Showman Looks On, 1945,

all original cloth except where noted.

Footnote

Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson