Magic, Twentieth Century
A large collection, including 8 limited editions, a few signed
£813
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 30 September 2020 at 11:00 BST
Description
Findlay, J.B. Collectors Annuals, numbers 1-7 and 10, bound in cloth, 1949-1994;
Lewis, E.C. P.T. Selbit. Magical Innovator, 1989, number 885/1000 copies, cloth;
Sharpe, S. Devant’s Delightful Delusions. 1990, number 480/1000 copies, cloth;
Warlock, P. Buatier de Kalta, Genius. 1993, 656/1000 copies;
Christopher, M. Howard Thurston’s Illusion Show Workbook. 1991, 2 vol., 271/500 copies, slipcase;
Blackmore, K. Levante, His Life. 1997, number 521/1000 copies, dw.;
Caveney, M. The Great Leon. 1987, number 758/1000 copies, cloth;
Findlay, J.B. Professional Hoffmann, a Study. 1977, number 134/500 copies, dw;
Charvet, D. Alexander the Man who Knows. 2004, number 75/1000 copies, inscribed copy;
Reilly, J.V. Same Men, Different Clothes. 1993, number 24/500 copies, dw., inscribed copy;
Charvet, D. Alexander the Man who Knows. 2004, standard edition, dw;
Olson, R.E. Illusion Builder to Fu Manchu. 1986, dw, inscribed;
Dornfield, W. Trix and Chatter. 1921;
Hagy, J. Magic for Free. 1887-1945, 2006, cloth;
Michel, J. Phenomena. 1977, wrappers;
Frank, G.R. The Collector’s Scrapbook. 1994, wrappers;
Dawes, E.A. Circle without End. Magic Circle 1905-2005, wrappers;
Woods, R. Josephine Langley, Lady Ventriloquist. 2007, wrappers;
Findlay, J.B. Anderson and His Theatre. 1907, cloth;
Findlay, J.B. How’s your Library. 1958, cloth;
Findlay, J.B. Bookishly Yours. 1987, cloth;
Goodsell, D.R. Finding Daniel Fitzkee, dw;
Heys, E. Cues for Collectors. 1964, cloth;
Woodward, C. The London Palladium. 2009, dw;
Waldron, D. Blackstone. A Magician’s Life. 1999, dw;
Christopher. Panorama of Prestidigitators. 1956, cloth;
Demackine, J. Demagic. 1990, dw;
Haversal D. Chania, the Man with Magic Hands. 2002, signed copy;
Heard, M. Phantasmagoria… Magic Lantern. 2006, wrappers;
Yate, T. Clue and other Mysteries. 1986, wrappers;
Fajuri, G. Laurant. The Man of Many Mysteries. 2005;
McKinven, A.A. Stage Flying 431 BC to Modern Times. 2002, dw;
Index to Magicol, 1959-2004, cloth;
Andrews, Val. Murray. 1974, dw, inscribed copy;
Moehring, T. The Magical Life of Marshall Brodien. 2007, wrappers;
Leat, H. Forty Years in and Around Magic. 1923, cloth;
Charvet, David. Willard, a Life under Canvas. No. 78 of 150 de luxe copies, with slipcase, signed;
Gordon, P. Edward George Brown, a Magical Life. 2005, 1/500 copies, boards;
Keable, Ian. Magic Shows. 2010, 1/500 copies;
Dudgeon, F. Ray Goulet, 2011, 1/800 copies;
Alfredson, J.B. Jean Hugard, 1997, 160/750 copies;
Dawes, E.A. Stodare, the Enigma Variations. 1998, 1/500;
Smith, J. Breslaw’s Last Legacy. 2013, 32/150 copies;
Allen, G. History of Automata. Reprint, no. 58/300 copies, cloth;
Rauscher, W. Jim Calvert. 1987, presentation copy to John Dawson, dw;
Woodward, C. Rameses, the Forgotten Star. 2011, presentation copy to Trevor Dawson;
Warlock, P. Walter Jeanes Illusioner. 1986, presentation copy to Trevor Dawson;
Bamberg, David. Illusion Show, a life in Magic;
Dawes, E.A. The Wizard Exposed. Glenwood, 1987, 1991, dw;
Spooner, W.E. In Search of Eugene Hellman. 2010, wrappers;
Owen, R. Rovi, the Story of a Man. Cairn Press, 2000;
Romano, C. House of Cards…. Paul Rosini, 1999;
Moehring, J. Del Ray. America’s Foremost. 2020, dw;
Burrows, J.F. Programmes of Magicians. C. 1910, wrappers;
Woodward, C. Maurice Fogel. 2007, wrappers;
Caveney, M. Classic Correspondence from Egyptian Hall Museum, 2020, slipcase;
Parrish, R. Words about Wizards. 1994;
Cooper, J. The Case of the Cottingley Fairies, 1990, dw;
Davenports Popular Magic., c.1960, 2 copies, wrappers;
Dingwall, E.J. The Haunting of Borley Rectory, 1956, wrappers;
Whaley, B. Encyclopedic Dictionary of Magic 1584-1988, vol. 1;
Sharpe, S.H. Magic Artistry. 1938, cloth; bound with 2 others by Sharpe;
Thurston, H. My Life in Magic. 1929, with bookplates of Margaret Yates Magic Library & Weirdo Library;
Carter, C.J. Carter’s Magic and Magicians. C. 1900., original wrappers bound in;
Bayer, C.P. The Great Wizard of the North. John Henry Anderson. 1990, dw;
Davenport & Co. Magical Catalogue, [n.d.]; wrappers;
Steinmeyer, J. Device and Illusion, 1991;
Rinn, J. Sixty Years of Psychical Research. NY, 1950, Margaret Yates bookplate;
Collector’s Bulletin. 1959-64, numbers 1-18 in one volume, cloth;
Hanson, H. The Magic Man. 1974;
Selbit. The Magical Entertainer. 1906;
Rhindress, A. Memoirs of an elusive Moth. 2011; dw;
Fleischman and Gunther. Top Secrets. Oakland, 1947;
Meyer, D. Inclined towards Magic. 2003, dw;
Steinmeyer, J. Charles Fort. 2008, dw;
Waters, T.A. The Encyclopaedia of Magic and Magicians. 1988, dw;
and a few pamphlets.
Footnote
Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson