Lot 237

Magic, Twentieth Century, a large collection including 4 limited editions

comprising:

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs

Auction: 30 September 2020 at 11:00 BST

£600

Description

Caveney, M. Carter the Great. 1995, number 576/1000 copies, dw;

Whaley, B. Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Magic. 1989, 2 vol., 1/500 copies;

Rauscher, W. The Houdini Code Mystery. 2000, number 367/1000 copies;

Ben, D. Zarrow, a Lifetime of Magic. 2008, dw;

Temple, P. Thurston and Date, the written word. 2 vol., 2006, slipcase;

Houdini, H. A Magician among the Spirits. 1996, 1/1000 copies, slipcase;

Charvet, D. Ade Duval Silken Sorcerer. 2009, signed copy;

Christopher, M. Houdini, Collector’s edition, 2010, inscribed by author;

Sharpe, S. Conjuror’s Hydraulic & Pneumatic Secrets. 1991, dw;

Sharpe, S. Conjuror’s Optical Secrets. 1985, dw;

Moses, A. Houdini speaks out. 2007, signed copy;

Christopher, M. Houdini, a Pictorial Life. 1976, dw;

Christopher, M. Houdini Pictorial Biography. 1998, dw;

Christopher, M. Panorama of Prestidigitators. 1956, wrappers;

Sawyer, T. The Hoffmann Collector. 1986;

Sawyer, T. Professor Hoffmann. A Bibliography. 1983, signed copy;

Sawyer, T. Men of Letters, Collins & Hall, 1991, wrappers bound in;

Dawes, E. Vonetta Mistress of Mystery, 1982;

Stolt, R. Circus and Allied Arts. A World Bibliography. 1960, 2 vol., dw;

Gibson, W. The Original Houdini Scrapbook. 1977;

Moulton, H. Houdini’s History of Magic in Boston 1792-1915, 1983;

Randi. Houdini, His Life and Art. 1977, dw;

Henning, D. Houdini his Legend & his Magic. 1978, wrappers;

Fleischman, S. Escape. The Story of the Great Houdini. 2006, dw;

Brandon, R. The Life and many Deaths of Houdini. 1993, dw, signed copy;

Dawes, E. The Magic of Britain. 1994, original wrappers bound in;

Genii. Houdini. Jan. 2011, wrappers bound in;

Braun, John. Of Legierdemaine and Diverse Juggling Knacks. 1999, cloth;

Carlton, Arthur P. Twenty Years of Spoof and Bluff. 1920, wrappers;

Dawes, E. The Barrister in the Circle. 1983, dw;

Jay, R. Dice. 2003, dw;

Culliton, P. Houdini’s Strange Tales. 1992, wrappers;

Brookesmith, P. Open Files, 1990, dw;

Marsden, S. The Haunted Realm. 1986, dw;

Seldow, M. Vie et Secrets de Robert Houdin, 1971, dw;

Meyes, B. Houdini – A Mind in Chains. 1976;

Stanyon’s Magic. 1996, dw.;

Hanzlike, M. Houdini… short bibliography, wrappers;

Brinson, C. Owen Clark. 2010, presentation copy to Trevor;

Steinmeryer, J. The Last Greatest Magician in the World. 1980, dw;

Cartridge, R. Houdini’s Texas Tours, 1916 & 1923, dw;

Fitzsimmons, R. Death & The Magician… Houdini. 1980, dw;

Houdini, Harry. Miracle Mongers & their Methods. 1981, dw;

[Alexander, C.] The Life and Mysteries of the celebrated Dr. Q. 1921;

Books at Brown. [H. Adrian Smith]., 1987;

Albertus Magnus. Egyptian Secrets. 1930, cloth;

Carter, C. Carter’s Magic and Magicians. [n.d.], rebound;

Johnson, K. The Magician and the Cardsharp. 2005, dw;

Britland, D. Phantoms of the Card Table. 2003, dw;

Abbott, P. A Life in Magic. 1960, new cloth;

Edmonds, I. The Magic Bros. 1979, dw;

Andrews, V. Good Night Mister Dante. 1978, dw;

Cramer, S. Germain the Wizard. 1966, wrappers;

Christopher, E. Houdini. 1969, ex-library copy;

Findlay, J.B. Professor Hoffmann, 1977, dw;

Meyer, B. Houdini – a Mind in Chains. 1976, dw, Marget Yates Magic Library Books;

Houdini, Harry. Magical Rope Ties & Escapes. W. Goldston Ltd, [n.d.], pictorial boards;

Gibson, W. Houdini’s Fabulous Magic. 1976, dw;

Silverman, K. Notes to Houdini. 1996, dw;

Lavery, J. The Secret Life of Siegfried & Roy. 2008, dw;

Ayling, W. Oriental Conjuring and Magic. 1981, dw;

Cramer, S. The Secrets of Karl Germain. 1962, wrappers;

Demon Magic Catalogue, 2 copies, n.d., wrappers;

Hamleys. Magic by Hamleys, 2 catalogues, undated, wrappers;

all original cloth or boards unless stated

Footnote

Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson