Lot 249

Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Magic, including

Hingston, E.P.

£875

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs

Auction: 30 September 2020 at 11:00 BST

Description

Genial Showman. [c.1870]. Third edition, hand-coloured frontispiece, illus., brown quarter morocco;

Timbs, J. Curiosities of Science, 1858;

Timbs, J. Notable Things of Our Own Time. 1868, later cloth;

The Tongue of Time and Star of the States. New York, 1838, contemporary calf, spotting, slightly rubbed;

Elliott, A. The Playground and the Parlour. 1868, recased;

Lewes, Angelo J. [Professor Hoffmann] . Conjuror Dick. or the Adventures of a Young Wizard [1886], original pictorial cloth, lacks front endpaper, 8pp. adverts at end, a bit rubbed;

Hoffmann, Professor. Puzzles Old and New, 1893, pictorial cloth;

Hoffmann, Professor. Card Tricks without Apparatus. [n.d.], cloth, worn;

Hoffmann, Professor. The Modern Hoyle. [c.1900], pictorial boards, worn, rebacked;

Hoffmann, Professor. The Illustrated Book of Patience Games. 1901, pictorial cloth; another edition, [n.d.], 11th edition, pictorial cloth;

Hoffmann, Professor. Later Magic. New York, 1935, pictorial cloth; another copy. London, 1925, pictorial cloth;

Hoffmann, Professor. Modern Magic.1878, 3rd edition, pictorial cloth, early leaves frayed and loose, worn; 1898, 10th edition, pictorial cloth; another copy. 13th edition, pictorial cloth; another copy, 17th edition, pictorial cloth;

Hoffmann, Professor. Drawing Room Amusements, [c.1905], later cloth;

Hoffmann, Professor. Drawing Room Conjuring. 1887, pictorial cloth, rubbed;

Hoffmann, Professor. Mechanical Puzzles. [c.1895], later cloth;

Hoffmann, Professor. Conjuring Tricks with Dominoes, Dice, Balls, &c. 1893, ex Magic Circle Library, later cloth retaining cover;

Hoffmann, Professor. Tricks with Cards, New York, [c.1889], pictorial boards, worn;

Hoffmann, Professor. More Magic, Philadelphia, [n.d.], pictorial cloth;

Hoffmann, Professor. Miscellaneous Conjuring Tricks. 1893, ex Magic Circle Library, cloth, rebacked;

Hoffmann, Professor. More Magic. c. 1895, pictorial cloth, worn;

Hoffmann, Professor. Hoyle's Games Modernized. 1913, pictorial boards, worn;

Leith, A. Routledge's Every Girl's Annual, [c.1880], pictorial cloth;

Landells. The Boys Own Toy-Maker, 1881, pictorial cloth;

Kunard, R. The Book of Card Tricks. [c.1890], wrappers bound in;

Weatherley, L. The Supernatural ? [c.1891];

Routledge, E. Every Boy's Book. 1896;

Sphinx. Everybody's Book of Puzzles. [c.1900], later cloth;

Cassell's Book of Indoor Amusements. [c.1900], pictorial cloth;

Nister, E., publisher. The Games Book for Boys and Girls. [c.1890];

Stanyon, E. Conjuring for Amateurs. 1897, cloth, wrappers bound in;

Brunel, G. Fun with Magic. New York, c. 1905;

Henry, T.S. Spookland. Spirit Materialization. Chicago, 1902, wrappers bound in;

Pallme, H. Entertaining by Magic, 1906, wrappers bound in;

Abbott, D.P. Beyond the Scenes with the Medium. Chicago, 1907;

Sterling, M. Problems in Magic. Manchester 1909, wrappers bound in;

Svengarro, Prof. Wizard's Manual. Baltimore, c.1912, wrappers bound in;

Book of Tricks and Magic. Baltimore, 1913, wrappers bound in;

Neil, C.L. Modern Card Magic. 1904, cloth retaining original boards; another copy. 1920, later cloth;

Collins, S. Collins' Card Conceits. [c.1920], later cloth;

Clever Boys. [c.1916];

Hercat. Latest Sleights, Illusions, Mind Reading, 1903, later cloth; all in original bindings unless specified (quantity)

Footnote

Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson