Magic, 19th & 20th century, a large collection

Frost, Thomas . The Old Showman, 1874; Frost, Thomas . The Lives of the Conjurors. 1876; Bodie, W . Stage Stories. N.d., modern half calf; Houdin, R . Memoirs. Philadelphia, 1859, spotted, rebacked; The Magician’s Own Book or Whole Art of Conjuring. New York: Dick & Fitzgerald , [1857], some spotting, hinges weak; Hone, W . The Every Day Book, 1831, contemporary half calf; Hone, W . Ancient Mysteries Described, 1823, ex-library, later cloth; Mayo, H . Popular Superstitions. Philadelphia, 1852, rebacked; The Secrets of Ancient and Modern Magic. N.Y. Wehman Bros. [c.1880], wrappers bound in; The Youth’s Handbook of Entertaining Knowledge. 1844, 2 volumes; Ganthony, R . Practical Ventriloquism. 1893; [Wiljalba Frikell]. Parlor Tricks with Cards, N.Y., 1863, pictorial boards; Martin, W . The Book of Sport, 1851 and 1853, one rebacked; Gilbert, C . Endless Mirth and Amusement. Ex-library Stanley Collins, with bookplate; Summers, T . Magic, Pretended Miracles. Nashville, 1857; Mitchell, T . Key to Ghostism. N.Y., 1880, pictorial cloth; Hood, T . Excursions into Puzzledom, 1879, J.B. Findlay copy with bookplate, pictorial cloth; Grimes J . Compendium of the Phreno-Philosophy of Human Nature. Boston, 1853, pictorial cloth, slightly dampstained; The Sociable 1001 Home Amusements, N.Y. [c.1858], rebacked; Bullivant, C . The Drawing Room Entertainer. 1904, pictorial cloth; Lane, E.W . Manners & Customs of the Modern Egyptians. 1890, hinges weak; Hingston, E . The Genial Showman. 1871, 3 rd edition; Roterberg, A . Card Tricks, Chicago [c.1902], worn, wrappers bound in; New Era Card Tricks. 2004; The Magic Lantern… how to Raise a Ghost. 1886, pictorial boards, rebacked; Preston, P . The Fireside Magician. N.Y.: [1870], pictorial boards, rubbed, rebacked; The Play Room, N.Y. [1866], pictorial boards, worn, rebacked; R.T. Society . Remarkable Delusions, [c.1860], modern green quarter morocco; Raymond, Prof . Parlor Pastimes. N.Y. [1875], Margaret Yates Magic Library bookplate, quarter morocco, wrappers bound in; Timbs, J . Things not Generally Known. 1851; Timbs, J . Stories of Inventors and Discoveries. 1860; Planche, F . Evening Amusements. Philadelphia, [1872], lacks half title and endpapers; Garenne, H . The Art of Modern Conjuring, [c.1855], ex Order of the Magi, modern quarter morocco; Hoffmann, Prof . Modern Magic. [n.d.], 15 th edition, pictorial cloth; Scot, R . The Discoverie of Witchcraft. 1995; Mephisto . Huis Catalogus – 9, wrappers; Foucaud, Edouard . The Book of Illustrious Mechanics. N.Y., 1846, rebacked; Philosophy in Sport, 1857, rebacked; Gay, J . The Fables, 1889; Good, A . Magic Experiments. Philadelphia, [1894], pictorial cloth; Goldston, W . The Young Conjuror. Part 2, pictorial boards; Shaw, W . Magic Up to Date, [1896], wrappers bound in; and a few pamphlets and catalogues including Nelson Enterprises and The Magical Apparatus Co., n.d.; Marshall, A . Beating a Dead Horse. 2020, number 30/69 copies signed, leather bound Gold Collector’s edition; Karr, Todd . The Silence of Chung Ling Soo. Miracle Factory, 2001, no. 42/75 copies signed, dw., collector’s box; Steele, M . Adelaide Hermann. Queen of Magic. 2012, number 55/125 copies signed, slipcase; Waller, C . Magical Nights at the Theatre, number 334/1000 copies, signed, dw; Bertram, Charles . Isn’t it Wonderful ? A History of Magic & Mystery, 1899. Illustrations, later cloth; “ Selbit ”. The Magician’s Handbook. c.1904, worn; Ganthony, R . Practical Ventriloquism. 1893, frontispiece, illustrations; Cockton, Henry . The Life and Adventures of Valentine Vox the Ventriloquist, [n.d., but c. 1900]; Burlinghame, H . Hermann the Great. Chicago, 1897, J.B. Findlay bookplate; Jarrett, J . The Complete Jarrett. The Classic 1936 text…, 2011; Devant, D . Secrets of My Magic. 1936; Ganson, L . Dai Vernon’s Tribute to Nate Leipzig, [n.d.]; Goldston, Will . Tricks and Illusions, 1955; Harbin, R . The Genius of Robert Harbin. 1997, dw; Prevost, J . Clever and Pleasant Inventions, Part 1. 1998, facsimile edition; Rioboo, R . Thinking the Impossible. 2012, dw; Cramer, W . Hanky Panky. [n.d., but c. 1880]; another copy, 1902; The Wizard , an Illustrated Monthly Journal for Conjurors. Vols. 1-2 and 4, 1905-10, cloth; Steinmeyer, J . The Glorious Deception. Chung Ling Soo, 2005, dw; Scot, R . The Discoveries of Witchcraft. 1972, wrappers; Goldin, H . It’s fun to be fooled. [n.d.], ex-library copy, poor; The Magical World. Vol. 1 only, 1910-11, cloth; Lorrayne, H . Close Up Card Magic. 1962; Devant, D . My Magical Life. 1931

Footnote: Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson