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110 623. Anneman (Theo.) sh-h-h—! it’s a se C r e t, [1934]; Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks, New York, 1943; Incorporated Strange Secrets, 1956 § Grant (U.F.) Grant’s Super Magical Secrets, [1935] § Stickland (William G.) “It” A book of Novel and Original Interesting Tricks, [1936] § Wehman Bros. New Book of One Hundred and Fifty Parlor Tricks and Games, New York, 1939; New Book of Tricks, New York, n.d. § Bagshawe (Edward) Novel Mysteries, parts 1 and 4-6, second editions, 1940-1942 § Warlock {Peter) Designs for Magic, 1941; Plans for Deception, 1942 § Gardner (Martin) Cut the Cards, [Chicago], [1942] § Ganson (Lewis) Dai Vernon’s Symphony of the Rings, p r e s e n tat i O n C O p y, inscribed by the author to Jimmy Findlay, [1958], illustrations, original wrappers, all but the first with the bookplate of J.B. Findlay; and 20 others, nine from the same collection, 8vo and 4to (35) £125 - £175 BLOOMSBURY AUCTIONS Lot 624 624. art O f CO n j u r i n g ma D e ea s y (th e), or instructions for performing the most astonishing Sleight-of-Hand Feats, with directions for making Fireworks, original wrappers, full title and wood-engraved illustration on upper cover, with the signature of George Johnson and bookplate of J.B. Findlay, [Toole Stott 65], 12mo, Devonport, Samuel and John Keys, [c.1840]. £150 - £200 625. Barnum (P.T.) st r u g g L e s a n D tr i u m p h s, O r si x t y ye a r s re C O L L e C t i O n s, wood-engraved portrait frontispiece and 31 fullpage illustrations, original wrappers, soiled and worn, backstrip defective, 1889 § Devant (David) Secrets of my Magic, first e D i t i O n, “publisher’s compliments stamp on title-page”, plates, 1936 § Beaufort (Douglas) Nothing Up My Sleeve, first e D i t i O n, plates, original cloth, dust jacket frayed, 1938 § Robert-Houdin (Jean Eugène) Memoirs,1942; Another edition, inscribed to J.B. Findlay by the publisher “Collector’s item, with two [variant] dust jackets”, Minneapolis, 1944 § Dexter (Will) The Riddle of Chung Ling Soo, first e D i t i O n, presentation copy inscribed by the author to J.B. Findlay, plates, 1955 , all but the first in original cloth, the last four with dust jackets, all but the second with the bookplate of J.B. Findlay; and five others, 8vo (11) £150 - £200 The Proprty of Ian Halley Carnegie 626. Blackstone (Harry) BL a C k s t O n e’s se C r e t s O f ma g i C, i n s c r i b e d b y t h e a u t h o r, covers slightly affected by damp, New York, 1929; Tricks Anyone Can Do, 2 copies, original boards, one with W.H. Allen’s sticker over American price, New York, 1948 § Gibson (Walter B.) Magician’s Manual, second edition, inscribed by the author, original boards, folio, New York, [1934?]; The New Magician’s Manual, original boards, dust jacket split at spine, folio, New York, 1936 § Baker (Al) and others. Our Mysteries, New York, 1941 § Larsen (Geraldine Conrad) Nothing up his Sleeve, inscribed by the author, Hollywood, 1943 § Annemann (Theo.) Practical Mental Effects, New York, 1944 § Christopher (Milbourne) Varied Deceptions, inscribed by the author to Jimmy Findlay, [1953] § Hugard (Jean) Modern Magic Manual, 1957, illustrations, all but the second-fourth in original cloth, the sixth, seventh and last two with dust jackets, all but the last with the bookplate of J.B. Findlay; and five others, 8vo and folio (15) £150 - £200 627. Clarke (Sidney W.) and Adolph Blind. th e Bi B L i O g r a p h y O f CO n j u r i n g, 1920 § Disher (M. Willson) Greatest Show on Earth, top of spine torn, 1937; Blood and Thunder, hinges repaired, 1949; Pleasures of London, 1950 § Lamb (Geoffrey) Victorian Magic, 1976 § Gibson (Walter B.) The Complete Illustrated Book of Close-Up Magic, 1980 § Fisher (John) Paul Daniels and the Story of Magic, 1987 § Murray (Barry) Paul Daniels Adult Magic, 1989, all but the first with plates or illustrations, original cloth or boards, the last four with dust jackets, the first four with the bookplate of J.B. Findlay; and 20 others, 8vo and 4to (28) £100 - £150 628. Cremer (W.H.) th e se C r e t Ou t; The Magician’s Own Book; Hanky Panky, 3 vol., the first with upper half of endleaf removed, the second with all removed, Edinburgh, [c.1900] § Collins (A. Frederick) The Book of Magic, London and New York, 1916 § Tom Tit [Arthur Good]. Scientific Amusements, translated by Cargill G. Knott, illustrations, original pictorial cloth, [1918] § Bullivant (C.H.) The Drawing Room Entertainer, 1919 § Ainslie (Arthur) Water Wizardry, 1922 § Douglas (Bert) Original Magic for All, 1927, illustrations, original pictorial boards, backstrips worn, and four others, the fourth with the bookplate of J.B. Findlay, 8vo (12) £125 - £175 629. Hertz (Carl) a mO D e r n my s t e ry me r C h a n t, the Trials, Tricks and Travels of Carl Hertz, the famous American Illusionist, first English edition, portrait frontispiece and 21 plates, original cloth, dust jacket slightly frayed, with the bookplate of J.B. Findlay, cancelled library label inside lower cover, 8vo, 1924. £100 - £150 630. Hopkins (Nevil Monroe) tWentieth Ce n t u ry ma g i C, second edition, 1904 § Elbiquet. Supplementary Magic, [1917] § Holmes (Donald) The Magic Art, 1920 § Latour (Harry) [Harry Paget]. Magical Suggestions, presented to The Magicians Club by Will Goldston, 1921 § Waller (Charles) Magic from Below, 1929 § Lane (Frank) Help Yourself, 1931 § Goldston (Will) Tricks that Mystify, 4 works in one vol. the last with plates, [1934]; Tricks of the Masters, third impression, 1953, illustrations, original cloth, all but the first two and last two with the bookplate of J.B. Findlay, 8vo (8) £100 - £150 631. Houdini (Harry) [Erich Weiss]. th e un m a s k i n g O f rO B e rthO u D i n, together with a treatise on Handcuff Secrets, first English edition, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, original pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo, 1909. £150 - £200
632. Maccabe (Frederic) th e art O f ve n t r i L O q u i s m, original printed boards, Hamley’s label pasted over imprint, [1875] § Proskauer (Hugo) The Conjuror’s Cabinet, 6 instruction sheets within printed wrapper, soiled, upper cover split horizontally, other leaves with short split at fore-edge, [c.1880] § Evening Amusements, original pictorial wrappers, upper cover printed in colour, rebacked, 12mo, Glasgow, Cameron & Co., [c.1880] § Barter (John) A Wonderful Memory and How to Acquire It, upper cover frayed, rebacked, [1890]; How to Hypnotise, upper cover almost loose, [1890]; How to become a Ventiloquist, lacking lower cover, [1897]; The Whole Art of Palmistry, 4 vol., original decorated or pictorial wrappers, [c.1900] § “Cyril”. Social Evenings: How to Entertain our Friends, part of preface leaf torn away without loss of text, original printed wrappers, 1893 § Home Amusements: Magic Lanterns, <strong>Conjuring</strong>… &c., original limp cloth, title on upper cover, [c.1900] § Cassell’s Book of In-Door Amusements, Card Games and Fireside Fun, illustrations, original pictorial cloth, 1903 § Coates (James) Seeing the Invisible, portrait frontispiece, 2 plates and 2 full-page illustrations, original cloth, joints split, 1906; How to Thought-Read, sixth thousand, original boards, lacking most of backstrip, Ornum’s label over imprint, [c.1920] § Baggally (W.W.) Telepathy Genuine and Fraudulent, second edition, frontispiece, original cloth, dust jacket, 1920 § Jolly Party Games, original pictorial wrappers, [1930], all but the second, third, eighth, tenth and twelfth with the bookplate of J.B. Findlay; and six others, 12mo and 8vo (19) £150 - £200 633. ma g i C i a n mO n t h Ly, edited by Will Goldston, vol. 7, 8, and 10-12, 60 issues in all, illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, covers of one issue loose, one lower cover torn, folio, 1910-1915. £100 - £150 Lot 634 634. neW art O f CO n j u r i n g a n D ma g i C (th e); The Great Wizard’s Handbook of Mystery and Magic, 2 similar vol., some leaves loose, the last of the second frayed, William S. Fortey, [c.1850] § [Anderson (John Henry)?] The Great Wizard’s Handbook of Magic, or Parlour Entertainment, containing also Fortune-Telling by Cards, two different issues, with alternative illustration; The Great Wizard’s Handbook of Magic, or Parlour Entertainment, containing also Fortune-Telling by Cards, and the Rope Trick, 3 vol., folded sheets, unopened, [c.1860], all with wood-engraved illustration on titlepages, all from the collection of J.B. Findlay, [Toole Stott 1365; 503, 41, and 42], 12mo and 8vo (5) £150 - £200 *** The last title is attributed to Anderson by Toole Stott, but listed as anonymous by Jimmy Findlay. The booklets were apparently printed for distribution at the conjuror’s performances. Lot 635 635. pa r k’s un i v e r s a L CO n j u r e r, wood-engraved pictorial titlepage, short tear at one side, disbound, [Toole Stott 531], 12mo, [c.1850]. £125 - £175 636. Robert-Houdin (Jean Eugène) me m O i r s, edited by Dr. R. Shelton Mackenzie, first American edition, some leaves stained, mainly preliminaries, original cloth, worn, upper joint split, spine torn, with the bookplate of J.B. Findlay, [Toole Stott 602], 8vo, New York, Philadelphia, 1859. £125 - £175 637. Robert-Houdin (Jean Eugène) th e se C r e t s O f CO n j u r i n g a n D ma g i C, or How to Become a Wizard, translated by Professor Hoffmann, fourth edition, illustrations, original cloth, spine slightly faded, but a good sound copy, 8vo, Hamley’s label pasted over imprint on title, [c.1890]. £100 - £150 638. Robert-Houdin (Jean Eugène) Ca r D-sh a r p i n g ex p O s e D, translated by Professor Hoffmann, pencil markings in text and a few marginal comments in ink, [c.1898] § Cavendish on Whist, 1898 § The Illustrated Book of Patience Games, translated by Professor Hoffmann, fifth edition, 1904 § James (H.K.) The Destruction of Mephisto’s Greatest Web, first e D i t i O n, Salt Lake City, 1914 § Morris (Hugh) 84 Card Tricks, original wrappers, Chicago, 1936 § Hugard (Jean) and Fred Braue. Expert Card Technique, Brooklin, 1944 § Le Paul (Paul) The Card Magic of Le Paul, second edition, ownership inscriptions of Richard Armour on title and half-title, Daneville, 1949, illustrations, all but the fifth in original cloth, the fourth, fifth and last with the bookplate of J.B. Findlay; and eleven others on card tricks and card games, 8vo (18) £125 - £175 BLOOMSBURY AUCTIONS 111
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