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114 BLOOMSBURY AUCTIONS Lot 651 651. Maillardet (Henri) a ha n D B i L L f O r ma i L L a r D e t’s au t O m at i C a L ex h i B i t i O n, slightly stained, 232 x 184mm., [late eighteenth century]. £150 - £200 *** The exhibition comprised a young lady organist, a rope dancer, a conjurer, and flying and singing birds. Lot 652 652. Maskelyne (John Nevil) tW O a u t O g r a p h L e t t e r s s i g n e D tO jay sm i t h, one discussing Husk, describing his bogus supernatural powers and referring to “our old friend Craddock” as a “miserable fraud”, the other apparently about a thought-reading act, mentioning a similar act performed at the Egyptian Hall, and that by Devant and his sister, “by far the most puzzling”, 4pp. 4to, on St. Georges Hall headed notepaper, 1906, inserted in an album of Theatrical Autographs, along with six typed letters written on behalf of Jasper Maskelyne, 1929-1930, again referring to Husk; a typed letter signed by Noel Maskelyne thanking Jay Smith for a book, 1930; a typed letter signed by Jasper Maskelyne, 1938; a postcard inscribed by George Robey, three short typed notes signed by Charles B. Cochran and 29 other letters and forms accepting terms of engagement, contemporary morocco gilt, small oblong folio. £400 - £600 653. Neil (C. Lang) th e mO D e r n CO n j u r e r, illustrations, original cloth, gilt, 1903; Modern Card Manipulation, illustrations, original pictorial boards, lacking spine, surface soiling, 1904; After Dinner Sleights and Pocket Tricks, illustrations, original pictorial boards, rubbed, 1910 § Stanyon (Prof. Ellis) Conjuring With Cards, illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, covers detached, rubbed, 1903; Conjuring For Amateurs, illustrations, later cloth, [c.1905] § Devant (David) Tricks For Everyone, illustrations, original pictorial boards, rubbed, 1913; and 2 others, early 20th century conjuring, 8vo (8) £150 - £200 Lot 654 654. Pepper (Dr. John Henry) a p r i n t e D n O t i C e r e v i s e D a n D C O m p L e t e D B y h a n D, signed by Dr. Pepper, informing clients that he has returned to the Polytechnic Institution and is at liberty to accept engagements, with a syllabus of some of his lectures, 2pp. 4to, 1861. £150 - £200 655. 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, translated and edited by Professor Hoffmann, first e D i t i O n in en g L i s h , frontispiece, illustrations, original dark red pictorial cloth, gilt, g.e., spine slightly darkened, spine ends and corners a little bumped, Routledge, 1878; Memoirs, second edition, inscription to pastedown, hinges a little weak, original cloth, browned, spine darkened, spine ends a little worn, 1860, 8vo (2) £200 - £300 656. rO ya L pO Ly t e C h n i C in s t i t u t i O n, programme for the week commencing Dec.15, 1873, 16pp., original wrappers, 8vo, 1873. £75 - £100 *** The various lectures and entertainments include an exhibition of Leotard the Automaton, a lecture on the Curiosities of Optical Science, a demonstration of New Inventions, and a performance by Norma the Calculating Dog. 657. Welton (Thomas) me n ta L ma g i C, edited by Robert H. Fryar, reprint, frontispiece, original cloth, soiled, spine a little browned, small 4to, 1885. £150 - £200 *** Printed in Bath, this reprint has been given an apparently spurious title page that purports to have been published in Madras, India. Possibly in an attempt to lend the book some mystical caché.
The Property of Don Stacey 658. Circus correspondence.- a C O L L e C t i O n O f O v e r 220 t y p e D O r a u t O g r a p h L e t t e r s signed to Don Stacey from circus proprietors, managers and performers, including Bj. Arnardo ; Brian Austen; Hildegard Muntwyler ( for the Circus Monti); John H. McConnell (for the Circus Royale); James Clubb (for Sally Chipperfield’s Circus); Tom Duffy; Les Ferdinandos; Tamara and Ali Hassani, Peter Hoffman (of the Circus Hoffman); Michael Ingoldsby (for Fossett’s Circus); the Gebrüder Knie; George Klõtzing ( for the Circus Krone); John Lawson; Asbjorn and four others from the Cirkus Merano; Beverley Roberts; Markus Schenk ( for the Circus Nock); Charly Ross (of the Circus Ross-Hanson); Ronald Smart; Clifford Vargas; W.H. Willkie (of the Boswell-Wilkie Circus); and many others, all on headed paper, some pictorial, [c.1980-1995]; other circus stationary; and about 200 publicity leaflets from English, European, and American circuses, various sizes. £350 - £450 Lot 659 659. Bertam Mills, and others. pr O g r a m m e f O r 1966-67, and 60 modern souvenir brochures and programmes for English circuses, including ten for Zippos Circus, four for the Great British Circus, and others for Billy Smart, Chipperfields, Austen Brothers, Jerry Cottle, John Lawson, Bobby Roberts, and others, illustrations, original wrappers, 4to and folio (61) £200 - £300 Lot 660 660. Circus Festivals.-si x t y t W O m O D e r n s O u v e n i r p r O g r a m m e s f O r eu r O p e a n C i r C u s e s, including three for the European Youth Circus; four for the Circusfestival van Nederland; three for the Cirkus Festival, Budapest; the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain; and the circuses of Carl Busch, Giovanni Althoff, Conelli, Rajazzo,Vargas, and others, illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, 8vo and 4to. £200 - £300 Lot 661 661. Circus Roncalli.- fO rt y-O n e m O D e r n s O u v e n i r p r O g r a m m e s f O r eu r O p e a n C i r C u s e s, including three for the Circus Roncalli; four for the Nederlands National Circus Herman Renz; three for the Circus Medrano; five for the Circus Nock; eight for the Circus Arlette Gruss; and others, illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, 8vo and 4to. £200 - £300 BLOOMSBURY AUCTIONS 115
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