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9. Catalogues. a C O L L e C t i O n O f a u C t i O n a n D D e a L e r’s C ata L O g u e s
including the Sotheby catalogues of the collection of Roland
Winder, 1974; The J.B. Findlay collection, 3 vol., 1979-1980;
Books, etc. from the collection of J.B.Findlay [part 4], the Magic
Circle and other owners, 1982; and the Van Veen collection, 3 vol.,
1984; Books, etc. from the collection of Milbourne Christopher,
New York, 1981; the Collection Marteret, Paris, 2001; The
Collection Christian Fechner, Paris, 2004; The Christian Fechner
Collection of American and English Magic, part 1, New York,
2005; the Hokus-Pokus-Fidibus exhibition catalogue, 1982; five
other magic catalogues; and others including a further 25 Sotheby
catalogues with conjuring books and apparatus, and over 100 other
book and picture catalogues, the majority containing conjuring
related material. £150 - £200
10. Challamel (Augustin) Le s am u s e u r s D e L a ru e, lithographed
frontispiece and 15 plates by Edouard Debat-Ponson including two
of a conjuror, spotted, original cloth gilt, g.e., 12mo., Paris, 1875;
Another edition, browned, original wrappers, 8vo, Paris, 1929
§ Album des Célebrités de la Rue: Collection des personages les
plus exentriques de Paris, 16 plates including Miette the conjuror,
sightly spotted, contemporary morocco-backed boards, oblong
8vo, Paris, [c.1875]; and another, 12mo and 8vo (4) £100 - £150
11. Chodowiecki (Daniel Nicholas) ve r z e i C h n i s s e i n e s sa m m L u n g
v O n ku p f e r s t i C h e n?], 54 engraved plates by Shellenberg and
Penzel after Chodowiecki, some soiled or stained, three with areas
torn away, some with imprints cut away, lacking title and other
plates?, loose in slightly later half roan, oblong folio (212mm. by
284mm.), [1782?]. £150 - £200
*** Plate 15 has 20 illustrations, including one of a fire eater,
snake swallower, conjuror, posture master and human fountain,
and another of equilibrists and slack wire performers. See lot 102
for similar images.
12. Clarke (Sidney W.) th e an n a L s O f CO n j u r i n g, plates,
illustrations, some marginal notes and underlining, contemporary
cloth-backed boards, 8vo, [1924-1928] £100 - £150
*** One of a few copies made up from sheets of the Magic Wand
by George Johnson.
13. Clarke (Sidney W.) th e an n a L s O f CO n j u r i n g, edited by Edwin
A. Dawes and Todd Karr, in association with Bob Read, O n e O f 25
p r e s e n tat i O n C O p i e s, lettered B and signed by the editors and Bob
Read, coloured frontispiece and 8 plates, numerous illustrations,
original boards, dust jacket, fitted case, 4to, Seattle, The Miracle
Factory, 2001. £350 - £500
*** This copy is number 2 of 8 copies containing a folded uncut
sheet surplus to the edition prepared by George Johnson in the
1920’s from the serialized publication in The Magic Wand, and the
accompanying certificate.
14. Clarke (Sidney W.) th e an n a L s O f CO n j u r i n g, edited by Edwin
A. Dawes and Todd Karr, in association with Bob Read, number
3 of 75 copies, signed by the editors and Bob Read, coloured
frontispiece and 8 plates, numerous illustrations, original boards,
dust jacket, fitted case, 4to, Seattle, The Miracle Factory, 2001.
£300 - £400
BLOOMSBURY AUCTIONS
15. Club des Magiciens Collectionneurs. Le s th é at r e s D e ma g i e
e t L e s en t r e s O rt s D a n s L e s fê t e s fO r a i n e s, small folio, n.p.,
1992; L’Imagerie Populaire et la Prestidigitation, 4to, n.p., 1995;
Commentaire, Analyse et Datation de quelques Documents Rares
ou Inconnus, n.p., 1996 § Magicol, no.36-61, 18 issues only, 8vo,
Chicago, 1975-1981 § Dawes (Edwin A.) and Robert J. Albo. The
Magic of England, p r e s e n tat i O n C O p y, inscribed by Eddie Dawes
to Peter Lane, 4to, 1994 § Guillemin (Fanch) Recuil de Textes
Magiques Rares, limited edition, signed by the author, Brest, 1997
§ Huber (Volker) Geschichten um das Flickbuch, Offenbach am
Main, 2001; Fresh Breath on the Blow Book, Humble, 2003, both
p r e s e n tat i O n C O p i e s inscribed by the author to Bob Read, original
boards § The Yankee Magic Collector no.10, edited by Bob Schoof
and Ed Hill, number 34 of 175 copies signed by the editors, 8vo,
Watertown, 2002 § Naudet (George) Chromos et Prestidigitation,
part 1 and 2, small folio, Paris, 2002-2003; Pictures and Chromos
on Conjuring, part 1, small folio, Paris, 2003, illustrations, all but
the seventh and eighth in original wrappers; and 13 others, various
sizes (42) £150 - £200
16. Cochran (Charles B.) se C r e t s O f a sh O W m a n, 1925 § Randall
(Harry) Harry Randall, Old Time Comedian, [1930] § Handley
(Tommy) Handley’s Pages, [1938] § Kavanagh (Ted) Tomy Handley,
1949 § Winter (Marian Hannah) The Theatre of Marvels,1964 §
Fisher (John) Funny Way to be a Hero, 4to, 1973 § Croft Cooke
(Rupert) and Peter Cotes. Circus, a World History, 4to, 1976 §
Altick (Richard D.) The Shows of London, 4to, Cambridge, Mass.,
1978 § Southworth (John) Fools and Jesters at the English Court,
1998 § Cameron (David Kerr) The English Fair, 4to, 1998, first
e D i t i O n s, plates or illustrations, original cloth or boards, the last
five with dust jackets; and 88 others on the music hall, comedians,
humour, and the circus, 8vo and 4to (97) £150 - £200
17. CO n j u r e r s’ mO n t h Ly ma g a z i n e, edited by Harry Houdini, 2
vol., facsimile reprint, limited to 500 copies, illustrations, original
cloth, slipcase, folio, New York, 1991. £100 - £150
18. Cramer (Stuart) ge r m a i n t h e Wi z a r D, edited by Todd Karr,
coloured plates, numerous illustrations, original cloth, dust jacket,
4to, Seattle, The Miracle Factory, 2002. £100 - £150