4 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 <strong>Conjuring</strong>, 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. <strong>Circus</strong>, 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
Lot 19 19. Damhouderius (Jodocus) pr a x i s re r u m Cr i m i n a L i u m, third edition?, woodcut coat of arms on verso of title-page, another at end, portrait within ornamental border, and 69 illustrations, some leaves browned, some towards end stained at upper margin, early annotations on endleaf, contemporary half vellum, with the bookplate and occasional stamps of the Birmingham Law Society, 8vo (219mm. by 160mm.), Antwerp, Joannes Bellerus, 1570. £1,250 - £1,750 ***The illustration on page 129 is of a village scene with a conjuror at his table with cups and balls. Another on page 399 depicts gamblers with dice at a table while a man to one side makes loaded dice. 20. Dawes (Edwin A.) th e Ba r r i s t e r in t h e Ci r C L e, a Memoir of Sidney Wrangel Clarke, limited to 500 copies, of which this is number 5 of 25 de luxe copies, signed by the author, illustrations, original calf, slightly rubbed, 8vo, The Magic Circle, 1983. £125 - £175 21. es C a m O t e u r (L’), Revue confidentielle des Magicians, edited by Robelly, no. 1-121, a C O m p L e t e s e t, numerous illustrations, many from historical sources, loosely inserted with indexes in 6 folders, 8vo, Tours, 1947-1966. £150 - £200 Lot 22 (actual size) 22. es C a m O t e u r D’am O u r (L’), [a book of songs], 12 plates, 44pp. text, engraved throughout, lacking title-page and last leaf (blank?), original red straight-grained roan gilt, g.e., 24mo (95mm. by 59mm.), Paris, [c.1800]. £150 - £200 *** L’Escamoteur d’Amour is one of a number of songs contained in this charming miniature book. The accompanying illustration is of a conjuror at a fair, a small cupid crouching under his table. 23. Escudier (Gaston) Le s sa Lt i m B a n q u e s, leur Vie, leurs Moeurs, first e D i t i O n, numerous illustrations by P. de Crauzat, reproductions of handbills, slightly spotted, original pictorial cloth gilt, [Toole Stott <strong>Circus</strong> 255], large 8vo, Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, 1875. £150 - £200 24. Fechner (Christian) “sO i r é e s fa n ta s t i q u e s”, first edition in English, presentation copy, inscribed to Bob Read, numerous illustrations, three flick books and 12 plans on 6 large folded sheets in matching case, original cloth gilt, pictorial labels on upper covers, slipcase, folio, Paris, 1988. £500 - £750 25. Fechner (Christian) Bi B L i O g r a p h i e D e L a pr e s t i t i g at i O n fr a n ç a i s e, one of 70 copies for presentation, inscribed by the author to Bob Read, illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, folio, Boulogne, 1994. £125 - £175 26. Fechner (Christian) th e ma g i C O f rO B e rt hO u D i n, “An Artist’s Life”, translated by Stacey Dagron, 2 vol., 60 coloured plates, folding genealogical table, numerous illustrations, and loosely inserted folded portrait, original cloth, dust jackets, slipcase, folio, Boulogne, 2002. £400 - £600 BLOOMSBURY AUCTIONS 5
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