$2,200
Collins, Stanley. Rough Draft of “Gems of Personal Prestidigitation.” [London], ca. 1957 – 63. Cloth spring-back portfolio binder, title label laid on front, labeled “Rough Draft.” Unpaginated typescript. 137 pages, 4to, rectos only, of scrap calendars, circular letters and other documents. Bearing hundreds of annotations by Collins in pen and pencil. Tipped-in half-sheet of literary quotations in Collins’s hand, likely as epigraphs; and a synopsis of the work and word count table in manuscript by Bayard Grimshaw. Ex-libris Edwin Dawes. Collins’s final book-length work on magic, which he believed would be his strongest, remained unpublished for various reasons until 2002, with its inclusion in Dawes’ biography of him.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-04-09
