$500
[Classics] Group of 42 classic nineteenth and twentieth century works on magic and conjuring. Including Second Sight Explained (1880) by Washington Irving Bishop; The Bodie Book (1905) by Walford Bodie; Memoirs of Robert-Houdin (1859) by Robert-Houdin; Our Magic (1911) by Maskelyne and Devant; My Magic Life (1931) by David Devant; Secrets of Conjuring and Magic (ca. 1877) by Robert-Houdin (trans. Professor Hoffman); Modern Magic (American Edition, ca. 1880s) by Professor Hoffman; Higher Magic (1920) by Oscar Teale; A Magician in Many Lands (1911) by Charles Bertram; Magic (1897) by Albert Hopkins; three books by Will Goldston: A Magician’s Swan Song (1934), Secrets of Famous Illusionists (1933; Signed), and Who’s Who In Magic (ca. 1930) by Will Goldston; Letters on Natural Magic (1832) by Sir David Brewster; Programmes of Famous Magicians (1934) by Max Holden; Ponsin on Conjuring (1937) by S.H. Sharpe; Twenty Years of Spoof & Bluff (1920) by Carlton; The Boy Mechanic (1913), in four volumes; and titles by Mulholland, Scarne, and Maurice Zolotow, among others. Primarily 8vo. Condition varies from fair to very good, with some older titles affected by loose or repaired bindings, clipped title pages, and other wear.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-11-01
