$500
[Typescript] Sharpe, S. H. The Extent of Robert-Houdin’s Originality. 45 pages, typed, with additions, rewordings, and grammatical corrections to the text penned in by Sharpe. Very likely Sharpe’s final corrected draft before the eight-installment essay was published in Magic Circular (V48 N540 (Aug. 1954) – V49 N547 (Mar. 1955), Sharpe’s corrections and additions here without exception reflected in the published versions; of greatest significance is the addition of a quotation from Cassell’s Popular Recreator concerning Professor Anderson, inserted into the section preceding ‘Writing and Drawing Automata,’ suggesting this was the last major inclusion Sharpe made to the essay. Evidence of staple removal from margins, minor creases to leaves; in a Curtis and Page Typewriting folder, Signed by Sharpe on the rear bottom corner, and inscribed, “Reception File[s] 7 of [?].”
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-04-04
