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Click here to subscribeShirley Smith (Richard) The Paintings & Collag first edition, signed by the artist, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, Marlborough, 2002 § Bain (Iain) The Wood Engravings of Richard Shirley Smith, signed by the artist, illustrations, original printed covers, Silent Books, Cambridge, 1994, v.s. (2)
Barnum (Phineas T.) The Humbugs of the World title and adjacent page slightly spotted, otherwise a very good copy, original cloth, uncut, 1866 § Wilson (Henry) and James Caulfield. The Book of Wonderful Characters, frontispiece coloured by hand, 58 plates (of 60), the first frayed, original pictorial cloth gilt, rebacked preserving spine, [1870], [Toole Stott Circus 1240 and 2953], John Camden Hotton § Barton (Margaret) and Sir Osbert Sitwell. Sober Truth, first edition, plates, original cloth, soiled, with the signature and bookplate of Bayard Grimshaw, 1930 § Jay (Ricky) Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women, illustrations, original cloth, dust jacket, folio, 1987; Saushlau & Feuerfest, illustrations, original wrappers, folio, Offenbach am Main, n.d.; and four others, 8vo and folio(9) ***A small framed wood-engring of Faux`s booth is included in the lot.
Braine (Sheila E.) The Turkish Automaton a tale of the times of Catherine the Great, first edition, frontispiece and 5 plates by William Rainey, a few slight stains, 1899 § Greenwood (James) Silas the Conjurer, illustrations, original pictorial cloth gilt, [prize label dated 1899] § Davis (Richard Harding) Vera the Medium, first edition, frontispiece and 5 plates by Frederic Dorr Steele, New York, 1908, original pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo(3)
Brock (Alan St H.) A History of Fireworks 8vo, 1949 § Mannix (Dan) Memoirs of a Sword-Swallower, first English edition, 8vo, 1951 § Magri (Countess M. Lavinia) The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb, edited by A.H. Saxon, presentation copy, inscribed by the editor, 8vo, Hamden,1979 § Ziethen (Karl-Heinz) and Andrew Allen. Juggling: the Art and its Artists, folio, Berlin, 1985 § Barrett (Norman) Norman Barrett, Ringmaster, folio, 1994, all but the second first editions, illustrations, original cloth or boards, dust jackets; and 16 others, various sizes(21)
Brown (E.G.) Library of the Magic Circle original cloth, supplement loosely inserted, 1940; Another edition, 1952 § Toole Stott (Raymond) A Bibliography of Books on the Circus in English, original cloth, dust jacket, Derby, 1964 § Catalogue of Printed Books including the property of the late Roland Winder, 1974; The J.B. Findlay Collection, part 1-3, 1979-1980, all four George Jenness`s copies, with his prices and buyers in margins § Hall (Trevor) The Winder Sale of Old Conjuring Books, number 28 of 250 copies, signed by the author, Leeds, 1975, all but the first and third in original wrappers, 8vo; and fifteen others, including the index to Abra, various sizes(22)
Buffum (Richard) The Carl Owen Book "Keep the wheels turning...", edited by Leo Behnke, first edition, number 805 of 1000 copies, signed by Les Smith, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, and reproductions of original designs, original roan-backed cloth, folio, Alhambra, Owen Magic Supreme, 1977.
Devant (David) My Magic Life first edition, the author`s faint signature on endleaf, over-written ?by the author, upper part with recipient`s name cut off, plates, original cloth, 1931; Mes Secrets d`Illusioniste, first edition in French, plates, illustrations, cloth, original wrappers bound in, with Magic Circle stamps (withdrawn) on end leaf and title, Paris, 1938, 8vo (2)
Harbin (Robert) Magic of Robert Harbin edited by Peter Warlock, first edition, number 83 of an unspecified limitation for private circulation only, signed by the author, illustrations, original cloth gilt, an order of service for the Harbin service of thanksgiving and related cutting loosely inserted, folio, 1970. ***This copy is in the original packaging addressed by the printer to George Jenness. .
Hoffmann (Professor Louis) Conjurer Dick first edition, wood-engraved frontispiece and title vignette, joints slightly worn, Hamley labels over imprint, [1886]; Drawing-Room Conjuring, translated by Professor Hoffmann, third edition, original pictorial boards, [1901]; The Illustrated Book of Patience Games, fourth edition, 1902; Modern Magic, sixteenth edition, n.d.; Later Magic, new and enlarged edition, 1931, the last four with illustrations, all but the second in original pictorial cloth, 8vo(5)
Houdini (Harry) Gibson (W.B.) Houdini`s Escapes first edition, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, with the bookplate of Bayard Grimshaw, 8vo, New York, 1930 § Cannell (J.C.) The Secrets of Houdini, first edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author to Oswald Rae, plates, 8vo, 1931 § Gresham (William Lindsay) Houdini, the Man who Walked through Walls, plates, 8vo, 1960 § Christopher (Milbourne) Houdini, the Untold Story, presentation copy, inscribed by the author, plates, 8vo, 1970; Houdini, a Pictorial Biography, numerous illustrations, folio, New York, 1976 § Weltman (Manny) Houdini: a Definitive Biblography, original wrappers, small 4to, Van Nuys, 1991 § Koval (Frank) The Illustrated Houdini Research Diary, part 1-6, illustrations, original wrappers, folio, Oldham,1993-1994, all but the last two in original cloth or boards, the last three with dust jackets; and twelve others, various sizes(23)
Hughes (Jack) Jack Hughes World of Magic edited by Derek Lever, 3 vol. and two copies of the separate index, Bury, 1981-1999 § Ayling (Will) Genie Presentations, presentation copy, inscribed by the author to Wizard Edward Beal, Bideford, [1972]; Oriental Conjuring and Magic, Bideford, 1981 § Galloway (Andrew) The Ramsay Classics, Ayr, 1977; The Ramsay Finale, Ayr, 1982; The Ramsay Legend, revised and enlarged edition, inscribed by the author, Ayr, 1985 § Berg (Joe) and others. The Berg Book, Wichita, 1983 § Fox (Karrell) For my Next Trick..., Bideford, 1986; My Latest Book, Bideford, 1988; Goodies, Bideford, 1991, all but the sixth first editions, illustrations, original boards, dust jackets, 4to and folio(14)
Jarrett (Guy) Puttin Tacks on your Chair first edition, signed by the author, original wrappers, 8vo, Chicago, 1933; Jarrett Magic and Stagecraft, Technical, with additional material by Jim Steinmeyer, first edition, number 97 of 100 copies, presentation copy, signed and inscribed by Steinmeyer, illustrations, original boards, dust jacket, 4to, Chicago, 1981, 8vo and 4to(2)
Koval (Frank) Robert Heller: Music and Mystery number 160 of 500 copies, 8vo, Oldham, 1985 § Hagy (James)The One Young: William Henry Young and his Times, number 123 of 200 copies, 4to, Ohio, 1986 § Ewing (Thomas A.) Frederick Eugene Powell, the Man and his Magic, number 52 of 100 copies, signed by the author, 4to, n.p., 1986; Two Hartes that Beat as One, number 56 of 250 copies, signed by the author, 4to, Yardley, 1993 § Parkinson (Reg.) Denise; Myron Carruthers, 2 vol., 8vo, Blackpool, [1986] § Blackmore (Kent) Oscar Eliason, the original "Dante the Great", revised edition, 8vo, Sydney, 1987 § Dawes (Edwin A.) Henri Robin, Expositor of Science & Magic, number 183 of 230 copies, 8vo, 1989 § Taylor (E. Cooper) A Few Moments from the Career of Prof. E. Cooper Taylor, 4to, n.p., 1990 § Minch (Stephen) From Witchcraft to Card Tricks, number 254 of 500 copies, small 4to, Seattle, 1991, all but the seventh first editions, the second, fifth, sixth and seventh presentation copies, inscribed by the authors, illustrations, original wrappers; and 20 others, various sizes(30)
Lippy (John D.) Chemical Magic with an introduction by Howard Thurston, New York, 1930 § Hugard`s Annual of Magic, 2 vol., New York, 1937 and 1938/1939 § Victor( Edward) Further Magic of their Hands, inscribed be the author, with the bookplate of Francis White, 1945 § Gaultier (Camille) Magic without Apparatus, Berkeley Heights, 1945 § Dhotel (Jules) Magic with Small Apparatus, vol.1 (all published), Berkeley Heights, 1947 § Scarne(John) and Clayton Rawson. Scarne on Dice, presentation copy, inscribed by Clayton Rawson to Martin Gardner, 1946 § Hilliard (John Northern) Greater Magic, revised edition, Minneapolis, 1947 § Rice (Harold) and Mark Trimble. Encyclopedia of Silk Magic, 4 vol., Wynnewood, 1948-1993, illustrations, original cloth or boards, the first and seventh with dust jackets; and twelve others, 8vo(24)
Maskelyne (John Nevil) Sharps and Flats third impression, frontispiece and 3 plates, illustrations in text, 1907 § Devant (David) My Magic Life, first edition, plates, slightly spotted, upper joint split, 1931; Mes Secrets d`Illusioniste, plates, illustrations, original wrappers, Paris, 1949 § Maskelyne (Jasper) White Magic, first edition, plates, 1936; Another edition, n.d. § Fisher (David) The War Magician, plates, dust jacket, New York, 1983, all but the third in original cloth, 8vo(6) ***My Magic Life has annotations by George Jenness, and was previously in the library of Victor Farelli.
The Sonnets Of Shakespeare, one of an edition of 100 copies, illustrated by Steven Spurrier, A.R.A., printed at the Chiswick Press on English hand-made paper and published by F Lewis, Publishers, Ltd, for Cuthbert R Halsall and presented to him by Dr W Leslie Ackerman, first published 1950, white vellum with gilt lettering, with outer card sleeve.
John James Audubon (1785-1851); The Birds of America: A selection of plates/landscape plates facsimile, Leipzig: Edition Leipzig [printer]/London: The Ariel Press, 1972 & 1973. 2 elephant folio volumes with 40 collotype plates in facsimile after Audubon, No. 686 of an edition of 1,000 copies, one of 250 copies numbered 501-750 (the `Great Britain and Commonwealth Edition`) each signed by the director of the Ariel press, in publisher`s half-cloth pictorial boards, both of the volumes in the original shipper`s boxes bearing Ariel Press address labels and printed labels giving the copy number. "John James Audubon`s The Birds of America is the most monumental illustrated ornithological work ever to have been undertaken and and the first cultural and scientific achievement by an American to be universally acclaimed" (Mauersberger) (Illustrated).
Vereker Monteith Hamilton (Scottish, 1856-1931), Kensington Gardens in June, signed lower left with initials "VMH" and inscribed verso `To Joey Farina from the artist Christmas 1911`, oil on canvas, 25 x 34cm (9.75 x 13.26in) Provenance: Mademoiselle Joey Farina, the aunt of the vendor, and by descent. The Hamilton and Farina families remained lifelong friends, and letters of correspondence between Joey Farina and Vereker Hamilton, and Vereker`s son Julian and Joey, accompany this lot together with a first edition copy of `Things That Happened`, an autobiography of the artist inscribed `For Joey from the author`s daughter`. Vereker Hamilton was a Scottish artist who in later life became interested in painting leading stage and ballet figures, in particular the Russian Ballet, and he became a close friend of the Soprano Mademoiselle Joey Farina and gave her the present painting at Christmas 1911. Vereker Hamilton studied at the Slade School under Legros, and exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1886 onwards and at the Paris Salon, Glasgow and the Grosvenor Gallery
WODEHOUSE (P. G), MONEY IN THE BANK, first edition, 1946; Full Moon, (clipped), 1947; Ring for Jeeves, 1953; Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit, 1954; Cocktail Time, 1958; A Few Quick Ones, 1959; Jeeves in the Offing, 1960; Ice in the Bedroom, 1961; Service with a Smile, 1962; Stiff Upper lip Jeeves 1963; Frozen Assets, 1964; Company for Henry, 1967; Do Butlers Burgle Banks?, 1968; Much Obliged Jeeves, 1971; Pearls Girls and Monty Bodkin, 1972; Bachelors Anonymous, (clipped), 1973; Aunts aren`t Gentlemen, 1974; Sunset at Blandings, 1977; all first editions and Jenkins
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