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BANKSY (born 1975)Gold Flag, 2007 signed in black felt-tip pen, numbered 29/112 on the reversescreenprint on gold Chromalux paper50 x 70cm (19 11/16 x 27 9/16in).with the publisher's blindstamp, Pictures on Walls, LondonFootnotes:This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Pest Control Office.Banksy, known for engaging with the political and social issues of the day, regularly uses his art to critique modern ideas inherent in our society. His satirical and often dark humour touches on key themes including; war, class, consumerism, capitalism and imperialism. In Gold Flag, Banksy directly references Joe Rosenthal's renowned photograph of U.S Soldiers raising the American Flag after seizing the island of Iwo Jima on Mount Suribachi on 9th February, 1945. The photograph, captured during world war II, won the Pulitzer Prize for Photography and was later used by sculptor, Felix de Wildon, to create the life-sized War Memorial in Virginia dedicated to all US marines who lost their lives serving their country. In Gold Flag, however, Banksy replaces the patriotic soldiers with a group of urban kids who clamber up and stand victoriously over a dilapidated car. The seizure of the prized hillside in Japan is replaced with the reclamation of a burned-out vehicle. The two girls, who proudly brandish the American flag over the car, are highlighted against a golden orb in what seems to be a world without adults. Banksy released Flags in two colours; editions of both gold and silver. The source of colour, often referred to as the sun or the moon, frames the children in an otherwise black deserted landscape. By using one singular colour, in this case gold on smooth wove metallic paper, the stark contrast creates a haunting and melancholy scene around the rebel children. Children are often a central motif in Banksy's work, used to symbolise the future as well as the severity of the issues being addressed. In Gold Flag, like in much of Banksy's art, its context is open to interpretation with some speculating that the children represent America's youth, still ambitious to achieve the 'American Dream'. Others suggest it might be a comment on the amount of money spent on war, leaving millions of men, women and children unsupported in ghettos or even a nod to the moon landing. Banksy, who once described his art as a form of underclass 'revenge' that allows power to be taken from the elite and given to the individual, once again leaves it up to the viewer to decide its meaning.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Exhibition poster for David Hockney: A Retrospective at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1988, 76 x 83cm, together with a two sheet poster for Whaam! by Roy Lichenstein, each sheet 80 x 60cm, and a double page advertisement in The Observer newspaper for Damien Hirst exhibition at Tate Modern, 63 x 47cm, all unframed

Art Deco style pair of pink glass fan shaped wall lights moulded with female nude with arms outstretched, signed Nesdam, in modern metal mounts, the glass 20.5cm high 25cm across

POSTCARDS, modern selection, inc. art, advertising, inc, Lifebuoy, Cadbury, railway, inc. G.W.R. railway posters, L.M.S. poster cards, Southern train posters; Dalkeith Coaches etc., in modern album, VG, 102*

MOHAMMED GHANI HIKMAT ( IRAQ 1929 - 2011 ) CAST STONEWORK - C1970, the finely executed stonework depicting a winged figure beneath a tree, artist signed to the lower section of the tree. Provenance: acquired directly from the artist. 50cm high x 30cm wide. Notes: Mohammad Ghani Hikmat (April 20, 1929 - September 12, 2011) was an Iraqi sculptor and artist credited with creating some of Baghdad's highest-profile sculptures and monuments and was known as the "sheik of sculptors".[1] He is also known as an early member of Iraq's first 20th-century art groups, including Al-Ruwad (the Pioneers) and The Baghdad Modern Art Group; two groups that helped to bridge the gap between tradition and modern art. He was also instrumental in recovering many of Iraq's missing artwork's, which were looted following the 2003 invasion.

Wallis (John, 1616-1703). ‘A Collection of Letters and other Papers, intercepted in Cipher, during the late warres in England. Deciphered by John Wallis D. D. Professor of Geometry in the University of Oxford. Being a Transcript of a like Collection presented by him to the Bodleyan Library, in the University of Oxford', 1 July 1653, holograph manuscript in brown and red ink on laid paper (with stylised ‘Pot II’ watermark containing initials ‘EDC’), pp. [24] 1-221 [i.e. 223] + initial blank and 32 rear blanks, with box-rules, pagination and catch-words throughout, old staining to title-page, a little light browning to margins, contemporary mottled calf, twin rules gilt to spine-compartments and covers, extremities rubbed, headcap worn away, front joint cracked but firm, a few abrasions to rear cover, tips showing through, 4to (18.7 x 14 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: 1) William Wallis, great-great-grandson of John Wallis, inscribed by him ‘I Wm Wallis had this book with some others from Mr Hayes executor to the late Taverner Wallis deceased, April 14 1784’ on the first rear blank. William wrote a lengthy biography of John, printed in the 1791 edition of John Wallis’s Sermons . For the will of Taverner (or Tavernor) Wallis, of Hampstead, Middlesex, see National Archives, Prob 11/1059/24. 2) 'No. 3 MSS of Dr Wallis’ (18th-century inscription to front pastedown). 3) John Lawson (1932-2019), bookseller. 4) Thence by descent. A substantial and highly important document in the history of cryptography, an unpublished holograph manuscript by one of the leading mathematicians of the 17th century, revealing his sui generis contribution to the science of code-breaking and to the parliamentarian cause in the English civil war. Wallis, a clergyman’s son who claimed to be self-taught in mathematics, was appointed Savilian professor of geometry at Oxford in 1649, and keeper of the university archives in 1658, remaining in both posts until his death half a century later. He was one of the founding members of the Royal Society, and his published works, including Arithmetica infinitorum (1655), Mechanica (1670-71), and A Treatise of Algebra (1685) have established his reputation as the most important English mathematician before Newton, on whom his Arithmetica was a major influence. Wallis’s feats in cryptography provoked both hostility and admiration from his contemporaries, on the one side Thomas Hobbes, who accused him of having deciphered the King’s cabinet (captured after the battle of Naseby in 1645), and on the other, Leibniz, who made repeated attempts to persuade Wallis to reveal his methods to the wider world. In the third edition of his Clavis mathematicae (1652) William Oughtred made passing mention of Wallis’s skill in 'explicating secret writing hidden behind the most intricate ciphers', but Wallis himself appears never to have referred to such matters in print until his final years, when he included two examples of deciphered letters in the third volume of his Opera mathematica (1699, pp. 660-72), two years before he became the first to hold the position of official decipherer to the secretary of state. Leibniz saw an affinity between code-breaking and algebra, and modern scholars have identified a close relationship between Wallis’s cryptographic and mathematical techniques, in particular in the ‘ingenious series of interpolations’ in the Arithmetica by which he found an infinite series expressing the value of 4/? (Domenico Bertoloni Meli in ODNB ). Nevertheless it is an aspect of his career entirely ignored by his modern biographer, who remarks that ‘although Wallis’s deciphering activity would be a fascinating story, in the interests of space, it has been left out of this book’ (Rampelt, Distinctions of Reason and Reasonable Distinctions: The Academic Life of John Wallis (1616-1703) (2009) p. 10). The manuscript begins with a remarkable introduction in which Wallis argues for the importance of ciphers, in particular during civil wars, ‘where the intermingling of opposite parties makes it difficult if not impossible to distinguish friends & foes’ (p. [i]). He outlines the history of his involvement in code-breaking, which began over supper at the residence of his spiritual charge Lady Mary Vere. The following transcriptions of fifty-three coded letters exchanged by royalists between 1640 and 1658 are all accompanied by the deciphered text and a detailed key, except for the last four, which are left unsolved as exercises for aspirant cryptographers. Wallis revealed in an autobiography written towards the end of his life that ‘of such deciphered Letters, there be copies of divers remaining in the Archives of the Bodleyan Library in Oxford ; and many more in my own Custody, and with the Secretaries of State’ (Scriba, ‘The Autobiography of John Wallis, F.R.S’, Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London , Volume 25 Number 1, June 1970, p. 38) . His master copy of intercepted civil war letters is now Bodleian MS e Musaeo 203, and is titled ‘A Collection of Letters and Other Papers, which were at severall times intercepted, written in Cipher. Deciphered by John Wallis, Professor of Geometry in the University of Oxford. Given to the Library there, Anno Domini, 1653’. In addition to our copy Wallis made another transcript which is now Bodleian Library MS Eng. misc. e. 475, and which contains a note by Wallis recording its donation to the ‘Savilian mathematical study at Oxford’. Both the Bodleian manuscripts contain fifty-two letters; ours appears to be one he kept back for his own personal use, in light of its provenance to a descendant and the presence of a fifty-third letter evidently added later (‘A Letter from Flanders intercepted in May 1658’, by one Pe[ter] Townesend). The Bodleian holds a further volume by Wallis containing deciphered letters dating from 1669 to 1703 (MS Eng. misc. e. 382) and the annotation 'No. 4. Dr. Wallis's MSS' similar to that in our copy. There is also manuscript in the British Library titled ‘Letter Book of Dr. John Wallis, 1651-1701’ (Add. MS 32499), selections from which have been printed in Smith, ‘John Wallis as a Cryptographer’ ( Bull. Amer. Math. Soc., Volume 24, Number 2, 1917, pp. 82-96), some being letters from Wallis containing summaries of deciphered communications, but the coded originals (if any are present in the manuscript) are not included. In the ODNB it is implied that the present work was published by John Davys in An Essay on the Art of Decyphering (1737); in fact Davys included only Wallis’s introduction and the letter from Duke of Buckingham (the fifty-second in our manuscript) originally left unsolved. Further reading: Beeley, ‘Breaking the Code: John Wallis and the Politics of Concealment’, in Li and Noreik, eds, G. W. Leibniz und der Gelehrtenhabitus (2016), pp. 49-81. Please note this is an abridged description: for a full description please see the Dominic Winter website.

Wildenstein (Daniel) . Monet, or the Triumph of Impressionism, 4 volumes, Taschen, Verlag, 1996, numerous colour & black & white illustrations, publishers uniform original blue cloth in slipcase, large 8vo, together with; Schjeldahl (Peter) , Eric Fischl, 1st edition, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, New York, 1988, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, very minor rubbing to head & foot, large 4to, and Vallier (Dora) , Braque The Complete Graphics, Catalogue Raisonné, 1st edition, Alpine Fine Arts Collection, Ltd., 1982, numerous colour & black & illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, plus other modern art reference & related, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (3 shelves)

Mogg (Edward) . Paterson's Roads; being an entirely original and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in England and Wales,..., printed for Longman, Rees, et al... 1832, 9 black & white folding maps, frontispiece folding map rebound with some marginal loss, some light offsetting & spotting throughout, later endpapers, later brown half morocco, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with; Swinburne (T. R.) . A Holiday In The Happy Valley, with pen and pencil, 1st edition, Smith, Elder, & Co., 1907, 24 coloured illustrations, period inscription to the front pastedown, some minor marginal toning, publishers original illustrated red cloth, spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Lloyd (George) , Egypt Since Cromer, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Macmillan and Co., 1933-34, period inscriptions & ex-library stamps to the front endpapers, some minor toning, publishers uniform original blue cloth, boards & spines slightly rubbed & marked, 8vo, plus Cescinsky (Herbert & Ernest R. Gribble) , Early English Furniture & Woodwork, 2 volumes, The Waverley Book Company Ltd., 1922, 2 colour frontispieces & numerous black & white illustrations, volume 1 front endpapers & volume 2 spine partially detached, some marginal toning, publishers uniform original brown cloth, boards & spines rubbed, folio, and other 19th century & modern miscellaneous literature, art reference & reference, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, overall condition is fair/good, 8vo/folio includes a large black & white engraved print 'The Beaconsfield Cabinet'Qty: (6 shelves & a carton)

A modern Art Deco style bronze table lamp in the form of a stylised dancer holding two lights, raised on a stepped black marble base, height 60cm. CONDITION REPORT Electrically untested. Chip to end of nose, deep scratch in bridge of her nose, small but some deep scratches in multiple areas, loss of patination to back of arm, small pitting to thigh, hair on back of top of head has a patch of scratching and discolouration.

Four items of modern coloured art glass, comprising: a Venetian cased glass multi-coloured jug with aventurine inclusions, 25cm high; a similar vase, 31cm high; a bubbled apple-green two-handled vase, 31cm high; and a purple and clear glass cased vase, 31cm highCondition Report: Several bashes and bruises to the green vase. The amethyst vase has a small manufacturing fault in the rim. The vase with hole and pulled spout has some surface scratches.Condition Report Disclaimer

Six modern Wedgwood Alphabet side plates originally designed by Eric Ravilious in 1937, these produced for the Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, printed to the well with a radiating alphabet, the rim with sepia vignettes, printed factory marks, 18cm. diam. (6)

A Collection of Various Framed Abstract Artwork and Modern Art Portraits

A Glyn Coleridge hand painted jug, 17cm, Japanese circular green papier mache box 31cm diameter with seven piece ceramic hors d'ouvre set depicting cranes, a modern brown and yellow swirl glazed art pottery vase 30cm..

A large abstract art box print along with another portrait and a modern art oil painting on box canvas depicting silhouetted trees.

A QUANTITY OF GAMES, NOVELTY ITEMS, PRINTS, CERAMICS, IN TWO CASES, FIVE BOXES AND LOOSE, etc, including boxed Spode Italian oil and vinegar bottles on stand, sky lanterns, art albums, mounted prints, greetings cards, modern wicker baskets, cameras, etc (two cases, five boxes and loose)

Peter Barrett (British, B. 1935) "Appaloosa Horse" Signed lower left. Original Watercolor painting on Illustration Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting was published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the U.S. 22c Appaloosa stamp issued September 25, 1985. The cradle of the modern-day horse lies in North America, for it was here that the ancestors of the modern day horse first evolved. These ancient horses eventually migrated over existing land bridges to Europe and Asia. However, for reasons not fully understood, the horse became extinct on its native American continent during the Ice Age. The horse did not reappear on American soil again until Spanish explorers brought horses with them on their discovery journeys. Some of these horses escaped and formed wild herds which were later domesticated by the American Indians. The Nez Perce Indian tribe of Idaho domesticated, and actually preserved, what may be one of the oldest breeds of horses -- the colorful and spotted Appaloosa. Prized by the Indians for their unique markings, as well as their speed and hardiness, the Appaloosa horses were often owned exclusively by chiefs and the bravest of warriors. Interestingly, the Nez Perce Appaloosa was strikingly similar in markings to an ancient breed of horse seen in early Chinese and Persian art forms. Their ancestors probably reached Europe by way of Asia and were then taken to Mexico by Spanish explorers, eventually migrating north to the Nez Perce Indians. Although it is likely that the purity of the Appaloosa has been preserved through centuries of migration, the horse was not recognized as an official breed until 1938. Today, the beautiful Appaloosa horse is one of America's most popular pleasure and show horses. Image Size: 12 x 10 in. Overall Size: 18.5 x 16.25 in. Unframed. (B09727)

Paul Calle (American, 1928 - 2010) and Chris Calle (American, B. 1961) "1920s - Art Deco" Signed lower right. Original Mixed Media painting on Illustration Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the U.S. Celebrate the Century Series 32 Art Deco Style stamp issued May 28, 1998. The surge toward modernism in the 1920s was evident not only in personal dress and mannerisms -- featuring raccoon coats, long cigarette holders and hip-flasks -- but in architecture and interior design as well, which changed from traditional, richly-carved ornamentation to sleek, simple geometric patterns. The speed and efficiency of mass production influenced builders and furniture makers who strived to create modern as well as functional new designs. The challenge was to achieve harmony between technology, practicality and aesthetics, elements that appeared often in the 1920's Art Deco Style of architecture. A classic example is New York City's spectacular Chrysler Building. Designed by William Van Alen, construction of this skyscraper was begun in 1926 and completed in 1930. Geometric patterns predominate in the building's decorative facade and interior. One of the first skyscrapers to sheath large surfaces with stainless steel, the Chrysler Building features automobile icons in the frieze on the setback of the tower's base. The stately spire, decorated with a distinctive sunburst pattern, presents a striking contrast against the Manhattan skyline. The building's pierless corners and classic design typify 1920's modernism. Art Deco architecture continued well into the 1930s, as exemplified by New York's RCA Building and the Empire State Building. Image Size: 17.75 x 13.25 in. Overall Size: 23.25 x 16 in. Unframed. (B16099 / B16100)

Mihail Chemiakin (New York, Russia born 1943) "Untitled VIII" Color Lithograph. Numbered (35/225) lower left. Signed lower right. Watermark "Arches France". Chemiakin's work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums, including the Metropolitan Museum (New York), the State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow), the State Russian Museum (St. Petersburg), the Sao Paolo Museum of Art (Brazil), the Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris, Yad Vashem and the Tel Aviv Museum of Modern Art, as well as smaller museums throughout Russia and the United States. Image Size: 20 x 17.25 in. Sheet Size: 30 x 21 in. Unframed.

Mihail Chemiakin (New York, Russia born 1943) "Untitled VII" Color Lithograph. Numbered (36/225) lower left. Pencil Signed lower right. Watermark "Arches France". Chemiakin's work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums, including the Metropolitan Museum (New York), the State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow), the State Russian Museum (St. Petersburg), the Sao Paolo Museum of Art (Brazil), the Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris, Yad Vashem and the Tel Aviv Museum of Modern Art, as well as smaller museums throughout Russia and the United States. Image Size: 19 x 16.5 in. Sheet Size: 30 x 21 in. Unframed.

Mihail Chemiakin (New York, Russia born 1943) "Nature Morte w/ Fish" Color Lithograph on Japan paper. Numbered (51/78) lower left. Signed lower right. Chemiakin's work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums, including the Metropolitan Museum (New York), the State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow), the State Russian Museum (St. Petersburg), the Sao Paolo Museum of Art (Brazil), the Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris, Yad Vashem and the Tel Aviv Museum of Modern Art, as well as smaller museums throughout Russia and the United States. Image Size: 18 x 25.25 in. Sheet Size: 21 x 29.75 in. Unframed.

Ca. 100 AD, Roman. Bronze lunar amulet comprising a crescent moon with a suspension loop, and linearally decorated, rounded terminals. In Roman mythology, Luna (the Moon) is sometimes viewed as a goddess in her own right, and sometimes appears as an epithet of more senior goddesses like Diana or Juno, meaning this item may be a sign of devotion to senior gods within the Roman pantheon. Excellent condition; on modern chain. Wearable. Size: L:50mm / W:45mm ; 16g; Provenance: From an old British collection, acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.

C. 1-300 AD, Roman. A beautiful gold pendant comprising an inverse tear-drop shaped charm with an integrated suspension loop, applied granulations along the outmost border, applied "woven" decoration on the interior border, an terminating in three stacked gold baubles decorated with applied granulation. This ornate item would probably have belonged to a well-off Roman matron. Good condition; on modern chain. Wearable.Size: L:35mm / W:15mm ; 3g; Provenance: Property of a professional London art expert; obtained from an old British collection formed in the 1990s.

Ca. 1-300 AD. Roman. A restrung necklace of Roman and modern beads comprising beautiful semiprecious blue Roman agate beads interspaced with modern bronze beads. The agate beads are made even more stunning by the beautiful streaking characteristic of the stone. Beads were an important part of Roman women's dress. For more information on Roman bead types, see M. Guido (1978), The glass beads of the prehistoric and Roman periods in Britain and Ireland. London: Society of Antiquaries. Exceletn Condition, wearable.Size: L:225mm / W:270mm ; 12g; Provenance: From the private collection of a Somerset gentleman; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK /European art markets.

C. 600 BC, Bronze Age European. Openwork bronze sun pendant comprising two concentric circles with raised decorative dots at regular intervals joined by four horizontal bars. The sun is commonly depicted in Bronze Age art and seems to have been a powerful symbol of fertility and the passage of time. However, the sun was not just a natural phenomenon but was often viewed as a god in many Bronze Age societies. Good condition; on modern neck loop. Wearable. Size: L:55mm / W:55mm ; 40g; Provenance: From an old British collection, acquired on the UK art market in the 1990s.

C. 1-300 AD, Roman. A beautiful gold pendant comprising a tear-drop shaped charm with an integrated suspension loop, applied granulations along the outmost border, applied "woven" decoration on the interior border, curvilinear decoration in the centremost section, and terminating in three stacked gold baubles decorated with applied granulation. This ornate item would probably have belonged to a well-off Roman matron. Good condition; on modern chain.Size: L:37mm / W:17mm ; 4.2g; Provenance: From the private collection of a Kent gentleman; previously in an old British collection, formed before 2000 on the UK /European art markets.

C. 600 BC, Bronze Age European. Openwork bronze sun pendant comprising two concentric circles with raised decorative dots at regular intervals joined by four horizontal bars. The sun is commonly depicted in Bronze Age art and seems to have been a powerful symbol of fertility and the passage of time. However, the sun was not just a natural phenomenon but was often viewed as a god in many Bronze Age societies. Good condition; on modern neck loop. Wearable. Size: L:66mm / W:56mm ; 26g; Provenance: From an old Oxford collection formed in the 1990s.

Ca. 100 AD, Roman. Silver lunar amulet comprising a crescent moon with a wide banded suspension loop. In Roman mythology, Luna (the Moon) is sometimes viewed as a goddess in her own right, and sometimes appears as an epithet of more senior goddesses like Diana or Juno, meaning this item may be a sign of devotion to senior gods within the Roman pantheon. Excellent condition; on modern chain. wearable.Size: L:23mm / W:23mm ; 4.6g; Provenance: From the private collection of a Cambridgeshire gentleman; previously in an old British collection, formed before 2000 on the UK /European art markets.

c. 1-200 AD. Roman. A bronze comprising a suspension loop connecting to a shaft with a glans delineated by incised decoration at one end, testes suspended below the middle of the pendant and a closed hand at the other end. Phallic charms were ubiquitous in Roman culture and relate to the fascinus or fascinum which was the embodiment of the divine phallus. The word can refer to the deity himself (Fascinus), to phallus effigies and amulets, and to the spells used to invoke his divine protection against evil. The “hand and phallus” variant was particularly popular among soldiers, and the closed had is known as the manus fica or "fig sign", a symbol of good luck. Excellent Condition. Wearable; on modern necklace. Size: L:20mm / W:43mm ; 15.5g; Provenance: From the private collection of a South London art professional; previously in a collection formed on the UK/European art market in the 1980s.

c. 1-300 AD. Roman. A large bronze pendant comprising a phallus with the glans offset with incised decoration, two applied testes and an integrated suspension loop. Phallic charms, often winged, were ubiquitous in Roman culture and relate to the fascinus or fascinum which was the embodiment of the divine phallus. The word can refer to the deity himself (Fascinus), to phallus effigies and amulets, and to the spells used to invoke his divine protection against evil. Excellent Condition. Wearable; on modern necklace. Size: L:19mm / W:40mm ; 13g; Provenance: From the private collection of a South London art professional; previously in a collection formed on the UK/European art market in the 1990s.

Ca. 100 AD, Roman. Silver lunar amulet comprising a crescent moon with a suspension loop, conical terminals, and an applied phallic pendant comprising two applied testes, and an applied shaft with a linerally deliniated glans. In Roman mythology, Luna (the Moon) is sometimes viewed as a goddess in her own right, and sometimes appears as an epithet of more senior goddesses like Diana or Juno, meaning this item may be a sign of devotion to senior gods within the Roman pantheon. Indeed, Phallic charms also refer to a a deity himself (Fascinus),and were used to invoke this god's divine protection against evil Excellent condition; on modern chain. Wearable.Size: L:35mm / W:32mm ; 9g; Provenance: Important London collection of Ancient art; formed in 1970s then passed by descent.

c. 1-300 AD. Roman. A large bronze pendant comprising a phallus with the glans offset with incised decoration, two applied testes and an integrated suspension loop. Phallic charms, often winged, were ubiquitous in Roman culture and relate to the fascinus or fascinum which was the embodiment of the divine phallus. The word can refer to the deity himself (Fascinus), to phallus effigies and amulets, and to the spells used to invoke his divine protection against evil. Excellent Condition. Wearable; on modern necklace.Size: L:20mm / W:42mm ; 17.9g; Provenance: Private London collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK and European art market.

ca.900-600 BC. Etruscan. Bronze cast figure of the demigod Hercle in an abstract, naïve style. The god is depicted standing in a quasi-contrapposto pose. He is naked, save for his characteristic lionskin over his left arm and the club he holds in his right hand. Hercle is the Etruscan equivalent of Herakles/Hercules, and he played a major role in Etruscan religion, where he was worshipped as an important god in his own right, rather than as simply a hero, as he was amongst the Greeks and the Romans. The Etruscans were an Italic people who occupied the area of modern Tuscany and neighbouring regions in Italy in the pre-Roman period, before coming into conflict and eventually being conquered by Rome. Excellent condition; beautiful patina. On a custom stand. Size: L:105mm / W:45mm ; 60g; Provenance: From the private collection of a Central London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/European art market formed in the 1980s.

C. 100 AD or later. Roman style. Fresco fragment depicting an elaborate mythological scene. In the center field, a female figure, probably Ceres, goddess of agriculture, sits surrounded by other human and animal figures. Beside her is a bucket of fruit, symbolising agricultural plenty, while in front of her (left) is a deer, reflecting plenteous hunting. A male figure, perhaps a woodland god, stands behind her, while a god with an eagle, probably Jupiter stands before her (right). A winged female to her side, accompanied by a lion, maybe identified either as a victory or as Cybele, an eastern nature goddess adopted into the Roman pantheon. This complex composition probably reflects the Cerealia, a major harvest festival celebrated in honor of Ceres, which took place for seven days in late April, and was accompanied by various rituals, including the tying of torches to the tails of live foxes before releasing them in the Circus Maximus, as well as extensive sporting events. Such a beautiful fresco would make a unique conversation piece in a modern collection. Excellent condition / possibly in Roman style.Size: L:500mm / W:415mm ; 11kg; Provenance: Property of a professional London art expert; previously in an old British collection. 

Western Asiatic. Beautiful cream stone figurine of a prancing ram, with large, curving horns and stylised facial features. The precise significance identity of the animal is unclear, but it is likely that such an intricate item reflects religious beliefs, as rams are often imbued with divine powers in pre-modern societies. Excellent condition.Size: L:135mm / W:65mm ; 2.4kg; Provenance: Private collection of a London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1970s.

C. 600 AD. Migration Period. A large iron axe featuring a broad blade with a slightly hooked bottom, flaring head, and long, circular eye. The blade features incised decoration depicting a fish within a roughly executed rectangle. The Migration Period of European history during and after the decline of the Western Roman empire saw the widespread migration of and invasions by peoples, notably Germanic tribes and the Huns, within and into the Roman Empire. Many of these warlike peoples were heavily armed and able to carve out their own kingdoms through force of arms. This sword may have belonged to a warrior from a Germanic tribe, who fought for his people’s place in the world during a brutal and savage time when might in battle was prized above all else. The fish is a symbol of Christianity, ancient and modern, and its appearance on this axe probably reflects an appeal for divine protection on the part of the owner. Excellent condition; on a custom stand.Size: L:95mm / W:140mm ; 650g.Provenance: From an old British collection, acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s.

C. 1526 - 1857 AD. Mughal Empire. An iron Katar dagger or knuckleduster comprising rectangular open grip with guard. The katar or katara is characterized by its H-shaped horizontal hand grip which results in the blade sitting above the user's knuckles, allowing for maximal force to be applied through the point. A long wedge-shaped blade projects from one short end of the grip while a shorter spike extends from the other shorter end; three further small spikes protrude from one of the long ends of the grip. The short sides of the grip are decorated with gilding with incised geometric motifs and incised chevrons can also be observed on the iron of the main blade. The Mughal Empire was an early-modern empire in South Asia stretching from the Indus basin to northern Afghanistan, Kashmir, the highlands of Assam and Bangladesh to the Deccan plateau in south India. During its expansion the Mughal military used a variety of weapons including swords, spears, bows and arrows, cannons, muskets and flintlock blunderbusses as well as knuckledusters like this example. Superb condition; on a custom-made stand. Size: L:270mm / W:65mm ; 155g; Provenance: Private Kent collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK art market.

A modern Belleek owl vase and two other Belleek vases to/w a Goebels 'Huldah' figure group, Franklin Mint figure of 'fortune', Staffordshire poodle group surrounding a painted clock face, Sitzendorf Art Deco polar bear, set of six Royal Worcester coffee cans and saucers in the 'Best-loved Birds' series, cut glass table lamp with globular shade (box)

Photograph Frames, Swatch watches, modern hunter cased pocketwatch, Art Deco cigarette box, assorted rings, etc:- One Tray

19th century and early 20th century Magic, a Collection comprising: Chatto, W . Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards, 1848, half calf gilt; Hutton, C . Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, 1840, original cloth, rubbed; Timbs, J . Things not generally known. 1856, rebacked; Wells, D.A . Science Popularly Explained. [c.1856], original cloth, rebacked with green morocco; The Boys Journal. Vol. 1, 1864, half calf, worn; and vol. 5, 1865, cloth, rubbed; Mayhew, H . The Wonders of Science. 1862, rebacked; Maskelyne, J . Modern Spiritualism. F. Ward [1876], original boards, rubbed; Cockton, H . The Life and Adventures of Valentine Vox the Ventriloquist. [c.1878], half calf; Hone, W . The Table Book. 1878, contemporary red half morocco, slightly rubbed; Houdin, R . The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic. 1878; Queenie Queers. Buffalo (c.1880), original boards, rebacked; Hoffmann, Professor . Modern Magic, G. Routledge [c.1880], original cloth, rubbed, Margaret Yates Magic Library bookplate; Sachs, E . Sleight of Hand. [c.1880], rubbed; Jennings, J . Theatrical and Circus Life. Topeka, Kansas, [1882], half morocco, rebacked; Ashton, J . Chapbooks of the Eighteenth Century. 1882, worn; Sacks, E . Sleight of Hand … Legerdemain, 1885; “ Berkeley ”. Card Tricks and Puzzles, [1890]; Tissandier, G . Popular Scientific Recreations, worn; Strutt, J . The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, 1898; Collins, S . Deceptive Conceptions in Magic. [c.1900], signed, original boards, rebacked; Hercat . Chapeaugraphy, Shadowgraphy and Paper-Folding, 1909, signed “Le Vega” on title-page, wrappers bound in; Erdnase, S.W . Artifice, Ruse and Subterfuge at the Card Table. Chicago, [c.1902), blue quarter morocco, wrappers bound in; red half morocco, undated; another edition. 1934, half morocco, wrappers bound in, 1953; another copy. Facsimile edition 1975, most with wrappers bound in; England, J . The Expert at the Card Table (Bibliographical Work), 2012; Sawyer, T.A . S.W. Erdnase: Another view, 1991, wrappers bound in; Hercat . Card Tricks and Conjuring up to Date. 1903, wrappers bound in; Burrows, J.F . Some New Magic. [c.1904], wrappers bound in; Neil, C . After Dinner Sleights and Pocket Tricks. 1906, modern cloth retaining original covers; “ Oudini ”. Secrets of the Great Mysteries now Revealed, [c.1909], wrappers bound in; Otto, A . The Beginner’s Guide to Conjuring, 1910, wrappers bound in; New York Public Library. Catalogue of the Saram R. Ellison Collection of Magic and other books, photocopy in leather-backed folding box; Hermann, Professor . Hermann’s Art of Magic. [c.1915], later cloth; Sperber , editor. A Real Miracle, 1990-2000, 19 issues or special issues in a folding cloth boxFootnote: Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson Note: By profession, Trevor Dawson was a Commercial Chartered Surveyor; he was the founder and partner of a multi-office practice in East Lancashire. However, his hobby since being a teenager had been Magic, and for over forty years he was a member of the Magic Circle and The International Brotherhood of Magicians. In his early years he was a semi-professional magician and later performed close-up and cabaret magic. His interest extended to his own writings on the theme on magic: he published original tricks in most of the leading magazines and was a historian, lecturing in the UK and America. Later in life, In 2012, he authored Charles Dickens – Conjurer, Mesmerist and Showman , and in 2015 wrote another book: Signor Arvi – The Forgotten Illusionist . Trevor Dawson was a keen and diversified collector, particularly of books, as represented in this Sale. Magical objects, equipment and ephemera can also be found in amongst his collection. The works from his library range from a 1655 edition of Henry Conrnelius Agrippa’s Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy (see lot 183) to modern, limited edition works on magic tricks. Indeed, a range of magical equipment can also be found here. Trevor Dawson was married for 56 years with three children and three grandchildren. He died on July 14th 2017, aged 82.

19th Century Magic, 8 volumes, comprising Anderson, J.H. The Fashionable Science of Popular Magic. Published by the Great Wizard of the North at his Royal Psycomantheum, [c.1850-60], 8vo illus., modern green morocco, corner of title worn away (without loss of text); The Parlor Magician. New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, [?1863], 8vo, illus., original wrappers bound in (upper wrapper with some loss), modern quarter black morocco; Blitz, Signor. Fifty Years in the Magic Circle. Hartford, Conn., 1871, portrait, frontispiece, plates, illus., original green cloth, rubbed; Garenne , H. [i.e . F. Lind] The Art of Modern Conjuring, Magic and Illusions. [?1886], 351pp., original pictorial green cloth gilt; Hoffmann, Professor. Modern Magic. London, 1877. Second edition, frontispiece, illus., original blue pictorial cloth gilt, neatly rebacked retaining original spine; Joyce, J. Scientific Dialogues for the Instruction & Entertainment of Young People. London: Bohn, 1852, 8vo, original red cloth, rebacked retaining original spine, corners slightly rubbed; Greenwood, James. Silas Horner's Adventures, or the Captive Conjurers. London: Ward Lock, [c.1874], original pictorial cloth, lacks front free endpaper, slightly rubbed; Hercat. Latest Sleights, Illusions, Mind Reading... London, 1906, frontispiece, illus., modern cloth (8)Footnote: Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson

3 works including Feinagle, Gregor von The New Art of Memory London: Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1812. First edition, 12mo, 5 folding plates, half-title, contemporary half calf, rubbed, lower board detached; Hooper, W. Rational Recreations. London, 1782. Second edition, vols. 3-4 bound in one, 20 + 14 plates (as called for), fine modern half calf gilt, morocco lettering pieces; Ferguson, James. Lectures on Select Subjects. 1799. 9th edition, 8vo, plates 1-6 and 9-23, and Supplementary plates 3-13 only, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked (3)Footnote: Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson

6 Magic Books, comprising Dean, Henry The Whole Art of Legerdemain, or Hocus Pocus in Perfection London: A Bettsworth, C. Hitch [&c.], n.d. [c.1750], "Third Edition", 12mo, modern calf, lacks frontispiece and pp. 51-76 & 93-120, a little spotting; Badcock, John. Domestic Amusements or Philosophical Recreations. London: T. Hughes, [n.d.], 12mo, folding coloured frontispiece, modern quarter calf, small blindstamp to title of Central Vale School; Theobald, J. D. Magic and its Mysteries. London: F. Warne, [c.1880], 8vo, illustrations, original pictorial boards rubbed, rebacked with red leather; The Parlor Magician 200New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, [c.1863], 8vo, illustrations, original pictorial boards, some light soiling, rebacked with red leather; Routledge's Handbook of Conjuring. [c.1868], 8vo, original pictorial cloth, rubbed, rebacked; Routledge, George & Sons, publishers. Games of Skill and Conjuring. 1865. 8vo, frontispiece, illustrations, original pictorial cloth gilt, rubbed (6)Footnote: Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson

6 works, comprising Accum, Fredrick Chemical Amusement. London: T. Boys, 1818, Second edition, 12mo, 2 engraved plates, 60pp. + 24pp. publisher's adverts at rear, modern calf, uncut; Desgauliers, J.T. Physico-Mechanical Lectures. 1717. 8vo, modern quarter morocco, lacks the 10 plates, title supplied in good facsimile; Grey, Richard. Memoria Technica, or a New Method of Artifical Memory. London: W. Lowndes, 1799. 12mo, contemporary tree calf, rubbed, hinges splitting; Thornton, T.C. The New Cabinet of Arts. A Series of Entertaining Experiments. London: J.S. Pratt, 1846, 12mo, modern quarter calf, frontispiece, slightly browned; Middleton, C. A Free Inquiry into the Miraculous Powers. Dublin, 1749. 8vo, contemporary calf, some dampstaining, worn; Taylor, J. The Wonders of Nature and Art. Comprising Upwards of Three Hundred of the Most Remarkable Curiosities and Phenomena. London, 1833. Fourth edition, 38 plates, contemporary half calf, some spotting, rubbed, new labels (6)Footnote: Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson

A large collection of books on Magic and Conjuring including: Giobbi, R . Secret Agenda. 2010, presentation copy to Trevor Dawson; Ouellet, G. Close Up Illusions. 1990, dw; Ouellet, G . Meir Yedid’s Incredible Close Up Magic. 1982, dw; Ouellet, G . Pro Control. 1988, dw; Frost, R . Ron Frost’s Card Miracle. 2004, dw; Acer, D . Random Acts of Magic. 2004, dw; Gordon, P . Gold Dust, 2013; Gordon, P . Gold Dust Companion, 2014; Gordon, P . Protean Card Magic. 1998; Gordon, P . Professional Card Magic Miracles, 2003; Grippo, J . The Magic of Grippo. 1981, dw; Lorayne, H. Star Quantity. Magic of David Regal. 1987; Swiss, J.I . Shattering Illusions. 2002, dw; Ackerman, A . The Esoterist. 1971; Steinmeyer, J . The Conjuring Anthology. 2006; Harris, P . Revels some of his most interesting secrets, 1976, wrappers; Harris, P. Super Magic. 1977, wrappers; Harris, P. Close up Fantasies, 1981, dw; Harris, P. Close Up Seductions, 1984, dw; Harris, P. Close Up Entertainer. 1979, dw; Harris, P. Las Vegas Close-up. 1978, dw; MacDougall, M . On Dice and Cards. 1944; Minch, S. Spectacle…. Modern Wonders. 1990, dw; Racherbaumer, T. At the Table. 1984, dw; Richardson, B. Act Two. 2005, dw; Mentzer, J . Eddie Fechter’s Dice Holdout Method for Magic, 1974, inscribed copy; Mentzer, J . Card Cavalcade, numbers 1, 3 and 4, 1972-77; Mentzer, J. Close-up Cavalcade. 1973; Mentzer, J. Another Close-up Cavalcade. 1975; Mentzer, J . Magician Nitely… Eddie Fechter. 1974; Mentzer, J . Close-up Cavalcade Finale, 1977; Jay, J. Session , Magic of Joel Givens. 2007, wrappers; Walton, R . The Devil’s Playthings. [n.d.], wrappers; Chessbro, B . The Tipnician. 1982; Stone, T . Maelstrom, dw; Stone, T . Vortex. 2010, dw; Simon, F . Versatile Card Magic. 1983; Minch, S . Ken Krenzell’s Relaxed Impossibilities. 2009, dw; Hartman, J.K . Card Dupery. 2007, dw; Acer, D . De Souza’s Deceptions. 2001, dw; Raffles, M . Diamond Jubilee Memoirs, 1997, dw, inscribed copy; Devant, D . My Magic Life. 1983, dw; Sadowitz, J . Inspirations. 1987, wrappers; Lorayne, H . Meir Yedid’s Card Animations. 1987, wrappers; Busby, J . Busby’s Secrets of the Palmettos. 1998, wrappers; all original cloth, except where noted; (2) Doyle, A.C . Pheneas Speaks. Spirit Communications, Psychic Press, [c. 1926]; Doyle, A.C . The Edge of the Unknown. 1930, reprint, rebound, cloth; Pack, W . Discovering the Magic City. Chicago. 2005, number 26 of 75 copies, signed, wrappers; Crawford, W . The Reality of Psychic Phenomena. 1919; Kernahan, C . Black Objects… Spiritualism. [N.d. (c. 1920)]; Olston, J . Hypnotism made Practical. 1952, dw; Randi, J . The Faith Healers. 1987, dw; Barnum, V . Joe Strong the Boy Wizard, [1921]; Spurr, H.A . Mel B. Spurr. [c.1920]; Price, H . Search for Truth. Psychical Research, 1942; Price, H . The End of Borley Rectory. 1946; Price, H . Revelations of a Spirit Medium, 1922; Prince, W.F. Noted Witnesses for Psychic Occurrences. 1963; Tabori, P . Harry Price. Ghost Hunter, 1950; Burton, J . Heyday of a Wizard, Daniel Home. 1944, dw; Dunninger, J . Inside the Medium’s Cabinet. 1935; Brandon, A . Milo & Roger, a Magical Life. dw., unopened copy; Underwood, P . The Ghosts of Borley. 1973; Zolotow, M . The Great Balsamo. 1946; Surath, A . Life with a Magical Company, 1995; Wiley, B . The Indescribable Phenomenon. 2005, dw; Le Grand David and his own Spectacular Magic Company, 1994; Ensor, H . Magical Reminiscences. 2004, wrappers; Pearsall, R . The Table Rappers. 1972, dw; Simmons, I . Electricity of the Mind, 2010, wrappers; Gibson, W . Secrets of Great Magicians. 1976, wrappers; Shine, F.L . Conjuror’s Journal. 1978, dw; Hodson, G . The Science of Seership. 1935; Cannon, A . The Invisible Influence, 1948, dw; Cannon, A . The Power Within. 1960, cloth, rubbed; Cannon, A . Powers that Be. 1968, dw; Hall, T . The Spiritualists. 1963, dw; Robinson, D . The Lantern Image 1420-1880, 1993, wrappers; Laurens, S . Art, Illusion and Secrets. 2011; Randi, J . Psychic Investigator. 1991, wrappers; Sitwell, S . Poltergeists. 1940; Standage, T . The Mechanic Turk, 2002, dw.; Standage, T . The Turk. 2002, dw; Fleming, A . The Magical Life of Long Tam Sam. 2007, wrappers; Mellor, G . The Northern Music Hall, 1970, dw; Hole, C . Witchcraft in England, 1971; Surath, A . There will be wonderful surprises, 2007, wrappers; all original cloth except where noted, and several pamphletsFootnote: Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson

Dean, Henry The Whole Art of Legerdemain, or Hocus Pocus in Perfection London: J. Bew, 1789. Ninth edition, 12mo, numerous woodcuts, frontispiece and final leaf supplied in photocopy facsimile, title laid down, penultimate leaf repaired with loss of a couple of letters, modern red quarter morocco lettered in gilt, [Toole Stott 214]Footnote: Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson

Art & Architecture 42 Books, including 3 large folios Wollin, G. Nils Modern Swedish Decorative Art. London: The Architectural Press, [1931]; Fere-Cook, Gervis The Decorative Arts of the Mariner. London: Cassell, [1966]; Baker, Herbert Architecture & Personalities. London: Country Life Limited, [ 1944]; Spooner, S. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects. New York: A.W.Lovering, [1880]; Scott, B. William Half Hour Lectures on the History and Practice of the Fine And Ornamental Arts. London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1861; Zurcher, Bernard Georges Braque Life and Work. New York: Rizzoli, [1988]; Bernard, Emily Lettres De Vincent Van Gogh. Paris: Ambroise Vollard, 1911; Whistler, Laurence Sir John Vanbrugh Architect & Dramatist. London: Cobden-Sanderson, 1938; James, Rhodes Montague The Apocalypse in Art. London: The British Academy, 1931; Parker, K.T Catalogue of the Collections of Drawings in the Ashmolean Museum. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1938. Volumes 1 & 2; Braque , Georges Ten works. London: Oldbourn Press. Facsimile edition, without signed lithograph; and 26 others (42)

Magic & related, a large collection, including Frost, Thomas The Old Showman and the London Fairs. 1881; Bodie, W. The Bodie Book. Hypnotism, Electricity, Mental Suggestion, Magnetic Touch, Clairvoyance, Telepathy, 1905, rubbed; Brewster, D. Letters on Natural Magic. 1842, 4th edition; Smith, H. Gaieties and Gravities. 1826, 2nd edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf, lightly rubbed; Hoffmann, Professor. The Secrets of Stage Conjuring 1881, pictorial cloth, ex libris Order of the Magi copy; Hoffmann, Professor. Modern Magic. n.d., 16th edition, pictorial cloth; Hoffmann, Professor. Card-Sharping Exposed. 1882, pictorial cloth; Strutt, J. The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England. 1834, calf, rebacked; another edition, 1850; Taylor, J. The Wonders of Nature and Art, 1836, later cloth; Borlase, J. The King of the Conjurors. [1877]; Bogue, D., publisher. Round Games for all Parties. 1854, pictorial cloth; Temple, R. The Temple Anecdotes. 1865, vol. 2, half calf; Taylor, E. The History of Playing Cards. 1865, half calf; The Sociable, or 1001 Home Amusements. New York, [c.1868], rebacked; Timbs, J . Wonderful Inventions. 1868, calf gilt; The Romance of London, n.d.; The Boy's Own Conjuring Book. New York, c. 1859, folding frontispiece; Pepper, J. The Playbook of Metals, 1861; Pepper, J. The Boy's Book of Sciences. [c.1880], calf gilt; Pepper, J. Cyclopaedic Science Simplified, 1869; Pepper, J. Scientific Amusements for Young People, [c.1864]; Pepper, J. Pneumatics. [1870], J.B. Findlay's copy, worn, rebacked; Routledge's Every Boy's Annual. 1875, half calf; Routledge, R. Science in Sport, 1895, pictorial cloth; Routledge, R. Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth Century. 1877 & 1896; Shafer, D. Secrets of Life Unveiled or Book of Fate. St. Louis, 1877, rebacked; Thackeray, W.M. The Irish Sketch Book. New York, n.d., quarter calf; Good, A. Magical Experiments. Philadelphia, [c.1894], pictorial cloth, lacks endpaper; Atkinson, E. Natural Philosophy, 1881, rubbed; Daniel, G. Merrie England, [1873], half morocco; Thompson, C. The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and Pharmacy. 1897; Sachs, E. Sleight of Hand. 1900; Smedley, A. Some Reminiscences. 1900, rebacked; Houdin, Robert. Life of Robert Houdin. Philadelphia, [c.1859], 2 copies, one with title loose; Houdini, R. Memoirs, 1942; The Book of 500 Curious Puzzles. New York, [c.1859], pictorial boards, rubbed, rebacked; Blair, D. The Universal Preceptor. 69th edition, [c.1855], quarter calf; Roterberg, A. Card Tricks. Chicago, [1902], wrappers bound in; Cassell. Stage Illusions and Entertainment. 1923, later cloth; Goldston, W. Simple Conjuring Tricks. 1922, later cloth; Davenport & Co. Magic Catalogue... the very latest in Practical Magic., n.d., wrappers; Paul Clive & Co., Conjuring Catalogue. n.d., wrappers; and a few 20th century pamphlets (quantity)Footnote: Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson

Magic and related, 19th Century, a collection including: Caulfield, J. Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons. 1820, 4 vol., green morocco gilt, plates, with title page of vol. 4 bound in vol. 1, rubbed; Comstock, J. A Manual of Natural Philosophy. 1849, recased; Ennemoser, J. The History of Magic. 1854, 2 vol.; Lewitt & Allen, publishers Boy's Own Book of Sports; Dalton, H. The Book of Drawing Room Plays. [c.1848], rebacked; another copy, [1868], pictorial cloth; Emmons, S.B. The Spirit Land. Boston, 1877, some dampstaining, rebacked; Peck, H.C, publishers. The Book of Parlour Games. Philadelphia, 1854, rebacked; The Boy's Own Treasury of Sports, Pastimes. New York, 1854, rubbed; Dick & Fitzgerald, publishers The Boy's Own Conjuring Book, New York, [c.1860]; The American Boy's Book. [c.1870], pictorial cloth, rebacked; Routledge, Warne & Co., publishers Every Boy's Book. 1864, pictorial cloth; The Illustrated Boy's Own Treasury. [c.1865], third edition; Barnum, P.T. The Humbugs of the World. 1866, Margaret Yates Magic Library bookplate; Arnott, N. Elements of Physics of Natural Philosophy. 1864, 2 vol., quarter calf, titles loose; Brewster, D. Letters of Natural Magic. 1868, hinges weak; Elliott, A. The Playground and the Parlour. 1868, modern maroon half morocco; Frikell, G. The Secret Out or One Thousand Tricks, [1871], pictorial cloth; Houdini, R. The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic. G. Routledge, [c.1878], pictorial cloth; Bellew, F. The Art of Amusing. [n.d.], modern red half morocco; Dods, J.B. The Philosophy of Mesmerism. 1876, pictorial cloth, hinges weak; Bullock, C. Puzzledom, [1879]; Campbell, H. The American Girl's Home Book of Work and Play. New York, 1863, pictorial cloth; Ball Mathematical Recreations and Problems. 1896; Martin, J. The Boy's Playbook of Science, [c.1912]; Frikell, G. Hanky Panky, [c.1873], frontispiece loose; Crawley, Capt. The Card Player's Manual, Magic Circle Library stamp; Dupuis, N. The Magic of Geometric Optics. Kingston, 1868, green quarter morocco; Cockton, H. The Life and Adventures of Valentine Vox the Ventriloquist. [n.d.]; Willman, C. Die Moderne Salon-Magie. Leipzig, 1891; "Berkeley". Card Tricks and Puzzles, 1892; Blitz, Signor The Parlor Book of Magic. New York, 1889, browned; Timbs, J. The Romance of London, 1899; Timbs, J. Notabilia. 1873; The Mirror, 1823, modern cloth, incomplete; Hutchison, G.A. Indoor Games and Recreations, [c.1889], pictorial cloth; all original cloth or boards except where notedFootnote: Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson

Magic and related, chiefly 19th Century, a collection including: Robinson, William E . Spirit Slate Writing and Kindred Phenomena. New York, 1899, pictorial cloth; Partington, C . A Manual of Natural and Experimental Philosophy. O. Hodgson, c.1825, half calf; Brewster, D . A Treatise on Optics. 1831, engraved title, rebacked; Grey, R . Dr R. Grey’s Memoria Technica. Oxford, 1851, modern calf; Millingen, J.G . Curiosities of Medical Experiments. Philadelphia, 1838, half calf; Endless Amusements. Halifax, 1835, 12mo, modern quarter morocco, lacks part of folding frontispiece; Routledge, Warne . Every Little Boy’s Book. 1864, contemporary calf, spotted; Ewbank, T . A Description and Historical Account of Hydraulic and other Machines for Raising Water. N.Y., 1851, half calf, rebacked; Bogue, D. , publisher. The Boy’s Own Book. [c.1850], contemporary calf, rubed; Roback, C.W . The Mystery of Astrology and the Wonder of Magic, 1854, Marquis of Bute Book label, calf, rebacked; The Parlor Magician, [c.1863], later cloth, lacks title; Dircks, H . The Life, Times and Scientific Labours of the Second Marquis of Worcester. 1865, plates, ex-library, modern blue quarter morocco; Landells, E . The Boy’s Own Toy-Maker. 1866, pictorial cloth; Peterson, R.E . Peterson’s Familiar Science. Philadelphia, [c.1850], later cloth; Pepper, J . The Playbook of Metals, [c.1869], hinges slightly weak; Modern Pastimes or In-Door Amusements, [c.1871], rebacked; Planche, F . Guess Me, [1872], 2 nd edition, slightly shaken; Lorento, Professor . Amateur Amusements. N.Y., [c.1878], browned; Fireside Games. N.Y. [c.1859], pictorial boards repaired; Landon, M . Wit and Humor of the Age. Chicago, [c.1893]; Cassell . Drawing Room Magic. 1868, later cloth; Lupton, FM , publisher. The People’s Handbook – Parlor Magic. N.Y., [c.1894], wrappers bound in, browned; Kunard, R . The Book of Modern Conjuring, [c.1890], modern cloth retaining upper board; Fireside Amusements, [c.1875], pictorial cloth; Heather, H.E . Cards and Card Tricks, c.1880, pictorial cloth; Marion, F . The Wonders of Optics. N.Y., 1872, rubbed; Heller Heller’s Book of Magic, [1898], Stanley Collins bookplate, cloth, wrappers bound in; Hermann, Prof . Hermmann’s Book of Magic Black Art Fully Exposed. Chicago, [c.1903], modern cloth; Hoffmann, Professor . The Illustrated Book of Patience Games. 1904; Hopkins, N . Twentieth Century Magic. 1904, rubbed; Frith, H . Games and Amusements, [c.1890], lacks title, rubbed; Brought, J . The Fairy Tales of Science. 1866, cloth, slight loss to title; Gay, J . Fables. 1727, contemporary half calf, cover detached; Ingoldsby, T . The Ingoldsby Legends. 1840, vol. 1 & 3 (of 3), half morocco; Parlor Magic and Other Sports. Boston: Munroe & Francis, 1844, pictorial boards, rebacked; Desmond, F . Everybody’s Guide to Conjuring. [c.1900], modern red quarter morocco; Maskelyne, T . The Fraud of Modern “Theosophy” Exposed. [c.1913], wrappers bound in; Child, Mrs . The Girl’s Own Book. 1886; Boys, T. Curiosities for the Ingenious, 1821, contemporary calf, rubbed; Brunel, George . Fun with Magic. N.Y., 1901; Seligman, K. The History of Magic. 1948 (quantity)Footnote: Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson

Magic and related, including a large collection of Will Goldston and signed limited editions Catalogues by Hamleys (6, none dated), Catalogue Stanyon & Co, c.1910; Hall, T.H . A Bibliography of Books on Conjuring in English, 1580-1850. Palmyra Press, 1957, no. 8 of only 12 interleaved copies, dw; Bertram, C . Isn’t it Wonderful ? A History of Magic & Mystery. 1899, wrappers bound in; Sharpe, S . Neo Magic in the Art of the Conjuror. 1932; Caulfield, J . Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons. [c.1820], 4 volumes, engraved plates, modern cloth; Forster J . The Life of Charles Dickens. 1872, 3 vol., half calf, very worn; Goldston, W . Tricks that Mystify, n.d., boards; Goldston, W . More Modern Card Tricks, n.d., boards; Goldston, W . More Tricks and Puzzles, n.d., boards; Goldston, W . The Young Conjuror. Part 1, 2 nd edition, boards; Goldston, W . Secrets of Magic. 3 rd edition, 1904, ex-library, boards; Goldston, W . Latest Conjuring [c.1907, boards; Goldston, W . Modern Card Tricks, n.d., boards; Goldston, W . Tricks you should Know, n.d., boards; Goldston, W . Paper Tricks, n.d., boards; Goldston, W . Sensational Tales of Mystery Men. 1929, dw repaired; Goldston, W . Simple Conjuring Tricks, 1915, boards, rebacked; Hoffmann, Professor . Drawing Room Conjuring, 3 rd edition, n.d.; Hugard, J . Experienced Card Technique, 1940; Ganson, L . The Dai Vernon Book of Magic. N.d., dw; Rae, O . The More you Watch. 1938; Sardina, M . The Magic of Rezuani. San Rafael, 1949, wrappers; Sardina, M . La Magie du Sorcier. Paris, 1946, quarter calf, wrappers bound in; Bern, C . A Whirlwind of Wizardry, 1919, boards repaired; Cannell, J.C . Modern Conjuring, 1949, wrappers bound in; Erdnase, S.W . The Expert at the Card Table. 1944, dw; Rezvani, M.K . Les Coussinets de la Princesse, publ. by Magic Bibliophiles Club, with folder of illustrations, preserved in collector’s calf-backed folding box; Downs, T . The Art of Magic. Chicago, 1921; Culpitt, F . Laughter and Legerdemain. 1928; Jordan, C.T . Six Card Tricks Series, n.d., wrappers; Owen Magic Supreme Catalogue, 1959; Scot, R . The Discoverie of Witchcraft, intro. By M. Summers. John Rodker, 1930, number 345/1275 copies, morocco-backed green buckram, t.e.g.; Stanyon, E . Bibliography of Conjuring. No. 2, 1899, wrappers bound in; Price, H . National Laboratory of Psychical Research. Short title Catalogue, vol. 1 part 2, 1929; Caveney, M . Servais Le Roy. Monarch of Mystery, number 441/1000 copies, dw; Dawes, E . John Henry Anderson. The Great Wizard of the North. 2014, 1/400 copies; Dawes, E . Henry Robin. Expositor of Science and Magic. 1990, number 120/230 copies, wrappers; The Wizard . Illustrated Monthly Journal for Conjurors. 1906-1908, vol. 203; Dexter, W . The Riddle of Chung Ling Soo. 1955, dw; another copy, signed by the author, lacks dw, ex Magic Circle Library, with stamps; Karr, T . The Silence of Chung Ling So. Miracle Factory, 2001, dw; Gill, R . Magic as a Performing Art, 1976, dw; Setterington, A . The Life and Times of the Great Lafayette. 1991, dw; Giobbi, R . Confidences. 2012; McCullagh, B . Chung Ling Soo’s Mechanists. 1988, wrappers bound in; The People’s Book of Card Tricks. C. 1900, wrappers bound in; Stanyon, E . Hand Shadows. [c.1900], wrappers bound in; Burrows, J.F . Tricks in Magic, Illusion and Mental Phenomena; McCullagh. B . Philately. Nos. 1-23 bound in one vol., 2003-05; Cuthbert, T . What has Scotland ever done for Magic ? 2007, wrappers; Davenport Ltd. Catalogue of Antiquarian, Old, New Books and Manuscripts 1982-83; Heyl, E . A Contribution to Conjuring Bibliography 1880-1950. [nd], one of 100 copies, 2 copies; Farelli, V . Magical Bibliography, a Guide. 1953, wrappers bound in; Holmes, D . Some Modern Conjuring, 1909, wrappers bound in, foot of title page cut away; Sterling, M . Problems in Mystery for Practical Magicians. 1909, later cloth; Adams, G . Mr S.W. Erdnase. His Book. A Lecture to the Magic Circle, photocopy of typescript, bound in brown quarter morocco; Hall, T.H . The Winder Sale of Old Conjuring Books, number 241 of 250 copies, signed, wrappers bound in; An Illustrated Guide to Magic themed Trade Cards. R. Olson, modern photocopy, cloth; Cremer, W . The Magician’s own Book, [c.1915]; Cremer, W . The Secret out. 1907, another edition, [c.1870], upper hinge broken; Ken Brooke ’s Magic, the Unique Years. 1980, dw; James S . The Encyclopaedia of Rope Tricks. 2005; Ricard, R . The Antiquarian Library of Ray Ricard, 2008, typescript; Findlay, J . Conjurors, Coins, Medals. 1964, number 23/150 copies, signed, dw; Christopher, M . The Milbourne Christopher Library. Magic, Mind Reading &c. 1589-1900, 1994; & 1901-1996, 1998, together 2 vol., dw; Clarke, S.W . The Bibliography of Conjuring. 1920; Price, H . Short-title Catalogue of the Research Library from 1472 to the Present day. 1935, quarter calf; Hall, T.H . Old Conjuring Books. Number 479/1000 copies, signed; A Grand Expose of the Science of Gambling. 2010; Sauvage, S . Illustrating the Art of Magic. 2017; Erdnase, S.W . Artifice, Ruse and Subterfuge at the Card Table. 2020, facsimile edition (quantity)Footnote: Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson

Magic Books, a collection, including Houdini, Harry A Magician among the Spirits. New York, 1924, First edition, plates, original cloth; Whaley, Bart, Gardner, Martin & Jeff Busby . The Man Who was Erdnase. 1991, one of 200 leather bound copies, signed by Whaley, Gardner, Busby and Milton Andrews, blue leather; Hopkins, Albert A . Magic, Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions including Trick Photography. New York, 1906, original pictorial cloth, hinges weak, rubbed; Wehman, Henry J. Wehman's Parlor Conjurer. New York, c. 1875, cloth, original wrappers bound in; Herrmann, Alexander. Herrman's Black Art. New York, 1898, modern cloth, slightly browned; Hull, Burling. Rope Ties and Chain Releases. New York: Magnotrix, [1915], cloth, original wrappers bound in; Clark, K. Encyclopedia of Cigarette Tricks. 1952, original cloth, dustwrapper; Magic Info Mini Mag. Special Issue, Erdnase. a Real Miracle, 1994, cloth, wrappers bound in; The Gardner-Smith Correspondence. 1999, number 243 of 250 copies, cloth, wrappers bound in; Ganson, Lewis. Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig, [n.d.], signed "De Vega" on title, original cloth, dustwrapper; Cruikshank, G. Punch and Judy. 1870, half calf gilt; Hoffmann, Professor. Conjuring Tricks. G. Routledge, [n.d.], title slightly torn and numbered in ink, modern cloth; Bamberg, T. Okito on Magic. Chicago, 1952, dustwrapper; Gardner, Martin. After the Dessert. 1942. Second edition, bound with 3 others, blue cloth; Victor, Edward. Further Magic of the Hands. 1945, signed copy, original cloth; Alfredson, J.B. Magical Ex Libris, a Checklist. 1991, cloth, wrappers bound in; Minch, Stephen. By Forces Unseen. Seattle, 1993, dustwrapper; Kaplan, G.G. The Fine At of Magic. 1948, original cloth, card of J. Demaline glued in, lacks front free endpaper; Koval, F. The Illustrated Houdini Research Diary. 4 parts bound in one, a reprint ?, blue cloth; Ascanio, A. de. The Magic of Ascanio. [n.d.], dustwrapper; McClintock, R. Knuckle Busters, vol. 1-6 bound in one, cloth; Andrews, V. A Gift from the Gods. 1981, dustwrapper; Kay, Ricky. Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women. 1987, First British edition, Magic Library of Margaret Yates bookplate, dustwrapperFootnote: Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson

Magic, 19th & 20th century, a large collection including: Frost, Thomas . The Old Showman, 1874; Frost, Thomas . The Lives of the Conjurors. 1876; Bodie, W . Stage Stories. N.d., modern half calf; Houdin, R . Memoirs. Philadelphia, 1859, spotted, rebacked; The Magician’s Own Book or Whole Art of Conjuring. New York: Dick & Fitzgerald , [1857], some spotting, hinges weak; Hone, W . The Every Day Book, 1831, contemporary half calf; Hone, W . Ancient Mysteries Described, 1823, ex-library, later cloth; Mayo, H . Popular Superstitions. Philadelphia, 1852, rebacked; The Secrets of Ancient and Modern Magic. N.Y. Wehman Bros. [c.1880], wrappers bound in; The Youth’s Handbook of Entertaining Knowledge. 1844, 2 volumes; Ganthony, R . Practical Ventriloquism. 1893; [Wiljalba Frikell]. Parlor Tricks with Cards, N.Y., 1863, pictorial boards; Martin, W . The Book of Sport, 1851 and 1853, one rebacked; Gilbert, C . Endless Mirth and Amusement. Ex-library Stanley Collins, with bookplate; Summers, T . Magic, Pretended Miracles. Nashville, 1857; Mitchell, T . Key to Ghostism. N.Y., 1880, pictorial cloth; Hood, T . Excursions into Puzzledom, 1879, J.B. Findlay copy with bookplate, pictorial cloth; Grimes J . Compendium of the Phreno-Philosophy of Human Nature. Boston, 1853, pictorial cloth, slightly dampstained; The Sociable 1001 Home Amusements, N.Y. [c.1858], rebacked; Bullivant, C . The Drawing Room Entertainer. 1904, pictorial cloth; Lane, E.W . Manners & Customs of the Modern Egyptians. 1890, hinges weak; Hingston, E . The Genial Showman. 1871, 3 rd edition; Roterberg, A . Card Tricks, Chicago [c.1902], worn, wrappers bound in; New Era Card Tricks. 2004; The Magic Lantern… how to Raise a Ghost. 1886, pictorial boards, rebacked; Preston, P . The Fireside Magician. N.Y.: [1870], pictorial boards, rubbed, rebacked; The Play Room, N.Y. [1866], pictorial boards, worn, rebacked; R.T. Society . Remarkable Delusions, [c.1860], modern green quarter morocco; Raymond, Prof . Parlor Pastimes. N.Y. [1875], Margaret Yates Magic Library bookplate, quarter morocco, wrappers bound in; Timbs, J . Things not Generally Known. 1851; Timbs, J . Stories of Inventors and Discoveries. 1860; Planche, F . Evening Amusements. Philadelphia, [1872], lacks half title and endpapers; Garenne, H . The Art of Modern Conjuring, [c.1855], ex Order of the Magi, modern quarter morocco; Hoffmann, Prof . Modern Magic. [n.d.], 15 th edition, pictorial cloth; Scot, R . The Discoverie of Witchcraft. 1995; Mephisto . Huis Catalogus – 9, wrappers; Foucaud, Edouard . The Book of Illustrious Mechanics. N.Y., 1846, rebacked; Philosophy in Sport, 1857, rebacked; Gay, J . The Fables, 1889; Good, A . Magic Experiments. Philadelphia, [1894], pictorial cloth; Goldston, W . The Young Conjuror. Part 2, pictorial boards; Shaw, W . Magic Up to Date, [1896], wrappers bound in; and a few pamphlets and catalogues including Nelson Enterprises and The Magical Apparatus Co., n.d.; Marshall, A . Beating a Dead Horse. 2020, number 30/69 copies signed, leather bound Gold Collector’s edition; Karr, Todd . The Silence of Chung Ling Soo. Miracle Factory, 2001, no. 42/75 copies signed, dw., collector’s box; Steele, M . Adelaide Hermann. Queen of Magic. 2012, number 55/125 copies signed, slipcase; Waller, C . Magical Nights at the Theatre, number 334/1000 copies, signed, dw; Bertram, Charles . Isn’t it Wonderful ? A History of Magic & Mystery, 1899. Illustrations, later cloth; “ Selbit ”. The Magician’s Handbook. c.1904, worn; Ganthony, R . Practical Ventriloquism. 1893, frontispiece, illustrations; Cockton, Henry . The Life and Adventures of Valentine Vox the Ventriloquist, [n.d., but c. 1900]; Burlinghame, H . Hermann the Great. Chicago, 1897, J.B. Findlay bookplate; Jarrett, J . The Complete Jarrett. The Classic 1936 text…, 2011; Devant, D . Secrets of My Magic. 1936; Ganson, L . Dai Vernon’s Tribute to Nate Leipzig, [n.d.]; Goldston, Will . Tricks and Illusions, 1955; Harbin, R . The Genius of Robert Harbin. 1997, dw; Prevost, J . Clever and Pleasant Inventions, Part 1. 1998, facsimile edition; Rioboo, R . Thinking the Impossible. 2012, dw; Cramer, W . Hanky Panky. [n.d., but c. 1880]; another copy, 1902; The Wizard , an Illustrated Monthly Journal for Conjurors. Vols. 1-2 and 4, 1905-10, cloth; Steinmeyer, J . The Glorious Deception. Chung Ling Soo, 2005, dw; Scot, R . The Discoveries of Witchcraft. 1972, wrappers; Goldin, H . It’s fun to be fooled. [n.d.], ex-library copy, poor; The Magical World. Vol. 1 only, 1910-11, cloth; Lorrayne, H . Close Up Card Magic. 1962; Devant, D . My Magical Life. 1931Footnote: Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson

Magic, 19th Century, a large collection including: Houdin, R . The Sharper Detected and Exposed. 1863, new cloth; Hutton, Dr . Select Amusements in Philosophy & Maths for agreeably exercising the Minds of Youth. 1801, modern half calf; Joyce, J . A Familiar Introduction to the Arts and Sciences. 1810. 1 st edition, Eric Quayle’s copy with bookplate, contemporary half calf, rubbed; Hibbert, S . Sketches of the Philosophy of Apparitions. Edinburgh, 1824, half calf, rebacked; [ Paris, Dr. John .] Philosophy in Sport made Science in Earnest. Philadelphia, 1828, vol. 1 only, red half morocco; Strutt, J . The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England. 1830, hand-coloured illus., half calf gilt, slight staining in margin towards end; Doings in London. 3 rd edition, plates. Orlando Hodgson, [c.1830], rebacked retaining spine; Lardner, D . A Treatise on Hydrostatics and Pneumatics. 1831, half calf; Brewster, David . Letters on Natural Magic. 1842, ill., original maroon morocco, rubbed; Lane, E.W . An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians, 1846, 2 vol., original cloth, neatly rebacked retaining original spines; Joyce, J . Scientific Dialogues. Scott, Webster & Geary, [c.1850], morocco gilt; Woodcroft, B . The Pneumatics of Hero of Alexandria. 1851, illustrations, modern quarter morocco; A Weeks Delight or Games and Stories for the Parlor and Fireside. New York, 1854, title soiled, half calf, rubbed; The Boy’s Own Conjuring Book. New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, [1859], folding frontis., ill., original cloth, rebacked; Parlour Pastimes. Parlour Magic. J. Blackwood, [c.1860], original pictorial cloth; Home, D.D . Incidents in my Life. 1863, original cloth, worn; Valentine, Mrs . Games for Family Parties and Children. [c.1875], original pictorial cloth gilt; Hoffmann, Professor . Modern Magic. 1877, Second edition, ? later cloth; Wylde, J . The Magic of Science. [1875], 3 rd edition, new cloth; Houdin, R . The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic. G. Routledge, [c.1878], original pictorial cloth; Wood, J.G . The Modern Playmate, 1879, original pictorial cloth gilt; Tissander. G . Popular Scientific Recreations. [c.1880], calf gilt; Wells, D.A . Well’s Natural Philosophy. New York, 1880, frontispiece, ill., original quarter morocco; [ Field & Tuer ] 1740 Christmas Entertainment. Field & Tuer, [c.1883], woodcuts, modern quarter calf; Scott, Sir W . Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft. 1884, boards, rebacked with green morocco; Valentine, Mrs . The Girl’s Home Companion, [c.1890], hinges weak; Kellar, H. A Magician’s Tour up and down. Chicago, 1890, quarter morocco, original wrappers bound in, slightly browned, slight loss to a few blank lower corners at beginning; Wright, C . The Threshold of Science. 1892, new cloth, title loose; The Boy’s Book of Conjuring. Ward Lock, [c.1900], original pictorial cloth; Wood, J . The Boy’s Modern Playmate. 1893, pictorial cloth, worn; Skinner, W.E . Wehman’s Wizardry Manual. [c.1895], modern half brown morocco, original wrappers bound in, slight loss to a few blank lower corners; Wecker, J . Eighteen Books of the Secrets of Art & Nature. Facsimile of the 1660 edition, cloth, original bindings except where notedFootnote: Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson

Magic, a collection, including Steinmeyer, Jim. Discovering Invisibility. 2001, number 42 of 75 copies signed by the author; Robson, J.P. The Life and Adventures of the Far-Famed Billy Purvis. Newcastle, 1849, frontispiece, original pictorial boards, rebacked with blue morocco gilt; Maccabe, F. The Art of Ventriloquism. F. Warne, 1875, pictorial boards, rubbed, rebacked with maroon morocco; Hoffmann, Professor. Modern Magic. 1889. 7th edition, illustrations, original pictorial cloth, rubbed, Magic Circle Chris Carlton bookplate; Beedie, Professor. Conjuring up-to-date. [c.1890], wrappers bound in; Aldine, publishers. Magnetic and Electrical Tricks. [1895], pictorial wrappers bound in; Goldston, Will. Will Goldston's Card System of Exclusive Magical Secrets. c.1928; Goldston, Will. Card & Ball Tricks with Patter. [n.d.], somewhat soiled, bound with The Magazine of Magic, vol. 1 no. 2, 1914, cloth; Hull, Burling. The Encyclopaedia of Stage Illusions, edited by Ormond McGill. Oakland, 1980, presentation copy from Ormond McGill, dustwrapper; Rauscher, W.V. The Great Raymond. Short Hills, 1996, dustwrapper; Dawes, E.A. The Great Lyle. number 232 of 1000 copies, dustwrapper; Bailey, M. The Magic Business.1988, wrappers; Andrews, Val. Seven Keys of Kalanag. 1987, wrappers bound in; Kaufman, R. Gary Kurtz Unexplainable Acts. 1990, dustwrapper; Buckingham, G. It's easier than you think. 1952; Sharpe, A. Expert Card Conjuring. 1968, number 106 of a limited deluxe edition; Hull, Burling. Thirty Three Rope Ties and Chain Releases. c. 1915, inscriptions and soiling to title, later cloth; Marlo, Edward. The Cardician. 1953, red quarter morocco, wrappers bound in; Harbin, Robert. Harbincadabra. 1979, number 75 of a de luxe edition limited to 100 copies, leather binding gilt; Bobo, J.J. Modern Coin Magic. Minneapolis, 1952; Pratt, Bert. Browsing around in Magic. 1972, number 26 of 500 copies, wrappers bound in; Andrews, Val. Murray. 1974, presentation copy to Rey, dustwrapper; Hardeen. Life and History of Hardeen. wrappers bound in; Aunt Kate's Conjuring & Parlour Magic. n.d., rather soiled wrappers bound in (quantity)Footnote: Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson

Magic, a large collection Twentieth Century works, including: Braue, F . On False Deals, 1978, no. 275/300 copies; Solomon, D . Solomon’s Notes. 2007, inscribed copy; Willmarth, P . The Magic of Matt Schulien. 1976, dw; Colombini, A . What’s Up Deck ?, 1995, dw; Kosky, G . The Magic of Tenkai. 1974, dw; Minch, S . Ever so Sleightly, & Any Second Now, 2 vol., 1975; Aronson, S . Bound to Please, 1994, dw; Regal, D . The Foling Constant 1 and 2, 2002, dw.; Schneider, A . Magic. 2011, dw; Tucker, S . Bob Ostin. 2005, dw, signed copy; Minch, S . Bruce Cervon. Hard Boiled. 1998, dw; Fleischer, A . The Magic Hedonists. Brainstorm, 1983, dw; Duffie, P . Effortless Card Magic. 1997, dw; Lovick, J . Switch. 2006, dw; Dawes, E . Making Magic. 1993, dw; Dawes. E . The Book of Magic. 1986, dw; Mason, E . Stuff. Original Magic. c.1970, dw; Korem, D . Korem Without Limits, 1985, dw; Pierce, L . The Magic of John Cornelius, 2001, dw.; Cervon, Bruce. The Cervon File. 1988; Weber, M . Life Savers, 1991; Anmar, M . The Topit Book. 1983, dw; Breese, M . Card Zones. Card Magic of Peter Duffie, 2001; Powers, M . Power Plays. 2006, dw; Wakeman, R . Wakeman Presents. 1989, dw; Johnson, R . Practical Impossibilities. 1976, wrappers; Finnell, G . Card Magic. 1973, wrappers; Griffith, T . The Essence. 2012, wrappers; Hummer, B . Collected Stories. Photo-printed copy; Racherbaumer, J . The Last Hierophant. 1980, wrappers; Lever, D . David Howarth’s Miracles of Magic. 2012, wrappers; Kunara, R . The Book of Card Tricks. C. 1880, ex Magic Circle Library copy; Noakes, E . Magical Originalities, 1901; Selbit . The Magician’s Handbook. 1902; De Caston, H . Peerless Prestidigitation, 1910; Johnson, G . Conjuror’s Tales, [c.1910]; Holmes, L . The Magic Art. 1920, vol. 1, ex Magic Circle Library; Mole, H.C . The Magic of To-Morrow. 1919, wrappers repaired; Kinnaird, R . The Book of Card Tricks. 1922; Latour, H . Magical Suggestions, 1921; Maskelyne, J . White Magic. [n.d.], dw; Johnson, V . Chemistry and Chemical Magic. [c.1922]; Ovelte, J . Practical Telepathy. 1924; Davenport . Lewis Davenport Magic Catalogue for 1933 (2 copies), c.1936; 1939 (nos. 15, gilt; no. 16); Lewis Davenport Catalogue 1940, Supplementary List; The Sphinx , various issues, bound in one volume, mostly 1933-36; Fleming, P . The Paul Fleming Book Reviews, 1944, wrappers bound in; Conjuror’s Magazine . Vol. 5, 1949, wrappers bound in; Goldston, Will . The Magician, [n.d.], vol. 8, cloth; Magic Circle . Catalogue of the Reference and Lending Library, 1952; Montague, F . Westminster Wizardry, n.d., original boards, rubbed; Howard, D . London Theatres & Music Halls 1850-1950, 1970; Josling, A . Secrets of the Dead, 1932, wrappers; Cannell, J.C . Modern Conjuring, 1947, wrappers; Proskauer, J . Spook Crooks. [c.1946], wrappers bound in; Keene, R. More Novel Notions for Magical Entertainers. [n.d.], wrappers; Hermalin. Workable Wizardry. [n.d]., wrappers; Williams, O . Hints to Young Conjurors, [n.d.], wrappers; Indoor Tricks and Games . Success Publishing, n.d., wrappers; Boys Magazine Service Catalogue, n.d., wrappers bound in; Weisberg, B . Talking to the Dead. 2004, dw; Haley, L . The Art of Magic. 1910, wrappers; Ganthony, R . Modern Ventriloquism, n.d.; Blyth, R. More Paper Magic. 1938, wrappers; Blyth, R . Match-Stick Magic. 1939, wrappers; Blyth, R. Handkerchief, Magic. 1922; rebound; Lusting, D . La Vellon’s Vaudeville Budget, 1921, wrappers; Impey, E. Conjuror’s Choice. 1910, wrappers; Price, H . Regurgitation and the Duncan Memberships. 1931, wrappers bound in; Carey, M . A Compendium of Bunk, 1976, dw; Robbins, R . The Encyclopaedia of Witchcraft and Demonology. 1967; Gibeciere : Summer 2006, Winter 2010; Summer 2011; Summer 2012; Winter 2013; Winter 2014, all in original bindings except where notedFootnote: Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson

Magic, a large collection including: Smith, L . The Floyd Thayer Book. Keep the Wheels Turning, 1992, vol. 2, no 240/1000 copies, signed; Goldston, W . The Magician Annual. 1908-09, wrappers bound in; Blackstone, H . The Blackstone Book of Magic and Illusion, 1985, Magic Circle Foundation Library bookplate; Andrus, J . Andrus Card Control. 2002, vol. 1-2 bound in 1, wrappers bound in; Lustig, D . La Vellmals Vaudeville Budget for Magicians, 1921, wrappers; Marlo’s Magazine. Volumes 3-5, 1979-84, wrappers bound in; Marlo’s Magazine. Vol. 5, 1984, cloth, wrappers bound in, presentation copy; Close, M . Workers. Nos. 1-3 bound in 2 vols., wrappers bound in; Duffie, P . The Dave Campbell Legacy. Close up Magic. 2004, dw; Gibson, W . The Complete Illustrated Book of Card Magic. 1970, dw; Racherbaumer, J . Kabala. 1980-81, vol. 1-2; Racherbaumer, J. The Lost Pages of the Kabbala. 1981, cloth; The Yankee Magic Collector. Vol. 4-5, wrappers bound in; Magicol. Nos. 140-149, wrappers bound in; Guastaferro, J . One Degree, 2020, wrappers; The Pallbearers Review. 1965, 1968 and 1970, with some issues supplied in photocopy; MacQueen-Pope . Ghosts and Greasepaint. 1951; Severn, B . Magic across the Table. 1975; Genii . 75 th Anniversary Issue, December 2012, wrappers bound in; Underwood, P . Ghosts of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, 1983; Breese, M . The Magic of Al K. 1983, wrappers; Anverdi . 50 Years of Magical Creations, 1992, dw; Novicke, J . Tommy Cooper Just Like That, 1998, dw; Bellenghi, A . Cartomancy. 1988, dw; Einhorn, N . The Practical Encyclopaedia of Magic. 2004, dw; and a few paperbacks; Thurston, Howard . Card Tricks. 1901, original cloth, hinges weak; Desmond, F . Everybody’s Guide to Conjuring, [c.1900], worn; Hermann, Alexander . Hermann’s Book of Magic Black Art fully exposed. 1902, wrappers; Hermann, Alexander . Hermann’s Wizard Manual. 1913, wrappers; Downs, T.N . The Art of Magic. 1909, cloth, rubbed; another copy, 1921, hinges weak; Elbiguet . Supplementary Magic, [c.1913]; Devant, D . Lessons in Conjuring. 1922, boards; Booth, J . Super Magical Miracles. 1930, original boards; Branson, L . Indian Conjuring. [n.d.], original boards; Smith, H.A . Master Mysteries of 1933, wrappers; Ganson, L . Routined Manipulation. N.d., dw; Blackstone, H . Blackstone’s Modern Card Tricks. 1941, dw; Hall, T.H . Reading is believing. 1947, boards; Fitzkee, D . Magic by Misdirection, 1945; Fitzkee, D . Showmanship for Magicians, 1945; Fitzkee, D . The Trick Brain. 1944, dw; Histed, L.S . The Magic of L.S. Histed. 1947, presentation copy, cloth; Baker, A . Mental Magic. 1949, cloth; Ganson, L . The Art of Close Up Magic. [c.1968], dw; Ganson, L . Dai Vernon’s tribute to Nate Leipzig. [n.d.]; Hall, T.H . The Testament of Ralph W. Hull, n.d.; Hall, T.H . Nothing is Impossible. [n.d.]; Becker, L . World of Super Mentalism. 1989, cloth; Gibson, C.R . Chemical Amusements & Experiments, [n.d.]; Behnke, L . Impromptu Magic. 1980, dw; Schindler, G . Magic with Everyday Objects. 1976, dw; Christopher, M . Varied Deceptions. [c.1953]; Hunter, N . Successful Conjuring for Amateurs, 1951, dw; Griffith, T . An Invitation to Mystery, [n.d]., dw; Melton, H.K . The Official CIA manual of Trickery & Deception. 2010, boards; Booth, J . The John Booth Classics. [n.d.], dw; Cooper, Tommy . Joke Book, Secret Joke Files, Mirth Magic & Mischief; Ganson, L . The Art of Close Up Magic, vol. 2, [n.d.]; Johnson, R . Silver Special. 1989, dw, signed copy; The Roy Johnson Experience. [n.d.], dw; Miller, H . The Art of Eddie Joseph. [n.d.], dw; Hay. H . Cyclopaedia of Magic. 1949, dw; Fitzkee, D . Rings in your Fingers. 1946; Elliott, B . Professional Magic made Easy. 1959, dw; Gill, R . Magic as a Performing Art. 1976, dw; Ganson, Lewis . Marconick’s Silk Magic. N.d., dw; Ganson, L . C.Y. Endfield’s Entertaining Card Magic, part 1, nd.; Ganson, L . Routined Manipulation, parts 1 & 2, n.d.; Ganson, L . Expert Manipulation of Playing Cards, [n.d.]; McComb, B . McComb’s Magic. [n.d.], dw; McComb, B . McCombical. 2014, dw; Fisher, J . John Fisher’s Magic Book, 1968; Fisher, J . The Magic of Lewis Carroll. 1973, dw; Fitzkee, D . The Card Expert Entertains. 1948, wrappers; Fitzkee, D . The Strange Inventions of Dr. Errin, 1937, wrappers; Fox, K . Clever like a Fox. 1977, dw; Elliott, B . Classic Secrets of Magic. 1953, dw; D’Egerdon, E . Aids to Wizardry, ex Magic Circle copy, wrappers; and a few others, original cloth or boards unless notedFootnote: Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson

Magic, a large collection, 20th century including: Charvet, D . The Bill in Lemon Book. 1990; Number 426/500 copies; Hatton, H . Magician’s Tricks, [c.1910]; Hugard, J . The Royal Road to Card Magic, 1925; Mulholland, T . Quicker than the Eye. 1932; Dhotel, J . Magic with Small Apparatus. Vol. 1, 1941, dw; Lowe, E . Card Fan-Tasies, 1945, cloth; Curry, P . Paul Curry’s Worlds Beyond. 2001, dw; Trost, Nick . Subtle Card Creations. 2008-2010, volumes 1-3; Geris, B . Best of all Worlds. 2009, dw; Orben, R . The Complete Comedian’s Encyclopaedia, vol. 1 c. 1951; Lees, W . The Best of Close Up Magic. 1984; Thompson, J.G . The Best Tricks from the Best Brains in Magic, 1945, dw; Steinmeyer, J . The Magic of Alan Wakeling. 1993; Neale, R . Tricks of the Imagination. 1991, dw; Racherbaumer, J . The Wild Card Kit. 1992; Koran, Al . Professional Presentations, n.d., dw; Nash, M . Colours on the March, n.d., cloth; Johnson, R . Final Call, 1979, dw; Giobbi, R . Confidences. 2012; Neale, R.E . The Magic Mirror. 2002, dw; Neale, R.E . Life Death & other Card Tricks, unopened; Aronson, S . Simply Simon. 1995, dw; Aronson, S . The Aronson Approach. 1990, dw; Mentzer, J . Card File. 1993, dw; Jones, L . The Magic Gourmet. 2008, wrappers, inscribed copy; Aronson, S . Sessions. 1982, dw; Burger, E . Strange Ceremonies. 1991, dw; Avis, J . Vis a Vis. 1998, dw; Aronson, S . Try the Impossible. 2001, dw; Burger, E . Solomon’s Mind… Card Mysteries. 1997, dw; Read, R . The Calostrom Mind Reading Act. 1945, wrappers; McCarthy, D . The Underground hits Bottom. 1983, wrappers; Sadowitz, J . The Card Magic of... 1984, wrappers; Hill, R . The Complete Eye Opener. 2006, wrappers; Jay, J . Session… Joel Givens. 2007, wrappers; Price, H . National Library for Psychical Research. Short title catalogue of works, vol. 1 part 2, 1929; Price, H . University of London Council for Psychical Investigation. Short Title Catalogue of Works on Psychical Research, 1935, wrappers; Cannon, H . The Secret Scroll. For Private Circulation Only, [n.d.]; Haley, L . The Dramatic Art of Magic. 1910; Gilbert, A.C . Handkerchief Tricks for Boys. 1920, cloth; Lucas, E . Three Hundred Games and Pastimes, 1922; Crookes, W . Researches in the Phenomenon of Spiritualism. 1926; Kitteridge, G . Witchcraft in Old & New England. 1928; Seligmann, K . The History of Magic. 1948, dw; O’Donnell, E . Haunted Britain. 1953, dw; Randi, J . The Supernatural A-Z 1995, dw; Wilkins, H . Mysteries Solved and Unsolved. 1958, dw; Jenkins, E . The Shadow & the Light. 1982, dw; Randi, J . The Supernatural A-Z 1995, dw; Flanders, J . Consuming Passions. 2006, dw; Berenke, L . The Magic in Books. 2009, signed copy; Tillen, R . A History of Playing Cards. 1973, dw; Benham, W . Playing Cards, 1931, ex-library copy; another edition, Spring Books, n.d.; Konstam, K . Enquire Within. Card Playing. [n.d.], wrappers; Hamilton, J . Playing Cards in the Victoria & Albert Museum. 1988; Mander, R . The Theatres of London, 1975, dw; Magic Magazine . 1910, volume for year, bound, worn; Ferguson, J . Bibliographical Notes on the Historie of Inventions and Books of Secrets, 1981; The Stage Year Book, 1916; Brewer’s Theatre . 1994, dw; Disher, M . The Pleasures of London, 1950, dw; Bord, C . Modern Mysteries of Britain. 1987, dw; Picknett, L . Flights of Fancy. Paranormal., 1987, dw; Crestin-Billet . Collectible Playing Cards, wrappers; Marash, J . Mime in Class and Theatre. 1950; Morley, H . Old & Curious Playing Cards. 1989, dw; Kilgarriff, M . Grace, Beauty & Banjos, 1998, dw; Mayhew, H . Mayhew’s Characters. 1951, dw; Norman, G . The Penny Showman, 1985; Newton, H . Idols of the Halls, 1928, rubbed; Fountain, N . Lose Empires. 2005, dw; Cochran, C . Showman Looks On, 1945, all original cloth except where noted.Footnote: Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson

China A collection of works Hug, E. Souvenirs of a Journey through Tartary, Tibet and China, during the years 1844, 1845 and 1846. Peking: Lazarist Press, 1931. New edition, 2 volumes, 8vo; The People of China... London: The Religious Tract Society, [n.d.] 12mo, folding map (torn), contemporary red morocco gilt, upper cover detached, lower cover lacking; Maillart, Ella K. Forbidden Journey from Peking to Kashmir. London: William Heinemann Ltd., [1937]. 8vo, original teracotta cloth gilt; Snow, Edgar Living China. London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., [1937]. Second edition, 8vo, original orange cloth; [Idem] Scorched Earth. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1941. 8vo, original blue cloth, a little dampstaining; Williams, C.A.S. Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives. Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, Limited, 1932. Second edition, 8vo, original green cloth gilt; Weale, B.L. Putnam Manchu and Muscovite. London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1907. 8vo, original red cloth gilt; MacNair, Harley Farnsworth Modern Chinese History, selected readings. Shanghai: The Commercial Press, Limited, 1933. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt; and a quantity of others, sold not subject to return (34)

A collection of Art Deco and later clocks, comprising a marble clock garniture, a Mappin travel clock, an ebonised base with inset clock, a modern Swiss brass carriage clock, two Art Deco clocks with glass surrounds, an Art Deco marble example lacking mechanism and face and a modern mantle clock (8)Condition report: Garniture missing hands and mechanism replaced with battery movement and fitted to the reverse, face worn and damaged, glass missing, surround looseChips to edges of both marble examplesGeneral wear to all

Assorted books on various subjects to include the RAF, Wisden 1980, Formula One racing, Christopher, John and Rosemary "Design for Modern Marriage", Hurst & Blacket 1958, numerous photographic ills, wonderfully retro with decorated front boards, Clune, Frank "Dig a Drama of Central Australia", Angus & Robertson 1951, dj, Hamilton, Lord Frederick "Vanished Pomps of Yesterday", Hodder & Stoughton 1937, Art Deco bkpl inside front board, dj price clipped, etc (1 box)