[Maskelyne, J. N.] The History of a Thousand Pound Challenge. London: Author, 1906. Self-covered. 16mo. Blind stamps of The Newmann Collection and John Henry Grossman. Uncommon. A pamphlet distributed at St. George’s Hall by the Maskelyne family and the employees at “London’s New Home of Mystery.”
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2017-06-10
The History of Playing Cards. Philadelphia, Joseph Sims, 1946. Color offset poster (31 ½ x 24”) describing and illustrating the history of a pack of Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-07-27
Approximately Seventy Books on the History of New England, books on Boston history include an early edition book on the Boston Fire of 1872; collection Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-10-09
[History] Group of more than 40 books and monographs on the history of magic, magicians, and related subjects. Including White Magic [1936] by Jasper Maskelyne; Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-07-27
[History] Group of 16 books about the history of magic. Including The Art of Deception by Romano (1997), The Illustrated History of Magic by Christopher Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2012-10-27
Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696-1782) Sketches of the History of Man. Edinburgh: for W. Creech; [and] London: for Strahan & Cadell, 1774. First edition, two Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2019-11-11
Smith, William (1728-1793) The History of the Province of New-York, from the First Discovery to the Year M.DCC.XXXII, Ex Dono Authoris. London: for Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-11-15
Cervantes, Miguel de (1547-1616) The History of the Most Ingenious Knight Don Quixote de la Mancha. London: for R. Chiswell, J. Sprint, et al., 1706. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-05-18
W. H. Bartlett and B. B. Woodward The History of the United States of America , three volumes, George Virtue and Co., London and Read more…
Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook
Date:
2016-03-10
[Miscellaneous – History & Biography] Collection of 38 books on the history of conjuring and magic, or related subjects. Including Charles Bertram: Court Conjurer and Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-02-07
[Miscellaneous – History & Biography] Group of 25 recent illustrated quarto volumes on the history of magic, conjurors, magic manufacturers, and more. Including The P Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-02-07
