Hiam, Frank. The London Conjuring Trick Works. London: Frank Hiam, ca. 1882. Pictorial wraps bound in boards, spine gilt stamped. Well illustrated. 8vo. Foxed. Good. An uncommon and early conjuring apparatus catalog. Early in his career, the great Belgian magician Servais LeRoy learned and purchased many magic tricks at Hiam’s store.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-02-08
Hiam, Frank. The London Conjuring Trick Works. London: Frank Hiam, ca. 1882. Pictorial wraps, chipped at extremities. Well illustrated. 8vo. Binding re-stapled. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-10-31
London Conjuring Trick Works. London, ca. 1889. Includes small insert price list. Modern red boards with gilt stamped spine. Profusely illustrated. 8vo. Light foxing on Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2017-06-10
Bellew, Frank. The Art of Amusing. London: John Camden Hotten, [1870]. Brown cloth stamped in black and gold. Illustrated. 8vo. Rear hinge neatly separated. Good. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-02-02
Lockhart, Will. The Secrets of Advanced Prestidigitation. Plaistow: W. Bull, 1894. Decorative printed wraps. 8vo. p. [2] 3—29 (pp. 13—29 being “Abridged Catalogue of Novelties Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2017-06-10
A collection of 10 button down shirts from the wardrobe of Frank Zappa. Designers include The London Shop, May Co, Cheveto, Studio Tokyo International, Kikit Read more…
Auctioneer:
Juliens Auctions
Date:
2016-11-04
[Miscellaneous – Antiquarian] Four antiquarian volumes on parlor magic and conjuring. Including The Parlor Magician (New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1863), orange pictorial boards over Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-04-04
Hiam, Frank. Frank Hiam’s Latest Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue. London, ca. 1895. Pale green printed wrappers bound in cloth with gilt stamped spine. Illustrated. Includes Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-04-26
Clarke, Sidney W. The Annals of Conjuring. London: George Johnson, 1929. Authors Copy of the First Edition. Limited to four copies printed by the authors Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-08-27
[Miscellaneous] Twenty-one early twentieth century books on conjuring and related subjects. Including Maskelyne’s Book of Magic (David McKay, ca. 1935) and White Magic (Stanley Paul, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-02-07
Benedict, T.C. Hugall (English, 1873—1955). Important File of Conjuring Notebooks. London, 1890s—1950s. An insightful and important lifetime archive of neatly written and thoughtfully composed writings Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2017-06-10
