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25 recent illustrated volumes on the history of magic https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/33516112_25-recent-illustrated-volumes-on-the-history-of-magic

Sold for:
$450

[Miscellaneous – History & Biography] Group of 25 recent illustrated quarto volumes on the history of magic, conjurors, magic manufacturers, and more. Including The P & L Book (Signed) by Walker and Seaver; Of Legerdemaine and Diverse Juggling Knacks by Braun; Annotated Discoverie of Witchcraft by Forrester; Pleasant Nightmares, The Great Raymond, and S.S. Adams: High Priest of Pranks by William Rauscher; Genius of Robert Harbin by Lewis; three books by Ricky Jay; Our Life of Magic by Thurston, Shepard and Olson (Signed by Jane Thurston Shepard); Life and Times of Alexander by Beckmann; Willard by Charvet; Ghostmasters by Walker; Arcade Dreams by Racherbaumer and Marlo; 100 Years of Magic Posters by Reynolds; and others. 4tos. Illustrated, most in color. Very good or near fine condition.

Potter & Potter

Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2015-02-07

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23 illustrated volumes on magicians, automata, etc.

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$350

[Miscellaneous] Selection of 23 illustrated volumes on magicians, automata, magic manufacturers, and other subjects. Including The P & L Book (1992) by Walker and Seaver; Read more…

Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2014-11-01

Five Victorian volumes on parlor magic amusements etc

Five Victorian volumes on parlor magic, amusements, etc

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$150

[Miscellaneous – Victorian] Group of five volumes on parlor magic, amusements, witchcraft. Including Evening Amusements (ca. 1890) by Planche (illustrated by Cruikshank and others); Parlor Read more…

Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2015-04-04

Vernon Dai Four volumes on closeup and card magic

Vernon, Dai. Four volumes on close-up and card magic.

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$400

Vernon, Dai. Four volumes on close-up and card magic. Including the Inner Secrets trilogy (Harry Stanley, 1960s), bound together in one volume; Malini and His Read more…

Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2015-05-31

Miscellaneous Group of 23 Vintage Volumes on Magic

[Miscellaneous] Group of 23 Vintage Volumes on Magic

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$325

[Miscellaneous] Group of 23 Vintage Volumes on Magic and Conjuring. Including “Magic Wand” (Vols. 1-3 [1910-1913] and Vols. 5-9 [1914-1921]) in two finely bound three-quarter Read more…

Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2016-12-03

Backgammon Two antiquarian volumes on backgammon

[Backgammon] Two antiquarian volumes on backgammon.

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$350

[Backgammon] Two antiquarian volumes on backgammon. Including Le Grand Trictrac, ou Methode Facile Pour Aprendre Sans Maitre (Avignon: Girard & Seguin, 1739), in contemporary brown Read more…

Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2015-06-27

Three nineteenth century volumes on parlor magic etc

Three nineteenth century volumes on parlor magic etc.

Sold for:
$350

[Miscellaneous – Parlor Magic] Three nineteenth century volumes on parlor magic and amusements. Including The Parlor Magician (New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1868); The Fireside Read more…

Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter

Date:
2015-05-31

Four antiquarian volumes on parlor magic and conjuring

Four antiquarian volumes on parlor magic and conjuring.

Sold for:
$100

[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

Japanese Printing and Woodblock Books 20th century Nine Volumes

Japanese Printing and Woodblock Books 20th century Nine Volumes:

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$150

Japanese Printing and Woodblock Books, 20th century, Nine Volumes: Mitsukuri's La Vie Sociale au Japon , Paris: Société Franco-Japonaise de Paris, 1922, illustrated, untrimmed and Read more…

Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2013-02-14

Thornton Jessy Quinn 18101888 Oregon and California in 1848 Including Recent and Authentic Information on the Subject of Gold Mine

Thornton Jessy Quinn (1810-1888) Oregon and California in 1848: Including Recent and Authentic Information on the Subject of Gold Mine

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Thornton, Jessy Quinn (1810-1888) Oregon and California in 1848: Including Recent and Authentic Information on the Subject of Gold Mines in California. New York: Harper Read more…

Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2017-05-23

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Fine Bindings and Extra-Illustrated Books Thirteen Volumes 1838-1906.

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$1,968

Fine Bindings and Extra-Illustrated Books, Thirteen Volumes, 1838-1906. Mrs. Jameson's Memoirs of the Beauties of the Court of Charles the Second , London: Colburn, Read more…

Auctioneer:
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Date:
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