Swann Galleries: Swann Galleries : 1992 , 1992 ,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- January 01, 2004 - January 01, 2004
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ACCUM, FREDRICK. | Chemical Amusement | 1818 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 287.50 | |
| 2 | ACCUM, FREDRICK. | Chemical Amusement . . . | 1819 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 431.25 | |
| 3 | ALBO, ROBERT; and others. | Classic Magic Series [series title]. | (1983)-2001 |
USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 6,325.00 | |
| 4 | ALEXANDER, GEORGE ALEXANDER. | A Lecture on Heads. | 1799 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 201.25 | |
| 5 | ANDRUS, JERRY. | Andrus Deals You In. | (1956) |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 6 | ANDRUS, JERRY. | Andrus Deals You In. | (1956) |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 230.00 | |
| 7 | Bailly, Christian. | Automata: The Golden Age 1848-1914. | 1987) |
USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | 2,300.00 | |
| 8 | Chapuis, Alfred. | Les Automates dans les Oeuvres d'Imagination. | (1947) |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 287.50 | |
| 9 | Chapuis, Alfred. | Le Monde des Automates. | 1928 |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 10 | Chapuis, Alfred; and Droz, Edmond. | Les Automates: Figures Artificielles d'Hommes et d'Animaux. | (1949) |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 11 | Chapuis, Alfred; and Droz, Edmond. | Automata: A Historical and Technological Study. | 1958 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 488.75 | |
| 12 | Chapuis, Alfred; and Gelis, Edouard. | Le Monde des Automates. | 1984 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 13 | Kempelen, Baron Wolfgang von. | An Atttempt to Analyze the Automaton Chess Player, of Mr. De Kempelen. [By Robert Willis]. | 1821 |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 2,300.00 | |
| 14 | (AUTOMATA.) Group of 15 volumes dealing with automata. | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 575.00 | |||
| 15 | BADCOCK, JOHN. | Domestic Amusements, or Philosophical Recreations. | circa 1830 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 517.50 | |
| 16 | [BADCOCK, JOHN.] | Philosophical Recreations, or Winter Amusements. | [1820] |
USD 500.00 - 750.00 | 316.25 | |
| 17 | [BADCOCK, JOHN.] | Philosophical Recreations * Domestic Amusements. | [1820]; circa 1823 |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | 402.50 | |
| 18 | BAKER, AL. | Group of 3 First Editions. | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 345.00 | ||
| 19 | BECKMANN, JOHN. | A History of Inventions and Discoveries . . . | 1817 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 230.00 | |
| 20 | BERTRAM, CHARLES. | Isn't It Wonderful? | 1896 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold | |
| 21 | BERTRAM, CHARLES. | Isn't it Wonderful? | 1896 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 431.25 | |
| 22 | BERTRAM, CHARLES. | Isn't It Wonderful? | 1899 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 201.25 | |
| 23 | BERTRAM, CHARLES. | A Magician in Many Lands. | 1911 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 920.00 | |
| 24 | BERTRAM, CHARLES. | A Magician in Many Lands. | 1911 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 201.25 | |
| 25 | BLIND, ADOLPHE. | Les Automates Truques. | 1927 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 316.25 | |
| 26 | BLITZ, ANTONIO. | The Boy's Own Book of Indoor Sports. | circa 1890 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 69.00 | |
| 27 | BLITZ, ANTONIO. | Fifty Years in the Magic Circle. | 1871 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 92.00 | |
| 28 | BOITEAU d'AMBLY, P. | Les Cartes a Jouer et la Cartomancie. | 1859 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 69.00 | |
| 29 | BOOTH, JOHN. | Super . . . Magical Miracles. | 1930 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 57.50 | |
| 30 | (BOY'S BOOKS.) | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 1,035.00 | |||
| 31 | (BOY'S BOOKS.) | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 920.00 | |||
| 32 | (BOY'S BOOKS.) Group or over 30 volumes, | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | 632.50 | |||
| 33 | THE BOY'S TREASURY of Sports, Pastimes, and Recreations Illustrated . . . | [1850] |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 69.00 | ||
| 34 | BRAUN, JOHN. | Of Legierdemaine and Diverse Juggling Knacks: Columns from The Linking Ring, 1949-1966. | 1999 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 258.75 | |
| 35 | BUCKLEY, ARTHUR. | Group of 3 First Editions. | vd |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 172.50 | |
| 36 | BUCKLEY, ARTHUR. | Group of 3 First Editions. | vd |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 172.50 | |
| 37 | BUFFUM, RICHARD; and SMITH, LES and GERTRUDE. | The Carl Owen book [and] The Floyd Thayer book "Keep the wheels turning . . ." | (1977) |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 230.00 | |
| 38 | BURLINGAME, HARDIN J. | Around the World with a Magician and a Juggler. | (1891) |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 431.25 | |
| 39 | BURLINGAME, HARDIN J. | Around the World with a Magician and a Juggler. | (1891) |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 161.00 | |
| 40 | BURLINGAME, HARDIN J. | Herrmann the Great. | (1897) |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 126.50 | |
| 41 | BURLINGAME, HARDIN J. | Hermann the Magician. | (1897) |
USD 120.00 - 180.00 | 80.50 | |
| 42 | BURLINGAME, HARDIN J. | Leaves from Conjurers' Scrap Books, or, Modern Magicians and Their Works. | 1891 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 316.25 | |
| 43 | BURLINGAME, HARDIN J. | Leaves from Conjurers' Scrap Books, or, Modern Magicians and Their Works. | 1891 |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | 138.00 | |
| 44 | BURLINGAME, HARDIN J. | Tricks in Magic, Illusions and Mental Phenomena. | 1895 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 80.50 | |
| 45 | (C. ARTHUR PEARSON; publisher.) | Group of 12 titles from the popular magic series. | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 230.00 | ||
| 46 | THE CABINET of Useful Arts & Sciences. | 1823 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 230.00 | ||
| 47 | (CARD MAGIC.) Group of 12 volumes. | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 316.25 | |||
| 48 | (CARD MAGIC.) Group of 14 volumes. | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 345.00 | |||
| 49 | (CARD MAGIC.) Group of 15 volumes. | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 345.00 | |||
| 50 | Benham, William Gurney. | Playing Cards: History of the Pack. | (1931) |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 103.50 | |
| 51 | Chatto, William Andrew. | Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards. | 1848 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 126.50 | |
| 52 | Chatto, William Andrew. | Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards. | 1848 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 103.50 | |
| 53 | (CARDS.) Katalog der im Germanische Museum befindlichen Kartenspiele und Spielkarten. | 1886 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 103.50 | ||
| 54 | Merlin, R. | Origine des Cartes a Jouer. | (1869) |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 55 | O'Donoghue, Freeman M.; compiler. | Catalogue of the Collection of Playing Cards bequeathed to the Trustees of the British Museum by the Late Lady Charlotte Schreiber. | 1901 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 230.00 | |
| 56 | O'Donoghue, Freeman M.; compiler. | Catalogue of the Collection of Playing Cards bequeathed to the Trustees of the British Museum by the Late Lady Charlotte Schreiber. | 1901 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 57 | Schreiber, Lady Charlotte. | Playing Cards of Various Ages and Countries. | 1892-95 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,955.00 | |
| 58 | Singer, Samuel Weller. | Researches into the History of Playing Cards. | 1816 |
USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | 747.50 | |
| 59 | Van Rensselaer, Mrs. John King. | The Devil's Picture-Books * Prophetical, Educational and Playing Cards. | 1895; (1912) |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 103.50 | |
| 60 | Willshire, William Hughes. | A Descriptive Catalogue of Playing and Other Cards in the British Museum. | 1876 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 61 | (CARDS.) Group of 21 volumes dealing with the history of playing cards. | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 258.75 | |||
| 62 | Group of 24 volumes dealing with the history of playing cards. | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 287.50 | |||
| 63 | CEILLIER, REMI. | Manuel Pratique d'Illusionnisme et de Prestidigitation. | 1935-36 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 64 | CERVON, BRUCE; and MINCH, STEPHEN. | Ultra Cervon. | (1990) |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 80.50 | |
| 65 | CHAPUIS, ALFRED. | Grands Artisans de la Chronometrie. | (1958) |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 66 | CHILD, L. MARIA. | The Girls' Own Book. | (1833) |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | 115.00 | |
| 67 | CHRISTMAS, Rev. HENRY. | The Cradle of the Twin Giants. | 1849 |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | 69.00 | |
| 68 | Sokan, Robert. | A Descriptive and Bibliographic Catalog of the Circus & Related Arts Collection at Illinois State University. | 1976 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 69 | Toole Stott, Raymond. | Circus and Allied Arts: a World Bibliography. | (1958-71) |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 161.00 | |
| 70 | CLARK, HYLA. | The World's Greatest Magic. | (1976) |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 138.00 | |
| 71 | CLARK, HYLA. | The World's Greatest Magic. | (1976) |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 138.00 | |
| 72 | (COIN MAGIC.) Group of 6 volumes, | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | 149.50 | |||
| 73 | COLBURN, ZERAH. | A Memoir of Zerah Colburn. | 1833 |
USD 120.00 - 180.00 | 80.50 | |
| 74 | COLBURN, ZERAH. | Memoir of Zerah Colburn. | 1833 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 69.00 | |
| 75 | CONFESSIONS of a Medium. | 1882 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 287.50 | ||
| 76 | CONRADI. F. W. | Magische Bibliothek. Achter Band. | nd |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 77 | CREMER, W. H.; editor. | Hanky Panky * Magic No Mystery. | nd |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 69.00 | |
| 78 | [CREMER, W. H.) | The Secret Out; or, One Thousand Tricks with Cards. | circa 1870-80 |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 | 488.75 | |
| 79 | DECREMPS, HENRI. | La Magie Blanche Devoille. | 1789-91 |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | 920.00 | |
| 80 | DECREMPS, HENRI. | La Magie Blanche Devoille. | 1792 |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 747.50 | |
| 81 | DECRAMPS, HENRI. | Testament de Jerome Sharp * Codicile de Jerome Sharp. | 1786; 1788 |
USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | 747.50 | |
| 82 | [DEFOE, DANIEL.] | System of Magick; or, a History of the Black Art. | 1840 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 149.50 | |
| 83 | DESPIAU, M. L. | Select Amusements in Philosophy and Mathematics. | 1801 |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 | 488.75 | |
| 84 | DEXTER, WILL; editor. | Magic Circle Magic. A Tribute to the Memory of George Davenport and Lewis Davenport. | (1963) |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 80.50 | |
| 85 | (DICK & FITZGERALD.) | The Book of 500 Curious Puzzles. | (1859) |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 69.00 | |
| 86 | (DICK & FITZGERALD.) | The Book of 500 Curious Puzzles. | (1859) |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | 57.50 | |
| 87 | (DICK & FITZGERALD.) | Book of Riddles and Five Hundred Home Amusements. | (1863) |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | 161.00 | |
| 88 | (DICK & FITZGERALD.) | Dick's One Hundred Amusements for Evening Parties, Picnics and Social Gatherings. | (1873) |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 172.50 | |
| 89 | (DICK & FITZGERALD.) | How to Amuse an Evening Party. A Complete Collection of Home Recreations. | (1869) |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 103.50 | |
| 90 | (DICK & FITZGERALD.) | How to Amuse an Evening Party. | (1869) |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 172.50 | |
| 91 | (DICK & FITZGERALD.) | Magician's Own Book. | nd |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 431.25 | |
| 92 | (DICK & FITZGERALD.) | The Parlor Magician. | (1868) |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 80.50 | |
| 93 | DICKSONN. | Trucs et Mysteres Devoiles. | circa 1900 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 94 | ENDLESS AMUSEMENT. | [1822] |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | 805.00 | ||
| 95 | ENDLESS AMUSEMENT. | [1830]; nd |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 805.00 | ||
| 96 | ENDLESS AMUSEMENT. | 1831 |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | 373.75 | ||
| 97 | (ENDLESS AMUSEMENT.) Companion to the Endless Amusement. | circa 1850 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 1,380.00 | ||
| 98 | (ENDLESS AMUSEMENT.) A Sequel to the Endless Amusement. | circa 1825 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 546.25 | ||
| 99 | ERDNASE, S. W. | Artifice, Ruse and Subterfuge at the Card Table. | 1902) |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,035.00 | |
| 100 | EVANS, HENRY RIDGELY. | Adventures in Magic. | 1927 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
