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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | EVANS, HENRY RIDGELY. | Adventures in Magic. | 1927 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 316.25 | |
| 102 | EVANS, HENRY RIDGELY. | Cagliostro: a Sorcerer of the Eighteenth Century. | 1931 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 316.25 | |
| 103 | EVANS, HENRY RIDGELY. | Cagliostro: a Sorcerer of the Eighteenth Century. | 1931 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 69.00 | |
| 104 | EVANS, HENRY RIDGELY. | History of Conjuring and Magic. | 1928 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 373.75 | |
| 105 | EVANS, HENRY RIDGELY. | History of Conjuring and Magic . . . New and Revised Edition. | 1930 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 373.75 | |
| 106 | EVANS, HENRY RIDGELY. | Magic and its Professors. | (1902) |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 316.25 | |
| 107 | EVANS, HENRY RIDGELY. | A Master of Modern Magic: The Life and Adventures of Robert-Houdin. | 1932 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 258.75 | |
| 108 | EVANS, HENRY RIDGELY. | The Napoleon Myth. | 1905 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 230.00 | |
| 109 | EVANS, HENRY RIDGELY. | The Old and the New Magic. | 1906 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 373.75 | |
| 110 | EVANS, HENRY RIDGELY. | The Old and the New Magic . . . Considerably Enlarged Edition. | 1909 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 287.50 | |
| 111 | EVANS, HENRY RIDGELY. | Old Georgetown on the Potomac: a Historical Sketch. | 1933 |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | 402.50 | |
| 112 | EVANS, HENRY RIDGELY. | Some Rare Old Books on Conjuring and Magic. | 1943 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 632.50 | |
| 113 | EVANS, HENRY RIDGELY. | Some Rare Old Books on Conjuring and Magic. | 1943 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 460.00 | |
| 114 | EWBANK, THOMAS. | A Descriptive and Historical Account of Hydraulic and Other Machines for Raising Water. | 1842 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 149.50 | |
| 115 | (FACSIMILE REPRINTS.) Group of 4 facsimile reprints of early magic classics, | USD 120.00 - 180.00 | 201.25 | |||
| 116 | [FALCONER, JOHN.] | Cryptomenysis Patefacta: Or the Art of Secret Information. | 1685 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 1,495.00 | |
| 117 | FINDLAY, J. B. | Anderson and His Theatre. | 1967 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 126.50 | |
| 118 | FINDLAY, J. B. | Anderson and His Theatre. | 1967 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 103.50 | |
| 119 | FINDLAY, J. B. | Bibliography of Books, Pamphlets, Magazines, etc. bearing a Scottish Imprint. | 1951 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 316.25 | |
| 120 | FINDLAY, J. B. | Charles Dickens and His Magic. | 1962 |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 | 316.25 | |
| 121 | FINDLAY, J. B. | Conjurers Coins and Medals. | 1964 |
USD 500.00 - 750.00 | 373.75 | |
| 122 | FINDLAY, J. B. | Magic Coins of Czechoslovakia * "Bookishly Yours." | (1969); 1987 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 172.50 | |
| 123 | FINDLAY, J. B. | Juggling through Four Reigns, being a Short Memoir of "Old Malabar." | 1945 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 172.50 | |
| 124 | FINDLAY, J. B. | The Travels of Testot. | 1965 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 125 | FINDLAY, J. B. | First Collectors Annual. Mimeographed. | 1949) |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 | 460.00 | |
| 126 | FINDLAY, J. B. | Second Collectors Annual. | 1950 |
USD 120.00 - 180.00 | Not Sold | |
| 127 | FINDLAY, J. B. | Third Collectors Annual. | 1951 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 128 | FINDLAY, J. B. | Fourth Collectors Annual. | 1952 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 129 | FINDLAY, J. B. | Fifth Collectors Annual. | 1953 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 69.00 | |
| 130 | FINDLAY, J. B. | Sixth Collectors Annual. | 1954 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 69.00 | |
| 131 | FINDLAY, J. B. | Seventh Collectors Annual. Percy Naldrett: a Memoir. | 1969 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 132 | FISCHER, OTTOKAR. | J. N. Hofzinser's Card Conjuring. With Notes by S. H. Sharpe. | 1931 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 373.75 | |
| 133 | FONTAINE, FELIX. | The Golden Wheel Dream-Book, and Fortune-Teller. | (1862) |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | 161.00 | |
| 134 | (FOREIGN LANGUAGE MAGIC--FRENCH.) | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 230.00 | |||
| 135 | (FOREIGN LANGUAGE MAGIC--GERMAN.) | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 136 | FORRESTER, STEPHEN. | A Bibliography of Magic Classics. | 1993) |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 287.50 | |
| 137 | FROST, THOMAS. | The Lives of the Conjurors. | 1876 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 316.25 | |
| 138 | FROST, THOMAS. | The Old Showmen, and the Old London Fairs. | 1874 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 345.00 | |
| 139 | GALE, JOHN. | Gale's Cabinet of Knowledge; or Miscellaneous Recreations . . . | 1800 |
USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | 546.25 | |
| 140 | GALE, JOHN. | Gale's Cabinet of Knowledge; or, Miscellaneous Recreations. . . | 1808 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 141 | GAMES of Skill, and Conjuring. | 1865 |
USD 120.00 - 180.00 | 80.50 | ||
| 142 | GANSON, LEWIS. | Routined Manipulation [Trilogy]. | [1950-54] |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 57.50 | |
| 143 | GAULTIER, CAMILLE. | La Prestidigitation sans Appareils. | circa 1920 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 373.75 | |
| 144 | GAY, JOHN. | Fables. | 1792 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 161.00 | |
| 145 | GIBSON, WALTER; editor. | Magician's Manual. | (1933) |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 69.00 | |
| 146 | GLEN, LAURANCE. | The Magician's Road to Fame. | nd |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 345.00 | |
| 147 | GODWIN, WILLIAM. | Lives of the Necromancers. | 1834 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 287.50 | |
| 148 | GOLDSTON, WILL. | Great Magicians' Trick. | nd |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 258.75 | |
| 149 | GOLDSTON, WILL. | Great Magicians' Tricks. | nd |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 258.75 | |
| 150 | GOLDSTON, WILL. | Magical Hints, Valuable Information. | nd |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 230.00 | |
| 151 | GOLDSTON, WILL. | Sensational Tales of Mystery Men. | (1929) |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 431.25 | |
| 152 | GOLDSTON, WILL. | Sensational Tales of Mystery Men. | (1929) |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 103.50 | |
| 153 | GOLDSTON, WILL. | Tricks & Illusions For Amateur and Professional Conjurers. | circa 1908 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 103.50 | |
| 154 | GOLDSTON, WILL. | Tricks that Mystify [spine title]. | circa 1934 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 287.50 | |
| 155 | GOLDSTON, WILL. | Will Goldston's Card System of Exclusive Magical Secrets [cover title]. | nd |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 103.50 | |
| 156 | GOLDSTON, WILL. | Will Goldston's Exclusive Magical Secrets. | nd |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 157 | GOLDSTON, WILL. | Will Goldston's Further Exclusive Magical Secrets. | nd |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 287.50 | |
| 158 | GOLDSTON, WILL. | Will Goldston's More Exclusive Magical Secrets. | nd |
USD 500.00 - 750.00 | 345.00 | |
| 159 | GOLDSTON, WILL. | Will Goldston's More Exclusive Magical Secrets. | nd |
USD 500.00 - 750.00 | Not Sold | |
| 160 | GOLDSTON, WILL. | Will Goldston's Who's Who in Magic. | nd |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 258.75 | |
| 161 | GOLDSTON, WILL. | Group of 3 volumes in unusually fine condition. | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 92.00 | ||
| 162 | GOLDSTON, WILL. | Group of 13 volumes. | vd |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 373.75 | |
| 163 | GOLDSTON, WILL; editor. | The Magician Annual[s]. | 1909-15 |
USD 500.00 - 750.00 | 373.75 | |
| 164 | GOLDSTON, WILL; editor. | The Magician Annual[s]. | 1909-15 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 258.75 | |
| 165 | GRANGER, WILLIAM. | The New, Original and Complete Wonderful Museum and Magazine Extraordinary. | 1802-08 |
USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | 2,530.00 | |
| 166 | GRAVAT | Jap Box Tricks. | 1937) |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 103.50 | |
| 167 | THE GREAT CHINESE Wizard's Hand-Book of Magic. | circa 1872 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 316.25 | ||
| 168 | THE GREAT CHINESE Wizard's Hand-Book of Magic. | circa 1872 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 201.25 | ||
| 169 | HALL, TREVOR H. | A Bibliography of Books on Conjuring in English from 1580 to 1850. | 1957 |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 170 | HALL, TREVOR H. | A Bibliography of Books on Conjuring in English from 1580 to 1850. | 1957 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 171 | TREVOR H. | Old Conjuring Books: a Bibliographical and Historical Study with a Supplementary Check-List. | 1972) |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | 3,220.00 | |
| 172 | HALL, TREVOR H.; and MUIR, PERCY. | Some Printers & Publishers of Conjuring Books and other Ephemera 1800-1850. | 1976 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 172.50 | |
| 173 | Lewis, Eric. | The Genius of Robert Harbin. | 1997) |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 161.00 | |
| 174 | HELLER, ROBERT (as William Henry Palmer). | Melody Magic. | 1932 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 402.50 | |
| 175 | HERO of Alexandria. | Di Herone Alessandrino de gli Automati, overo Machine se Moventi. | 1601 |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,840.00 | |
| 176 | HERO of Alexandria. | Gli Artificiosi e Curiosi Moti Spirtiali. Translated by Aleotti. | 1647 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 977.50 | |
| 177 | HERO of Alexandria. | Heronis Alexandrini Spiritalium Liber. | 1575 |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | 977.50 | |
| 178 | HERO of Alexandria. | Heronis Alexandrini Spiritalium Liber. | 1583 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | 1,035.00 | |
| 179 | HERO of Alexandria. | The Pneumatics. | 1851 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 201.25 | |
| 180 | HERO of Alexandria. | The Pneumatics. | 1851 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 488.75 | |
| 181 | HERO of Alexandria. | Spiritali . . . ridotti in lingua volgare. | 1592 |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 805.00 | |
| 182 | HERTZ, CARL. | Modern Mystery Merchant. | 1925 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 57.50 | |
| 183 | HILLIARD, JOHN NORTHERN. | Card Magic: a Practical Treatise on Modern Card Conjuring. | (1945) |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 69.00 | |
| 184 | HILLIARD, JOHN NORTHERN. | Greater Magic. | (1938) |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 185 | HILLIARD, JOHN NORTHERN. | Greater Magic. | , (1938) |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 126.50 | |
| 186 | HILLIARD, JOHN NORTHERN. | Greater Magic. | (1947) |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 69.00 | |
| 187 | HOFFMANN, Professor. | Conjurer Dick. | nd |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 402.50 | |
| 188 | HOFFMANN, Professor. | Conjurer Dick. | nd |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 258.75 | |
| 189 | HOFFMANN, Professor. | Conjurer Dick. | nd |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 115.00 | |
| 190 | HOFFMANN, Professor. | Conjuring and Magic * Drawing Room Amusements * Stage Conjuring. | circa 1900 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 287.50 | |
| 191 | HOFFMANN, Professor. | Conjuring Tricks with Coins, Watches, Rings and Handkerchiefs from "Modern Magic." | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | 161.00 | ||
| 192 | HOFFMANN, Professor. | The Cyclopaedia of Card and Table Games. | 1891 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 193 | HOFFMANN, Professor. | Drawing-Room Amusements. | 1879 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 92.00 | |
| 194 | HOFFMANN, Professor. | Drawing-Room Conjuring. | 1887 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 172.50 | |
| 195 | HOFFMANN, Professor. | Drawing-Room Conjuring. | 1887 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 196 | HOFFMANN, Professor. | Every Boy's Book of Sport and Pastime. | 1897 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 172.50 | |
| 197 | HOFFMANN, Professor. | The Game of Skat in Theory and Practice. | 1893 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 230.00 | |
| 198 | HOFFMANN, Professor. | The Games of Greco. | 1900 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 230.00 | |
| 199 | HOFFMANN, Professor. | Hoyle's Games Modernized * Dominoes - Draughts * The Games of Greco. | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 201.25 | ||
| 200 | HOFFMANN, Professor. | The Illustrated Book of Patience Games. | 1914 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
