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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | MASKELYNE, NEVIL and DEVANT, DAVID. | Our Magic. | [1911], (1911) |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 431.25 | |
| 302 | MAYNE, LEGER D. | What Shall We Do To-Night? or, Social Amusements for Evening Parties. | (1873) |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 431.25 | |
| 303 | (McARDLE, JOHN.) | Hocus Pocus Junior. | (1950) |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 517.50 | |
| 304 | McARDLE, JOHN. | McArdle's International Dictionary of Magitain. | (1952) |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 488.75 | |
| 305 | (MECHANICAL.) Group of 20 volumes dealing with mechanical instruments, including automata, music boxes, watches, toys, etc. | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 402.50 | |||
| 306 | (MISCELLANEOUS.) Group of 35 volumes. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,495.00 | |||
| 307 | (MISCELLANEOUS.) Group of 35 volumes. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,495.00 | |||
| 308 | (MISCELLANEOUS.) Group of 35 volumes. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,265.00 | |||
| 309 | (MISCELLANEOUS.) Group of 35 volumes. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 747.50 | |||
| 310 | (MISCELLANEOUS) Group of 35 volumes. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,955.00 | |||
| 311 | (MISCELLANEOUS.) Group of 35 volumes. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 1,035.00 | |||
| 312 | (MISCELLANEOUS.) Group of 35 volumes. | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | 1,610.00 | |||
| 313 | (MISCELLANEOUS.) Group of 45 volumes. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 3,680.00 | |||
| 314 | (MISCELLANEOUS.) Group of approximately 115 volumes, including reference works and fiction involving magician sleuths by Rawson and others. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 4,140.00 | |||
| 315 | MORLEY, HENRY. | Memoirs of Bartholomew Fair. | 1859 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 161.00 | |
| 316 | MORLEY, HENRY. | Memoirs of Bartholomew Fair. | 1859 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 103.50 | |
| 317 | MYDORGE, CLAUDE. | Examen du Livre des Recreations Mathematiques. | 1639 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,150.00 | |
| 318 | NEIL, C. LANG. | The Modern Conjurer and Drawing-Room Entertainer. | 1903 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 126.50 | |
| 319 | NICHOLS, T. L. | A Biography of the Brothers Davenport. | 1864 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 431.25 | |
| 320 | OEHLER, ANDREW. | The Life, Adventures, and Unparalleled Sufferings. | 1811 |
USD 500.00 - 750.00 | 2,760.00 | |
| 321 | OEHLER, ANDREW. | The Life, Adventures, and Unparalled Sufferings. | 1811 |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 | 1,840.00 | |
| 322 | OGILVIE, J. S. | Hand Shadows on the Wall; or, How to make Amusing Figures with the Hands. | 1889 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 316.25 | |
| 323 | OKITO [Bamberg, Theo]. | Okito on Magic. | (1952) |
USD 500.00 - 750.00 | 805.00 | |
| 324 | OUDINI. Secrets of the Great Mysteries now Revealed for the First Time. | (1909) |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | 115.00 | ||
| 325 | OZANAM, JACQUES. | Recreations Mathematiques et Physiques . . . Troisieme Edition. | 1698 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,035.00 | |
| 326 | OZANAM, JACQUES. | Recreations Mathematical and Physical. | 1708 |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | 977.50 | |
| 327 | OZANAM, JACQUES. | Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 920.00 | ||
| 328 | OZANAM, JACQUES. | Recreations in Science and Natural Philosophy. Revised by Edward Riddle. | 1844 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 287.50 | |
| 329 | PARLOR MAGIC. | (1838) |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 | 230.00 | ||
| 330 | PARRISH, ROBERT; compiler. | Bert Allerton's The Close-Up Magician. | 1958 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 201.25 | |
| 331 | PECOR, CHARLES JOSEPH. | The Magician on the American Stage. | (1977) |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 332 | PECOR, CHARLES JOSEPH. | The Magician on the American Stage. | (1977) |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 115.00 | |
| 333 | PIESSE, G. W. SEPTIMUS. | Chymical Natural and Physical Magic. | 1858 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 115.00 | |
| 334 | (POWELL, FREDERICK EUGENE.) | Souvenir Program. Testimonial to Frederick Eugene Powell. | 1929 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 287.50 | |
| 335 | PRESTIDIGITATION or Magic Made Easy. | (1865) |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | 575.00 | ||
| 336 | PRESTON, PAUL [pseud. of Thomas Picton]. | The Fireside Magician. | (1870) |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 92.00 | |
| 337 | PRESTON, PAUL [pseud. of Thomas Picton]. | The Fireside Magician. | (1870) |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 172.50 | |
| 338 | PREVOST, J. | Clever and Pleasant Inventions. | 1998 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 201.25 | |
| 339 | PREVOST, J. | Clever and Pleasant Inventions. Part One. | 1998 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 103.50 | |
| 340 | PRICE, HARRY; compiler. | Short-Title Catalogue of Works on Psychical Research, Spiritualism, Magic, [etc.]. | 1929 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 341 | RACHERBAUMER, JON. | Gaffed to Die. | 1985) |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 161.00 | |
| 342 | RAPP, AUGUSTUS. | The Life and Times of Augustus Rapp. | (1991) |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 69.00 | |
| 343 | RATIONAL RECREATIONS. The Most Marvellous Scientific Experiments. | 1825 |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 | 1,150.00 | ||
| 344 | RICHARD. | Le Magicien des Salons. | circa 1880 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold | |
| 345 | ROBERT-HOUDIN, JEAN EUGENE. | Confidences et Revelations. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 258.75 | ||
| 346 | ROBERT-HOUDIN, JEAN EUGENE. | Magie et Physique Amusante. | 1877 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 373.75 | |
| 347 | ROBERT-HOUDIN, JEAN EUGENE. | Memoirs . . . Copyright Edition. | 1859 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 373.75 | |
| 348 | ROBERT-HOUDIN, JEAN EUGENE. | Memoirs . . . Second Edition. | 1860 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 103.50 | |
| 349 | ROBERT-HOUDIN, JEAN EUGENE. | Robert Houdin, the Great Wizard. | 1865 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 460.00 | |
| 350 | ROBERT-HOUDIN, JEAN EUGENE. | The Sharper Detected and Exposed. | 1863 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 201.25 | |
| 351 | ROBERT-HOUDIN, JEAN EUGENE. | Group of 3 volumes. | vd |
USD 500.00 - 750.00 | 316.25 | |
| 352 | ROBINSON, BEN. | Twelve Have Died . . . Bullet Catching - The Story & Secrets. | 1986 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 373.75 | |
| 353 | SALVERT, EUSEBE. | The Occult Sciences. The Philosophy of Magic. | 1847 |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | 103.50 | |
| 354 | SARDINA, MAURICE. | Group of 3 volumes, including the English language edition of his work on Houdini. | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | 149.50 | ||
| 355 | SHARPE, S. H. | Poinsin on Conjuring. | 1937 |
USD 120.00 - 180.00 | 373.75 | |
| 356 | SHARPE, S. H. | Group of 5 First Editions gathered as a boxed set. | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 373.75 | ||
| 357 | Ganson, Lewis. | The Magic of Slydini * Nathanson. Slydini Encores. | [1960]; (1966) |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 161.00 | |
| 358 | STRUTT, JOSEPH. | The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England. | 1830 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 161.00 | |
| 359 | STRUTT, JOSEPH. | The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England. | 1831 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 201.25 | |
| 360 | STRUTT, JOSEPH. | The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England. | 1834 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 287.50 | |
| 361 | STRUTT, JOSEPH. | The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England. | 1867 |
USD 80.00 - 120.00 | 57.50 | |
| 362 | (THINS.) Group of over 20 small pamphlets dealing with magic. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 632.50 | |||
| 363 | THORNTON, T. C. | The New Cabinet of Arts. | 1846 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 364 | THURSTON, HOWARD. | The Milbourne Christopher Collection Presents Howard Thurston's Illusion Show Workbook. Volumes I and II. | (1991-92) |
USD 500.00 - 750.00 | 977.50 | |
| 365 | TOOLE STOTT, RAYMOND. | A Bibliography of English Conjuring. | (1976-78) |
USD 250.00 - 300.00 | 373.75 | |
| 366 | Clark, George. | How to Learn to Throw the Voice and Become a Thorough Ventriloquist [caption title]. | circa 1885 |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | 172.50 | |
| 367 | Maccabe, Frederic. | The Art of Ventriloquism. | [1875] |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 368 | Maccabe, Frederic. | The Art of Ventriloquism. | [1875] |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 369 | Ventriloquism Explained: and Juggler's Tricks, or Legerdemain Exposed. | 1834 |
USD 500.00 - 750.00 | 747.50 | ||
| 370 | VERNON, DAI. | The Vernon Chronicles [series title]. | (1987-92) |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 | 862.50 | |
| 371 | Ganson, Lewis. | Dai Vernon's Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic * Dai Vernon's Inner Card Trilogy. | 1995; 1996 |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | 632.50 | |
| 372 | (VERNON, DAI.) | Group of 5 volumes, each Inscribed and Signed by Vernon. | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 805.00 | ||
| 373 | (VERNON, DAI.) | Group of 16 First and later editions, including duplicates and variant bindings. | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 1,265.00 | ||
| 374 | (VERNON, DAI.) | Four decks of cards issued for the party celebrating Vernon's 88th birthday; | 1982 |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | 287.50 | |
| 375 | WALLBERGER, JOHANN. | Beruehmtes Zauberbuch. | 1760 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 747.50 | |
| 376 | WHALEY, BART. | The Encyclopedic Dictionary of Magic 1584-1988. | (1989) |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 632.50 | |
| 377 | WHALEY, BART. | The Encyclopedic Dictionary of Magic 1584-1988. | (1989) |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 138.00 | |
| 378 | WHALEY, BART; and others. | The Man Who Was Erdnase. | (1991) |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 161.00 | |
| 379 | WHALEY, BART. | Who's Who in Magic: an International Biographical Guide from Past to Present. | (1990) |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 345.00 | |
| 380 | THE WHOLE ART OF LEGERDEMAIN, or Hocus Pocus Laid Open and Explained. | circa 1852 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 | 632.50 | ||
| 381 | [WILKINS, JOHN.] | Mathematicall Magick, or, The Wonders That may be performed by Mechanicall Geometry. | 1648 |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | 1,495.00 | |
| 382 | WILKINS, JOHN. | Mathematical Magick: or, the Wonders That may be performed by Mechanical Geometry. | 1680 |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 383 | WILKINS, JOHN. | Mathematical Magick: or, the Wonders That may be Performed by Mechanical Geometry . . . | 1691 |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 | 488.75 | |
| 384 | WILKINS, JOHN. | Mercury: Or the Secret and Swift Messenger . . . Second Edition. | 1694 |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | 977.50 | |
| 385 | WILLMANN, CARL. | Die Moderne Salon-Magie. | 1891 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | 345.00 | |
| 386 | WILLMANN, CARL. | Moderne Wunde. | 1886 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 373.75 | |
| 387 | WILSON, HENRY. | Wonderful Characters. | 1821 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 | 258.75 | |
| 388 | WILSON, HENRY. | Wonderful Characters. | 1830 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 | 862.50 | |
| 389 | WITGEEST, SIMON. | Het Verbetert en Vermeerdert Natuurlyk Toverboek. | 1725 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,380.00 | |
| 390 | WONDER, TOMMY; and MINCH, STEPHEN. | The Books of Wonder. | 1996) |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | 517.50 |
