Sothebys: Printed Books and Maps, INCLUDING THE PERFORMING ARTS, LOGIE,

Auction Details

Auction Date
February 17, 1993 - February 17, 1993
Page Size: 1130 items in 12 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1101 W.R.H TROWBRIDGE Cagliostro

1967

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 420.00
1102 LIONEL A WEATHERLY and John Nevil Maskelyne The Supernatural

1936

GBP 175.00 - 225.00 120.00
1103 WIZARD (THE) vol. 2

1980-1989

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 150.00
1104 ACADEMIE UNIVERSELLE DES JEUX

USD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
1105 BOYS OWN MAGIC AND TRICK BOOKS (THE)

1895

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 190.00
1106 Ellis Stanyon CONJURING CATALOGUES

1927

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 240.00
1107 CONJURING CATALOGUES

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 150.00
1108 HARRY HOUDINI THE CONJURER'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE New York

1906-1908

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 200.00
1109 J.B FINDLAY Juggling through Four Reigns Tustin

1977

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 400.00
1110 ARTHUR GOOD Magic at Home

1936-1947

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 200.00
1111 CONJURING EPHEMERA

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 320.00
1112 WILLIAM M ENDLICH A large album containing photographs

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 200.00
1113 ANDREW HALLIDAY Comical Fellows

1899

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 340.00
1114 HAMISH HENDREY Merry Mr. Punch

1977-1992

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 320.00
1115 WILLIAM HOOPER Rational Recreations

1808

GBP 175.00 - 225.00 300.00
1116 INSTRUCTIONS

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 150.00
1117 GEORGE A JENNESS Maskelyne and Cooke. Egyptian Hall

1989

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 450.00
1118 JOHN LESLIE The Philosophy of Arithmetic

1898

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 300.00
1119 CHARLES MATHEWS The Theatrical Olio Duncombe

1821

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 150.00
1120 FAIRBURNS NEW LONDON CONJUROR

1815

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 4,800.00
1121 PICK-ME-UP

1889-1908

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 100.00
1122 HARRY PRICE Short-Title Catalogue of Works on Psychical Research

1972

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 650.00
1123 PROGRAMMES

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 380.00
1124 TRANSFORMING PERFORMERS WITH SURPRISE PICTURES

1884

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 380.00
1125 THE UNIVERSAL CONJUROR

1829

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 1,900.00
1126 THE FANTOCCINI AND OTHERS Vilna

1910

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 320.00
1127 Professor J.M. BUCK Large playbill for the conjurer in a programme of magic at the Assembly Rooms

1836

GBP 250.00 - 350.00 440.00
1128 CONJURING POSTERS India

1920

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 120.00
1129 Fakir Indian THE GREAT BLACAMAN

1920

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 350.00
1130 VERGE AND OTHERS

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 300.00
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