Potter and Potter Auctions: The Collection of Edwin A. Dawes Part IV, 1222, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 25, 2025 - October 25, 2025
Page Size: 426 items in 18 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
179 MILLER, Jo

[BINDING]. The Family Jo Miller: A Drawing Room Jest Book

 London 1848 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 180.00
180 BLITZ, Signor (Antonio Van Zandt, 1810 - 1877)

Fifty Years in the Magic Circle

 San Francisco 1871 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 330.00
181

[BLOW BOOKS]. Group of 5 Volumes

 V.p. (English and German) v.d. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 240.00
182 BODIE, Albert Edward (1889 - 1915)

How to Become a Wizard: Introducing Up-to-date Tricks and Illusions

 London and Macduff ca. 1907 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,080.00
183 BODIE, Dr. Walford

Two Bodie Books

 London 1907 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 420.00
184

[BOOKLETS]. Group of 13 Magic Booklets and Pamphlets

 American and British late 19th to mid-20th century USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 150.00
185 BOWMAN, Stan

Four Abracadabra Indexes

 Ipswich 1953 -- 57 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 96.00
186 BRADDON, Russell (1921 -- 1995)

The Piddingtons

 London 1950 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 300.00
187 BUCKLEY, Arthur (1890 - 1953)

More Power!

 Sydney ca. early 20th century USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 210.00
188 CAGLIOSTRO, Count Alessandro di (Italian, 1743-1795)

Corrispondenza Segreta Sulla Vita Pubblica, E Privata Del Conte di Cagliostro

 Venice 1791 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 450.00
189 [CAULFIELD, James]

The Lives and Portraits of Remarkable Characters

 London 1820 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 300.00
190

[CHAPBOOKS -- MAGIC]. Eight Instructional Magic Chapbooks

 (ca. 1900) USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 300.00
191 GIMCRACKIANA, Godfrey (pseudo)

[CHAPBOOKS]. Group of 3. Including: The Comical Budget of Fun and Frolic

 Derby ca. 1840s USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 180.00
192 CHARVET, David (b. 1961)

Alexander the Man Who Knows

 Pasadena 2007 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 300.00
193 CHAVEZ, Marian

Chavez Studio of Magic

 Los Angeles [?] 1983 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 360.00
194 [CHUNG LING SOO (William E. Robinson), his copy]

CAROLY. Tours de Cartes faciles pour Jeunes gens

 Paris n.d. (ca. 1910s) USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 600.00
195 DUCRET, Etienne

[CHUNG LING SOO (William E. Robinson), his copy]. Recreations Mathematiques

 Paris (ca. 1870s) USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 330.00
196 TOOLE STOTT, Raymond (1910 -- 1982)

[CIRCUS-BIBLIOGRAPHIES]. Circus and Allied Arts: A World Bibliography, 1500-1982

 Derby 1958-71 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 240.00
197 CITRON, Gabriel

The Houdini-Price Correspondence

 London 1998 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 300.00
198 CLARKE, Sidney W. (1864 -- 1940)

The Annals of Conjuring

 Seattle 2001 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 300.00
199 COMTE, M.

Manuel Complet des Sorciers, ou La Magie Blanche

 Paris n.d. (ca. 1836) USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
200 [DANIELS, Paul (1938 -- 2016)]

Under No Illusion - My Autobiography

 London 2000 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 510.00
201 DAWES, Edwin A. (1925-2023)

Charles Bertram: The Court Conjurer

 Washington 1997 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 390.00
202 DAWES, Edwin and Michael Bailey (eds.)

Circle Without End

 London -2005 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 840.00
203 David Nixon

DAWES, Edwin and Stephen Short. Entertainer with the Magic Touch

 (West Yorkshire) -2009 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 330.00
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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