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
204 DAWES, Edwin A. (1925 -- 2023)

The Great Illusionists

 Newton Abbot and London 1979 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
205 DAWES, Edwin (1925 -- 2023)

Collection of Dawes' Publications With Book and Project Research Material

 London 1983 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 360.00
206 DEAN, Henry

Hocus Pocus, or the Whole Art of Legerdemain in Perfection

 Glasgow 1886 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 540.00
207 DECREMPS, Henri (1746-1826)

Two Classic Conjuring Works

 Paris 1792 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 1,140.00
208 DEFOE, Daniel (pseudo. Andrew Moreton)

The Secrets of the Invisible World Disclos'd: or a Universal History of Apparitions

 Oxford 1840 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 120.00
209 [DE LA MANO]

Conjuring, Or Magic Made Easy

 New York ca. 1880 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 150.00
210 [DE VEGA (Alexander Mackay Stewart, 1892 -- 1971)]

Group of Twelve DE VEGA Publications

 1920s-40s USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 210.00
211 SHARPE, Samuel Henry (1902 - 92)

[DEVANT]. Devant's Delightful Delusions

 Pasadena 1990 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 180.00
212 DEVANT, David (David Wighton, 1868 -- 1941)

A Grouping of Four Devant Titles

 (London) -1903 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 150.00
213 [DOYLE, Arthur Conan and Joseph McCABE]

A Public Debate on "The Truth of Spiritualism" between...

 London 1920 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 180.00
214 DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930)

The History of Spiritualism

 London 1926 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 270.00
215 DURHAM, Geoffrey (b. 1949)

Professional Secrets. A Life in Magic

 London 2008 USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 120.00
216 EGAN, Pierce

The Show Folks!

 London 1831 USD 125.00 - 175.00 USD 108.00
217 ENNEMOSER, Joseph (trans. William Howitt)

The History of Magic

 London 1854 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 420.00
218 KARLEMANN, Prof. A.

[ESCAPES]. The Twentieth Century Rope Trick

 N.p. 1907 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 660.00
219 EVANS, Henry Ridgley

Magic and Its Professors

 New York [and] London 1902 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 180.00
220 FARELLI, Victor (1888 -- 1955)

Magical Bibliographies: A Guide

 Shanklin 1953 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 120.00
221 FINDLAY, J.B.

Group of J.B.

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 330.00
222

[FIREWORKS]. Group of 5 titles

 London 1878 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 390.00
223 FISCHER, Ottokar

Das Wunderbuch Der Zauberkunst [Illustrated Magic]

 Stuttgart -1929 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 240.00
224 FLEMING, Paul

The Paul Fleming Book Reviews

 Berkeley Heights [1942-79] USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 108.00
225 GALLOWAY, Andrew (1940 - 2024)

The Magic of John Ramsay Trio

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 270.00
226

[GAMING]. Group of 3 titles

 London 1734 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 270.00
227 GAUGHAN, John (b. 1940) and STEINMEYER, Jim (b. 1958)

Antonio Diavolo

 Los Angeles 1986 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 120.00
228 STEINMEYER, Jim

[GAUGHAN, John] The Fantastic Orange Tree

 (Los Angeles) (ca. 1988) USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 7,200.00
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
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