Potter and Potter Auctions: The Collection of Edwin A Dawes, Part I, 1176, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- February 24, 2024 - February 24, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | BURSILL, Henry. | Hand Shadows and Hand Shadows, Second Series. |
London | 1860 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 27 | CANNON, Alexander (1896 -- 1963) | Group of Six Publications. Including The Shadow of Destiny (1950), The Invisible Influence (1933), The Science of Hypnotism (1955), |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 100.00 | ||
| 28 | CHAPUIS, Alfred (1880-1958) and DROZ, Edmond. | Automata. A Historical and Technological Study. |
New York | 1958 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 950.00 |
| 29 | [CHILDREN'S MAGIC TRICKS]. Large Group of Over 100 Modern Books of Magic Tricks for Children. |
[V.p. | ca. 1980s-2000s]. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 200.00 | |
| 30 | CHISLETT, T.H. (1886 -- 1979) | Spirits in the House. |
(Birmingham) | 1949 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 400.00 |
| 31 | [CIRCUS AND THEATRE]. Large Group of Nearly 120 Modern Books About the Circus, Showbusiness, and Theatre. |
[V.p. | ca. 1960s-2000s]. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 200.00 | |
| 32 | CLARKE, Sidney Wrangel (1864 - 1940) | The Annals of Conjuring. |
London | 1924 -- 29. | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 2,600.00 |
| 33 | COCKTON, Henry (1807- 53) | The Life and Adventures of Valentine Vox the Ventriloquist. Six Variant Editions. |
London | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 150.00 | |
| 34 | COLLINS, Stanley (1881 -- 1966) | A Conjuring Melange. |
Berkeley Heights | 1947 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 200.00 |
| 35 | Confessions of a Medium. |
London | ca. 1882 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 250.00 | |
| 36 | The Conjuror's Repository, Or, The Whole Art and Mystery of Magic Displayed. |
London | ca. 1803 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 950.00 | |
| 37 | CORINDA, Tony (1930 -- 2010) | Thirteen Steps to Mentalism. |
London | 1958 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 425.00 |
| 38 | CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1878) | Discovery Concerning Ghosts: With a Rap at the "Spirit-Rappers." |
London | 1864 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 275.00 |
| 39 | CUMBERLAND, Stuart (1857 - 1922) | People I Have Read. |
London | 1905 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 40 | CUMBERLAND, Stuart (1857 - 1922) | A Thought-Reader's Thoughts. |
London | 1888 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 200.00 |
| 41 | [DAISY BANK]. Collection of Daisy Bank Magic and Trick Pulps. |
Manchester | 1890s. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 250.00 | |
| 42 | [DAVIES, Charles Maurice (1828 -- 1910)]. | Maud Blount, Medium. A Story of Modern Spiritualism. |
London | 1877 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 450.00 |
| 43 | DAWES, Edwin A. (1925 -- 2023) | The Barrister in the Circle. |
[London] | 1983 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 350.00 |
| 44 | DAWES, Edwin A. (1925 -- 2023) | Charles Bertram the Court Conjurer. |
[Washington, D.C.] | 1997 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 600.00 |
| 45 | DAWES, Edwin A. and Stephen Short. | David Nixon. Entertainer with the Magic Touch. |
(West Yorkshire) | 2009 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 475.00 |
| 46 | DAWES, Edwin A. (1925 -- 2023) | The Great Illusionists. |
Newton Abbot and London | 1979 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,900.00 |
| 47 | DEAN, Henry. | The Whole Art of Legerdemain or Hocus Pocus in Perfection. |
London | 1772 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,200.00 |
| 48 | DEAN, Henry. | Hocus Pocus, or the Whole Art of Legerdemain in Perfection. |
Glasgow | 1886 (facsimile of 1797) | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 49 | DES CARRIERES (trans.) | Memoirs of the Celebrated Dwarf, Joseph Boruwlaski. |
London | 1788 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 50 | DEVANT, David (David Wighton, 1868-1941) | Woes of a Wizard. |
London | 1903 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 475.00 |
