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PALAFOX Y MENDOXA, JUAN DE. 1600-1659.ORIGINAL FULL-LENGTH HOUDINI TYPED MANUSCRIPT, HEAVILYDICKENS, CHARLES. 1812-1870.
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Our Fine Books and Manuscripts auction on 17 June in New York begins with Magic, that is, a private collection of magic books and manuscripts led by Harry Houdini's heavily annotated typescript draft for his last literary work, Magician Among the Spirits, once in the Milbourne Christopher collection. Following, from different private collections, are a fine first edition of Gulliver's Travels, Teerink A, in a contemporary binding, a real auction rarity, as well as a magic book of another kind, a first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, also in exemplary condition. A distinguished section of Americana boasts two more rarities: Palafox de Mendoza's Virtudes des Indio, Bishop Palafox's defense of the Puebla Indians to the Spanish crown; and James Lyon's American songbook Urania, the 1761 first issue, complete, of the first American-born music book published in America, and containing the first appearance in America of the tune for "America (My Country Tis of Thee)."
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Ian Ehling
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HOUDINI SIGNED STOCK CERTIFICATE.: HOUDINI SIGNED STOCK CERTIFICATE. Stock certificate signed ("Harry Houdini") representing 15 shares of the Houdini Picture Corporation in the name of George Popp, additionally signed by R.G. Risley
0025: HOUDINI SIGNED STOCK CERTIFICATE.Est. $1,000-$1,500
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HOUDINI SIGNED STOCK CERTIFICATE.: HOUDINI SIGNED STOCK CERTIFICATE. Stock certificate signed ("Harry Houdini") representing 20 shares of the Houdini Picture Corporation in the name of W.E. Jefferson, countersigned "Harry H. Poppa" as
0026: HOUDINI SIGNED STOCK CERTIFICATE.Est. $1,000-$1,500
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HARRY HOUDINI'S COPY, SIGNED.: HARRY HOUDINI'S COPY, SIGNED. SEITZ, DON. Artemus Ward (Charles Farrar Browne): A Biography and Bibliography. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1919. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt.
0027: HARRY HOUDINI'S COPY, SIGNED.Est. $2,000-$3,000
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HOUDINI, HARRY. 1874-1926.: HOUDINI, HARRY. 1874-1926. The Adventurous Life of a Versatile Artist. [New York: 1922]. 8vo (206 x 137 mm). Publisher's pictorial pink wrappers, nearly detached, reinforced with tape to spine.
0028: HOUDINI, HARRY. 1874-1926.Est. $1,200-$1,800
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HOUDINI, HARRY. 1874-1926.: HOUDINI, HARRY. 1874-1926. A Magician Among the Spirits. New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1924. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt, original dust jacket laid-in, in parts. Provenance: Frank
0029: HOUDINI, HARRY. 1874-1926.Est. $2,000-$3,000
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HOUDINI, BEATRICE.: HOUDINI, BEATRICE. Autograph Letter Signed ("Beatrice Houdini") to "My Dear Little Friends" Arthur and Llewellyn Rinfret, discussing Houdini's grave and written on Houdini's "adopted" birthday just
0031: HOUDINI, BEATRICE.Est. $1,000-$1,500
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HOUDINI, HARRY. 1874-1926.: HOUDINI, HARRY. 1874-1926. Collection of 5 books, all signed by Houdini: 1. HOUDINI, HARRY. The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin. New York: The Publisher's Printing Co, 1908. Publisher's pictorial cloth.
0032: HOUDINI, HARRY. 1874-1926.Est. $3,000-$5,000
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HOUDINI, HARRY. 1874-1926.: HOUDINI, HARRY. 1874-1926. A group of biographical works, including: 1. A Magician Among the Spirits. MAUREEN CHRISTOPHER, EDITOR. Washington DC: Richard Kaufman and Alan Greenberg, 1996. 4to.
0033: HOUDINI, HARRY. 1874-1926.Est. $600-$800
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A NEAR COMPLETE RUN OF THE MIDGET MAGICIAN.: A NEAR COMPLETE RUN OF THE MIDGET MAGICIAN. HUGGINS, WILF, editor. The Midget Magician. Hounslow, Middlesex: Wilf. Huggins, 1951-1959. 37 volumes (of 38). 32mo (105 x 65 mm). Publisher's printed
0035: A NEAR COMPLETE RUN OF THE MIDGET MAGICIAN.Est. $3,000-$5,000
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HALL, TREVOR. 1910-1991.: HALL, TREVOR. 1910-1991. A Historical and Bibliographical Study of Books on Conjuring in English, 1567-1850. Leeds: by the Author, 1970. 4to. Xerographic copy of Hall's typescript PhD thesis. Half
0036: HALL, TREVOR. 1910-1991.Est. $1,000-$1,500
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CLASSIC MAGIC SERIES.: CLASSIC MAGIC SERIES. ALBO, ROBERT, ET AL. Classic Magic Series. Volumes 1-8. San Francisco: San Francisco Book Company, 1973-1990. 8 volumes. 4to. Publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt. Volume 8
0037: CLASSIC MAGIC SERIES.Est. $1,200-$1,800
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AMERICAN IMPRINTS.: AMERICAN IMPRINTS. ACCUM, FREDERICK. Chemical Amusements. Philadelphia: M. Carey, 1818. 8vo (194 x 104 mm). Publisher's printed paper boards, with 24 pp of advertisements dated Oct 1817 inserted at
0038: AMERICAN IMPRINTS.Est. $800-$1,200
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AMUSEMENTS.: AMUSEMENTS. A group of 5 works, icluding: 1. [FULLER, SAMUEL. D.1736.] A Century of Philosophical Paradoxes, Dublin: S. Fuller, 1730. 12mo (145 x 84 mm). 20th cnetury half calf and marbled boards.
0039: AMUSEMENTS.Est. $1,000-$1,500
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BRITISH MAGICIANS.: BRITISH MAGICIANS. HARBIN, ROBERT. 1908-1978. Magic of Robert Harbin. London: C.W. Mole & Sons (for the Author), 1970. 4to. Illustrated with numerous drawings by Peter Warlock, and half-tone
0040: BRITISH MAGICIANS.Est. $800-$1,200
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GERMAN AND DUTCH BOOKS ON MAGIC.: GERMAN AND DUTCH BOOKS ON MAGIC. A group of 3 works, including: 1. WITGEEST, SIMON. Het verbeetert en vermeerdert natuurlyk Toverboek, Of't Nieuw speel-toneel der Konsten.... Amsterdam: Gysbert de
0041: GERMAN AND DUTCH BOOKS ON MAGIC.Est. $600-$800
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ITALIAN BOOKS ON GAMES.: ITALIAN BOOKS ON GAMES. Four titles: 1. ALBERTI, GIUSEPPE ANTONIO. I Giochi Numerici Fatti Arcana. Bologna: 1747. 8vo. 16 engraved plates. Modern Italian boards, to style. Light staining to leaves.
0042: ITALIAN BOOKS ON GAMES.Est. $800-$1,200
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MAGIC AND SCIENCE.: MAGIC AND SCIENCE. A group of 7 works, including: 1. WILKINS, JOHN. 1614-1672. The Mathematical and Philosophical Works of the Right Reverend John Wilkins. Engraved portrait frontispiece, extra
0043: MAGIC AND SCIENCE.Est. $800-$1,200
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MATHEMATICAL AND MAGICAL RECREATIONS.: MATHEMATICAL AND MAGICAL RECREATIONS. 6 works in 21 volumes: 1. OZANAM, JACQUES. Recreations Mathematical and Physical. London: 1708. 8vo. 26 copper-engraved plates. 18th-century paneled calf,
0044: MATHEMATICAL AND MAGICAL RECREATIONS.Est. $1,500-$2,500
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PUZZLES AND GAMES.: PUZZLES AND GAMES. A group of 6 works in English, including: 1. [ANONYMOUS.] Ventriloquism Explained: and Juggler's Tricks, or Legerdemain Exposed. Amherst, J.S. And C. Adams, 1834. 12mo (148 x 92
0045: PUZZLES AND GAMES.Est. $1,000-$1,500
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ROBERT-HOUDIN, JEAN EUGENE. 1805-1871.: ROBERT-HOUDIN, JEAN EUGENE. 1805-1871. 10 works in 11 volumes: Memoirs of Robert-Houdin. London, 1858. Publisher's blue cloth, spines gilt. Provenance: Milbourne Christopher Collection (circular
0046: ROBERT-HOUDIN, JEAN EUGENE. 1805-1871.Est. $1,000-$1,500
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SHOWMEN AND CHARLATANS.: SHOWMEN AND CHARLATANS. A group of 4 works, including: 1. BARNUM, PHINEAS TAYLOR. 1810-1891. Struggles and Triumphs: or Forty Years' Recollections. Hartford: J.B. Burr & Co., 1869. 8vo. Engraved
0047: SHOWMEN AND CHARLATANS.Est. $800-$1,200
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SPIRTUALISM AND BELIEF.: SPIRTUALISM AND BELIEF. 6 works on spiritualism and belief, comprising: 1. MACKAY, CHARLES. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds. London: 1852. 8vo. Frontispieces,
0048: SPIRTUALISM AND BELIEF.Est. $600-$800
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