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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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SPORTS AND AMUSEMENTS.: SPORTS AND AMUSEMENTS. A group of 4 English imprints, including: 1. BACON, FRANCIS. Sylva Sylvarum, or a Natural History in Ten Centuries. London: W. Lee, 1664. Folio (283 x 181 mm). Portrait
0049: SPORTS AND AMUSEMENTS.Est. $1,000-$1,500
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MAGIC AND MATHEMATICS.: MAGIC AND MATHEMATICS. Four works (16 volumes): 1. HOOPER, WILLIAM, andJACQUES OZANAM. Rational Recreations in which the Principles of Numbers and Natural Philosophy are Clearly and Copiously
0050: MAGIC AND MATHEMATICS.Est. $800-$1,200
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THE GREAT HERRMANN.: THE GREAT HERRMANN. Original photograph, The Great Herrmann / "Magician," cabinet card, 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches, Bradley & Rulofson, San Francisco, late-1870s, light toning. RARE PHOTOGRAPH OF ALEXANDER
0051: THE GREAT HERRMANN.Est. $1,200-$1,800
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HOUDINI INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH.: HOUDINI INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH. Photograph signed and inscribed ("Harry Houdini"), a fine bust portrait in tuxedo looking left, an 8 x 10 inch (actual size 9 1/2 x 7 3/8 inches) silver gelatin print,
0052: HOUDINI INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH.Est. $3,000-$5,000
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HOUDINI POSTER: BURIED ALIVE!: HOUDINI POSTER: BURIED ALIVE! Buried Alive! Egyptian Fakirs Outdone. Cleveland: Otis Lithograph Co, [1926]. 8-sheet lithographed poster, backed in linen, 79 x 103 inches, small tear to upper panel,
0053: HOUDINI POSTER: BURIED ALIVE!Est. $6,000-$9,000
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THOMAS L. GROSS HANDCUFF COLLECTION.: THOMAS L. GROSS HANDCUFF COLLECTION. Approximately 300 handcuffs including: 1. Kimball handcuffs, patented 1860. Iron handcuffs, non-adjustable, connected by swivel link, with key, 9 ½ inches
0054: THOMAS L. GROSS HANDCUFF COLLECTION.Est. $5,000-$7,000
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PALAFOX Y MENDOXA, JUAN DE. 1600-1659.: PALAFOX Y MENDOXA, JUAN DE. 1600-1659. [Virtudes del Indio....] N.p. (but Madrid?): 1650/51?] 8vo. (206 x 148 mm) 93 pages. A-F8, with F8? transposed to front (see below), without title-page as
0055: PALAFOX Y MENDOXA, JUAN DE. 1600-1659.Est. $80,000-$120,000
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HOOE, GEORGE MASON. 1807-1845.: HOOE, GEORGE MASON. 1807-1845. Autograph Manuscript being an account of two years aboard the USS Constellation under the command of Captain George C. Read in the Mediterranean in the years 1832-1834,
0057: HOOE, GEORGE MASON. 1807-1845.Est. $2,000-$3,000
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CROCKETT, DAVID.: CROCKETT, DAVID. Davy Crockett's Almanack of Wild Sports in the West 1837, vol. 1, no. 3 Nashville, Tennessee, heirs of Col. Crockett, [1836]. 8vo. 12 full-page woodcut illustrations (plus covers,
0058: CROCKETT, DAVID.Est. $600-$800
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FIGUEROA, JOSE. 1792-1835.: FIGUEROA, JOSE. 1792-1835. The Manifesto, which the General of Brigade, Don Jose Figueroa, Commandant-General and Political Chief of U. California, Makes to the Mexican Republic, in Regard to His
0059: FIGUEROA, JOSE. 1792-1835.Est. $1,500-$2,500
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SAN FRANCISCO PANORAMA, 1862.: SAN FRANCISCO PANORAMA, 1862. GIFFORD, CHARLES BRADDOCK. San Francisco, 1862. From Russian Hill. San Francisco: Louis Nagel for A. Rosenfield, 1862. Lithographed panorama on 5 joined sheets,
0060: SAN FRANCISCO PANORAMA, 1862.Est. $15,000-$20,000
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GOLD RUSH.: GOLD RUSH. PARSONS, GEORGE FREDERIC. 1840-1893. The Life and Adventure of James W. Marshall, the Discover of Gold in California. Sacramento: James W. Marshall and W. Burke, 1870. 8vo (165 x 113 mm).
0061: GOLD RUSH.Est. $500-$700
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UPHAM, SAMUEL CURTIS. 1819-1885.: UPHAM, SAMUEL CURTIS. 1819-1885. Notes of a Voyage to California via Cape Horn, together with Scenes in El Dorado, in the Years 1849-'50.... Philadelphia: by the author, 1878. 8vo. 2 frontispiece
0062: UPHAM, SAMUEL CURTIS. 1819-1885.Est. $500-$700
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IDE, SIMEON. 1794-1889.: IDE, SIMEON. 1794-1889. A Biographical Sketch of the Life or William B. Ide: With a Minute and Interesting Account of One of the Largest Emigrating Companies (3000 Miles over Land), from the East to
0063: IDE, SIMEON. 1794-1889.Est. $1,500-$2,500
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LOS ANGELES COUNTY: THOMPSON & WEST.: LOS ANGELES COUNTY: THOMPSON & WEST. [WILSON, JOHN ALBERT.] History of Los Angeles County, California with Illustrations Descriptive of Its Scenery.... Oakland: Thompson & West, 1880. Oblong 4to
0064: LOS ANGELES COUNTY: THOMPSON & WEST.Est. $800-$1,200
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DEL NORTE COUNTY.: DEL NORTE COUNTY. BLEDSOE, ANTHONY JENNINGS. 1858-1940. History of Del Norte County, California with a Business Directory and Traveller's Guide. Eureka: Humboldt Times Print-Wyman & Co., Publishers,
0065: DEL NORTE COUNTY.Est. $2,000-$3,000
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MERCED COUNTY.: MERCED COUNTY. History of Merced County California with Illustrations Descriptive of Its Scenery, Farms, Residences, Public Buildings, Factories, Hotels, Business Houses, Schools, Churches and Mines.
0066: MERCED COUNTY.Est. $1,000-$2,000
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YELLOWSTONE VIEW.: YELLOWSTONE VIEW. Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellow-Stone Nat'l Park. Chicago: Kurz & Allison, c.1885. Lithograph with tinted boarder, 562 x 715 mm, sheet size. tiny chips from corners, somewhat toned,
0067: YELLOWSTONE VIEW.Est. $2,000-$3,000
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DARLEY, ALEXANDER.: DARLEY, ALEXANDER. The Passionists of the Southwest, or The Holy Brotherhood. A Revelation of the "Penitentes." Pueblo, CO.: [no publisher listed], 1893. 8vo (207 x 140 mm). Frontispiece portrait of
0068: DARLEY, ALEXANDER.Est. $800-$1,200
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NORDENSKIOLD, GUSTAF. 1868-1895.: NORDENSKIOLD, GUSTAF. 1868-1895. D. LLOYD MORGAN, translator. The Cliff Dwellers of the Mesa Verde. Chicago: P.A. Norstedt & Soner, [1894]. Folio. 61 collotype, photolithographic and lithographic
0069: NORDENSKIOLD, GUSTAF. 1868-1895.Est. $800-$1,200
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MORA, JO. 1876-1947.: MORA, JO. 1876-1947. California ... the Eldorado of '49.... San Francisco: A.M. Robertson, 1927. Offset lithograph map in colors, 873 x 672 mm. Evenly toned, brief dampstain in lower margin, closed
0070: MORA, JO. 1876-1947.Est. $1,000-$2,000
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TEXACO GAS STATIONS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.: TEXACO GAS STATIONS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. Album of Southern California Texaco Gas Stations. 1937-38. 39 vintage gelatin silver prints, mounted in an album, each image approximately 77 x 142 mm (3 x
0072: TEXACO GAS STATIONS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.Est. $700-$1,000
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