Hardy, Frederic. Parlour Magic. London, ca. 1867.

Parlour Magic. London: Whitehead & Company, 1839. Second Edition. Publisher’s embossed cloth, gilt stamped. Engraved frontispiece dedication title page behind tissue, illustrations in text. Square 8

Parlour Magic. London: Whitehead & Company, 1838. Publisher’s brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind, rebacked. Engraved title, frontispiece behind tissue, illustrations in text. 8vo. Cloth soiled on

Parlour Magic. London: David Bogue, 1853. 8vo. Third edition. Engraved frontispiece, illustrated. Pictorial blue cloth with titles gilt stamped (rubbing, bumping to corners). Provenance: Cliff Townsen

HARDY, Frederic. Ventriloquism Made Easy. London: Frederick Warne, [1869]. Bijou Books Illustrated. Blue cloth boards stamped in black with lithographed label laid down as issued. Color lithographed f

Collection of Counter and Window Display Cards for Magic and Novelty Toys. London, ca. 1930s – 50s. Approximately 50 pieces, with pictorial examples printed in colors, for products including Strip-T

Finger Chopper. London: Vampire Magic, ca. 1960. Precision-layered sheet metal chopper (5 x 2 ¼") cuts through a cigarette or other object but leaves a spectator's finger unharmed. Hallmarked. Minor

Hamley’s Cabinet of Magic (Small). London: Hamley’s Magic Dept., ca. 1920. Includes paper, wooden, and metal tricks, among them a Marble Vase, Die Through Hat (two), Find the Baby, Jumping

Germain’s Improved Coffee and Wool Trick. London: Ornum’s Magic, ca. 1907. Metal vase (4 x 13”) with cardboard cover and shallow lid is filled with wool, only to magically change into coffee or

[Silks] Wedding of Mickey and Minnie Mouse. London: Demon Magic, ca. 1935. Early set of three pairs of magic silks featuring licensed appearances of Disney’s Mickey and Minnie Mouse, for the Demon M

Wonder Clock/X-Ray Clock (Miniatures). London: Demon Magic, ca. 1940s. Two hand-held variations on the same trick, where the hour at which the clock is set may be guessed by the magician. Sliding chro

Gilbert, Charles. Card Tricks, Conjuring, Magic and Mystery. London: Dean & Son, ca. 1897. Contemporary blue board with leather spine and corners, gilt spine and title compartment. Illustrated, with d

Hoffmann, Professor. Later Magic. London: George Routledge and Sons, ca. 1915. Red pictorial cloth. Illustrated. Thick 8vo. Rear board wavy, minor wear to cloth; good.

Hoffmann, Professor (Angelo Lewis). Modern Magic. London: George Routledge and Sons, n.d. ca. 1876. First Edition. Publisher’s pictorial cloth elaborately stamped in black and gilt. Engraved frontis

The Great Wizard’s Handbook of Magic or, Parlour Entertainment. [London; W.S. Fortey, 1850].Modern quarter leather. Pamphlet, 4 leaves, p. [1—2] 3—8. First page depicting a conjuror tied up with

Marvelous Cups & Corks Mystery. London: Davenports Magic (Demon), ca. 1940. Three hallmarked chrome cups and gimmicked corks for a Cups and Balls type effect, this version made famous by the late Merl

MASKELYNE, Nevil and DEVANT, David. Our Magic. London: George Routledge and Sons, Ltd., ca. 1911. First edition. Pictorial brown cloth cover with illustrations of a wizard drinking tea and bats flying

Anon. Parlour Magic. 1863 (Stated Fifth Edition.) Bickers and Son. London. Covers faded. Tear at top of spine. Overall good.

“Vernon” Cups. London, Unique Magic Studio (Harry Stanley), ca. 1957. Set of three copper cups with engraved design meant to mimic the look of Dai Vernon’s own set of cups. Opening 3 ” in diam

Anderson, John Henry. The Fashionable Science of Parlor Magic. London: Published by "The Great Wizard of the North," ca. 1850. Color engraved wraps., rebacked, spine perished. Frontispiece, illustrate

The London Magical Company. London, ca. 1910s. Pink printed wrappers. 16mo. Unpaginated gathering of 8 leaves, with descriptions of more than 80 magic tricks. Light soiling.

The Conjuror's Repository, Or, The Whole Art and Mystery of Magic Displayed. London: J.D. Dewick, for T. and R. Hughes, ca. 1805. Gilt-stamped leather, spine ornately tooled with morocco title compart

Maccabe, Frederic. Begone Dull Care. The Magic Statue. Liverpool: Wroe & Laxton, ca. 1870. Broadside advertising the famous mimic and ventriloquist, illustrated with various characters in the producti

By Robert Ganthony. Ca. 1895. London. Being A Collection of Original Laughable Skits on Conjuring, Physiognomy, Juggling, Performing Fleas, Waxworks, Panorama……... Condition: Good, boards and spin

Glen, Laurance. The Magicians Road to Fame. London: The Ludo Press, ca. 1921. Green cloth, gilt stamped. Illustrated with photographic reproductions of magic posters and advertisements, including hand