Thompson, Clifford. Cage Escape Illusion. London, ca.

Thumb Stocks/Thumb Screw Illusion. London: Davenports, ca. 1940. No matter how tightly the hardwood stocks are screwed down on his thumbs, the performer easily escapes. 4 x 2 ”. Very good.

Stanyon & Co. Illustrated Catalogue of Conjuring Tricks and Illusions. London, ca. 1905. Green printed pictorial wrappers. Profusion of illustrations, cover depicting a performance of Wiljalba Frikell

Vanishing Bird Cage. London: John Martin, ca. 1944. A rigid cage vanishes from between the magician's hands. 6 _ x 4 x 5 ". Good condition.

Mlle. Clifford Sword Swallower Cabinet Card. London, ca. 1905. The verso bears a pencil inscription reading "compliments from Mlle. Clifford from London, England." Water stains to mount not affecting

Title: Ernest Thompson Seton - Three Titles Description: FIRST EDITIONS. THREE TITLES. BOOK I. 'Foam Razorback'. Hodder & Stoughton., London ca.1900. Publishers green cloth with title and vignette. Fu

Cleveland: Otis Litho, ca. 1925 Panel-size lithograph depicting an escape illusion and Nicola's Invisible Cloak ("Such a Thing Has Never Heretofore Been Seen"). 13x 41". Minor repairs at edges; A-.

Ca. 1st half 20thC. Nguni spoon Zulu culture, wood; South Africa. Very good, with split in spoon. Purchased African Escape Gallery, London 1994. Ex-Nooter coll.

LeRoy, Servais. A Flying Visit by Servais LeRoy. London: Edward Weller, ca. 1900. Color lithographed poster depicting LeRoy’s transposition illusion, The Flying Visit. 11 x 17”. Linen backed. A-.

Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weiss). Shubert-Majestic Theatre Program. Providence, R.I., ca. 1925. Four-page program fully devoted to Houdini’s act, including a full magic act, illusions and escapes, anti

London: David Allen & Sons, ca. 1906. A Moor, clad in a turban approaches a gong in an elaborate scene at the seaside, ready to strike it with a mallet as a demon urges him on. The illusion, devised b

Miniature wooden models of trunk of all nations, spirit stocks, Houdini escape trunk, lions bride, Morrit cage, and Leroy cabinet. Some have labels reading Saram Ellison. Tallest of the group measures

Twenty Five Cent Working Model/ The Drunkard’s Dream Arcade Machine. London, ca. 1935. Wooden claw- footed floor model (71 x 23 1?2 x 21”) painted in teal, black, and silver. Originally built as a

Peerless Enterprises Ltd. The Miser Working Model. London, ca. 1922. Working Model machines were placed in arcades and London’s subway system in the 1920s. The Miser counts his money and has a safe

Pair of Paul Storr Silver Two Handled Covered Serving DishesLondon; ca. 1796; with fluted decoration raised on a step foot base; completed by a wreath form finial; length: 9 1/4 in.; 40 ozt.Provenance

Two Matching Neo-Classical Style Silver Covered Two Handled Urnsone London, ca. 1810, John Croch maker; height: height: 17.5 in.; 77 ozt.; the other, American, Howard & Company maker; height: 17.5 in.

Georgian Period Sterling Silver Scissors Form Sugar Nips, by Gawen Nash, London, ca. 1750, with engraved GS monogram and shell form tips, 4 1/2" x 1 1/2", 0.87 ozt.

London: Weiners, ca. 1912. Full color portrait features the magician on horseback waving a large yellow flag bearing his name. A burst of light radiates from his head. 20 x 30". Light staining through

Andrews, H. C. THE BOTANIST'S REPOSITORY, COMPRISING COLOUR'D ENGRAVINGS OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS… BOTANICAL DESCRIPTIONS IN LATIN AND ENGLISH AFTER THE LINNAEAN SYSTEM. [London: Bensley, ca. 1803-181

London, England, ca. 1800; inscribed above keyboard "Clementi & Co., New Patent, London," rectangular case with banded and stringer inlay, turned and reeded legs with gilt brass collars, brass casters

Banksy "NO WAR PLACARD". Stencil and spray on card with hand finishing.This is a cardboard placard that was created in 2003 for the Iraq war demo's (London).Dimensions: ca 50x32cm ca. Artwork attribut

RAMESES (Abraham Marchinski, 1876 - 1930). Rameses in his Egyptian Temple of Mysteries. London: S.C. Allen, ca. 1910. Bright half-sheet stone lithograph advertising the performance of this British mus

Chaucer, Geoffrey. THE WORKES OF GEFFRAY CHAUCER NEWLY PRINTED, WITH DYVERS WORKES WHICHE WERE NEVER IN PRINT BEFORE. London: Thomas Petit, [ca. 1550]. 11.75" x 8". Final blank leaf wanting, 15 leaves

Dante (Harry August Jansen). The Mysterious Dante. London, Western Posters, ca. 1936. One-sheet (40 x 30”) color lithograph depicting Dante and the members of his “company of skilled mystifiers,��

A Regency Style Giltwood Convex Mirror Mid-19th Century Diameter 35 1/4 inches. Provenance: Clifford Wright Antiques, London, 14 September 2000 Fairlawn, Lake Forest, Illinois