Sale 5890
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
Estimate$300 – $500
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1. The Secret Out: or One Thousand Tricks with Cards…
New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, (1859). First edition. 12mo. Publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt; all edges trimmed; contemporary ownership signature on front free endpaper; book-plate of amateur magician Walter C. Groff on front paste-down.
2. Sachs, Edwin
Sleight of Hand…
London: L. Upcott Gill, 1900. Third edition. 12mo. Publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt, orange, and in black; all edges trimmed; pictorial endpapers; book-plate of amateur magician Walter C. Groff on front paste-down.
3. Evans, Henry Ridgely
The Old and New Magic
Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Co. 1906. First edition. 8vo. Publisher's tan cloth, stamped in black; top edge stained green, all edges trimmed; contemporary news clippings and other ephemera laid-in; ownership stamp of amateur magician Walter C. Groff on front paste-down
4. Hatton, Henry and Adrian Plate
Magician's Tricks: How They Are Done
New York: The Century Co. 1910. First edition. 12mo. Publisher's cream cloth, stamped in green and in black; all edges trimmed; book-plate of amateur magician Walter C. Groff on front paste-down; Kanter's Magic Shop stamp on front free endpaper.
5. Downs, T. Nelson
The Art of Magic
Chicago: Arthur P. Fellsman, (1921). Second edition. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth, stamped in black; all edges trimmed; book-plate of amateur magician Walter C. Groff on front paste-down; Kanter's Magic Shop ticket affixed to front free endpaper.
6. Massey, Edward M.
New and Original Magic Comprising a Number of Novel and Entertaining Effects…
New York: Spon & Chamberlain, 1922. First edition. 8vo. Publisher's navy blue cloth, stamped in gilt; all edges trimmed; book-plate of amateur magician Walter C. Groff on front paste-down.
7. Gibson, Walter B.
The World's Best Magic Book…
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1927. First edition. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt; all edges trimmed; publisher's illustrated dust jacket.
8. Gibson, Walter B.
The Book of Secrets Miracles Ancient and Modern
Scranton: Personal Arts Company, 1927. First edition. Oblong 8vo. Publisher's red paper covered boards; all edges trimmed; front board detached; book-plate of amateur magician Walter C. Groff on front paste-down.
9. Fischer, Ottokar
Illustrated Magic
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927. First edition. 4to. Publisher's gray cloth, stamped in red and in black; all edges trimmed; book-plate of amateur magician Walter C. Groff on front paste-down.
10. Annemann, Theo(dore).
The Book Without a Name
New York: Max Holden, (1931). First edition. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth, stamped in black; all edges trimmed; book-plate of amateur magician Walter C. Groff on front paste-down; brown paper dust-jacket with handwritten label.
11. Mulholland, John
Quicker than the Eye…
Indianapolis: The Bobs-Merrill Co., (1932). First edition. 8vo. Publisher's olive-green cloth, stamped in blue. All edges trimmed; book-plate of amateur magician Walter C. Groff on front paste-down.
12. Blackstone, Henry
Secret's of Magic
New York: George Sully and Company,1932. Third edition. 12mo. Publisher's red cloth, stamped in black; top edge stained yellow, all edges trimmed; book-plate of amateur magician Walter C. Groff on front paste-down.
13. Blackstone, Harry
Blackstone' Modern Cark Tricks
New York: A.L. Burt Company, (1932). First edition. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth, stamped in red; top edge stained yellow, all edges trimmed; book-plate of amateur magician Walter C. Groff on front paste-down; Kanter's Magic Shop stamp to front free endpaper.
14. Proskauer, Julien J.
Spook Crooks!…
New York: A.L. Burt Company, (1932). First edition. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth, stamped in red; top edge stained red, all edges untrimmed; publisher's illustrated dust jacket.
15. Heath, Royal Vale
Mathemagic
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1933. First edition. 8vo. Publisher's light blue cloth, stamped in orange; all edges trimmed; book-plate of amateur magician Walter C. Groff on front paste-down; Kanter's Magic Shop stamp to front free endpaper.
16. Gibson, Walter B.
Magician's Manuel
New York: The Magician's League of America, (1933). First edition. 4to. Publisher's blue and black paper covered boards, stamped in black and in silver; all edges trimmed; various associated ephemera laid-in.
17. Goldston, Will
More Modern Card Tricks
London: Will Golston Ltd, (1934). First edition. 12mo. Publisher's black cloth; all edges trimmed; book-plate of amateur magician Walter C. Groff on front paste-down; Kanter's Magic Shop stamp to same.
18. Mulholland, John
Story of Magic
New York: Loring & Mussey, 1935. First edition. Square 4to. Publisher's blue cloth, stamped in black; all edges trimmed; book-plate of amateur magician Walter C. Groff on front paste-down; Kanter's Magic Shop stamp to front free endpaper.
19. Dunninger, Joseph
Inside the Medium's Cabinet
New York: David Kemp and Company, (1935). First edition. 12mo. Publisher's green cloth, all edges trimmed; book-plate of amateur magician Walter C. Groff on front paste-down; Kanter's Magic Shop stamp to front free endpaper.
20. Devant, David
Secrets of My Magic
London: Hutchinson & Co. (1936). First edition. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt; all edges trimmed; book-plate of amateur magician Walter C. Groff on front paste-down.
21. Cannon, Alexander
The Science of Hypnotism
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, (1936). First edition. 12mo. Publisher's blue-green cloth, stamped in black; top edge trimmed, other edges untrimmed; book-plate of amateur magician Walter C. Groff on front paste-down.
22. Hugard, Jean
Hugard’s Annual of Magic 1937
New York/Boston: Max Holden, 1937. First edition. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt; all edges trimmed; book-plate of amateur magician Walter C. Groff on front paste-down.
23. Neil, C. Lang
The Modern Conjurer
New York: David Kemp & Company, (1937) First edition. 8vo. Publisher's green cloth, stamped in orange, all edges trimmed; book-plate of amateur magician Walter C. Groff on front paste-down; Kanter's Magic Shop stamp to front free endpaper.
24. Victor, Edward
The Magic of the Hands
(London): Waddilove & Co., (1937). First edition. 8vo. Publisher's maroon cloth, stamped in gilt; all edges trimmed; book-plate of amateur magician Walter C. Groff on front paste-down; Kanter's Magic Shop stamp to front free endpaper.
25. Hugard, Jean
Modern Magic Manual
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1939. Third edition. 8vo. Publisher's maroon cloth, stamped in gilt; all edges trimmed.
26. Hugard, Jean
Expert Card Technique…
Minneapolis: Carl Waring Jones, (1940). First edition. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth, stamped in silver; all edges trimmed; book-plate of amateur magician Walter C. Groff on front paste-down; various ephemera laid-in.
27. Baker, Al
Magical Ways and Means
Minneapolis: Carl Waring Jones, 1941. Second edition. 4to. Publisher's pictorial cloth, all edges trimmed; original glassine wrappers.
28. Dunninger, (Joseph)
What's on Your Mind?
Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, (1944). First edition. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth; top edge stained yellow, other edges untrimmed;
29. Love, Edward G.
Card Fan-Tasies…
London: Vernon Lock Ltd. (1945). Third edition. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth, stamped in silver; all edges trimmed; publisher's illustrated dust-jacket, price clipped.
30. (Dunninger, Joseph)
Dunninger's Complete Encyclopedia of Magic
New York: Spring Books, (1967). First edition. 4to. Quarter gray cloth over red paper-covered boards; all edges trimmed; publisher's dust jacket
31. Von Deusen, Wilhelm and Glenn Gravatt
Encyclopedia of Self Working Card Tricks
No place, no date. Self published typed script. 4to. Red cloth covered boards, stamped in gilt; book-plate of amateur magician Walter C. Groff on front paste-down.
32. Gravatt, Glenn
The Second Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
No place, no date. Self published typed script. 4to. Red cloth covered boards, stamped in gilt; book-plate of amateur magician Walter C. Groff on front paste-down.
Lot also includes 21 miscellaneous periodicals on magic, card tricks, and more. Sizes and dates vary.
Condition varies. Lot sold with all faults.
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![[Magic] Group of 53 titles on Magic, Hypnotism, Sleight of Hand, Cards Tricks, etc.](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/87f0374c-dd5d-4167-991d-a87e6919e764?format=auto&width=1080&quality=75)
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