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The Collection of Edwin A. Dawes, Pt. II

Sat, Oct 26, 2024 12:00PM EDT
Lot 308

[ENDLESS AMUSEMENT] Four Works on Magic and Entertaining Ex...

Estimate: $400 - $800

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[ENDLESS AMUSEMENT] Four Works on Magic and Entertaining Experiments. Including: Endless Amusement. London: Thomas Boys, ca. 1820. Original printed boards. Folding frontis. 216pp. + ads. Toole Stott 258; ? A Sequel to the Endless Amusement. London: Thomas Boys, n.d. Rebound in full cloth with spine label. Lacks frontis., else clean. Toole Stott 623; ? A Companion to the Endless Amusement. London: James Gilbert, ca. 1831. Original printed boards (detached). Frontispiece supplied in facsimile. Ex-libris Roland Winder. Poor.; ? and Endless Amusement. London: Henry Washbourne, 1834. Original gilt-decorated cloth. Folding frontispiece. Hinges broken. Toole Stott 263. All 12mos with Dawes bookplates. Condition varies with some faults as noted. Still, a good group of this perennially popular nineteenth century series that introduced many readers to the art of conjuring.