The Collection of Edwin A Dawes, Part I
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Lot 78
HILLIARD, JOHN NORTHERN (1872 – 1935). Greater Magic. [Expu...
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
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| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
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HILLIARD, JOHN NORTHERN (1872 ? 1935). Greater Magic. [Expurgated Edition.] Minneapolis: Carl Waring Jones, 1938. Number 38 of only fifty numbered copies in the publisher?s ?expurgated? edition, with the bulk of the text block made up of blank pages. Red cloth stamped gilt. Illustrated. Thick 8vo. Soiling to page edges, else very good. Scarce.Eddie Dawes? note laid in the book states, ?This Expurgated edition of Greater Magic was presented to me by Bayard Grimshaw ? He bought it for 50 pence from Ron Macmillan, whom he accompanied to the Brewer Street premises of Harry Stanley when Ron purchased the stock.?
