The Collection of Edwin A. Dawes Pt. IV
Sat, Oct 25, 2025 12:00PM EDT
Lot 305
Two Classic Works on Card-Sharping. Including ROBERT-HOUDIN...
Estimate: $200 - $400
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Two Classic Works on Card-Sharping. Including ROBERT-HOUDIN, Jean Eugene (1805-1871). Card-Sharpers: Their Tricks Exposed. London: Spencer Blackett, 1891. Illustrated with several diagrams inserted throughout. 8vo. Publisher's full cloth, binding stamped in colors. MASKELYNE, J.N. (1839 ? 1917). Sharps and Flats. New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1894. SECOND EDITION. Red cloth stamped in white and black. Frontispiece. Illustrated. 8vo. SIGNED by Edwin Dawes. Both exhibit some wear and soiling (the copy of Cards and Sharks shows signs of water damage with dye bleed to the first few pages). Overall, very good. Dawes' bookplate on front endleaves.
