haversat &Ewing Galleries, LLC. 2014 Magic Collectibles Auction November 15, 2014 Haversat & Ewing Galleries, LLC. Magic Collectibles Auction AUCTION Active bidding on Saturday,all lots begin November at 11:00 15, AM 2014 EST- -11:00 Sat. November AM 15, 2014 SignFirst-up lot to bidcloses at: www.haversatewing.comat 3:00 PM EST. Sign-up to bid at: www.haversatewing.com HAVERSAT & EWING GALLERIES, LLC PO BOX 1078 - YARDLEY, PA 19067-3434 WWW.HAVERSATEWING.COM ~1~ ~2~ ~3~ ~4~ Books, Catalogs & Periodicals 1. Abbott, David. Behind the Scenes with the Mediums. Omaha: The Open Court Publishing Co., 1908 Second edition. Mint condition. $75-125 ~5~ 2. The Art of Conjuring Made Easy; or, Instructions For Performing The Most 4. Brewster, David. Letters on Natural Magic. Astonishing Sleight-of-Hand Feats, With London: John Murry, 1834. Lovely rebinding of Directions for Making Fireworks. 12 pages. this classic text with leather spine and corners and Small 12mo. Woodcut pictorial wrappers, with old buckram covers. New end papers. Fine condition. tape on spine. Circa 1840's. $200-250 $75-$100 3. Black Art!, Or Magic Made Easy. All Kinds 5. Conjurers’ Monthly Magazine. Harry of Sleight-of Hand Tricks. Conjuring by Cards and Houdini. V1 N1 (Sept. 1906) - V2 N12 (Aug. 1908). Coins. 64 pages. 16mo. Copyright 1869, Frederic Complete file. Bound in blue cloth with lettered Brady. First Edition. $200-$250 cloth spines, as issued by Houdini. Overall in fair condition. $450-$700 November 2014 - Haversat & Ewing Galleries • 3 ~7~ ~9~ ~8~ 8. Encyclopedia of Self Working Card Tricks & Second Encyclopedia of Card Tricks. ~6~ Rare two-volumes by Glenn Gravatt, alias Doctor Wilhelm Von Deusen. It has been said that less than 12 compete volumes are in existence. First 6. Conlin, Claude. The Life and Mysteries of volume- 1936, hardcover, 440 mimeographed the Celebrated “Dr. Q.” Los Angeles: Alexander single sided pages. Volume 2 - 1936, hardcover, Publishing Co., 1921. Autographed on the fly 150 mimeographed single sided pages including leaf, “Oct. 14 ~ 21 -Yours for Greater Success, C. index for volume 1 & 2. Effects from such greats as Alexander.” $100-150 Vernon, Downs, Annemann, Hull, Daley, Jordan and many more. Overall good condition with some expected bumps on spine. Ex Libris Jack Chanin 7. Downs, Nelson T. Modern Coin and William Miesel. $250-400 Manipulation, First American edition. George Routledge & Sons, NY, 1900. Hardcover, 178 pages with an additional ten pages of ads for Martinka , 9. Erdnase, S.W. The Expert at the Card Table. Modern Magic, Howard Thurston Card Tricks, etc. Chicago, 1902. First edition. Green cloth stamped Some wear on upper spin, corners and back cover, in gold. Illustrated “from life” by Marshall D. Smith. otherwise a nice copy. $50-100 8vo. Overall good condition. A nice copy. Rare. $2,500-$3,500 4 • November 2014 - Haversat & Ewing Galleries ~10~ ~12~ ~13~ ~11~ 12. Garcia, Frank. Five softbound books. Lot includes – The Real Secrets of the Three 10. Garcia, Frank. Encyclopedia of Sponge Ball Routine; Frank Garcia Tells it All in a Ball Magic. Copyright 1976 by Frank Garcia. Nutshell; Don’t Bet on It – The Real Secrets Hardcover, 224 pages. Perhaps the most sought of the Three Card Monte; Wildcard Miracles after of all of Garcia's publications. This copy is in and the hardbound Marked Cards and Loaded fine, near mint condition. Very Scarce. $150-250 Dice. $100-150 11. Evans, Henry Ridgely. Magic and Its 13. Garcia, Frank. Six softbound publications Professors. published by David McKay, copyright including – Super Subtle Card Miracles; by George Routledge, 1902. 220 pages ( 12mo.) two copies of Million Dollar Card Secrets; plus ads for Martinka, C. Milton Chase and more. Exclusive Card Secrets and The Close-up Biographical information on Robert Houdin , Kellar Magic of Frank Garcia, volumes one and two. and more. Good, clean and tight copy. $75-100 $100-150 November 2014 - Haversat & Ewing Galleries • 5 ~16~ ~14~ ~17~ ~15~ 14. Gardner, Martin. A collection of seven Gardner book titles. 1) Mathematics - Magic and Mystery. Dover. 175 Pages. 2) 16. Gardner, Martin. Lot includes five titles. Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions. Simon The Numerology of Dr. Matrix, Simon and and Schuster , 1959. 178 pages. 3) Mathematical Schuster, 1967; The Ambidextrous Universe, Puzzles of Sam Loyd, Vol 2. Dover, 1960. 177 Scribner’s and Sons, 1979; Wheels, Life and pages. 4) Mathematical Carnival. Alfred Knopp Other Mathematical Amusements, Freeman & Publishers, 1975. 274 pages. 5) Mathematical Co., 1983; The Flight of Peter Fromm, Noonday Circus. Alfred Knopf Publishers, 1979. 272 Press, 1989; and Did Adam and Eve Have pages. 6) The Magic Numbers of Dr. Matrix. Navels?, Norton & Co., 2001. $75-125 Promethis Books, 1985. 326 pages. 7) The Shark Puzzle Book. Promethus Books, 1990. 124 pages. All publications are in good condition and Ex Libris 17. Goldston, Will. Goldston's Annuals - This William Miesel. $75-125 classic set of annuals from Will Goldston span the years 1907/08, 1908/09, 1909/10, 1910/11, 1911/12 and 1915/16. Volumes 1909-10 has Walter Gibson’s 15. Gardner, Martin. The Little Brown Jug, bookplate but volume lacks spine. Otherwise sound. Volumes 1-3. Hakuyosha Publishing Co., Ltd., 1965- Volume 1907/08 has a bookplate from Clarence 1966. Lot also includes Science Puzzlers, 1964. Weill Talbott. The 1915-6 issue is tight and sound All have dust jackets and are in very good condition. and in very good condition with a bookplate from $125-$175 Hersey Basham. $175-$225 6 • November 2014 - Haversat & Ewing Galleries ~20~ ~18~ ~19~ 18. Goldston, Will. The Goldston Reader, Virginia: Collectors Workshop, 1990. A large book consisting of the six rare and wonderful Goldston’s ~21~ Annuals 1907-1916. This is #163 of a limited edition of 300. Mint condition. $100-125 19. Goldston, Will. Magical Quarterly . Virginia: Collectors’ Workshop, 1992. A reprint of Goldston’s famous magazine all bound in one lovely volume. Mint. $40-75 ~22~ 20. Goldston, Will. Six titles: More Tricks & 21. Goldston, Will. Lot includes five titles. Paper Puzzles Without Mechanical Apparatus- First Tricks, Goldston, Ltd., ND. Bookplate of J.B. edition circa 1910; Simple Conjuring Tricks Findley; Juggling Secrets, The Magician Ltd., That Anybody Can Perform, Pearson – 1915.; ND; How to Make Sand, Smoke & Rag Stage Illusions – Clinton Burgess bookplate; Pictures, The Magician Ltd., ND. Bookplate Juggling Secrets, London: The Magician Ltd. of George Boston; Great Tricks Revealed, Scarce in this fine condition; Modern Card Routledge & Sons, 1935. HB with dust jacket; and Tricks Without Apparatus – Inscribed on front Tricks and Illusions, Routledge and Kegan Paul, end paper, “Presented to W.C. Weber 10-5-51 from 1955. HB with dust jacket. $100-150 the S.A.M.Parent Assembly” and the noted “ from the Charles Nagel Collection.” ; More Tricks and Puzzles, Will Goldston, Ltd. 1919. O.H. Sullaiman 22. Goldston, Will. Tricks and Illusions. Bookplate. Very good. $100-150 London: First Edition $50-75 November 2014 - Haversat & Ewing Galleries • 7 ~27~ ~23~ ~24~ ~25~ ~26~ ~28~ 23. Goldston, Will. This lot of four titles includes – Who’s Who in Magic; Magical Hints, 26. Hall, Trevor – A Bibliography of Books Valuable Information, etc, Will Goldston Ltd.; on Conjuring in English from 1580 to 1850. Tricks of the Masters – David McKay, Phila. Minneapolis: Carl Waring Jones Pub., 1957. This 1942 DJ; Tricks and Illusions for Amateur edition limited to 500 copies. Mint condition. $50- and Professional Conjurors – marbled end 75 papers. $75-100 27. Hero of Alexandria. The pneumatics of 24. Goldston, Will. Four titles in this lot Hero of Alexandria. Translated for and edited by including: The Young Conjuror Part 1 and 2; Bennet Woodcroft. Illustrated title page. 8vo, grey Tricks You Should Know; and Modern Card cloth. London: Taylor Walton and Maberly, 1851. Tricks Without Apparatus, Will Goldston, Ltd., Foxing with slight wear on cover and spine. Overall Mike O’Dowd red ink stamp on title page. $50-75 good condition. Scarce. $150-175 25. Griffin, Charles.Griffin's Wonder Worker: 28. History of Spirit Photography, signed Second Book of Conjuring. Ten pages. Small by Houdini. 61 pages plus several pages of ads. 12mo, multi-colored paper wrappers. Fourth Written by J.J. Morse, 1909 - Manchester, England. edition, circa mid 1880's. Overall fair condition. Signed by Houdini on front cover. Contains the $75-100 Oscar Teal bookplate. Rare. $500-$700 8 • November 2014 - Haversat & Ewing Galleries ~30~ ~29~ ~32~ ~34~ ~31~ ~33~ 29. Hoffmann, Professor. Modern Magic, Routledge & Sons., American edition. Brown cloth with gilt cover and spine. $125-150 32. Hoffmann, Professor. Drawing Room Conjuring. London: George Routledge and Sons, 30. Hoffmann, Professor. Four titles in this lot 1887. Red pictorial cloth, spine gilt stamped. including: Modern Magic, Philadelphia. David Illustrated. 8vo. Small loss at top of spine, else McKay, American Edition – Harlan H. Taylor very good. Ex Libris, William P. Miesel. Good copy. bookplate; More Magic, Philadelphia. David $50-75 McKay; Later Magic, New York. E.P. Dutton, 1935; Latest Magic, New York: Spon and Chamberlain, 1919. $150-200 33. Hoffmann, Professor. Modern and More Magic, New York. David McKay. – Two volumes, both American editions. Lovely art deco dust 31. Hoffmann, Professor. Four titles – Modern jackets. $125-150 Magic. London. Routledge & Sons, 1898. 10th edition; More Magic, Routledge & Sons, 1893. Harlan Taylor bookplate. Later Magic, New York. 34. Hoffmann, Professor. Parlour Amusements E.P. Dutton, 1904. Mint gilt condition; Latest and Evening Party. London: Routledge & Sons. Magic, New York. Spon & Chamberlain 1918. Small part of spine at bottom missing, usual shelf $150-200 wear but gilt cover and spine still bright. $40-50 November 2014 - Haversat & Ewing Galleries • 9 ~35~ ~36~ ~37~ ~38~ 35. Hoffmann, Professor.