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Lot 495
Jefferies (Richard). Bevis, the Story of a Boy, 3 vols., 1st ed., Sampson Low, 1882, half-title to vol.1 (as issued), 32pp. ads. at rear of vol.3, occasional light browning or spotting, hinges to each vol. broken with entire contents loose inside, vol.2 lacking all leaves prior to B1 (p.1), bookplt. to each front pastedown with evidence of removal of earlier label from pastedown of vol.1, orig. brown dec. cloth gilt, rubbed, some wear to edges, 8vo, together with Wood Magic, A Fable, 2 vols., 1st ed., Cassell, 1881, half-title to first vol., ads. at rear of second, hinges cracked with upper hinge of first vol. entirely broken, orig. green dec. cloth gilt, rubbed, some wear to spines, 8vo (5)
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* Cartes-de-visite and cabinet cards. A miscellaneous group of albumen print cards, 19th-century,. including many of actresses, together with two partially filled albums, one of which contains photographic reproductions of the Russian royal family, together with a group of approx. 250 magic lantern slides contained in two wooden slide boxes, and mainly relating to geological subjects including the Severn Bore plus a gelatin silver print portrait of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, approx. 24 x 17 cm, mounted, signed and dated in facsimile on mount beneath, contemp. morocco desk frame with slightly broken stand (a carton)
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A quantity of Victorian magic lantern slides including seventeen of tableau form and various single slides, some in sets or part sets, including; 'Dick Whittington', 'Puss in Boots', 'Jim and his Charges', a photographic story in three boxed sets, 'Our Lifeboat Men' and 'The Dogs and Monks of St.Bernard', together with a Bear's Eclipse single lantern slide carrier and two handle turn kaleidoscopes.
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A set of 5 "Magic" postcards by Rose & Coop, each with red and green "lens" which when detached from the card can be used to see two different images on each card, with original envelope; a similar advertising card for HP sauce; a booklet of Living Pictures of RMS Queen Mary with spectacles and other novelty 3D postcards, good
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An Ernst Plank nursery film projector of simple metal construction with original lens and turning handle to one side; another smaller German made projector; three tins of British made Toy cinema Films including "The Parting Guest" two unboxed reels of film; a collection of wooden framed colour printed magic lantern nursery slides and some smaller similar slides
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Ricci (Franco Maria, pub.). Tarots, the Visconti Pack in Bergamo and New York, Critical Examination by Sergio Samek Ludovici, Text by Italo Calvino,1975/Arcimboldo, text by Roland Barthes, with an Essay by Achille Bonito Oliva, 1980, both with numerous mounted col. plts., patterned endpapers, orig. cloth gilt, with col. illusts. mounted to upper covers, contained in orig. cloth solander boxes, folio, (limited edition, 1534/3000 and 366/3000 copies respectively, both signed by the publisher), together with Heath (William, illust.), The Beauties of Washington Irving, 1st ed., 1825, six hand-col. etchings, occn. light foxing and browning, orig. floral figured cloth, spine label chipped, upper joint split, and cover becoming detached, 12mo in 6's, plus Cruikshank (George, illust.), The Good Genius that Turned Everything into Gold or The Queen Bee and the Magic Dress, A Christmas Fairy Tale by the Brothers Mayhew, 1st ed., 1847, four etched plts., letterpress engs., occn. light foxing, endpapers renewed, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, rebacked, sm. 8vo, plus Gilbert (W.S.), "Gretchen." A Play, in Four Acts, 1st ed., 1879, red edges, bookplate of Eric S. Quayle, orig. bevel-edged cloth, sl. rubbed and marked in places, 8vo, plus others similar (11)
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Waite (Arthur Edward). The Book of Black Magic and of Pacts, including the Rites and Mysteries of Go‘tic Theurgy, Sorcery, and Infernal Necromancy, 1st ed., 1898, eng. frontis., and nine plts., letterpress illusts., scattered light foxing, half-title and endpapers browned, orig. bevel-edged cloth, rubbed and soiled, 4to (1)
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[Gough, Richard]. British Topography, 2 vols., 1780, seven eng. plts. only (of 9), some folding, water-stained throughout, contemp. diced russia gilt, worn, with upper covers detached, 4to, together with other miscellaneous books, incl. Curiosites of London, by John Timbs, new ed., pub. John Camden Hotten, c.1880s (in Dulwich College prize binding), The New Woodcut, by Malcolm Salaman, pub. The Studio, 1930, plus others various, incl. costume, illustrated, art reference, bindings, and twenty-three volumes of King Penguins, incl. Magic Books from Mexico, etc. (2 cartons)
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An Italian sculpted white marble model of a maiden personifying Night, after Michelangelo Buonarroti's Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici, late 19th century, portrayed wearing crescent moon corona and reclining amongst drapery, an owl beneath her raised left knee, on an architectural base, 45.5cm high, 61cm wide. The iconography of this work is more complex than it might at first seem. The figure wears the half moon crown usually associated with Diana the Huntress. This accoutrement though is indicative of the Moon and therefore Night, another and lesser known of Diana's associations. (Luna, Goddess of the Moon was associated with Diana by the Romans). The mask beneath her is suggestive of the casting off of a disguise to reveal newness behind, as happens with sleep. The owl, whilst usually associated with Athena as a symbol of Wisdom, was in the 16th century more reminiscent of witchcraft, magic and death, and therefore again, Night.
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* Magic - Maskelyne and Cooke. Berkeley Castle, January 20, 1870, In Honor of the Visit of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Messrs. Maskelyne and Cooke the Celebrated Illusionists will appear as above in their new and original Entertainment, Entitled, A Grand Melange of Science and Mytery!! Mirthful and Inexplicable Wonders. Programme, Part One. An Exposition of Spiritual Manifestations, a la Daniel Home... , Nevil Maskelyne original decapitation scene... , an illustration of Chinese Jugglery... , original Transformation scene... Introducing the Mystic Freaks of Gyges! Or, the Monster Gorilla in his Enchanted Den, printed A. & J.T. Norman, Cheltenham, [1870?],. orig. souvenir programme printed in gilt on blue silk with decorative border, fringed braid with corner tassels, 34 x 26 cm. John Nevil Maskelyne (1839-1917) was born in Cheltenham and descended from the astronomer royal Nevil Maskelyne. As a boy he was a keen amateur conjuror and in 1865 he exposed the famous spiritualists the Davenport brothers as imposters. This led Maskelyne and his friend George Alfred Cooke, a cabinet-maker, to embark on a joint career as professional magicians, their first appearance being at Jessop's Aviary Gardens, Cheltenham on 19th June 1865. They toured the provinces for eight years and eventually took a lease in the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly where they successfully remained until the buildings demolition in 1904. Maskelyne was also an inventor taking out patents on numerous commercial inventions, including a cash register, a typewriter and his coin-operated lock for public lavatories (1892) which remained in use in England until the 1950s. His son Nevil and grandsons Clive, Noel and Jasper continued the Maskelyne tradition of magic into the 1930s. (1)
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Nesbit (Edith). Wings and the Child, or the Building of Magic Cities, 1st ed., Hodder, 1913, port. frontis. and other b&w plts. from photos., b&w illusts. by George Barraud, light spotting and staining to fore-edge and a few text leaves, orig. green pict. cloth, sl. marked, 8vo, together with In Homespun, 1st ed., John Lane, 1896, pict. title, pubs. ads. at rear, orig. pict. cloth, 8vo, and The Rainbow and the Rose, 1st ed., Longmans, 1905, neat owner name, orig. gilt dec. green cloth in bright condition, 8vo (3)
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MARIA PENKARLA: "Magic Blanc de Chine", The Netherlands 1980 together with "Ming Porcelains" by A Joseph, "Tang Pottery and Porcelain" by M Medley, "Yuan Porcelain and Stoneware" by the same author, "Song Ceramics" by M Tregear, "Chinese Ceramics" from the Clark Collection, "Chinese Gold, Silver and Porcelain", the Kemp Collection and "The British Museum Hand Book of Pottery and Porcelain of the Far East" and two similar volumes (10)
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LYDIA MEZ-MANGOLD: "A History of Drugs", Switzerland 1971 together with "Scales and Weights" by B Kisch, "Antique Medical Instruments" by E Bennion, "Early English Drug Jars" by G Howard, "The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology" by Robbins, "Antiques of the Pharmacy" by L Matthews and "Magic and Superstition" by D Hill (7)
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* Cartes-de-visite. A group of eight Victorian albums, all but two empty, contemp. morocco, some wear, 4to/small 4to, together with a group of approx. 250 cartes-de-visite and twenty cabinet cards, mostly of unidentified men and women, inc. some royalty and celebrities, plus a few glass negatives, an autochrome viewer and two magic lantern slide (a carton)
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