Set Reminder2024-02-24 12:00:002024-02-24 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : The Collection of Edwin A Dawes, Part I https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/the-collection-of-edwin-a-dawes-part-i-21912 Equal parts scholar, author, historian, professor, and magician, Edwin Dawes was a singular figure in the world of magic and magicians, and the most prolific chronicler of conjuring history in the twentieth century.
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[AUTOMATON CHESS PLAYER]. WILLIS, Robert. An Attempt to Analyse the Automaton Chess Player of Mr. De Kempelen. London: Printed for J. Booth, Duke Street, Portland Place, 1821. Original plain paper-covered boards with remnants of old paper title label. Engraved frontispiece showing the working of ?The Turk,? nine plates. 8vo. Spine chipped, joints tender, boards soiled, extremities rubbed, minor foxing, binding quite weak. INSCRIBED by the author in pencil on the front pastedown. Toole Stott 420.