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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BOND, William (Daniel Defoe). The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campbell. London: Printed for E. Curll, 1720. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary smooth calf rebacked, gilt-stamped title label to spine. Portrait frontispiece, two plates. xix, [5], 6 ? 320 and 8pp. publisher?s catalog at rear. 8vo. Scattered short tears, one corner lacking, intermittent browning. Extremities worn and corners rounded; good or better.Campbell, ?tho? deaf and dumb, writes down any stranger?s name at first sight; with their future contingencies of fortune.? The work includes a chapter regarding ?A philosophical discourse concerning the second-sight? and other subjects related to conjuring.