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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CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1878). Discovery Concerning Ghosts: With a Rap at the ?Spirit-Rappers.? London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1864. Second edition. Original printed wrappers. With several intertextual illustrations by the author throughout. 8vo. [iv], [1]-60 pp. Wrappers toned, worn, partially detached, somewhat chipped, front wrapper with tape repair to recto and verso, text lightly toned. Dawes? bookplate laid-in. Includes supplementary material regarding The Davenport Brothers and Professor Anderson not present in the first edition. Toole Stott 795.