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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WARLOCK, Peter (Alec Bell, 1904 ? 95). Ten Peter Warlock Magic Books, Most Signed. Including A Haunting We Will Go (1971), Black Art Well Tricks for the 80?s (1980), The Best Tricks with Slates (1942), The Complete Book of Magic (1965; two copies), Designs for Magic (1941; with ALS laid in), Plans for Deception (1942), Warlock?s Way (1966), Peter Warlock?s Book of Magic (1956), and Patterns for Psychics (1947). Laid in the latter work is a menu from the 1981 luncheon celebrating Warlock?s 60 years as a member of the Magic Circle, SIGNED by the attendees, including David Berglas, Francis White, Warlock, Mac Wilson, Eddie & Amy Dawes, Leslie Cole, and others. Bindings vary; primarily illustrated 8vos. All but one volume INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by Warlock.