Winter Magic Auction

A group of antiquarian books on magic and conjuring. 21 books in total, including: BREWSTER, Sir David. Letters on Natural Magic Addressed to Sir Walter Scott. London: John Murray, 1852. Illustrated. Contemporary calf with raised bands, titles gilt stamped, marbled edges (front hinge detached, rubbing to extremities). Toole Stott 142. -- Endless Amusement. New York: Clark, Austin, & Smith, 1853. Illustrated. Publisher’s red stamped cloth with titles gilt stamped, intricate gilt scrollwork on spine (front hinge partially detached, soiling, rubbing). Toole Stott 267. -- Magic, Pretended Miracles, and Other Remarkable Phenomena. Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, [1855]. Contemporary cloth with marbled boards (soiling, partial separation to spine, foxing). Provenance: St. James Sunday School (stamp). Toole Stott 476. -- PUZZLEWELL, Peter. Home Amusements. London: Griffith and Farran, 1859. Frontispiece, illustrated. Publisher’s stamped green cloth with titles gilt stamped and designs (soiling, offsetting to frontispiece and title page). Toole Stott 1163. -- All 8vos, 12mos. Condition generally fair to good. Nearly all titles recorded in the Toole Stott conjuring bibliography.