[BOOKPLATES]. The Dawes Magic Bookplate Collection. An impressive assembly of hundreds of custom-designed bookplates for magicians in America, England, Europe, and beyond, and including examples for Graham Adams, Paul Daniels, Eugene Bernstein, Stanley Collins, Richard Armour, John Mulholland, Chrystal Dunninger, George Hughes (said to be one of only four examples extant; the bulk of the plates were destroyed by Hughes), Harry Houdini, Frank Furkey, Germain, John Northern Hilliard, Chester Morris, Jay Marshall, Milton Kort, Louis Nikola, Rodolfo, Ralph Emerson Powell, Oscar Teale, Tagrey, John Slidell, Margaret Yates, and more.
Many individuals are represented by variant plates, while some duplication of others is present in the collection. Neatly organized in display albums, with most plates loose in sleeves or mounted with photo corners. With many examples SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by the subject magician to Dr. Dawes, and a 2015 inventory of the collection. Sold together with: a mimeograph of James Alfredson’s checklist of magicians’ bookplates, including marginalia, and a vest pocket-size notebook in the hand of Stanley Collins related to his own collection of plates, and a box filled with duplicate bookplates. An impressive and well-organized collection, and about the largest we have offered at auction.