Three scarce titles about the history of (English) conjuring publications and/or collecting such publications. By Raymond Toole Stott (1910–1982): - A Bibliography of English Conjuring 1581-1876 (1976). Limited edition of 1030 copies, signed by Toole Stott. Buckram with dustjacket. 288 pages. Preface, followed by entries 1-912, with 18 BW illustrations. Condition: (Very) good. Buckram near fine; dustjacket slightly fuzzing at the edges (see photo). Inside as new. - A Bibliography of English Conjuring 1569-1876 Volume two (1978). Limited edition of 900 copies, of which 850 for sale (supposedly numbered, but if so, done in magic ink; see photo for the claim); not signed. Buckram with dustjacket. 143 pages. Preface, followed by entries 913-1414, with 6 BW illustrations. Condition: Good to very good. Buckram very good; dustjacket somewhat smudgy; but have a round knock/dent on front (see photo). Inside endpapers yellowing (see photo), otherwise as new. By Trevor H. Hall (whose collection Toole Stott says was acquired by the Magic Circle): - The Winder Sale of Old Conjuring Books (1975). Limited edition of 250 signed and numbered copies of which this is no. 68 (see photo). Stapled paper covers. viii+18 pages. Foreword by Percy H. Muir, followed by preface by Hall, followed by remarks on rare book collecting, some minutiae preceding and following the sale of Roland Winder's conjuring-books collection in the years around 1970.* Condition: Very good. Some discoloration of cover at the edges. Inside as new. * According to Muir, Hall addresses in particular the degree in which--at that time--"the value of a book is influenced by its physical shortcomings" (p. [v]). There you go.