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The Magic Collection of Jay Marshall

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1. Abbott, David P. Group of seven titles. Behind the Scenes with the Mediums (1916), David P. Abbott’s Book of Mysteries (1977), The History of a Strange Case (1908), The Marvelous Creations of Joseffy (1908), The Open Court (May, 1919), The Open Court (April, 1913), and The Spirit Portrait Mystery (1913). Generally good with light wear. 150/300 2. Accum, Frederick. Chemical Amusement, Comprising a Series of Curious and Instructive Experiments in Chemistry, which are easily Performed, and unattended by Danger… London, 1818. Second edition, with plates, considerably enlarged. Illustrated. Internally fine copy rebound in later pebbled cloth, considerably mottled. Toole-Stott 2. 250/500 3. Albo, Robert and others. Classic Magic Series, Vol. 1-7, each volume a limited edition. San Francisco, 1973-1990. Illustrated with photographs. In publisher’s red case. Very good copies, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO JAY MARSHALL BY ALBO. 2,000/3,000 With: The Magic of America (1986), fair copy with damp staining. 4. [Poster] Alexander (Claude Alexander Conlin). Alexander the Man Who Knows. [Bombay, Av Yaga, c. 1915]. One-sheet (28 x 40”) color lithograph poster, depicting Alexander’s turbaned head on a red field. Very good. 100/200 5. [Poster] Alexander. Alexander the Man Who Knows. Eight-sheet billboard (7 x 9’) color lithograph poster. Av Yaga Bombay, n.d. Unmounted. Good condition, with folds and tears as expected. 400/600

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6. [Poster] Alexander. Ask Alexander. [Bombay, Av Yaga, c. 1915]. One-sheet (28 x 40”) color lithograph poster, depicting Alexander’s turbaned head inside a large question mark, staring into a crystal ball. Linen backed, very good condition. 200/300 7. [Poster] Alexander. Crystal Seer. [Bombay, Av Yaga, c. 1915]. Panel poster, 14 x 41”. Color lithograph, depicting Alexander staring into a crystal ball. Linen backed with minor restoration, good condition. See illustration in color section. 200/300 8. American Boy’s Book of Sports and Games. New York, ca. 1964. Illustrated. Pictorial cloth. Some signatures loose, but overall a bright, clean copy. Toole-Stott 14. 50/100 With: Wood, J.G. The Modern Playmate. London, 1870. Pictorial cloth wrinkled and rubbed; some internal soiling. Toole-Stott 1209. 9. Anderson, John Henry. A Shilling’s Worth of Magic, or Tricks to be Learnt in a Train [by the] Great Wizard of the North. N.p., n.d. ca. 1840s. Lacks title page, front cover detached, dusty and worn. Not in Toole-Stott. 250/500 10. Andruzzi, Tony. The Grimoire of the Mages. Chicago, 1978. First edition, handmade book with numerous hand-tipped colored photographs, advertising material and supplements laid in. Publisher’s pictorial silk-screened cloth. NUMBER 25 OF A LIMITED EDITION OF 250 COPIES. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY ANDRUZZI, “TO JAY, A KINDRED SPIRIT IN MAGICK. MAGICKALLY, MASKLYN (TOM PALMER). 7-24-79. TONY C. ANDRUZZI.” 400/600

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11. Andruzzi, Tony. The Negromicon of Masklyn Ye Mage. Chicago, n.d. First edition, handmade book with lock and hasps integrated into binding (lacking original key). Publisher’s pictorial silk-screened cloth, INSCRIBED 8 X 10” PHOTO OF ANDRUZZI LAID IN. 600/800 12. Annemann, Theodore. Lot of six items. The Book Without a Name (1931), 202 Methods of Forcing (1933), The Master’s Touch (1929), a TLS (signed “Ted”) on Jinx letterhead, an early business card, and a renewal postcard for The Jinx. THE BOOK WITHOUT A NAME AND THE MASTER’S TOUCH ARE SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY ANNEMANN. 200/300 The business reply postcard is scarce, and was used as a clever marketing tactic by Annemann, who instructed his readers not to fill it out. Despite the lack of a return address or other information about the senders’ identities on the card, Annemann was somehow still able to discern one card — and thus one sender — from another. 202 Methods of Forcing is Victor Farelli’s copy, with his annotations throughout. Annemann’s autograph is scarce. 13. Art of Conjuring Made Easy; or, Instructions for Performing the Most Astonishing Sleight-of-Hand Feats. With directions for making Fireworks. Davenport, England, [ca. 1840]. Illustrated cover title. Toole-Stott 65. 500/1,000 14. Baldwin, Samri S. The Secrets of Mahatma Land Explained. Brooklyn, 1895. Second edition. Cream-colored pictorial boards. Fair copy, with wear to cover and extremities. 50/100 With: elaborate embossed and lithographed unused pictorial letterhead advertising Baldwin’s “5th Tour Around The World.”

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15. Bertram, Charles. A Magician in Many Lands. London, 1911. Large paper edition. Color frontispiece, illustrated. Internally good. Original red cloth. Wear to extremities and two paper labels pasted to rear cover; Jay Marshall’s notation of Bertram’s birth and death date on title page, former owner’s signature inside front cover. 150/300 With: another copy, first edition (London, 1911), good condition. 16. Bertram, Charles. Isn’t It Wonderful: A History of Magic and Mystery. London, 1896. Large paper edition. Illustrated. Internally fine; rebound with (soiled) original cream cloth laid down over later cloth. INSCRIBED “TO THE VENERABLE ARCHDEACON SINCLAIR WITH THE ‘AUTHOR’S’ KIND REGARDS AND BEST THANKS – JUNE 17TH, 1903” AND SIGNED BY BERTRAM BENEATH THE FRONTISPIECE PORTRAIT. 200/400 17. Bishop, Washington Irving. Second Sight Explained: A Complete Exposition of Clairvoyance or Second Sight as Exhibited by the Late Robert Houdin and Robert Heller [etc.] [No place], 1880. Original pebbled cloth. Scarce. 300/500 18. B., J.T. Drawing Room Magic. A Manual of Mystical Mysteries, for the Parlour, School, or Drawing Room with numerous Illustrative Diagrams. London and New York, 1868. Illustrated. Original blind-stamped cloth of Cassell’s Hand Books series. Spine rebacked with tape. Toole-Stott 70. 50/100 19. Black Art of Magic Made Easy. New York, 1869. Illustrated. Pictorial wraps appear to be handcolored. Covers dusty and soiled. Toole-Stott 94. 100/150 20. [Photographs] Blackstone, Harry, Sr. Two early cabinet photographs of Harry Blackstone: Hands tied behind back by audience members and seated in caged restraint with ropes. Noted on back: “Harry Bouton ’05.” Fine condition. 300/500 21. [Photographs] Blackstone, Harry, Sr. Lot of seven 8 x 10” photographs of Blackstone, two signed including one signed, and one signed and inscribed. 1930s – 1940s. Generally very good condition. 150/250 22. [Comic Books] Blackstone Master Magician, Super Magician and Blackstone Magician Detective titles, 18 miscellaneous issues. Choice lot of comics “Featuring Blackstone the Only Living Comic Book Character.” Including V1 N1 of Blackstone Master Magician Comics. 1940s. Condition varies, but generally good. SHOULD BE SEEN. 300/500 23. [Blackstone, Harry] Large lot of 29 pieces of ephemera including souvenir programs, theatre programs, ad mats, postcards, train crew notice, souvenir books

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and more. 1920s – 1940s. Condition varies from poor to very good. SHOULD BE SEEN. 250/350 Includes a scarce program from an appearance of the Blackstone show in Quebec, one of the only appearances the troupe made outside of the United States. 24. [Broadside] Blackstone, Harry. Round the World Tour of Blackstone The Great and his All Star Company. Np, nd [ca. 1920.] Double-sided broadside (19 x 6 1⁄2”), with black and white images of Blackstone, etc. Very good condition. 75/150 This broadside is very similar in design and composition to those used just before Harry Bouton changed his stage name from Frederik the Great to Blackstone. 25. Blackstone, Harry, Sr. The Great Blackstone’s Secrets. Small pitch book with color cover art by Harlan Tarbell. Ca. 1930. Fair copy with splitting at spine and light internal wear. SIGNED BY PUBLISHER ARTHUR P. FELSMAN ON THE TITLE PAGE. 200/300 With: Seventeen original 6 x 4” photographs of Blackstone performing the various tricks explained in the booklet, used in the production of the publication. 26. [Poster] Blackstone, Harry, Sr. Oriental Nights. Erie Pennsylvania, Erie Lithograph Company, ca. 1918. One-sheet (40 x 28”) color lithograph poster depicting Blackstone and nautch girls, levitation of a camel, Indian Rope Trick. Linen backed, very good condition. See illustration in color section. 3,000/4,000 27. Blackstone, Harry, Sr. Blackstone’s Secrets of Magic. New York, 1929. First edition. Illustrated. Original cloth and dust jacket. Good condition. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY BLACKSTONE TO LYCEUM MAGICIAN JOE LIGHTNER. 100/200 With: Blackstone’s Annual of Magic 1929, good copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO JOE LIGHTNER BY BLACKSTONE. 28. [Poster] Blackstone, Harry. Blackstone the World’s Master Magician. N.p., n.d. (ca. 1947). Oversized window card (22 x 28”) in black, yellow and red with portrait of Blackstone and overprint for Orpheum Theatre, Wichita. Fair copy with light soiling and tears. 150/250 29. [Photograph] Blitz, Signor Antonio. Silver print bust portrait photograph of Blitz. Ca. 1871. 3 x 5”. Good condition with light creases not affecting image. 200/300 30. Blitz, Signor Antonio. Fifty Years in the Magic Circle; being an account of the author’s professional life: his wonderful tricks and feats: with laughable incidents and adventures as a Magician…. Hartford, 1871. Illustrated. Original pictorial orange cloth, worn at extremities. Contemporary newspaper review pasted to inside front flyleaf. Toole-Stott 99. 100/150

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29 28 31. Blitz, Signor Antonio. Fifty Years in the Magic Circle. Hartford, 1872. T. Belknap edition; reduced trim size (4 1⁄2” x 7”), not listed in Toole-Stott. Brown pebbled cloth, spine worn and faded; internally fine. 100/150 32. [Apparatus] Blue Phantom. Owen Magic Supreme, ca. 1960. Stack of wooden checkers on turned wooden base with lacquered metal cover. No instructions. Very good example of this classic parlor effect. See illustration in color section. 400/600 33. Bodie, Walford. The Bodie Book. London, 1905. Illustrated. Original pictorial cloth covers worn, lacks front free flyleaf, hinges giving. 50/75 With: The Bodie Book, London, 1905, stiff pictorial wraps, dusty and worn. 34. Book of Parlor Games. Philadelphia, 1853. Illustrated. Original embossed light red cloth. Good copy, backstrip faded, internally fine. 75/150 With: Another very good copy in lightly worn brown cloth, 1854 edition. 35. Boy’s Own Book of Conjuring: being a complete handbook of parlor magic… New York, ca. 1860s. “Illustrated with nearly 200 Engravings.” Recased with new endpapers, original cloth lightly worn. Toole-Stott 114. 75/150 36. Boy’s Own Book: A Complete Encyclopedia…of Exercises and Diversions. New York, 1876. Fifth edition, revised. [Bound with] Parlour Magic and Paul Preston’s

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Book of Gymnastics. Illustrated. Cloth mottled and worn; signatures loose. Not in Toole-Stott. 50/100 With: Martin, William. The Book of Sports for Boys and Girls containing Games, Recreations and Amusements [etc.] London, 1853. Not in Toole-Stott, although similar titles by Martin are listed. 37. Boy’s Own Conjuring Book: Being a Complete Hand-Book of Parlour Magic [etc.] New York, ca. 1900s. Later edition. Illustrated. Cloth, stamped in gold and black. Toole-Stott 958. 50/150 38. [Poster] Brush, Edwin. The Hindu Basket. Chicago, Goes Lithograph Co., ca. 1908. Half-sheet (26 3⁄4 x 19 3⁄4”) color lithographed poster. Linen backed, restoration along central fold line. See illustration in color section. 600/1,000 39. [Poster] Brush, Edwin. Brush. School of Occidental and Oriental Magic. Chicago, Goes Lithograph Co., ca. 1908. Half-sheet (26 3⁄4 x 19 3⁄4”) color lithographed poster. Linen backed, restoration along central fold line. See illustration in color section. 600/1,000 40. [Posters] Brush, Edwin. Lot of four window cards. Four pictorial window cards, color and black & white, varying sizes; advertising Brush appearances in Chautauqua programs and schools. Condition varies from fair to good. See illustration in color section. 200/300 41. Burlingame, H. J. Around the World with a Magician and a Juggler. Chicago, 1891. First edition. Illustrated. Wraps. [Bound with] Carter, Chas. J. Carter’s Magic & Magicians. [Chicago, 1903]. Illustrated. Pictorial wraps. The two volumes are bound as one in plain pebbled cloth. Very good condition. 75/150 42. Burlingame, H.J. Herrmann the Great. Chicago: Laird & Lee, 1897. Illustrated. Later edition in scarce, colorful pictorial boards with cloth spine. Fragile copy, front hinge separated from spine, internal chips and tears. See illustration in color section. 250/350 With: Another copy, yellow pictorial cloth (First edition, 1897). Contemporary newspaper story and portrait of Adelaide Herrmann pasted inside front cover, ex libris Clinton Burgess. Good copy with pages yellowed, wear to extremities. 43. Burlingame, H.J. Leaves from Conjurers’ Scrapbooks. Chicago, 1891. Illustrated. First edition. Gray cloth. Good copy, binding lightly soiled. INSCRIBED BY BURLINGAME. 100/200 44. [Business Cards] Nice assortment of approximately 1,500 magician’s calling cards. 1900s-1970s. Included are cards for Maurice Raymond, Horace Goldin, Richiardi,

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46 47 Graham Adams, Frank Ducrot, Jay Marshall, Don Alan, and many more. Generally good condition. Early to late 20th century. SHOULD BE SEEN. 300/500 45. [Card Magic books] Four titles: Expert at the Card Table (1905), Card Tricks, How to Do Them and Sleight of Hand (1902), Howard Thurston’s Card Tricks (1905), and Magic and Magicians (1903). Bound together in contemporary blue cloth. All internally very good, covers lacking. Ex libris C.A. George Newmann. 100/200 46. [Gambling Device] Card Trimmer. Will & Finck, ca. 1890. Brass card trimming device, ivory handle on cutting blade. Very good condition. 1,000/1,500 47. “Carlton.” [Arthur Phillps.] Twenty Years of Spoof & Bluff. London, 1920. Illustrated. Cloth, damp stained and bowed. INSCRIBED ON FRONTISPIECE PORTRAIT “TO RANDOLPH ‘CHARLTON’ FROM YOURS SINCERELY ‘CARLTON’ 25/4/21”. 100/150 48. [Catalogs] Bamberg Magic and Novelty Co. Two different unnumbered catalogs. New York, ca. 1909. Illustrated with photographs and line drawings. Wraps. Both good condition with light wear. One catalog SIGNED BY OKITO. 150/250 One catalog bound in color wraps is titled “Amateur Catalog”, while the other, in orange pictorial wraps is essentially a catalog of the goods Bamberg imported from Carl Willmann. 49. [Catalog] Hamley’s Book of Magic and Mystery. Unnumbered, ca. 1909, London. Illustrated with photographs and line drawings. Fair copy, binding tattered, chips and tears at extremities. A scarce and important catalog. 100/200 50. [Catalogs] Leroy’s Mammoth Pictorial 20th Century Up-to-Date Illustrated

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Catalog. Unnumbered, ca. 1900, Boston. Yellow pictorial wraps. Illustrated, including plates. Very good, minor wear to extremities. NICE COPY. 100/200 This classic catalog includes a sepia-toned plate of Houdini as well as Stanyon, Kellar, Herrmann, Robert-Houdin and many others. With: Latest Conjuring Wonders, Magic, Second Sight and Anti-Spiritualistic Illusions (catalog), poor copy, Catalogue of Standard Card Tricks, very good copy, and Combination Appendix to Leroy’s New Mammoth 20th Century Up-to-Date Illustrated Catalogue, very good copy. 51. [Catalog] Martinka & Co. Unnumbered, ca. 1917. Color pictorial wraps, copiously illustrated. Fair copy with wear to wraps and spine, still a desirable and classic catalog. 75/150 With: an earlier Martinka catalog in orange wraps (copyright 1898), good condition with minor wear to extremities and unobtrusive central fold, and Martinka Catalog B, 16 pages, self-covered, black and white ca. 1910. 52. [Catalog] Millikin and Lawley’s. Unnumbered, ca. 1880, London. Copiously illustrated with woodcuts. Poor copy, lacking rear cover, with soiling, chips and tears to extremities. A scarce and desirable reference. 75/150 53. [Catalog] Monarch Trick Mfg. Co. Unnumbered, 1900, Lynn, Mass. Red pictorial wraps. Copiously illustrated with woodcuts. Fair copy, splitting at bottom of spine. Ex libris Stanley Collins. 75/150 54. [Catalog] Mysto Company. Unnumbered, ca. 1909, New Haven. Illustrated, including color plates. Good copy, lightly soiled, chips and tears to spine. 75/150 Front cover is stamped with the message “Copyright 1909 A.C. Gilbert and John A Petrie.” With: Mysto Magic Trick Box Catalog 5a. (central fold, otherwise good condition). 55. [Catalog] A. Roterberg. Number 6, n.d., Chicago. Illustrated. Original pictorial wraps bound in boards. First page loose in binding, otherwise good. 300/500 Roterberg issued a limited number of his early catalogs in hardcover. 56. [Catalog] Vernelo & Co. Illustrated Catalogue of Superior Magical Apparatus Scientific Novelties Puzzles, Books, etc. Unnumbered, ca. 1901, Chicago. Copiously illustrated with line drawings. Poor copy, Front cover separated, chipped and torn, rear cover lacking, general wear. 40/80 Despite its condition a scarce catalog from the firm responsible for publishing The Sphinx in its early days. Though not a direct copy, the cover of this catalog is virtually identical – an excellent imitation – of Martinka’s catalogs.

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57. [Periodical] Chap’s Scrapbook. Frank Chapman. NV N# (July, 1938) – V2 N24 (Jun., 1940). Complete file. Bound in one volume. Alfredson/Daily 1550. Good condition, with wear to extremities. 100/150 This file was bound by Jay Marshall in 1956 and includes a handwritten index of the periodical compiled by Marshall. A typewritten index has been bound in. 58. Charvet, David. The Great Virgil. Vancouver, Charvet Studios, 1991. Illustrated with numerous photographs. Very good condition. Produced in a limited edition of 1000 copies, this is the only biography of globe-trotting illusionist Virgil Mulkey, and was written in conjunction with his partner and assistant Julie. 100/150 59. [Chicago Magicians]. Chicago Magicians Scrapbook. An oversized scrapbook, approximately 14 x 12” assembled by Werner “Dorny” Dornfield. Many pages lettered and elaborately painted by Dornfield, the book is replete with original artwork, news clippings, brochures, advertising material and original 8 x 10” photographs (some unpublished) including Okito, Dorny, Gwynne, Tarbell, Blackstone, Powell, and Joseffy. Ca. 1937. Internally good with some of the contents loose. SHOULD BE SEEN. 350/500

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60 60. [Photograph] Ching Ling Foo. Oversize sepia photograph of Ching Ling Foo and Chee Toy (Foo’s daughter), amongst a group of magicians including Guy Jarrett, Harry Kellar, Theodore DeLand, Elmer P. Ransom, Walter E. Floyd, Silent Mora and Clyde W. Powers. New York, 1914. Chips and tears at extremities, one corner missing, still a very desirable image. 500/750 61. [Photograph] Ching Ling Foo. Silver print 3⁄4 length photograph of the famous Chinese magician. New York, ca. 1914. 6 3⁄4 x 8 1⁄2”. Scrapbook remnants on reverse, otherwise very good condition. SIGNED BY FOO IN CHINESE. 75/150 62. Clapham, Henry. Melody Magic. Washington, D.C., 1932. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Illustrated. Cloth bound. Very good copy. 75/150 63. [Photograph] Conjuring Lights, Living and Deceased. Photographic montage of famous magicians including Kellar, Herrmann and their contemporaries complied by Robert Ankele. On mount, 14 x 17”. Fine condition. 75/150

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61 64. [Periodical] The Conjuring Record. Van K. Allison. V1 N1 (Mar., 1913) – V2 N12 (Feb., 1915). Complete file, worn contemporary binding in quarter leather, two volumes. V2 N12 laid in. Alfredson/Daily 1770. Internally very good. 150/250 65. Cooke, Conrad W. Automata Old and New. London, 1893. Illustrated. Faux vellum wraps, chipped at extremities. EDITION LIMITED TO 255 COPIES NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 100/150 66. [Gambling Device] Corner Rounder. Ca.1900. All-brass corner rounding device bearing the hallmark “GRA/HAM”. Very good condition. 400/600 67. [Correspondence] Large archive of 122 ALS and TLS addressed to Joseph G. Lightner and Zelleno by prominent magicians of the 20th century. Represented here are David P. Abbott, Percy Abbott, Andress, Annemann, Birch, Blackstone (ALS), Charlton, T. Nelson Downs, Frank Ducrot, Goldston, Gibson, U.F. Grant, Hilliar, Hilliard, John Mulholland, Harry Opel, Rouclere, Will Rock, Roltare, Oscar Teale, Thurston, Dr. A.M. Wilson, and many more. Many on pictorial letterheads. 1900s – 1940s. Generally good with wear as expected. 800/1,200 In addition to being elected Mayor of Odessa, Missouri, Joseph G. Lightner was a shareholder in The Sphinx Corporation, a Lyceum and Chautauqua magician who shared the stage with William Jennings Bryan, business manager of Blackstone’s International Magic Circle, a traveling salesman and opera house manager.

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69 72 68. Cremer, W.H. Group of four volumes. Hanky Panky, Magic No Mystery, The Magician’s Own Book, and The Secret Out or 1000 Tricks Explained. Edinburgh, n.d. Original cloth. All very good, with the exception of Hanky Panky, which shows minor wear to the binding and with its front hinge reinforced. A handsome Victorian-era set. 300/400 With: Bellew, Frank. The Art of Amusing (Edinburgh, n.d.). Very good condition, similarly bound. 69. [Apparatus] Crystal Clock Dial. In the style of Martinka & Co., ca. 1890. Large glass clock dial with gilt roman numerals, metal dial and cast metal stand for tabletop. Lacks instructions. Gilded numerals worn, otherwise very good. 750/1,500 70. [Apparatus] Crystal Globe and Coins. In the style of Martinka & Co., ca. 1910. Transparent cut glass globe with stopper, for the appearance of a number of coins. Approximately 11” high. Lacks instructions. Very good condition. 250/350 71. Cumberland, Stuart. A Thought-Reader’s Thoughts. London, 1888. First edition. Portrait frontispiece. Pictorial cloth. Good condition, with wear to extremities. 150/200 With: Cumberland, Stuart. Spiritualism — the Inside Truth. London, 1919. Later edition. Red cloth, faded. Good copy. 72. Cumberland, Stuart. People I Have Read. London, 1905. First trade edition. Yellow wraps. Fair copy, internally good, considerable wear to spine at extremities, with front

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73. Damman, Gunther. Zauberkunst und Zauberkünstler. Ein Lese-, Lehr- und Nachschlagebuch. Vienna, 1937. First edition. Yellow wraps, illustrated with plates. Good copy with wear to half-title and light wear to wraps. 40/80 74. [Poster] Dante. Have You Seen Dante? Half-sheet (20 x 28”) color lithograph poster depicting a red devil in the form of a question mark on a deep blue field. Good copy. See illustration in color section. 150/250 75. [Poster] Dante. Dante the Famous Magician. Beauty the Arabian Steed. Vanishes in Mid Air. $50,000 Illusion. Cleveland Ohio, Otis Lithograph Company, ca. 1922. Three-sheet (76 1⁄2 x 41”) color lithograph poster. Good copy with minor restoration, linen backed. See illustration in color section. 800/1,200 Produced by Thurston in the 1920s to promote Harry Jansen’s transformation into Dante. 76. [Ephemera] Dante. Lot of 16 pieces of ephemera related to Dante. Including theatre programs (including one during his career as Jansen), souvenir programs, and photographs. 1915-1940s. Generally good condition. 75/150 SCARCE DAVENPORT BROTHERS AUTOGRAPHS 77. [Davenport Brothers] Nichols, M.D. Thomas Low. A Biography of the Brothers Davenport With some Account of the Physical and Psychical Phenomena…. London, 1864. Publisher’s green cloth. Very good copy. SIGNED WITH A LENGTHY AND BOLD INSCRIPTION BY IRA DAVENPORT, WILLIAM DAVENPORT, WM. FAY (UNDERSTUDY AND MANAGER) AND A J.B. FERGUSON, WHO ALSO WORKED WITH THE BROTHERS. Toole-Stott 809. RARE. 500/1,000 78. Davenport Brothers, The. The World Renowned Spiritual Mediums: Their Biography and Adventures in Europe and America. Truth is Stranger than Fiction. Boston, 1869. Portrait frontispiece, illustrated with plates. Cloth bound. Good, with former owner’s signatures and wear to spine. Ex libris Carl Waring Jones. Toole-Stott 802. 200/300 With: A 3.5 x 5.5” photographic rendering of the famous brothers, bearing notations on the verso sketching out a brief timeline of their careers. 79. [Painting] Davies, Ken. Pocusmania. Full-size (28 x 22 3⁄4”) reproduction of a (1950) tromp l’oiel-style painting depicting various items associated with magic and puppetry, in frame. Good condition. 200/400

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80 HOCUS POCUS 1781 80. Dean, H. The Whole Art of Legerdemain; or HOCUS POCUS in Perfection [etc.]. London, 1781. Eighth edition. Woodcut frontispiece, woodcuts in the text. Original binding. Very good condition. Toole-Stott 221. 2,000/3,000 81. [Apparatus] Decapitation of Pigeons. After Martinka & Co., ca. 1900. Two oval metal receptacles with false lids for the pigeon decapitation trick in which the heads of two birds of contrasting colors are transposed and later restored, as performed by Imro Fox and Leon Bosco. Lacking instructions. Good condition with scratches and wear to exterior. See illustration inside rear cover. 400/600 82. Decremps, Henri. Lot of three volumes. La Magie Blanche Dévoilée (1792), Testament De Jérome Sharp (1793), and Codicile de Jérome Sharp (1791). Illustrated with plates. Contemporary boards, worn, all three volumes internally good, with volume one lacking frontispiece (reproduction tipped in). 350/500

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83. [Defoe, Daniel.] A System of Magick; or, A History of the Black Art. London, 1728. Reprint of first edition of 1727. Disbound, soiled, lacks frontispiece. Toole-Stott 813. In homemade box. 100/200 84. Devant, David. Group of six later editions. The Best Tricks and How to Do Them (1931), Lessons in Conjuring (1922), Magic Made Easy (1921), Tricks for Everyone (1909), Tricks for Everyone (1909), and Woes of A Wizard (ca. 1903). Condition varies from fair to good, with chipping to spines. A splendid collection of scarce editions of Devant titles. 200/400 Magic Made Easy and Woes of a Wizard are bound in wraps, the rest in boards. Tricks for Everyone was issued with two covers, one bearing a portrait of Devant with a moustache, the other a portrait of him without. Both are offered in this lot. 85. Devant, David. Magic Made Easy. London, 1911. [Paste-down of New York distributor covers London imprint.] Illustrated. Original pebbled cloth with pictorial paste-down on front cover. Minor wear. 75/150 86. Devant, David. My Magic Life. London, 1931. First edition. Illustrated with plates. Original brown cloth. Good copy with wear to extremities, obituary pasted inside front cover, DEVANT’S CLIPPED AUTOGRAPH PASTED DOWN TO FRONT FLYLEAF. 100/200 87. Devant, David. Royal Command Performance program. Handsomely printed program bound with purple ribbon, bearing the crest of the King of England. London, 1912. Good condition with wear and light discoloration to wraps. 50/100 With: Devant’s oversized Christmas card, 1909, fair condition.

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88. Dods, John Boves. Spirit Manifestations Examined and Explained. Judge Edmonds refuted; or, An Exposition of the Involuntary Powers… . New York, 1854. First edition. Cloth. Very good copy. Toole-Stott 1028. 100/200 89. Downs, T. Nelson. The Art of Magic. Chicago, 1921. Second edition. Bearing Jay Marshall’s rubber stamp on inside front cover. Front hinge loose. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY DOWNS, “YOURS SINCERELY T. NELSON DOWNS. MY 53RD BIRTHDAY MARCH 16TH 1921. MARSHALLTOWN IOWA,” AND SIGNED BY PUBLISHER ARTHUR P. FELSMAN. 200/400 With: One page ALS from Downs to Dr. E.G. Ervin, on Downs’ pictorial brochure/letterhead laid in; a T. Nelson Downs Bicycle Fan Back Throwout card bearing an illustrative portrait of Downs. 90. Downs, T. Nelson. Modern Coin Manipulation. London, ca. 1902. Hamley Brothers’ edition. Illustrated. Pictorial red cloth, stamped in gold. Very good condition. 50/100 With: Another copy, Routledge edition, pictorial gray cloth, and Downs’ business card, Palace Theatre, London, ca. 1900 and his membership card in the Marshalltown, Iowa Elks Lodge No. 312. 91. [Window Card] Downs, T. Nelson. T. Nelson Downs. Kenton Ohio, The Scioto Sign Company, ca. 1928. Two-color window card. Framed under glass. Depicts classic image/portrait of Downs. 150/200 92. [Apparatus] Duck Pan. Petrie & Lewis, ca. 1939. Large metal pan resting on claw feet with lid and gimmick insert. Characteristic P&L “modernistic” crackle finish. No instructions. Good condition. 150/300 93. Dunninger, Joseph. Group of 3 First Editions, all inscribed by Dunninger to Jay Marshall. How to Make a Ghost Walk (1936), What’s On Your Mind (1944). Inside the Medium’s Cabinet (1935), also inscribed by ghostwriter Walter B. Gibson to Marshall. Original cloth in dust jackets. All three very good copies, with wear to dust jackets. 200/300 With: Three signed items from Dunninger to Marshall. 94. [Ephemera] Dunninger, Joseph. Lot of 34 pieces of ephemera. Including photographs, brochures, postcards, circulars, news and magazine clippings, pitch books and programs. Generally good. Most signed and inscribed to Jay Marshall by Dunninger. Should be seen. 300/400 An extraordinary assortment of personal mementoes of America’s most successful mind reader. Dunninger was close to only three magicians in his later years: Al Flosso, Robert Lund and Jay Marshall. 95. [Sculpture] [Dunninger] Plaster bust of noted mentalist Joseph Dunninger,

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Experiments [etc.] London, n.d. [owner’s inscription dated December 2, 1826]. Fourth edition. Folding frontispiece, browned. Original pictorial boards, rubbed. Professionally rebacked, with new flyleaf. This edition not listed in Toole-Stott. 600/800 100. Endless Amusement: A Collection of Upwards of 400 Entertaining and Amusing Experiments [etc.] Halifax, 1835. Illustrated. Original decorative cloth, weak and split along spine. Signatures loose in binding. Toole-Stott 264. 300/400 101. Erdnase, S.W. The Expert at the Card Table. [Chicago, 1902]. First edition. Illustrated. Original cloth, dull. Pages browned as usual. Overall a very tight, clean copy. Laid in is a note typed and signed by Jay Marshall referencing the fact that the bookplate of Edward Gallaway is pasted inside the front cover and Jay’s belief that Gallaway was the binder of the original edition of the Erdnase books. 2,000/4,000 102. Ernst, Bernard M.L. and Heward Carrington. Houdini and Conan Doyle. New York, 1932. First edition, portrait frontispiece, illustrated. Cloth with dust jacket. Very good copy, jacket tattered. Advertising brochure laid in. 75/150 103. Evans, Henry Ridgely. Adventures in Magic. New York, 1927. First edition, portrait frontispiece, illustrated with photographs. Tipped-in illustration. Publisher’s green cloth, number 92 of a limited edition thus bound. Very good condition. SIGNED BY EVANS. 100/150 104. Evans, Henry Ridgley. A Master of Modern Magic: The Life and Adventures

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of Robert-Houdin. New York, 1932. Illustrated. Blue cloth. Bookplate of Oscar Teale inside front cover. A near-fine copy. 300/500 105. Evans, Henry Ridgley. Cagliostro: A Sorcerer of the Eighteenth Century. New York, 1931. First edition, portrait frontispiece. Cloth. Illustrated. Very good condition. An unusually bright and clean copy with the exception of one small blemish to the front cover. 200/400 106. Evans, Henry Ridgely. History of Conjuring and Magic. Kenton, 1930. First edition, portrait frontispiece. Cloth. Illustrated with photographs. Very good condition, light wear to covers. 150/300 107. Evans, Henry Ridgely. Hours with the Ghosts. Chicago, 1897. First edition, portrait frontispiece, illustrated with photographs. Cloth. Very good condition, light wear to covers. 150/200 108. Evans, Henry Ridgley. Magic and Its Professors. New York, 1902. First Edition, portrait frontispiece. Illustrated. Green pictorial cloth. Good copy, with light wear and backstrip faded. 150/250 109. Evans, Henry Ridgley. The Old and the New Magic. Chicago, 1906. First Edition, portrait frontispiece. Illustrated. Pictorial cloth. Very good copy. Former owner’s signature on front free endpaper. 200/300 110. Evans, Henry Ridgley. Some Rare Old Books on Conjuring and Magic. Kenton, Ohio, 1943. First edition, illustrated with plates. Blue wraps. Good copy with light wear to covers. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY EVANS TO HARRY L. CLAPHAM, AUTHOR OF MELODY MAGIC. 150/250 With: One page ALS from Evans to Clapham dated Nov. 8, 1943. 111. Evans, Henry Ridgely. The Spirit World Unmasked. Chicago, 1897. First edition, numerous illustrations. Publisher’s pictorial cloth. VG, hinges reinforced. An exceptionally bright and clean copy. 150/250 112. Farelli, Victor. Magical Bibliographies. Shanklin, 1953. One of a limited edition of 30 copies. With an appendix by the publisher, Jimmy Findlay. Illustrated. Red rexine boards. VICTOR FARELLI’S PERSONAL COPY WITH A PAGE OF HIS NOTATIONS INDICATING THE PURCHASERS OF THIS VOLUME, DATES OF REVIEWS, ADDENDA, ETC. TIPPED IN. 200/300 Inside the front cover, a typed note has been pasted down which states: “No “trade” or “review” copies of this book are being sent out. V.F.”

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113. Fechner, Christian. Soirées Fantastiques. Paris, 1988. First edition. Two lavishly produced oversized cloth bound volumes together in a custom made slipcase. Limited Edition. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY FECHNER AND GEORGES PROUST TO JAY MARSHALL. 800/1,200 114. Findlay, J. B. Anderson and His Theatre. Shanklin, 1967. Illustrated with photographs. Cream-colored wraps, good copy. One of 150 copies, with a facsimile Anderson broadside laid in, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY FINDLAY. 250/350 115. Findlay, J. B. Collectors Annuals, nine volumes. First Collectors Annual (1949), Second Collectors Annual (1950), Third Collectors Annual (1951), Fourth Collectors Annual (1952), Fifth Collectors Annual (1953), Sixth Collectors Annual (1954), Seventh Collectors Annual (1969), Eighth Collectors Annual (1972), and Ninth Collectors Annual (1975). Generally good, with some minor wear. 500/1,000 Four volumes signed by Findlay, the Ninth Annual (published posthumously) signed by Elise and D.W. Findlay; the Seventh Annual is one of a limited edition of 25 copies. 116. Findlay, J. B. Conjurers Coins and Medals. Shanklin, 1964. Illustrated with photographs. Cloth with dust jacket. NUMBER 115 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY FINDLAY. With a greeting card from Findlay laid in. 150/250 117. Findlay, J. B. Juggling Through Four Reigns. Being a Short Memoir of “Old Malabar.” One of Glasgow’s Best Known Worthies. Glasgow, 1945. First edition, cream-colored pictorial wraps. Good copy with light soiling and wear to extremities. 75/150 118. Findlay, J. B. Magic Coins of Czechoslovakia. Shanklin, 1969. Illustrated with photographs. Light yellow wraps, very good copy. One of 100 copies, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO JAY MARSHALL BY FINDLAY. 200/300 119. Findlay, J. B. The Travels of Testot. Shanklin, 1965. Illustrated with photographs. Cloth with dust jacket. Good copy. One of 150 copies. 200/300 120. Findlay, J. B. Scottish Conjuring Bibliography. Shanklin, 1951. Cream-colored pictorial wraps. Good copy with minor wear and soiling. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO JAY MARSHALL BY FINDLAY. 75/150 121. Fischer, Ottokar (Trans. S.H. Sharpe). J.N. Hofzinser’s Card Conjuring. London, 1931. First English edition. Illustrated. Bright blue cloth, very good. NICE COPY. 75/150

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122. Frost, Thomas. Lives of the Conjurors. London, 1881. Second edition. Maroon pebbled cloth. Very good copy. 50/100 123. Funk, C. Naturliche Magie... . Berlin, 1783. Illustrated with thirteen folding plates. Contemporary leather; spine worn and fraying at extremities. Internally good. 200/400 Includes descriptions in old German of gimmicked cards, magic lanterns and feats of Hero of Alexandria. 124. Gale, John. Gale’s Cabinet of Knowledge; or Miscellaneous Recreations [etc.] London, 1808. Fourth edition. Speckled calf decorated in gold cover edges; boards reattached, slightly bowed and fragile. Contemporary owner’s name inked at top of title page and covered with scribbling. Bookplate of Roland Winder inside front cover. Toole-Stott 310. 500/800 125. Garenne, Henri. The Art of Modern Conjuring, Magic and Illusions. London, n.d. [Pastedown of “Hamley’s Magical Saloons” covering imprint.] Illustrated. Pictorial brown cloth, stamped in black and gold. An exceptionally bright copy. 75/150 126. Garenne, Henri. The Art of Modern Conjuring. London, n.d. First edition. Numerous illustrations. Red pictorial cloth. Good, with front hinge loose, light wear and fading to spine. 50/100 127. Garrett, Edmund. Isis Very Much Unveiled. The Story of the Great Mahatma Hoax. London, n.d. Illustrated. First edition. Rebound in gray cloth with original front wrapper pasted down to front cover. Very good copy. 40/80 128. Gaultier, Camille. La Prestidigitation sans Appareils. Paris, 1914. First edition, number 434. Gray pictorial wraps. Poor copy, binding and covers loose; generally fragile. Ex libris Dr. Jacob Daley. SIGNED BY GAULTIER. 40/80 129. [Poster] George, Grover. Triumphant American Tour. George. The Supreme Master of Magic. Cleveland Ohio, The Otis Lithograph Co., ca. 1925. One- sheet (28 x 40”) color lithographed poster. Very good condition. See illustration in color section. 200/300 130. [Poster] George, Grover. Triumphant American Tour. George. The Supreme Master of Magic. Cleveland Ohio, The Otis Lithograph Co., ca. 1925. Half-sheet (20 x 28”) color lithographed poster. Very good condition. 150/250 131. [Poster] George, Grover. (“Buddha” poster). Triumphant American Tour.

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George. The Supreme Master of Magic. Cleveland Ohio, The Otis Lithograph Co., ca. 1925. Half-sheet (20 x 28”) color lithographed poster. Good copy, mounted to kraft paper with chips and tears. See illustration in color section. 150/250 132. [Poster] Germain, Karl. Master of Magic. Cleveland, Schmitz-Horning Litho Co., ca. 1908. One-sheet (28 x 40”) color lithograph poster. Portrait of Germain in orange. Very good, borders trimmed as usual, linen backed. See illustration in color section. 500/700 133. [Poster] Germain, Karl. Shadows. Cleveland, Schmitz-Horning Litho Co., ca. 1908. Three-sheet (76 1⁄2 x 41”) color lithograph poster in red and black outlining a full length portrait of Germain. Very good condition, mounted on linen. See illustration in color section. 600/800 134. [Poster] Germain, Karl. The Witches Cauldron. Cleveland, Schmitz-Horning Litho Co., ca. 1908. Three-sheet (76 1⁄2 x 41”) color lithograph poster. Striking fulllength portrait of Germain. Very good condition, mounted on linen. See illustration in color section. 3,500/4,500 135. Glen, Laurence. The Magician’s Road to Fame. London, ca. 1920. First edition. Numerous illustrations including hand-tipped color postcards and reproductions of posters from magic’s “Golden Age.” Boards, with scarce (though tattered) dust jacket. 100/150 136. Goldin, Horace. It’s Fun to be Fooled. London, 1937. First edition. Illustrated with plates. Cloth with dust jacket. Very good condition. 75/150 137. [Ephemera] Goldin, Horace. Six theatre/souvenir programs. Including The Mystery Book, Conjuring Up-To-Date and How to Do It, Mysterious Tricks (SIGNED BY GOLDIN), and others. 1918-1940s. Generally good condition with wear as expected. 75/150 With: Real photo postcard of Goldin titled “Find the Imp.” Very good condition. 138. [Goldston, Will.] Verner, A. Table Rapping and Automatic Writing. [N.p., 1903.] Illustrated. Wraps bound within cloth. BOOKPLATE OF WILL GOLDSTON WITH HIS SIGNATURE ON INSIDE FRONT COVER OF WRAPPERS; BOOKPLATE OF MILTON A. BRIDGES INSIDE BACK COVER. 50/75 139. [Ephemera] Goldston, Will. Nice archive of ten autograph letters from Goldston and his widow to Arthur Anderson. In original covers, as mailed. 1946-1949. 150/300 Anderson was not only a good customer of Goldston’s, they also became frequent correspondents. These letters, both from Goldston and his widow Olga, discuss the last days of Goldston’s life and Olga’s life after his death. One of Olga Goldston’s letters includes a portrait of Goldston taken in his garden in August 1947, less than one year before his death.

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149. Green, J.H. Lot of two titles. An Exposure of the Arts and Miseries of Gambling…. Cincinnati, 1843. First Edition. Rebound in pebbled cloth. Light foxing, otherwise good. Green, J.H. Gamblers’ Tricks with Cards. New York, 1850. Wraps. Covers soiled and spine split, otherwise good. Toole-Stott 324. 300/500 150. Great Wizard’s Handbook of Magic, or Parlour Entertainment [etc.]. [London, 1850]. Four leaves, unsigned. Cover engraving of a male conjuror being tied up by a member of the audience. Toole-Stott 320. 300/500 151. [Magic Fiction] Greenwood, James. Silas the Conjurer: His Travels and Perils. London, n.d. Pictorial green cloth stamped in black and gold. Good condition. TooleStott 837. 150/250 With: A Magician for One Day. Phil., 1905. (Soiled.) Peter Parley’s Annual [for] 1860. London, 1860. Contains the story “Old Groky; or the Boy Magician.” IMPORTANT HOUDINI ASSOCIATION ITEMS 152. Gresham, William Lindsay. Houdini: The Man Who Walked Through Walls. New York, 1959. First edition. Cloth with dust jacket, illustrated. Light browning to front free endpaper, otherwise very good. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO JAY MARSHALL, “DEAR JASPER – HERE IS THE OPUS. YOU WILL RECOGNIZE IN IT THE PASSAGES PROVIDED BY MATERIAL IN THE MARSHALL COLLECTION. WHY DON’T YOU HITCH A RIDE TO NEW ROCHELLE JUST FOR KICKS? BILL. JULY 8, 1959.” 200/300 With: Three TLS from Gresham to Jay Marshall. One letter, three pages long and dated April 8, 1959, details the process of writing, editing and bringing to publication The Man Who Walked Through Walls. “Now one criticism of my work methods might be leveled as follows: To research such a book in two months and write it in ten weeks, I had to recourse to real magic. I tied 50 knots in a string and, using it like a rosary, I kept giving myself commands and seeing forcefully before my mind’s eye, the manuscript all complete….”, and two signed Christmas cards from Gresham to Marshall and a full-page newspaper clipping detailing Houdini’s debunking of fraudulent spirit mediums. 153. Harbin, Robert (Ned Williams). The Magic of Robert Harbin. London, 1970. First edition. Numerous illustrations. Very good condition with original dust wrapper and shipping box. 1,000/2,000 With: Advertising material for The Magic of Robert Harbin, including a tax receipt signed by Harbin, a piece of film used in the printing of the book, and a copy of The Robert Harbin Memorial Lecture (Birmingham, 1980) by Alan Shaxon, signed and inscribed to Jay Marshall by Shaxon on the title page. 154. Hardeen, Theo. Houdini: His Life and Work in Prose and Picture… New York, n.d. Black and white pitch book, illustrated with numerous photographs. Wraps. Very

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190. [Photograph] Houdini, Harry. Sepia-toned bust portrait photograph of Houdini, in bow tie and coat. 43⁄4 x 63⁄4”. Ca. 1920. Very good condition. 200/300 191. [Photograph] Houdini, Harry. Sepia-toned bust portrait photograph of an older Houdini. 8 x 10”. Ca. 1926. Very good condition. 100/200 192. [Photograph] Houdini, Harry. Sepia-toned photograph of Houdini with National Vaudeville Artists notables. Presenting a plaque to E.F. Albee are Fred Stone, Eddie Foy, Elsa Ryan, Louis Mann, Will Rogers and Leo Carrillo. 8 x 10”. Ca. 1923. Good condition, with some fading and chips to edges not affecting image. 100/200 The rear of the photograph bears the following note in Jay Marshall’s hand: “Members of the National Vaudeville Artists dedicate stage door with tablet of appreciation to Mr. Albee at opening of E.F. Albee Theatre in Brooklyn, January 19, 1923.” 193. [Photograph] Houdini, Harry. Two photographs of Houdini in Australia at the grave of William Henry Davenport of the famous Davenport Brothers. 61⁄2 x 43⁄4”. Ca. 1910. Very good condition. 200/300 In one photograph, Houdini stands guard over the grave with fellow magicians Charles J. Carter (Carter the Great) and Allan Shaw. 194. Houdini, Harry. The Adventurous Life of a Versatile Artist. New York, ca. 1907. Numerous illustrations and photographs, with an advertisement for Houdini’s Conjurer’s Monthly Magazine bound in. Yellow wraps. Fair condition, with wear to cover and spine, chips, tape and tears. 150/250 195. Houdini, Harry. The Adventurous Life of a Versatile Artist. New York, ca. 1922. Numerous illustrations and photographs. Orange wraps, internally good with former owner’s stamp on last page. 150/250 INSCRIBED BY HOUDINI WITH PHOTOGRAPHS 196. Houdini, Harry. The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin. New York, 1908. First edition. Illustrated. Pictorial cloth, very good condition. PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH OF THE AUTHOR PASTED ONTO FRONT FLYLEAF, INSCRIBED “COMPLIMENTS OF THE AUTHOR HARRY HOUDINI, AUG. 4/1917 10. AM. BORN APPLETON, WIS. APRIL 6/1874” AND BELOW THE PHOTOGRAPH “AT LEAST READ THE INTRODUCTION H.H.” CONTEMPORARY PHOTO REPRODUCING POSTER OF HOUDINI HANDCUFFED IN THE HIGH COURT OF COLOGNE, GERMANY PASTED INSIDE FRONT COVER. PHOTO OF HOUDINI FLYING HIS BIPLANE IN AUSTRALIA AND PHOTO OF THE AWARD HE RECEIVED FOR THIS FLIGHT PASTED ONTO REAR FLYLEAF. 5,000/10,000

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202. [Houdini] Wheeler, William A. An Explanatory and Pronouncing Dictionary of the Noted Names of Fiction [etc.] Boston, 1866. Cloth, with tears and punctures along spine. BOOKPLATE OF HOUDINI PASTED INSIDE FREE ENDPAPER. BOOKPLATE SIGNED AND DATED 1927 BY BEATRICE HOUDINI AT TOP OF FACING ENDPAPER AND SIGNED “HOUDINI LONDON DEC. 1920” AT BOTTOM. SHOULD BE SEEN. 500/700 This book appears to have come from Houdini’s library. 203. [Houdini] Wilstach, Frank J. A Dictionary of Similes. Boston, 1917. Cloth, good condition. INSCRIBED “TO: HARRY HOUDINI, AUTHOR, BOOKLOVER, MASTER MAGICIAN, - FROM HIS FRIEND, FRANK J. WILSTACH. MAY 21, 1921.” BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY BEATRICE HOUDINI BELOW INSCRIPTION AND BOOKPLATE OF WILSTACH ON INSIDE FRONT COVER. 50/100 204. [Houdini] Frank, Henry. The Shrine of Silence: A Book of Meditations. Washington, D.C. [1910]. Third edition. Cloth, fine copy. BOOKPLATE OF HOUDINI PASTED INSIDE FRONT COVER. 50/100

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205. [Poster] Houdini, Harry. King of Cards. Chicago, National Printing and Engraving Company, ca. 1898. Half-sheet (20 x 28”) color lithograph poster. Fair condition, with restoration and over-coloring. Mounted on linen. See illustration in color section. 7,500/10,000 206. Houdini, Harry. Elliott’s Last Legacy. New York, 1923. First edition, portrait frontispiece. Illustrated. Cloth. Good condition, internally sound, corners bumped. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY HOUDINI TO WELL KNOWN NEW YORK VAUDEVILLE MAGICIAN ELMER P. RANSOM. PENCILED INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FLYLEAF READS, “GIVEN TO ME BY JOHN MULHOLLAND SEPT. 1957 JAY MARSHALL.” 700/900 207. [Poster] Houdini, Harry. The Man from Beyond. N.p., n.d. One-sheet (28 x 40”) black and white poster. Black and white cartoons of Houdini as rendered by famous cartoonists, depicting scenes from his film The Man from Beyond. Good condition with minor restoration to right border, stamp of Edward Saint on image, linen backed. 7,000/9,000 208. Houdini, Harry. Houdini’s Paper Magic. New York, 1922. First edition, color frontispiece. Illustrated. Cloth, fine copy. 100/200 With: An envelope addressed to J.G. Lightner of Odessa Missouri bearing the return address “Houdini Picture Corporation/Candler Bldg./220 West 42nd Street/New York City.” 209. Houdini, Harry. Magical Rope Ties and Escapes. London, 1921. First edition, portrait frontispiece, pictorial boards. Illustrated with line drawings and photographs of Houdini. An exceptionally bright and clean copy; the book’s original glassine dust wrapper has survived, somewhat the worse for the wear. 150/250

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Illustrated. Pictorial stiff covers. Near-new condition. German edition of Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women. INSCRIPTION DATED 22 APRIL 1989 BY RICKY JAY TO MARSHALL IN RED INK ON TITLE PAGE. 25/50 216. [Jay, Ricky, curator.] Many Mysteries Unraveled: Conjuring Literature in America 1786-1874. Worcester, Mass., 1990. Illustrated. Stiff wraps. Near-fine condition. Catalog of an exhibition hosted by the American Antiquarian Society. FLATTERING INSCRIPTION FROM RICKY JAY TO JAY MARSHALL ON TITLE PAGE, DATED APRIL 1990.” 25/50 217. Jennings, John J. Theatrical and Circus Life. St. Louis, 1882. First edition. Chromolithographed-color plates and steel engravings. Pictorial blue cloth stamped in black and gold, worn at head and base of spine; internally near-fine. Includes chapters on magic, ventriloquism and stage illusions. 100/200 218. [Original Artwork] Johnstone, George. Two Works of Original Art Given as Gifts to Jay Marshall. Hand-drawn and colored faux playing card in handmade plaster frame (6 3⁄4 x 5 7⁄8”) with George Johnstone’s name worked into the design. And a wood panel (3 1⁄2 x 19”), intended to be hung, depicting various magic-related scenes; chipped in several areas. Should be seen. 50/100 219. [Periodical] Journal of Necromantic Numismatics. F. William Kuethe, Jr. V1 N1 (Jan., 1966) – V12 N1 (Oct., 1977). Complete file. Alfredson/Daily 3120. Good condition, lacks several supplements. ONE OF TEN COMPLETE FILES KNOWN. 500/750 Each issue of the Journal of Necromantic Numismatics was sent only to those individuals who contributed articles to it. Jay Marshall contributed to every issue - not only articles, but supplements (often in the form of vintage tokens). A complete file has never been offered at auction before. 220. [Poster] Kalanag (Helmut Schreiber). Kalanag. Ca. 1955. One-sheet (28 x 40”) color lithographed poster. Depicts bathing beauty reclining on a large automobile, presumably the Hillman Kalanag vanished each night as part of his world-traveled illusion show. Very Good condition, mounted on linen. See illustration in color section. 300/400 221. [Window Card] Keene. Cleveland, J. Morgan Litho, ca. 1910. Color lithographed window card, 10 3⁄4 x 14”. Bust portrait of Keene on a blue background with a fairy or angel hovering above his head. Good condition with wear to extremities and minor chip to right side of image. See illustration in color section. 500/750 222. [Photograph] Kellar, Harry. Handsome sepia-toned photographic portrait of Kellar with two child actresses. 8 x 10”. New York, ca. 1919. Fair, with folds lines into image. SIGNED BY KELLAR AND BOTH ACTRESSES. 300/500

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224 223 223. [Ephemera] Kellar, Harry. Advertising handbill, including the Levitation of Princess Karnac, Fly-To and other illusions. McVicker’s Theatre, Chicago, January 26, 1902. 41⁄4 x 81⁄2”. Paper browned as expected, stamped “George Schulte Collection,” otherwise good condition. 100/200 224. [Photographs] Kellar, Harry. Lot of three photographs. Two silver print portraits of Kellar, 8 x 10” and one 4 x 6” sepia toned photograph of Kellar’s bust as constructed by Martinka’s for use in his Blue Room illusion. All three very good. 150/250 225. Kellar, Harry. A Magician’s Tour. Chicago, 189?. Illustrated. Brown cloth, stamped in gold. Pages yellowed as usual. 100/150 With: Another edition in the Dearborn [paperbound] Series. Spine taped, chipped and loose; preliminary pages chipped and loose. And articles “High Caste Indian Magic” and “Magic Among the Red Men” from The North American Review, 1893, individually bound within decorative paper wraps. 226. Kunard, Professor. The Book of Conjuring and Card Tricks. London, [1890s]. Illustrated. Stunning pictorial covers. PENCILED SIGNATURE OF LOUIS CHRISTIANER, EARLY

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227. [Poster] Laurant, Eugene. Laurant and His show of Magic Supreme. The Man of Many Mysteries. Witchita, The Western Lithograph Co., ca. 1924. Half-sheet (28 1⁄4 x 20 3⁄4”) color lithograph. Laurant conjures rabbits out of a Chinese bowl. Poster designed by Harlan Tarbell. Good condition, linen backed. 150/250 228. [Posters] Laurant, Eugene. Group of three posters/window cards. One window card carries a caricature of Laurant drawn by Harlan Tarbell, the other, poor condition, scenes drawn from his Chautauqua circular, and one broadside poster advertising Laurant’s Chautauqua and Lyceum performances. 80/120 229. [Ephemera] LeRoy, Talma & Bosco. Nice lot of seven items. Including three theatre programs for appearances in Chicago, one handbill, one sepia-toned photographic postcard of Talma one 8 x 10” sepia bust portrait of LeRoy and a large photograph on oversized mount (113⁄4 x 83⁄4”) of LeRoy, Talma & Bosco taken in Australia. 1910s. Generally good condition. 250/350

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229 Attached to the reverse of the LeRoy photograph is half of a letterhead for “The Unseen World,” a program LeRoy undertook with Julius Zancig for one season. Noted on the letterhead is, “LeRoy Appears / In / 1. Evening Dress / 2. Red Coat / 3. Black Velvet and / Breeches / 4. Others”. 230. Logan, Olive. The Mimic World and Public Exhibitions. Philadelphia, 1871. First edition. Illustrated. Original decorative cloth, slightly worn. Includes chapters on jugglers (i.e., magicians) and circus. Not in Toole-Stott. 50/100 231. Lorenceau, Etíenne. Le Dragon Apprivoise. Paris, 1991. Number twelve of fifty copies in a limited edition. Illustrated with photographs. Turquoise cloth, lightly soiled at extremities. Good copy, wear to corners. WARMLY SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY LORENCEAU TO JAY MARSHALL. 100/150 232. Lynn, Dr. How It’s Done. The Adventures of a Strange Man. Leicester [England], 1877. Fourth edition. Yellow wraps. Tape removed along spine. Toole-Stott 456. 200/300 233. Mackay, Charles. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds. London, 1869. Second edition, Illustrated with numerous engravings. Handsome contemporary quarter leather binding. Good copy with wear to binding and extremities, internally fine. Toole-Stott 1295. 100/200

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232 237 234. [Periodical] Magic. Ellis Stanyon. V1 N1 (Oct., 1900) – VXV N9 (June, 1920). Complete file. Four clothbound volumes. Alfredson/Daily 3535. Good copies. DR. JACOB DALEY’S FILE. 150/300 235. [Periodical] Magic: The Magazine of Wonder (and Ghosts). A.M. Wilson. VI N1 (Jan., 1910) – VIII N13 (Apr., 1911). Complete file. Bound in two volumes. Alfredson/ Daily 3870. Very good condition. 150/250 236. [Periodical] Magical Monthly. Edward Bagshawe. VI N1 (Oct., 1923) – VIII N13 (Sept., 1926). Complete file. Bound in three volumes. Alfredson/Daily 4320. Very good condition. Ex libris Robert Lund. 150/250 Laid in to the first volume is a TLS on Lund’s letterhead, dated November 7, 1957. It explains how Lund’s file of the Magical Monthly came to the Jay Marshall collection. The letter is also signed by Jimmy Findlay. 237. [Magician’s Photographs]. Nice lot of over 90 promotional photographs of twentieth century magicians, many of them autographed. Including Howard and Jane Thurston (signed and inscribed), Blackstone (signed and inscribed), Gwynne, Rajah Raboid, T. Nelson Downs (signed), Nicola, Dai Vernon, and many more. 1920s1950s. Generally very good condition, most in wood frames. SHOULD BE SEEN. 750/1,500

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238. [Periodical] Mahatma. George Little, et al. VI N1 (March 1895) – VIX, N8 (February, 1906). Complete file. Bound in two volumes. Alfredson/Daily 4655. Very good condition, with the exception of Volume 1, Number 1, which is tattered and was not bound in. DR. JACOB DALEY’S FILE. 700/900 With: Two scarce issues of Vaudeville, Walter Graham’s Collectors’ Reprint series edition of Volume 1, Number 1 of Mahatma, and three original pen and ink drawings used in the pages of Mahatma. 239. Malcolm, James Peller. Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London from the Roman Invasion to the Year 1700. London, 1811. Second edition. Three volumes. Illustrated. Three-quarter leather over marbled boards; professionally rebacked. A handsome set. Volume III contains references to jugglers’ tricks with a full-page engraving of the “Juggler’s Decollation of John Baptist.” Not in Toole-Stott. 150/300 240. [Ephemera] Malini, Max. Two Programs for his Appearances at the Congress Hotel in Chicago in 1911 and 1923. With admission ticket to a program of magic for the Oakland Magic Circle in 1932. News clipping noting his death in 1943 is pasted on cover of 1923 program. SHOULD BE SEEN. 50/100 241. Manning, William. Recollections of Robert-Houdin Clockmaker Electrician Conjurer. Chicago, 1898. Plates. Front wrapper detached, lacking rear wrapper. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY PUBLISHER CHARLES BURLINGAME TO ELLIS STANYON. 150/250 With: Another copy, later printing, good condition with minor wear to extremities. 242. Marlo, Edward. The Cardician. Chicago, 1953. First edition. Illustrated. Fine in dust jacket. NUMBER 15 OF THE “SPECIAL LIBRARY EDITION” IN HARDCOVER, SIGNED BY MARLO. 200/300 243. [Window Cards] Maro, Edwin. Three window cards. The Cabinet of Balsamo, The Magic Incubator and the Meteoric Ribbons. Chicago, Goes Lithograph Company, ca. 1906. Varying sizes. Very Good condition. 500/700 244. [Original Artwork] [Jay Marshall] Pen and ink caricature of Jay Marshall and his glove puppet rabbit “Lefty,” in the style of Hirschfeld. Artist unknown, ca. 1999. 22 1⁄2 x 22 1⁄2”. Framed under glass. Fine condition. 300/500 This illustration was featured on the cover of the July, 2005 issue of Genii Magazine. 245. Maskelyne, J. N. Modern Spiritualism. A Short Account of its Rise and Progress, with some Exposure of so-called Spirit Media. London, [1876]. Pictorial Boards, worn at extremities. Toole-Stott 1127. 200/300

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SIGNED BY MASKELYNE 246. Maskelyne, J.N. Sharps and Flats: The Secrets of Cheating. London, 1894. First edition. Illustrated. Pictorial cloth, somewhat soiled and darkened; corners bumped. INSCRIBED ON INSIDE FRONT FLYLEAF “FROM YOURS SINCERELY, J.N. MASKELYNE.” 250/500 247. [Programs] [Maskelyne and Devant] Five programs from St. George’s Hall. Performers on the bills, dating 1911 – 1928, include P.T. Selbit presenting the Million Dollar Mystery; J.N. Maskelyne in Will, The Witch and the Watchman; Lewis Davenport; Charles Morritt; David Devant and others. All good copies with light wear. 100/150 248. Maskelyne and Weatherly, Lionel. The Supernatural? Bristol, 1891. Frontispiece and illustrations in text. Cloth, minor soiling. 50/100 With: The Magnetic Lady or a Human Magnet De-magnetized. “This Appendix having arrived too late for insertion in First Edition, is printed in Pamphlet form for presentation to purchases of that edition….” 249. Mattison, Rev. H. Spirit Rapping Unveiled! New York, 1853. Illustrated. Original cloth. One corner damp stained throughout. 100/150 With: The Principles of Spiritualists Exposed. London, 1864. Loose within covers. T.S. Henry. Further Light Upon the Mysteries of Spookland. Sydney, [1894]. Wraps frayed, taped along spine. 250. Miller, David Prince. The Life of a Showman… Together with the Secrets of Conjuring [etc.] London, [ca. 1859]. Rebound in amateurish three-quarter leather over boards. Not in Toole-Stott. 100/200 251. Minch, Stephen (et al). The Vernon Chronicles, lot of four limited editions. The Lost Inner Secrets (1987), More Lost Inner Secrets (1988), Further Lost Inner Secrets (1989), and He Fooled Houdini: Dai Vernon, a Magical Life (1992). Bound in leather with custom slipcases. Illustrated. All very good. EACH BOOK SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY DAI VERNON. THE FIRST THREE VOLUMES SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY STEPHEN MINCH. 400/600 252. Mind Readers and Hypnotists. Lot of Seven Titles. The Secrets of Hazel Kolar, Queen of the Mindreaders. Thought-Reading Exposed by Albert Morrow. Hypnotism for Everybody from the German of Dr. Alexis. Exercises in Hypnotism, Magnetic Healing, Clairvoyance and Personal Magnetisim by J. Edgar Foster. Margaret Pierce Webber’s Book of Scientific Wonders. Mesmerism and Clairvoyance by James Coates. Zenda’s Secrets. All early 20th century English and American, in wraps, condition varies. 50/75

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253. [Apparatus] Morrison Pill Box. John McKinven, 1983. Lathe-turned in hardwoods, dark hand-rubbed finish with red ball and shells, extra balls included. Stamped beneath base with McKinven’s initials. Very good condition. 600/900 254. Mulholland, John. Beware Familiar Spirits. New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1938. First Edition, illustrated. Cloth bound, very good copy. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY MULHOLLAND TO JAY MARSHALL: “TO JAY WITH THE ADVICE NEVER TO TRUST SPIRITS UNLESS BOTTLED... . THE REGARDS OF ONE OF HIS FAMILIARS JOHN MULHOLLAND.” 100/150 With: A one-page ALS from Mulholland to Frances and Jay Marshall on Mulholland’s stationery. 255. Mulholland, John. John Mulholland’s Story of Magic. New York, [1935]. First edition. Illustrated. Cloth in damaged dust jacket. Newspaper reviews of 1940 exhibition of “Magic in New York” pasted onto front flyleaf. INSCRIBED “TO JAY MARSHALL WITH THE HOPE THAT EVEN IF HE DOESN’T LIKE THE TEXT HE WILL LIKE THE PICTURES. CORDIALLY JOHN MULHOLLAND” WITH HIS SIGNATURE RABBIT-IN-TOP-HAT CARTOON. 50/75 256. [Ephemera] Mulholland, John. Group of 78 membership cards. Most to wellknown magic societies including The Magic Circle, the Society of American Magicians, and the International Brotherhood of Magicians, INCLUDING ONE 1922 S.A.M. CARD SIGNED BY HARRY HOUDINI. 1920s-1960s. Generally very good condition. 500/750 257. [Poster] Newmann, C.A. George. Newmann The Great. St. Paul, Standard Lithograph Co., ca. 1915. Three Sheet (76 1⁄2 x 41”) color lithograph poster in red, black and white with striking portrait of Newmann, the Pioneer Mentalist. Very good condition, linen backed. See illustration in color section. 400/600

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258 259 258. [Window Cards] Newmann, C.A. George. Set of two window cards. St. Paul, Standard Lithograph Co., ca. 1915. 14 x 11”. Two color lithographs, one depicting a question mark surrounding Newmann’s profile, the other two hands radiating lightning bolts toward Newmann’s portrait. Very good condition. 200/300 259. [Poster] Newmann, C.A. George. Soirees Fantastiques. St. Paul, Standard Lithograph Co., ca. 1915. Half Sheet (28 x 20”) color lithograph poster in red, blue and white depicting a silhouette portrait of Newmann with a small devil whispering in his ear. Good condition, mounted to board. 100/200 260. [Apparatus] Neyhart Houlette. A.P. Neyhart, Los Angeles, ca. 1935. Two Bakelite card houlettes (one mechanically outfitted, the other unprepared) with leather carrying cases and custom manufactured deck of Bee-back playing cards. No instructions. Very good condition, with wear to gimmicked deck as usual. 400/600 With this ingenious device, as featured in J.N. Hilliard’s Greater Magic, any card named by a spectator rises from the pack. Neyhart manufactured limited quantities of this device; perhaps less than 100 complete units exist. 261. [Photograph] Okito (Tobias Theodore Bamberg). Oversized photographic bust portrait of Okito in costume and makeup. 8 1⁄2 x 10 “, sepia toned. Berlin, ca. 1920. Fine condition, framed under glass. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY OKITO WITH HIS RED DIE-CUT SEAL PASTED DOWN. 150/250 262. [Photograph] Okito (Tobias Theodore Bamberg). Early image of Okito’s stage

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setting, ca. 1890. 8 x 10 “. Later print, ca. 1955. Fine condition. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY OKITO TO ANDY ANDERSON. 150/250 With: Oktio’s Christmas sentiment, ca. 1950. Photographic portrait of Okito tipped in. 263. Okito (Tobias Theodore Bamberg). Quality Magic. London, 1922. FIRST EDITION. Illustrated. Publisher’s pictorial boards. Good condition. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ON THE TITLE PAGE BY BAMBERG TO EDDIE MCLAUGHLIN. 75/125 264. [Apparatus] Tea Canister Mystery. Okito (Tobias Theodore Bamberg), ca. 1915. Set of nesting metal and wooden canisters used in production of glass fish bowls, etc. Lacquered in orange and green, with circular wooden carrying case bearing the seal of the manufacturer. No instructions. Very good condition, with considerable wear to paper wraps of wooden carrying case; possibly lacking wooden pedestal for final production. Two hand-painted glass fish bowls included in this set. 800/1,200 265. [Periodical] The Osirian. Al Snyder. VI N1 (Apr., 1925) - VI N6 (Sept., 1925). Complete file. Alfredson/Daily 5435. Very good copies. 200/300 With: Society of Osiris Memory Night souvenir program, 1947, featuring Howard Thurston on the cover and inside. Fair copy, with chips and cracks to handmade rabbit emblem. 266. Ozanam, Jacques. Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. London, 1803. Illustrated with 97 folding plates. Four volumes bound in contemporary leather. Good condition. Toole-Stott 521. 500/750

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269 270 267. Paris, J.A. Philosophy in Sport Made Science in Earnest. London, 1861. Ninth edition. Illustrated. Publisher’s cloth. Wear to cloth, internally good. See Toole-Stott 1141. 75/150 268. Piesse, G.W. Septimus. Chymical Natural and Physical Magic intended for the Instruction and Entertainment of Juveniles during the Holiday Vacation. London, 1859. Second edition. Illustrated. Frontispiece (a blank mirror in which, if warmed, a face will appear) is intact and not scorched. Original colorful diamond-decorated cloth soiled and faded, as usually found. Toole-Stott 560. 150/300 269. [Postcards] Large lot of over 140 magician’s advertising postcards, 1900s – 1980s, some signed. Includes cards advertising or used by Thurston, Murray, Flosso, Gwynne, Goldin, Marvello, Heverly and others. Some cards postally used, others blank. Generally good condition. 150/300 270. [Photograph] Powell, Frederick Eugene. Early full-length cabinet photograph of Powell producing doves. On an oversized gray mount. Los Angeles, n.d. Very good, with slight bump to corner of mount. 150/300 With: An illustrated Powell Christmas card dated 1931.

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271 271. [Programs] Large lot of 100 theatre and souvenir programs, some autographed. Magicians represented include Jarrow (2), Long Tack Sam, Hardeen, Kalanag, Lafayette, The Great Leon (signed), Kalanag (signed), Duval, Valadon, I.B.M. (1st Annual – 5th Annual), Carter (2), Alexander (2), Nicola, Maskelyne & Cooke at Egyptian Hall (poor copy), and more. Early to late 20th century. Generally very good condition. SHOULD BE SEEN. 500/750 The Second Annual I.B.M. Program is autographed by over twenty magicians including Tarbell, Birch, Nixon and Dr. Wilson. 272. [Pulps] Lot of 62 pulp publications, including Herman’s Art of Magic, Wizard’s Manual, Magic Coin Tricks, Parlor Amusements, etc. Various publishers (Wehman’s Bros., Ottenheimer, F.M. Lupton, etc.) and dates (ca. 1890s to 1920s). Pictorial wraps, text browned as usual, generally good condition. Some duplication. SHOULD BE SEEN. 100/200 273. [Ramsay, John] Group of four titles. Cylinder and Coins (n.d., c. 1948) SIGNED TO E.J. MCLAUGHLIN, Four Little Beans (n.d., ca. 1952), John Ramsay’s Routine with Cups and Balls (cloth edition, 1948), Triple Restoration (n.d., c. 1949) INSCRIBED TO DR. JACOB DALEY BY RAMSAY AND THE AUTHOR, VICTOR FARELLI. Condition varies, but generally good. ALL FOUR SIGNED BY RAMSAY. 200/400 With: Ramsay’s calling card.

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274. [Original Artwork] Reno, Ed. Large plywood likeness of legendary small-town magician “Uncle Ed” Reno, inscribed on back by Jay Marshall: “Uncle Ed Reno painted by Dorny for 85th birthday 1945. Given to V-Roy by Ann Minnie Reno in 1947, shortly after Ed died. Given to Jay Marshall by V-Roy March 25, 1975.” Painted plywood (43” high, 30” wide) chipped along some edges. SHOULD BE SEEN. 50/100 275. Rid, Samuel. The Art of Juggling. N.p., 1962. John McArdle facsimile limited edition, one of fifty copies. Cloth. Very good condition. 200/300 276. [Poster] Rock, Will. Are Ghosts Real? N.p., n.d. (c. 1939). One-sheet (28 x 40”) color lithographed poster. Skeleton cat and ghost in striking combination of blue, green and red colors; Thurston’s name prominent in poster. Very good condition, linen backed. See illustration in color section. 250/350 277. [Medallion] Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugéne. Medal cast in bronze from a small original by Madeleine-Pierre Querolle. On the obverse, the profile of the celebrated magician and his hands. On the reverse, a composition evoking magic: an ivory hand on a stand about which levitate flowers, birds, fish, etc., in a whirl of foulards. [1967]. Diameter 115mm. One of 150 examples struck. A fine example of this scarce medal. 300/500 278. Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugéne. The Card Sharper Detected and Exposed. Translated by Professor Hoffmann. London, 1882. Publisher’s pictorial cloth. Good copy with light wear to binding, small stain on rear cover. Ex libris Clinton Burgess. 250/500 279. Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugéne. Confidences et Révélations. Blois, 1868. FIRST EDITION. Real photograph portrait frontispiece. Illustrated. Handsomely bound in contemporary marbled boards and quarter leather. Fair condition, with wear to spine and extremities, foxing throughout. 250/500 280. Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugéne. The Memoirs of Robert-Houdin. London, 1859. First English Edition. Two cloth volumes. Fair copies with wear to extremities, former owner’s bookplate scratched out in both volumes. Toole-Stott 602. 150/250 With: Another copy, from the “Live Books Resurrected” series, London, 1942. FROM THE LIBRARY OF CHUNG LING SOO 281. Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugéne. The Memoirs of Robert-Houdin. Philadelphia, 1859. First American Edition. Fair condition, with considerable wear to spine and extremities, foxing throughout and front flyleaf loose. SIGNED ON THE TITLE PAGE AND FRONT ENDPAPER, “WM. E. ROBINSON MAN OF MYSTERY.” 300/400

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282. Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugéne. Secrets of Stage Conjuring. London, n.d. First English Edition. Frontispiece portrait, illustrated. Pictorial cloth. Very good condition, tight and bright copy. 200/300 283. Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugéne. Tricheries Des Grecs Dévoilées. L’art De Gagner A Tous Les Jeux. Paris, 1861. First Edition. Contemporary boards, with light wear at extremities. NICE COPY. 200/300 284. [Rogers Group] The Traveling Magician. Plaster statuette of magician performing for three onlookers. Ca. 1878. Fair condition, dusty and chipped. SHOULD BE SEEN. 2,500/3,500 Jay Marshall owned two Traveling magician statues. One was donated to the American Museum of Magic. The statuette offered here was proudly displayed in his collection, though the lesser example of the two, because it was reportedly once the property of John Mulholland and was displayed in the Times Square offices of The Sphinx in New York. Marshall often commented that when visiting The Sphinx office, “Nate Leipzig used to hang his hat on that statue.” 285. Routledge’s Every Boy’s Annual. London, 1865. Illustrated. Pictorial red cloth,

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stamped in gold. A very attractive copy. Toole Stott [ Entry 614. ] located only one copy in a private collection and another in a public collection. 150/300 With: Cassell’s Book of Sports and Pastimes. London, ca. 1900s. SCARCE FIRST EDITION 286. Sachs, Edwin. Sleight of Hand. London, [1877]. Illustrated. Purple pebbled cloth, stamped in gold. Fading along spine, minor foxing on fore-edges. “Sleight of Hand, as is generally known, ran serially in the London Bazaar before it appeared in book form in 1877.” – Stanley Collins. 500/750 With: Heather, H.E. Cards and Card Tricks. London, n.d. Uniform binding and trim size as Sleight of Hand. 287. Sardina, Maurice. Where Houdini Was Wrong. London, 1950. First English edition. Illustrated. Cloth with dust jacket. Very good copy light wear to jacket and extremities. 40/80 288. Sargent, John W. Smoke and Bubbles. Akron, Ohio, [1906]. Illustrated. Pictorial cloth. INSCRIBED “TO JOHN MULHOLLAND BY HIS MENTOR” and dated June 9th, 1918. 50/100 289. Scot, Reginald. The Discoverie of Witchcraft. Suffolk, John Rodker, 1930. Number 443 in a limited edition of 1275 copies. Illustrated. Quarter leather over green cloth. With an introduction by Montague Summers. Good condition with light wear to extremities. 150/300 290. “Selbit.” [P.T. Tibbles.] The Magic Art of Entertaining. London, [1911]. Illustrated. Pictorial boards, worn. SIGNED “WITH VERY BEST WISHES P.T. SELBIT” ON TITLE PAGE. 100/150 With: Pictorial letterhead advertising Selbit’s performance of the Spirit Paintings, fine condition. 291. “Selbit.” [P.T. Tibbles.] The Magical Entertainer. London, [1906]. Illustrated. Pictorial boards, soiled. SIGNATURE OF “JOHN NORTHERN HILLIARD 1906” ON FRONT FLYLEAF AND RUBBER STAMP OF JAY MARSHALL, 322 – 88TH STREET, BROOKLYN, N.Y.” INSIDE FRONT COVER. 75/150 With: The Magician’s Handbook, London, 1901. Light wear to cloth, spine shaken, otherwise good and The Magic Art of Entertaining, London, n.d. 292. [Periodical] Servais LeRoy’s Magical Monthly. Max Sterling. N1 (Nov., 1911) – N12 (Oct., 1913). Complete file. Bound in cloth with last three issues loose. Alfredson/ Daily 6200. Very good copies, trimmed into margins. 50/100 With: Mechanical Laughs – Screams – Yells [c. 1912], pictorial wraps, good condition.

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293. [Periodical] The Seven Circles. Walter Gibson, et al. VI N1 (April, 1931) – VV N6 (June, 1934). Complete file. Bound in two volumes. Alfredson/Daily 6230. Very good condition. FROM THE LIBRARY OF MAGICIAN JOSEPH G. LIGHTNER, BUSINESS MANAGER OF THE MAGAZINE. 150/250 With: Thirteen items relating to the International Magic Circle including convention programs, convention bulletins, applications and letters. 294. Seymour, Richard. The Compleat Gamester. London, 1739. Sixth edition. Frontispiece. Leather binding worn at extremities. “Diverting amusements upon the cards,” p. 271-276. Toole-Stott 625. 300/500 295. Sorcar, P.C. Group of four first editions. History of Magic (1970), Sorcar on Magic (1960), Sorcar Maharaja of Magic (1966), TW’s GM The Great Sorcar (ca. 1965). Original cloth in dust jackets, generally good condition with wear to jackets. History of Magic SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY SORCAR. 100/150 296. Spectropia. Surprising Spectral Illusions Showing Ghosts Everywhere. New York, 1864. Illustrated with 16 colored engravings. Pictorial boards. Fair condition, rear hinge loose. 125/175 With: Another copy, first British edition (London, 1864). Light blue pictorial boards. Fair copy, loose in binding, rear board worn. 297. Stanyon, Ellis. Serial Lessons in Conjuring. London, v.d. Complete run of all 21 serials issued, in a makeshift three-ring binder assembled by Jay Marshall, and including a typewritten list of contents on Marshall’s letterhead. Very good condition. 75/150 Includes uncommon serial #2, the Bibliography of Conjuring. 298. [Stock Poster] Gordon. Donaldson Lithograph Company, Kentucky, ca. 1920. Half-sheet (20 x 28”) color lithograph poster depicting magician and his assistant performing a second sight routine, assistant blindfolded and seated, magician recording her thoughts on a blackboard. Good condition, linen backed. 200/300 299. [Stock Poster] Karl “Necromancer”. Levitation. Donaldson Lithograph Company, Kentucky, ca. 1920. Half-sheet (20 x 28”) color lithograph poster depicting dapper magician levitating female subject. Similar to Kellar’s early levitation posters by Strobridge. Chips and tears in the margin, light soiling and staining. Framed. 200/300 300. [Stock Poster] Wallace. Donaldson Lithograph Company, Kentucky, ca. 1920. Halfsheet (20 x 28”) color lithograph poster depicting tuxedoed magician performing with doves and other livestock. Good condition, linen backed. See illustration inside back cover. 200/300

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305 304 photographs (one signed), brochures, tickets, advertisements, the Tarbell Post-Graduate Course in Magic, Dr. Tarbell’s illuminated vellum diploma from the Chicago National College of Naprapathy, etc. Generally good condition. 1920s-1960s. SHOULD BE SEEN. 100/200 With: A Tarbell Scrapbook by Richard Kaufman (1993), one of 100 copies, signed and inscribed by author/publisher Richard Kaufman to Jay Marshall. 306. [Poster] [Tarbell, Harlan]. The Tarbell Course in Magic poster. Chicago, Tarbell System, Inc., ca. 1927. One-sheet (28 x 40”) offset poster. with sixty photographs of Harlan Tarbell, one for each lesson in his famous Tarbell Course in Magic. Minor splitting along fold lines, otherwise good condition. See illustration inside back cover. 75/150 With: Five original photographs of Tarbell, used in the composition of the poster. 307. Taylor, Rev. Ed. S. and Others. The History of Playing Cards, with Anecdotes of their use in Conjuring, Fortune-Telling, and Card-Sharping. London, 1865. First edition. Publisher’s blue cloth. Good condition, with light soiling and wear. Toole-Stott 657. 150/250 308. [Throw Out Cards] Nice lot of 58 magician’s souvenir throw out/good luck cards.

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309 308 Including Downs (3 different), Thurston, Mora, Gysel (designed by Tarbell), Powell (two different), Will Rock, Flosso and more. 1900s-1940s. Generally good condition. 150/250 HOWARD THURSTON 309. [Ephemera] Thurston, Howard. Nice group of 19 throw out cards, some autographed. Uncommon variants offered here include cards advertising Miller Tires, Thurston’s Perfect Breather, Wrigley’s Gum, one with a Bicycle back design, and more. 1910s – 1930s. Generally good condition. ONE CARD AUTOGRAPHED BY JANE THURSTON, ONE BY HOWARD THURSTON. 1,000/2,000 Thutston could scale cards to theatre patrons in any part of the house. He featured card throwing in his “Wonder Show of the Universe” for nearly thirty years. 310. [Ephemera] Thurston, Howard. Large lot of 43 pieces of ephemera, including theatre programs, postcards, photographs of Jane Thurston, Thurston diet card, handbills advertisements and more. 1911-1930s. Condition generally good. SHOULD BE SEEN. 400/600 311. Thurston, Howard. Group of thirteen souvenir/pitch books. Fooling the World (1928), Thurston’s Book of Magic Vols. 1-5 (Swift & Co.), Thurston’s Dream Book, Thurston’s Easy Pocket Tricks (Thurston’s Easy Pocket Tricks 4th edition, Thurston’s Easy Pocket Tricks 5th Edition, Thurston’s Easy Pocket Tricks 6th Edition, Thurston’s Easy Pocket Tricks Book 7, Thurston’s Easy Pocket Tricks Book 7). Generally good condition. FOOLING THE WORLD SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ON THE COVER, “TO DOCTOR WILSON THE HUMAN DEMON, BUT LOVEABLE, HOWARD THURSTON.” 150/250 312. Thurston, Howard. Howard Thurston’s Card Tricks. London, 1901. FIRST EDITION.

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Numerous illustrations. Publisher’s pictorial cloth. Fair condition, hinges starting, wear to binding, news clippings pasted to endpapers. Former owner’s signature on front flyleaf. 200/300 The true first edition of this popular edition in this binding state is extremely scarce. 313. Thurston, Howard. Howard Thurston’s Card Tricks. London, 1901. Illustrated. Pictorial wraps. The first paperbound edition of a book continuously reprinted for over 50 years. 100/150 With: 19 later paperbound editions of this perennial publication. 314. [Poster] Thurston, Howard. Iasia. Vanished in the Theatre’s Dome! Cleveland, Otis Lithograph Company, ca. 1926. Panel (14 x 41”) color lithograph poster. Depicts Thurston’s Iasia illusion in operation, being hoisted to the dome of the theatre. Good condition; linen backed with minor restoration in top border. 1,000/1,200 315. [Poster] Thurston, Howard. Iasia. Vanished in the Theatre’s Dome! Cleveland, Otis Lithograph Company, ca. 1926. One-sheet (28 x 40”) color lithograph poster. Shows Thurston’s Iasia illusion in operation, being hoisted to the dome of the theatre. Very Good condition, linen backed. 1,200/1,500 316. Thurston, Howard. Magic Box of Candy. N.p., 1922. Numerous illustrations. Cloth bound, 5 x 7”. Very good condition. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY WALTER GIBSON: “THIS IS ONE OF TEN SETS SPECIALLY BOUND IN 1922. WALTER B. GIBSON.” This book is comprised of 50 individual instructions printed for Thurston’s Magic Box of Candy, used to

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321 325 advertise the Thurston show in 1922. Walter B. Gibson, in addition to ghostwriting a portion of Thurston’s autobiography, wrote these instructions. 200/300 317. [Periodical] [Thurston, Howard]. Magic World. Richard Fisher, et. al. Five issues, 1910-1916. Folio-size periodical, illustrated with photographs of the Thurston show. Alfredson/Daily 4145. Generally good condition with wear to extremities; folded. 300/500 A curious combination of periodical and advertisement for Thurston. The first issue states that the paper will be published on a quarterly schedule, which was not held to. Alfredson/Daily cite one issue to complete a “file,” though five issues (all different) are offered here. 318. [Window Card] Thurston, Howard. One of Thurston’s Astounding Mysteries. She Floats... Cleveland, Otis Lithograph Company, ca. 1926. 14 x 22” color lithograph window card depicting performance of Thurston’s levitation illusion. Very good condition. 300/500 319. [Photograph] Thurston, Howard. Large silver print photograph, 11 x 14”, of Thurston performing the Girl Without a Middle illusion, by Age Lis of Rochester, New York. Ca. 1928. Good condition with presentation folder. 100/200 320. [Photograph] Thurston, Howard. Large silver print bust portrait photograph, 11 x 14”, of Thurston. Ca. 1928. Good condition with presentation folder. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THURSTON. 200/400

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321. [Photograph] Thurston, Howard. Cabinet card format silver print portrait of a young Thurston. On standard mount, 6 x 4”. Baker Art Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1910. Fine condition. BOLDLY SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THURSTON. 100/200 322. [Photograph] Thurston, Howard. Photographic half-length portrait of a young Thurston, 8 x 10”. Baker Art Gallery, 1914. Fair condition, with fold lines running across the image. BOLDLY SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THURSTON. 100/200 323. [Photograph] Thurston, Howard. Photographic bust portrait of Thurston, 8 x 10”. May, 1928. Very good condition with scrapbook remnants on verso. BOLDLY SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THURSTON. 100/200 324. [Poster] Thurston, Howard. The Vanishing Whippet. Cleveland, Otis Lithograph Company, ca. 1926. One-sheet (28 x 40”) color lithograph poster. Thurston gestures toward a Whippet, which is fading from view as it vanishes. Very good condition, linen backed. See illustration in color section. 1,600/2,000 325. [Window Card] Thurston, Howard. World’s Master Magician. Cleveland, Otis Lithograph Company, ca. 1926. 14 x 22” color lithograph window card, a portrait of Thurston with imps whispering in his ears. Good condition with wear at extremities. 300/500 326. [Poster] Thurston, Howard. World’s Master Magician. Cleveland, Otis Lithograph Company, ca. 1926. One-sheet (28 x 40”) color lithographed poster. Classic image of Thurston, imps whispering secrets into his ears. Very good condition, linen backed. See illustration in color section. 800/900 327. [Thurston] Dinner by the Society of Osiris Magicians, Inc. Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of Howard Thurston as Successor to Harry Kellar. Elaborate handmade program for the Baltimore-based magic society’s 1933 gathering in honor of Howard Thurston. Portraits of Thurston, Kellar, etc. tipped in. Very good condition. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY HOWARD THURSTON, JANE THURSTON, HENRY RIDGLEY EVANS AND THOMAS CHEW WORTHINGTON. 300/500 328. [Thurston] Society of Osiris Second Annual Memory Night Souvenir Program. Handmade program for the Baltimore-based magic society’s 1939 gathering in honor of Howard Thurston. Portraits of Thurston, J.N. Hilliard and Leotha Thurston on cover. Very good condition. 200/400 329. [Thurston] Society of Osiris Memory Night Souvenir Program. Handmade and

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bound program for the Baltimore-based magic society’s 1941 gathering in honor of Howard Thurston. Orange-tinted photograph of Thurston and his wife Leotha on cover, hand-tipped photographs inside. Very good. 100/200 330. [Thurston.] Society of Osiris Memory Night Souvenir Program. Handmade tri-fold program for the Baltimore-based magic society’s 1943 gathering. Portraits of Thurston, J.N. Hilliard and Leotha Thurston inside. Very good. 100/200 331. Tissandier, Gaston. Popular Scientific Recreations. London, [1880s]. “Profusely illustrated.” Pictorial blue cloth stamped in grey, gold and black. A bright and clean copy of a Victorian classic in translation. 75/150 With: Marvels of Invention and Scientific Puzzles. New York, [ca. 1880s]. Evening Amusements: or, Merry Hours for Merry People. New York, 1878. Indoor Games and Recreations Illustrated. London, [ca. 1900]. Both volumes show minor wear. 332. [Tom Tit] (Arthur Good). La Science Amusante. Three volumes. Paris [1890s]. First editions. Bright red pictorial cloth, copiously illustrated. Light wear, generally very good copies. 100/200 333. Tousey, Frank [publisher]. Outstanding collection of 21 pulp publications. Including How to do The Black Art, How to do Tricks with Numbers, How to do Tricks with

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Cards, How to do Tricks, How to do Sleight of Hand, How to do Second Sight, and others. Some with chromolithographed color wraps. New York, 1891-1902. Generally fair condition with browned paper, creases and wear to extremities and wraps as expected. 200/300 334. Trewey, Felecien. How It Is Done. Middlesbrough, 1893. Illustrated. Third edition. Gray pictorial wraps. Very good condition. 80/120 335. [Periodical] Tricks. V1 N1 (June, 1902) – V2 N8 (Jan., 1903). Complete file. Alfredson/Daily 6860. Very good, ready for binding. 40/80 Originally a biweekly published from Martinka’s address at 493 6th Ave., this periodical became a monthly with Volume 2. 336. [Ephemera] Van Hoven, Frank. Three pieces of ephemera. One souvenir postcard, postally unused (1915), program from the Star Theatre, Milwaukee (1909) and a handbill from the Palace Music Hall, Chicago (1923). Generally good condition. 100/150 The Palace Music Hall handbill features Jean Middleton, Van Hoven’s wife, in the second spot on the bill.

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343 340 VERNON TO JAY MARSHALL), The Famous “Dee-Vee” Manuscript of Exclusive Card Mysteries (n.d.), Inner Secrets of Card Magic (1959), Further Inner Secrets of Card Magic (First edition, n.d.), More Inner Secrets of Card Magic (First Edition, n.d.), Symphony of the Rings (First Edition, n.d.), Select Secrets (First edition, 1949, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY VERNON TO JAY MARSHALL). 300/600 SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY

342. [Window Card] Vonetta. The Incomparable Vonetta. Belfast, David Allen & Sons, c. 1908. Color lithographed window card/door hanger, bust portrait of Vonetta’s face ringed by devils. Very good condition with light wear to extremities, pasted down slip for an appearance at the Opera House, Dudley. See illustration in color section. 300/500 343. Willmann, Carl. Moderne Salon Magie. Leipzig, 1891. First edition. Illustrated. Pictorial cloth. Very good condition, bright and tight. NICE COPY. 75/150 344. Willmann, Carl. Moderne Wunder. Leipzig, 1892. First edition. Illustrated. Light blue pictorial cloth. Very good condition, light foxing, bright and tight. NICE COPY. 75/150 345. [Periodical] The Wizard. P.T. Selbit. V1 N1 (September, 1905) – V5 N60 (August, 1910). Complete file. Bound in cloth. Alfredson/Daily 7235. Very good condition. 40/80

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346. Winder, Roland. Checklist of the Older Books on Conjuring in the Library of Roland Winder as at December, 1966. Published by the author as a Christmas gift for his friends. Illustrated. Cloth. Corners bumped. Limited edition; number of copies printed unknown. 100/200 347. Wobensmith, James C. Magic Patents: A Classified List of United States Patents Relating to Magic, Illusions, and Allied Subjects. [Philadelphia], 1928. Cloth. INSCRIBED “TO RALPH W. READ WHO APPRECIATES THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING A GOOD IDEA. JAS. C. WOBENSMITH.” 75/150 348. Worthington, Thomas Chew. Recollections of Howard Thurston Conjurer, Illusionist and Author. Baltimore, 1933. Portrait frontispiece. Cloth bound. Very good condition. 100/150 With: Van Gilder, John S. Watching Thurston from the Front Row. Privately published, 1931. Color wraps. 349. Young Man’s Book of Amusement. Halifax, 1850. Second printing. Illustrated. Fold-out frontispiece. Original blind-stamped cloth. Corners bumped, minor contemporary ink spots on cover, else a good copy. Toole-Stott 750. 100/200 350. Zancig, Julius. Group of three titles. Adventures in Many Lands [ca. 1924], Palmistry (1900), and Two Minds with But a Single Thought (1907). Condition varies from fair to good, all titles internally very good. 200/300 With: Two copies of The True Secret of Mind Reading as Performed by the Zancigs…, one in blue wraps the other in brown, as issued by Diamond Dust, 1912 and a very scarce advertising pamphlet, Romance of the Zancigs, Chicago, n.d. [ca. 1901]. End of Sale

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