- 3 FAK HONG FRAMED MAGIC POSTERS1st item:
Color lithograph advertising poster for The Great Chang and Fak-Hong's United Magicians Presents "The Oriental Review" depicting an act from their show in which a magician...
[more like this] - LYNN, DR. (HUGH SIMMONS). PROGRAM OF
MAGICIAN DR. LYNN....Lynn, Dr. (Hugh Simmons). Program of Magician Dr. Lynn. Aug. 27, 1877. Attractive wee-sized letterpress program for an appearance at Waverly Hall, Edinburgh,...
[more like this] - LYNN, DR. (HUGH SIMMONS). PROGRAM OF
MAGICIAN DR. LYNN....Lynn, Dr. (Hugh Simmons). Program of Magician Dr. Lynn. Feb. 25 Ð 26, 1876. For an appearance at the Public Hall, Colchester. Lynn presents spirit manifestations,...
[more like this] - WILLMANN, CARL. MODERN-WUNDER. LEIPZIG,
1897. VIBRANT P...Willmann, Carl. Modern-Wunder. Leipzig, 1897. Vibrant pictorial cloth stamped in gilt. Frontispiece behind tissue. Illustrated with portrait plates of magicians,...
[more like this] - SPIRIT CLOCK DIALMcKinven, John. Spirit
Clock Dial. Lake Forest, Ill., ca. 1990. Hand-painted Lucite clock dial 12" in diameter and wooden framework which holds it. Though there are no apparent connections to the...
[more like this] - MYHRE, EDWIN E. MYHRE. ON THE STAGE
IN PERSONMason City: Central Show Printing Co., 1955. Three-color panel poster depicts a portrait of the magician and advertises a “ghost show” and “spirit séance”....
[more like this] - RAYMOND (RAYMOND MORRIS SAUNDERS). THE
GREAT RAYMOND AN...England: Alf Cooke Ltd., ca. 1910. Color lithograph depicts Raymond conjuring skeletons, witches, and ghosts from a spirit cabinet, as three winged imps...
[more like this] - CHAMBLY. CHAMBLY’S MYSTERIEN.Hamburg:
Adolph Friedländer, 1913. A spectral angel floats over the shoulder of the magician, while ghastly scenes from his magic show fill the remainder of the poster. These include...
[more like this] - CARTER, CHARLES. CARTER. THE MYSTERIES
OF THE YOGI’S.[Chicago: Goes Litho Co., ca. 1905]. A dozen gnomes in green pants and pointed red caps, some ringing bells, others with drums or horns, float above Carter...
[more like this] - MOSELEY, SYDNEY. AN AMAZING SŽANCE
AND AN EXPOSURE.Moseley, Sydney. An Amazing SŽance and An Exposure. London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co., 1919. Olive cloth stamped in black, original color pictorial dust-wrapper...
[more like this] - A DOZEN MODERN EDITIONS OF BOOKS BY
OR ABOUT HOUDINI.[Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weiss)] A Dozen Modern Editions of Books By or About Houdini. Including A Magician Among the Spirits (1996); Ha! Ha! Houdini (1976)...
[more like this] - HOUDINI, HARRY. A MAGICIAN AMONG THE
SPIRITS.Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weiss). A Magician Among the Spirits. New York: Harper & Bros., 1924. First edition. Gilt-lettered blue cloth. Frontispiece of Houdini with...
[more like this] - ARCHIVE OF STEWART JAMES CORRESPONDENCE
AND MANUSCRIPTS...James, Stewart. Archive of Stewart James Correspondence and Manuscripts. Spanning 1980 - 1995 and including six or more typewritten manuscripts for effects...
[more like this] - A MAGICIAN AMONG THE SPIRITS.Houdini,
Harry (Ehrich Weisz). A Magician Among the Spirits. New York, 1924. First edition. Original cloth, gilt-lettered. Frontispiece of Houdini and Conan Doyle. Halftone plates,...
[more like this] - A MAGICIAN AMONG THE SPIRITS.Houdini,
Harry (Ehrich Weisz). A Magician Among the Spirits. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1924. First edition. Frontispiece shows Arthur Conan Doyle and Houdini. Plates. With the scarce...
[more like this] - SPIRIT BELL.Spirit Bell. New York: New
York Magic Co., ca. 1900. Metal bell rings once for “yes” and twice for “no” while hanging from a stand or suspended at the tip of the magician’s wand. Wand hallmarked....
[more like this] - BLACKSTONE. THE WORLD’S MASTER MAGICIAN.Blackstone,
Harry (Henry Boughton). Blackstone. The World’s Master Magician. Circa 1935. Double-sided broadside heralding Blackstone’s show at an RKO Orpheum, theatre, and promoting...
[more like this] - A MAGICIAN AMONG THE SPIRITS. SIGNED
TWICE BY HOUDINI.Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). A Magician Among the Spirits. Signed Twice by Houdini. New York: Harper & Bros., 1924. First Edition. Inscribed and signed...
[more like this] - THREE CLASSIC WORKS ON MAGIC.Three Classic
Works on Magic. Including Revelations of a Spirit Medium (London, 1902) by Price and Dingwall; The Magician’s Handbook (London, 1902; second edition) by Selbit; and The...
[more like this] - SPIRIT TIME.Spirit Time. Tulsa: Bob
Kline, ca. 1989. A clock is set to any time while the magician's back is turned, yet he knows the time instantly. Mahogany case clock 6 x 3 x 7 ". One of 24 units manufactured....
[more like this] - CARTER THE GREAT. CONDEMNED TO DEATH
FOR WITCHCRAFT. CH...Carter, Charles. Carter the Great. Condemned to Death for Witchcraft. Cheats the Gallows. Cleveland: Otis Litho., ca. 1930s. Four-sheet color lithograph...
[more like this] - MAGIC: RARE THAYER RAPPING HAND TRICKF.G.
Thayer's Rapping Hand trick. Also known as Doctor Q Spirit Hand. A carved wooden hand taps (for example, one for yes and two for no) answers to questions. No magnets or wires....
[more like this] - Letters Between the Sturges Brothers
Most Antebellum Including J.R. Sturges 3rd GA Infantry KIA These 58 letters encompass a "snapshot" of antebellum life in the South.Samuel Sturges (1774-1831) was born in Fairfield...
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