- LEVANTE, LES (LESLIE COLE). THE GREAT
LEVANTE. THIRD WO...Levante, Les (Leslie Cole). The Great Levante. Third World Tour. Famous Australian Illusionist. Steel Trunk Mystery. Burnley, Lancashire: Chas. Sowden...
[more like this] - THURSTON, HOWARD. THURSTON THE GREAT
MAGICIAN. BALAAM A...Cincinnati, Strobridge Litho., 1914. Color lithographed advertising a transposition illusion from Thurston’s show which included a boy, girl, and donkey...
[more like this] - NICOLA, WILL. (WILLIAM MOZART NICOL).
NICOLA. THE GREAT...Cleveland: Otis Litho., ca. 1925. Panel-size lithograph depicting a strange illusion billed as an “Execution.” Nicola presented a host of different...
[more like this] - BRINDAMOUR, GEORGE. THE GREAT BRINDAMOUR
MAGICIAN. THE ...Cincinnati & New York: The Strobridge Litho. Co., ca. 1903. Striking full color lithograph depicts Brindamour performing the Levitation illusion, his brunette...
[more like this] - BLACKSTONE, HARRY (HENRY BOUGHTON).
BLACKSTONE. THE WOR...Erie, Pennsylvania: Erie Litho. Co., ca. 1917. Iconic color lithograph depicts a striking portrait of the Chicago-born magician in his earliest days...
[more like this] - CSURI, FRANK. THE CSURI LEGACY.Csuri,
Frank. The Csuri Legacy. Compiled 1950s. An apparently unpublished multi-volume work by Csuri, comprised of notes, indices, and illustrations describing nearly all of the...
[more like this] - CARTER THE GREAT.Carter, Charles. Carter
the Great. Chicago: Illinois Litho., ca. 1922. Billboard-size poster advertises Carter’s version of the famous Sawing a Woman in Half illusion, depicted here as a surgical...
[more like this] - CARTER THE GREAT. THREE ILLUSION PHOTOS,
AND EPHEMERA.Carter, Charles. Carter the Great. Three Illusion Photos, and Ephemera. Six pieces total, including three photographs (8 x 10”) of Carter displaying stage illusions...
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of 8 Modern Works on Magic and Illusions. Including Conjurers’ Optical Secrets (1985) and Conjurers’ Mechanical Secrets (1992) by Sharpe; Magic of Alan Wakeling (1993);...
[more like this] - THE GREAT LEVANTE. STEEL TRUNK MYSTERY.Levante,
Les (Leslie Cole). The Great Levante. Steel Trunk Mystery. Burnley, Lancashire: Central Printing Co. (Chas. Snowden), ca. 1935. Pictorial offset three-sheet poster advertising...
[more like this] - THE GREAT LEVANTE. HOWS TRICKS.Levante,
Les (Leslie George Cole). The Great Levante. Hows Tricks. Burnley: Central Ptg. (Chas. Snowden), ca. 1930s. Half-sheet lithograph poster designed by Robert Kemp, filled with...
[more like this] - A GROUP OF FIFTY-FIVE CHILDREN'S BOOK
TITLES, EASTON PR... TITLES, EASTON PRESS, HORNBLOWER SERIES AND ANTIQUE INTEREST, 19TH/20TH CENTURY, comprising selected titles, many Collector Editions with gilt edges and...
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ABSTRACT, OIL ON CANVAS, 39 3/4"H X 50"W, 41 3/4"H X 52"W (FRAME)Margit Beck, New York / Romania, (1911-1997) abstract, oil on canvas Signed lower right. Biography from...
[more like this] - [Literature Fine Press] Eight titles
published by the Arion Press San Francisco comprising: 1) A. Miller The Price illus. by S. Washburn (1999) #91/300 signed by the artist; 2) D. Ketcham Le Desert de Retz photos...
[more like this] - 6 vols. London: Brayley, Edward Wedlake.
Londiniana; or, Reminiscences of The British Metropolis. London: Hurst, Chance, 1829. First edition. 4 vols. Sm. 8vo, old bds., orig.? paper spine labels; some edge wear,...
[more like this] - 5 vols. Philadelphia Architecture &
C.: Cousins, Frank; Riley, Phil M. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia. Boston: Little, Brown, 1920. #658/975. 8vo, orig. green cloth, paper spine label; moderately...
[more like this] - 9 vols. (1 wrappers) Science Fiction
& Fantasy Literature: Crockett, S.R. [Bereton, Ford]. The Black Douglas. New York: Doubleday & McClure, 1899. 1st Am. ed. 8vo, orig. green cloth, gilt-lettered spine, t.e.g.,...
[more like this] - 15 vols. Machen, Arthur: The Great
God Pan and The Inmost Light. London: John Lane, 1894. 1st ed. 8vo, orig. white-stamped blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine; light to moderate wear. Cover & title design by Aubrey...
[more like this] - 1 vol. Darlington, William. Memorials
of John Bartram and Humphrey Marshall with Notices of Their Botanical Contemporaries. Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1849. 1st ed. Thick 8vo, modern black buckram. Frontis.,...
[more like this] - 23 vols. (wrappers. Pierce-Arrow Motor
Car Company Instruction Books: General Description... 28-32 H.P. and 40-45 H.P. Pierce "Great Arrow Touring Cars," 1906 Model. * General Description 30 H.P.... 1907 Model....
[more like this] - 7 vols. Children's Books - American
Imprints, ca. 1940s & 50s: de Angeli, Marguerite. Turkey for Christmas. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, (1954). 1st ed. 24mo, orig. pictorial bds.; light edge wear, d/j...
[more like this] - 4 vols. The American West - History,
Description & Travel: Richardson, Albert D. Beyond The Mississippi. Hartford, etc.: Am. Pub. Co., (1869). Lg. 8vo, orig. sheep; worn & rubbed, spine starting to detach. Double-page...
[more like this] - 6 vols. (1 wrappers) Philadelphia &
Pennsylvania - Graphic Art & Architecture Reference: Tatum, George B. Penn's Great Town: 250 Years of Philadelphia Architecture... in Prints and Drawings. Philadelphia: Univ....
[more like this] - CHARLES DICKENS A collection of eight
first eiditions in book form comprising PICTURES FROM ITALY illus by Palmer Bradbury & Evans 1846; THE HAUNTED MAN Bradbury & Evans date on title page 1848; MASTER HUMPHREY'S...
[more like this] - 6 vols. (wrappers) American Almanacs:
(Thomas, Isaiah.) Isaiah Thomas's Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode-Island, New Hampshire & Vermont Almanack With an Ephemeris, for... 1799. Worcester: Isaiah Thomas, [1798]....
[more like this] - 5 vols. Philadelphia - Architectural
& Visual Arts Reference: Historic Philadelphia. Philadelphia: A.P.S., 1953. 4to, orig. cloth; occasionally scuffed. Illus., fold. map in cover pocket. * Tatum, George B. Penn's...
[more like this] - 3 vols. Pearls, Precious Metal, Portrait
Miniatures: Kunz, George Frederick; Stevenson, Charles Hugh. The Book of The Pearl. New York: Century, 1908. 1st ed. Lg. 8vo, orig. richly decorated blue cloth, t.e.g., other...
[more like this] - [Naval History] Histories of the U.S.
Navy and Great Britain Lot of 6. Cooper James Fenimore (1789-1851). The History of the Navy of the United States of America. Tp lacking. This appears to be an abridged edition...
[more like this] - 5 vols. The American West - History,
Description & Travel: Howe, Henry. Historical Collections of The Great West. Cincinnati, 1852. Twenty-Second Thousand. 2 vols. in 1. 4to, orig. publisher's morocco; rubbed...
[more like this] - 5 vols. The American West, including
Utah - 19th-Century Travel & C: Stansbury, Howard. Exploration and Survey of The Valley of The Great Salt Lake. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo, 1852. Senate issue. 8vo,...
[more like this] - 5 vols. Mormon Subjects: Ferris, Benjamin
G. Utah and The Mormons. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1854. 1st ed. 12mo, orig. brown cloth; top 1 1/2" of spine gone, foot of spine gone, other moderate wear. Frontis. portrait...
[more like this] - 4 vols. Masonic Subjects - American
19th-Century Imprints: The Freemason's Annual: A Gift for All Seasons. New York: Leavitt & Allen, n.d. [ca. 1850]. 12mo, orig. color inlaid richly gilt red cloth, a.e.g.;...
[more like this] - 4 vols. Americana: Blunt, Edmund M.
The Merchant and Seaman's Expeditious Measurer... New York, etc., 1825. Stereotype ed. Tall 12mo, later 19th-Century 3/4 dark brown morocco & gilt, gilt-lettered & decorated...
[more like this] - 4 vols. American Indians: Church, Thomas.
The History of Philip's War. Exeter, N.H.: J. & B. Williams, 1829. 2nd ed. 12mo, contemp. mottled sheep, gilt-ruled spine, green morocco spine label; scuffed, joints rubbed...
[more like this] - 3 vols. Fishing: Adams, Leon D. Striped
Bass Fishing in California and Oregon. Palo Alto, California: Pacific Books, (1953). 1st ed. 8vo, orig. pictorial two-tone blue cloth; edges somewhat worn, occasionally scuffed,...
[more like this] - 23 vols. (Leather Bindings.) Doran,
(John). [English Subjects]: Habits and Men. London: R. Bentley, 1855. 3rd ed. * Queens of England. London: R. Bentley, 1855. 2 vols. Frontispieces. * Knights and Their Days....
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