- MYTHOLOGICAL MOTIF SILK SUSPENSION FRENCH
BRONZE MANTLE CLOCK, STAMPED TIFFANY & CO. 5 ¾" thick x 13 ¾": wide x 19" tall A silver dial with Roman numerals for all chapters, with a sunken engine turned center. All...
[more like this] - BACHET, CLAUDE GASPARD DE MEZIRIAC.
PROBLEMES PLAISANS ...Bachet, Claude Gaspard de Meziriac. Problemes Plaisans et Delectables, Qui Se Font Par Les Nombres: Partie Recueillis De Divers Autheurs, Partie Inventez...
[more like this] - 32 PCS MISCELLANEOUS AUTOGRAPHS AND
EPHEMERA INC. 1825 ...Group of Assorted Ephemera, 1779-1940s. Includes: 1825 Diploma on vellum, University of Pennsylvania, signed by Frederick Beasley, R.M. Patterson and...
[more like this] - NEWMANN, C.A. GEORGE. DR. C.A. GEORGE
NEWMANN. MIRACLES...Minneapolis: The Linol-Litho Color Press, ca. 1940. This two color poster claims that the acclaimed mentalist’s show is the ‘America’s most unusual...
[more like this] - THEATRE ROBERT-HOUDIN.Méliès, Georges.
Theatre Robert-Houdin. Soriées Fantastiques Program. Paris, ca. 1897. Pictorial program advertising the show produced by this film pioneer at his own theater on the Boulevard...
[more like this] - IVORY COAST GUERE-WOBE MASKGuere-Wobe
make from Ivory Coast with teeth and horns; measures approximately 7" tall; please refer to photographs for condition.
Bete carvers are renowned for one particular type of...
[more like this] - THURSTON, HOWARD. CONFIDENTIAL COPY
OF THURSTON'S COURS...Thurston, Howard. Confidential Copy of Thurston's Course in Magic. New York, 1926. Original pictorial wrappers inscribed to the original owner, Gustave...
[more like this] - SELBIT, P.T. THREE VOLUMES.Selbit, P.T.
Three Volumes. Including The Magical Entertainer (Ornum's, 1906); The Magician's Handbook (London, 1902); and The Magic Art of Entertaining (London, 1907). Cloth. Illustrated....
[more like this] - LOT OF NINE ANTIQUARIAN VOLUMES ON CONJURING,
RECREATIO...Lot of Nine Antiquarian Volumes on Conjuring, Recreations, and Amusement. Including Magic and Its Mysteries (London: Frederick Warne, n.d.); Ancient and Modern...
[more like this] - IMPORTANT ARCHIVE OF DAI VERNON - FAUCETT
ROSS LETTERS....Vernon, Dai (David Frederick Wingfield Verner). Important archive of Dai Vernon - Faucett Ross Letters. Beginning in 1938 and concluding in 1966, the letters,...
[more like this] - ARCHIVE OF OVER 250 HARRY BLACKSTONE
PHOTO NEGATIVES.Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Archive of Over 250 Harry Blackstone Photo Negatives. V.p., ca. 1960s—70s. Massive collection of black-and-white photo...
[more like this] - ARCHIVE OF HARRY BLACKSTONE RESEARCH
INTERVIEW AND ENTE...Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Archive of Harry Blackstone Research Interview and Entertainment Footage. Many hours of footage, comprised largely...
[more like this] - ARCHIVE OF HARRY BLACKSTONE—WALTER
GIBSON CORRESPONDENC...Gibson, Walter. Archive of Harry Blackstone—Walter Gibson Correspondence and Records. Including holographic and typewritten letters from Blackstone’s...
[more like this] - HARRY BLACKSTONE AND PETER BOUTON SCRAPBOOK.Blackstone,
Harry (Henry Boughton). Harry Blackstone and Peter Bouton Scrapbook. Thick photo album owned and kept by Harry Blackstone, and chronicling his earliest exploits as a magician...
[more like this] - COLLECTION OF MAGIC AND ENTERTAINMENT
EPHEMERA INCLUDIN...Collection of Magic and Entertainment Ephemera Including Photos, Throw-Out Cards, and Programs. Thirteen pieces, including “Mysterious Aubrey” throw-out...
[more like this] - HOUDINI “MASTER MYSTIFIER” PRINCESS
THEATRE POSTCARD.Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weiss). Houdini “Master Mystifier” Princess Theatre Postcard. Chicago, 1910s. A postcard promoting Houdini’s engagement at the...
[more like this] - THE GREAT WIZARD’S HANDBOOK OF MAGIC
OR, PARLOUR ENTERT...The Great Wizard’s Handbook of Magic or, Parlour Entertainment. [London; W.S. Fortey, 1850].Modern quarter leather. Pamphlet, 4 leaves, p. [1—2] 3—8....
[more like this] - THE NITROUS OXIDE, OR LAUGHING GAS!Henry,
M. The Nitrous Oxide, or Laughing Gas! London: W. Glindon, 1824. Letterpress playbill for M. Henry’s entertainment at the Adelphi Theatre, Strand, featuring his magic tricks...
[more like this] - Chinese embroidered drawstring pouch,
ducks in landscape decoration, note inside reads "Antique bag presented to my friend in England who entertained the Imperial family with his magic. It belonged to a princess.",...
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