- DAI VERNON'S THAYER DIE BOX. LOS ANGELES:
F.G. THAYER, ...Dai Vernon's Thayer Die Box. Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, ca. 1935. Handsome hardwood die box with double door feature and brass hardware. Black die with white...
[more like this] - SACHS, EDWIN. SLEIGHT OF HAND. LONDON:
UPCOTT GILL, CA....Sachs, Edwin. Sleight of Hand. London: Upcott Gill, ca. 1885. Second edition. Publisher's pictorial green cloth stamped in five colors. Illustrated. 8vo....
[more like this] - BALL AND CONEMcKinven, John. Ball and
Cone. Lake Forest, Ill., ca. 1990. Seamless leather cone with turned hardwood insert, used for the sleight-of-hand trick popularized by Dai Vernon in his Harlequin Act. 7...
[more like this] - ROSINI, PAUL. PHOTOGRAPH INSCRIBED AND
SIGNED TO SAM HO...Rosini, Paul. Photograph Inscribed and Signed to Sam Horowitz. Chicago: Bloom, ca. 1930s. Handsome silver print portrait of the magician performing coin...
[more like this] - ELLIOTT. CHAMPION CARD MANIPULATOR.Elliott,
Dr. James William. Elliott. Champion Card Manipulator. Boston: Franklin Process Engraving Co., ca. 1900. "Special Professional Sheet No. 26 of Modern Card Effects." Portrait...
[more like this] - SACHS, EDWIN. SLEIGHT OF HAND.Sachs,
Edwin. Sleight of Hand. London: "The Bazaar" Office, (1877). First edition. Publisher's dark purple cloth stamped in gilt. Illustrated. 8vo. 204pp. + 2 leaves advts. Pastedowns...
[more like this] - DECREMPS, HENRI. TESTAMENT DE JEROME
SHARP.Decremps, Henri. Testament De Jerome Sharp. Paris: Desoer, 1789. Contemporary quarter birch, marbled sides. Frontispiece (sheet music). Woodcut illustrations of sleight-of-hand...
[more like this] - CSURI, FRANK. THE MAGIC OF DAI VERNON.Csuri,
Frank. The Magic of Dai Vernon. Circa 1970. Over 400 pages, original typescript, in two 8vo comb bound volumes. Profusion of original sketched illustrations. Original pencil...
[more like this] - GROUP OF EIGHT MID-CENTURY FLEMING CLASSICS
AND OTHER W...[Classics] Group of Eight Mid-Century Fleming Classics and Other Works. Including Magic Without Apparatus (1945; inscribed by Fleming to Dariel Fitzkee); Sleight...
[more like this] - BROWN, ED. MAGIC FROM THE REPERTOIRE
OF HARRY RISER [AU...Brown, Ed. Magic from the Repertoire of Harry Riser [author's manuscript]. Circa 1981. Four 4to comb-bound volumes, being the author's manuscript for...
[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] - OVER 35 TLSS FROM BILL SIMON TO FAUCETT
ROSS.Simon, Bill. Over 35 TLSs from Bill Simon to Faucett Ross. Spanning 1949-68. Lengthy TLSs and several ALSs, most three or four pages, and describing step-by-step methods...
[more like this] - HUGARD, JEAN AND FRED BRAUE. ARCHIVE
OF OVER 125 LETTER...Hugard, Jean and Fred Braue. Archive of Over 125 Letters. Beginning Jan. 1, 1943, and concluding Dec. 21, 1943, the archive makes up an entire year of...
[more like this] - ARCHIVE OF CONNIE BUSH MANUSCRIPTS,
NOTES, AND CORRESPO...Bush, Connie. Archive of Connie Bush Manuscripts, Notes, and Correspondence. Primarily 1960s (but some letters dating as late as 1992), and including...
[more like this] - BERTRAM, ROSS. GROUP OF ROSS BERTRAM/JEFF
BUSBY CORRESP...Bertram, Ross. Group of Ross Bertram/Jeff Busby Correspondence. Spanning 1976 - 86, and including handwritten endorsements for Busby publications by Bertram,...
[more like this] - BERTRAM, ROSS. FILE OF CORRESPONDENCE
TO FAUCETT ROSS.Bertram, Ross. File of Correspondence to Faucett Ross. Toronto, 1951-67. Approximately 400 pages total, all addressed to Ross and written in longhand, stored...
[more like this] - FILES OF CORRESPONDENCE, WITH DRAFTS
OF EFFECTS METHODS...Beale, Ken, Jeff Busby and Karl Fulves. Files of Correspondence, With Drafts of Effects Methods. V.p., 1970s-1980s. Three binders, the first comprised...
[more like this] - T. NELSON DOWNS. THE KING OF KOINS.Downs,
T. Nelson. T. Nelson Downs. The King of Koins. [Kenton: Scioto Sign Co.], 1928. Two-color window card heralds Downs and his sleight-of-hand skills with coins. 22 x 14”....
[more like this] - FRED KAPS’ HIMBER RING SET.Kaps, Fred
(Abraham Pieter Adrianus Bongers). Fred Kaps’ Himber Ring Set. Circa 1960. One gimmicked and one duplicate ungimmicked ring owned and used by the famous Dutch sleight-of-hand...
[more like this] - PHOTOGRAPH OF THE “INNER CIRCLE.”Photograph
of the “Inner Circle.” [New York, ca. 1945]. Dai Vernon, Cardini, Charlie Miller, Al Baker, Arthur Finley, Cardini, Dr. Daley and Sam Horowitz sit at a table. Silver print...
[more like this] - INSCRIBED AND SIGNED PORTRAIT OF FRAKSON.Frakson,
Jose. Inscribed and Signed Portrait of Frakson. Chicago: Maurice Seymour, ca. 1938. Full-length potrait of the famous cigarette manipulator and sleight-of-hand artist. 8 x...
[more like this] - SLEIGHT OF HAND.Sachs, Edwin. Sleight
of Hand. London: L. Upcott Gill, (1893). Second edition/later impression. Green pictorial cloth stamped in five colors. Illustrated. 8vo. 408 pages + 12 pages ads + 2 ad leaves...
[more like this] - T. NELSON DOWNS “MASTERPIECE GIMMICK.”T.
Nelson Downs “Masterpiece Gimmick.” Toronto: Ross Bertram, 1972. Specially crafted gimmick manufactured by Bertram for the famous feat originated by T. Nelson Downs of...
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