THURSTON, HOWARD. THURSTON MASTER MAGICIANAND HIS PETS...Thurston, Howard. Thurston Master Magician And His Pets. Cleveland: Otis Litho, ca. 1926. Color lithograph depicts many of the animals that appeared in the...
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THURSTON, HOWARD. THURSTON'S GREATESTMYSTERY. THE VANI...Thurston, Howard. Thurston's Greatest Mystery. The Vanishing Whippet. [Cleveland: Otis Litho], ca. 1924. Depicting an automobile filled with comely ladies...
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THURSTON, HOWARD. TYPED LETTER SIGNEDFROM HOWARD THURS...Thurston, Howard. Typed letter signed from Howard Thurston to F.E. Powell. Dated Nov. 24, 1931, Thurston writes a short note to the Dean of Ameican Magicians...
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THURSTON, HOWARD. EARLY HOWARD THURSTONTHEATER PROGRAM...Thurston, Howard. Early Howard Thurston theater program. Circa 1905. For an appearance in Sydney, Australia at the Palace Theatre, on one of Thurston's early...
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THURSTON, HOWARD. MY LIFE OF MAGIC.PHILADELPHIA: DORRA...Thurston, Howard. My Life of Magic. Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1929. First edition, first printing. Publisher's gilt-stamped patterned cloth. Illustrated...
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THURSTON, HOWARD. THURSTON. VANISHED!Cincinnati:The Strobridge Litho. Co., 1918. An early Thurston image. The famous magician makes a levitating woman disappear as imps and gnomes look on. 19 x 28". Significant over-painting...
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THURSTON, HOWARD. THURSTON. IASIA!!Cleveland:The Otis Lithograph Co., ca. 1920. Color lithographed panel poster depicting Thurston’s performance of the Iasia illusion, in which an assistant vanished from within a curtained...
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THURSTON, HOWARD. BEAUTY. THURSTON’SARABIAN STEED. VAN...Cleveland: The Otis Lithograph Co., ca. 1924. One-sheet color lithograph bearing a cartoonish full-length portrait of Thurston and the white horse, Beauty,...
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THURSTON, HOWARD. THURSTON. WORLD’SGREATEST MAGICIAN.Cincinnati: The Strobridge Litho. Co., 1909. Full color lithograph portrays Kellar’s successor performing a rapid transposition illusion with the assistance...
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THURSTON, HOWARD. THURSTON. THE FAMOUSMAGICIAN EAST IN...Cleveland: Otis Lithograph Co., ca. 1928. A young turban-clad boy climbs a thick rope magically suspended in the air as Thurston gestures upward from the...
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THURSTON, HOWARD. CHICAGO AMERICAN SAYS“GO SEE” THURST...Cincinnati & New York: The Strobridge Litho. Co., ca. 1910. A reproduction of sketches made by French, staff artist of the Chicago American, showing...
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THURSTON, HOWARD. THURSTON. THE GREATMAGICIAN. THE WON...Cleveland: The Otis Lithograph Co., ca. 1926. One-sheet color lithograph depicting Thurston’s levitation illusion in a cartoonish style. In performance,...
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THURSTON, HOWARD. THURSTON. THE GREATMAGICIAN. THE WON...Cleveland: The Otis Lithograph Co., ca. 1926. Full color lithograph depicting the iconic portrait of Thurston gazing forward with two devils perched on...
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THURSTON, HOWARD. THURSTON. KELLAR’SSUCCESSOR.Cincinnati: The Strobridge Litho. Co., 1908. Striking portrait of the famous magician claims, “Mr. Kellar says: Thurston will be the Greatest Magician the World...
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THURSTON, HOWARD. THURSTON THE GREATMAGICIAN. BALAAM A...Cincinnati, Strobridge Litho., 1914. Color lithographed advertising a transposition illusion from Thurston’s show which included a boy, girl, and donkey...
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THURSTON, HOWARD. KELLAR’S SUCCESSOR.THURSTON.Cincinnati & New York: The Strobridge Litho. Co., 1908. A magnificent representation of perhaps the most famous illusion from the Kellar show, the Levitation. Gesturing...
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THURSTON, HOWARD. DO THE SPIRITS COMEBACK? THURSTON TH...Cleveland: The Otis Litho. Co., ca. 1928. Thurston holds a skull in his outstretched hands. Smoke curls from its open eye sockets, and from it comes a...
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THURSTON, HOWARD. KELLAR AND THURSTON.HOWARD THURSTON....Cincinnati & New York: The Strobridge Litho Co., 1907. A half-length portrait poster of a young and handsome Thurston, clad here in a gold braid-trimmed...
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DANTE (HARRY AUGUST JANSEN). THURSTONPRESENTS DANTE. E...Cleveland: The Otis Lithograph Co., ca. 1922. Three-sheet poster depicts a winged devil, back to the viewer, which dominates the poster, its balance filled...
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THURSTON THE GREAT MAGICIAN.Thurston,Howard. Thurston the Great Magician. Cleveland: Otis Litho., ca. 1926. Color lithograph panel poster bearing the portrait of a menacing devil figure whose hands extend below,...
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THURSTON, HOWARD. TYPED LETTER SIGNEDTO BERNARD ZASS.Thurston, Howard. Typed Letter Signed to Bernard Zass. New York, 1931. On one sheet of Thurston The Magician letterhead, signed "Howard Thurston" in green...
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WORTHINGTON, THOMAS CHEW. RECOLLECTIONSOF HOWARD THURS...Worthington, Thomas Chew. Recollections of Howard Thurston: Conjurer, Illusionist, and Author. Baltimore, 1938. Original gilt-lettered blue cloth. Portrait...
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THURSTON, HOWARD. MY LIFE OF MAGIC.Thurston,Howard. My Life of Magic. Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1929. First edition, first printing. Publisher's green gilt-stamped cloth with scarce unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. Photo-frontispiece...
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THURSTON, HOWARD. CONFIDENTIAL COPYOF 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...
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THURSTON MASTER MAGICIAN. MILLION DOLLARMYSTERY.Thurston, Howard. Thurston Master Magician. Million Dollar Mystery. Cleveland: Otis Litho, ca. 1928. Striking horizontal one-sheet poster depicts Thurston’s version...
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THURSTON’S GREATEST MYSTERY. THE VANISHINGWHIPPET.Thurston, Howard. Thurston’s Greatest Mystery. The Vanishing Whippet. Cleveland: The Otis Litho. Co, ca. 1928. Striking one-sheet poster depicts a Willys-Overland...
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TYPED LETTER SIGNED, “HOWARD THURSTON”,TO CHRYSTAL SPE...Thurston, Howard. Typed Letter Signed, “Howard Thurston”, to Chrystal Spencer (Dunninger). New York, Sept. 9, 1929. On a single sheet of Thurston the...
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PHOTOGRAPH INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THURSTON.Thurston,Howard. Photograph Inscribed and Signed by Thurston. [Columbus]: Baker Art Gallery, ca. 1930s. Matte-finish silver print bust portrait of the magician, inscribed in the lower...
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THURSTON MARCH & TWO STEP.Thurston,Howard. Thurston March & Two Step. Cleveland: Anthony J. Stastny Music Co., 1911. Color lithographed sheet music bearing the well-known portrait of the magician with imps...
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RECOLLECTIONS OF HOWARD THURSTON: CONJURER,ILLUSIONIST...Worthington, T.C. Recollections of Howard Thurston: Conjurer, Illusionist and Author. Baltimore, 1938. Blue cloth stamped in gilt (cover mis-stamped twice, out...
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WILL ROCK / THURSTON SHOW THEATRICALTRUNK.[Thurston, Howard] Will Rock / Thurston Show Theatrical Trunk. Metal-bound trunk owned and used by Will Rock. Painted orange, with Rock’s name stenciled on the exterior...
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THURSTON LYCEUM THEATRE PROGRAM.Thurston,Howard. Thurston Lyceum Theatre Program. November 10, 1913. One page, mounted to board with corner protectors, on old scrapbook page, framed. 9 ¾ x 6 ¼”. Scattered losses...
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THURSTON TAN SAN TONIC THROW-OUT CARD.Thurston,Howard. Thurston Tan San Tonic Throw-Out Card. Late 1900s or 1910s. Recto bearing a halftone portrait of Thurston above the text: “Thurston/World’s Master Magician.”...
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SOCIETY OF OSIRIS / THURSTON 8TH FROLIC.[Thurston,Howard] Society of Osiris / Thurston 8th Frolic. Nov. 24, 1930. Keepsake issued to banquet guests. Small 8vo. Bound with wooden wand with affixed club emblem, tissue attachments...
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TWO BOOKS BY THURSTON.Thurston, Howard.Two Books by Thurston. Including Howard Thurston’s Card Tricks (London: L. Upcott Gill, [1901]; first edition), frontis., plates, p. [1] 2—87 [88] + 1 ad leaf + 20 pages...
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THURSTON'S GREATEST MYSTERY. THE VANISHINGWHIPPET.Thurston, Howard. Thurston's Greatest Mystery. The Vanishing Whippet. Cleveland: The Otis Litho. Co, ca. 1928. Striking one-sheet color lithograph poster depicts a...
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