4 ADVERTISING MAGIC POSTERS1st item:Color lithograph advertising poster for "Harry Thurston Illusionist" depicting a magician with red devils, skeletons, ghosts, and other creatures around a vanishing cabinet....
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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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TAMPA (RAYMOND SUGDEN). THURSTON THEMAGICIAN PRESENTS ...Tampa (Raymond Sugden). Thurston the Magician Presents Tampa. Cleveland: Otis Litho, ca. 1926. Color lithograph panel vibrantly illustrated with a devil's...
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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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TEMPLE, PHIL (COMPILER). THURSTONÑDANTELETTER SET. AUT...Temple, Phil (compiler). ThurstonÑDante Letter Set. Author, 1981. Number 26 from the limited edition set of 150 copies. Faux-wooden letter file case, containing...
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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. 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. 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. 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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ROCK, WILL (WILLIAM GEORGE RAKAUSKAS).ARE GHOSTS REAL?...American, ca. 1939. One-sheet color lithograph. A hooded skeleton figure surrounded by ghosts, black cats, a serpent, and a floating skull fills the upper...
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FU MANCHU (DAVID BAMBERG). FU-MANCHU.Ca.1940. Full color lithograph poster bears a striking portrait of the magician in costume with his hands outstretched, his portrait encircled by a snarling dragon as a woman...
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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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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...
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TEMPLE, PHIL (COMPILER). THURSTON-DANTELETTER SET.Temple, Phil (compiler). Thurston-Dante Letter Set. N.p., 1981. Number 60 from the limited edition of 150 sets. Marbled letter file case with pictorial cover label,...
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[MEYERBOOKS] GROUP OF 10 PUBLICATIONS.[Meyerbooks]Group of 10 Publications. Glenwood, 1980s-90s. Including The Wizard Exposed (1987); Jean Hugard (1997); Howard Thurston's Card Tricks (1991); Illusion Show (1991); two volums...
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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...
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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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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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COLLECTION OF 13 PIECES OF MAGIC EPHEMERARELATED TO TH...Collection of 13 Pieces of Magic Ephemera Related to Thurston, Dante, Blackstone, and Herrmann. American, 1890s—1940s. Including two trimmed Alexander Herrmann...
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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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ARCHIVE OF HARRY BLACKSTONE—WALTERGIBSON CORRESPONDENC...Gibson, Walter. Archive of Harry Blackstone—Walter Gibson Correspondence and Records. Including holographic and typewritten letters from Blackstone’s...
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HOUDINI LETTERGRAM TO CHARLES CARTER(CARTER THE GREAT)...Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Houdini Lettergram to Charles Carter (Carter the Great), Initialed “HH”. Los Angeles, 1923. On a half-page of Houdini’s...
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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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COLLECTION AUTOGRAPHS, STAGE & SCREEN,ETC. Including: Joan Fontaine note on her stationary, signed "Joan"; playbill signed Annette Bening, Kate Nelligan, etc.; Mandela ad sheet signed Sydney Poitier, Ruby Dee,...
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Thurston The Greatest Magician program,playing cards, and button/coin. Program, 12". Good condition, center fold in program....
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