- THURSTON, HOWARD. THURSTON MASTER MAGICIAN
AND 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...
[more like this] - STEINMEYER, JIM (ED.). THURSTON ILLUSION
SHOW WORK BOOK...Steinmeyer, Jim (ed.). Thurston Illusion Show Work Book, Pts. I Ð II. Pasadena: Magical Publications, 1991 Ð 92. Gilt-stamped cloth with matching cloth...
[more like this] - MENTALIST'S RADIO SIGNAL SHOES. NEW
YORK: RAJAH RABOID ...Mentalist's Radio Signal Shoes. New York: Rajah Raboid (Maurice P. Kitchen), ca. 1920s. In the manner of an enchanted teakettle, a set of leather dress...
[more like this] - THURSTON, HOWARD. BEAUTY. THURSTON’S
ARABIAN 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,...
[more like this] - 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...
[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] - 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...
[more like this] - 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...
[more like this] - TAMPA (RAYMOND SUGDEN). TAMPA THE MAGICIAN.
ENGLAND’S C...Cleveland: Otis Litho., ca. 1925. Full color lithographed window card advertises Tampa’s performance of the crushing illusion invented by P.T. Selbit. The...
[more like this] - KASSNER, ALOIS. KASSNER DER GROSSE ZAUBERER.Hamburg:
Adolph Friedländer, ca. 1929. Handsome color lithograph shows Kassner’s vanishing elephant, Toto, rearing up on two feet over the magician’s head. Kassner stands in the...
[more like this] - 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...
[more like this] - THURSTON, HOWARD. TYPED LETTER SIGNED
TO 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...
[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] - STEINMEYER, JIM (ED.). THURSTON ILLUSION
SHOW WORK BOOK...Steinmeyer, Jim (ed.). Thurston Illusion Show Work Book. Pts. 1-2. Pasadena, 1991/92. Gilt-stamped cloth, original slipcases. Both from the limited edition...
[more like this] - [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...
[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] - WILL ROCK / THURSTON SHOW THEATRICAL
TRUNK.[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...
[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] - TYPED LETTER SIGNED TO BETTY JANE KOLAR.Thurston,
Howard. Typed Letter Signed to Betty Jane Kolar. Chicago: April 10, 1930. On one sheet of Thurston’s letterhead, a note from Erlanger Theatre expressing his hope to meet...
[more like this] - OUTSTANDING SCRAPBOOK OF KOLAR PHOTOGRAPHS,
LETTERS, AN...Kolar, Betty Jane. Outstanding Scrapbook of Kolar Photographs, Letters, and Ephemera. 1920s—30s. Maroon leatherette album, 15 leaves, containing approximately...
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