This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/25/2018
Box of Miscellaneous Books, Pamphlets, Catalogs and Ephemera Related to Magic. A varied and ample archive from a working magician’s collection. Catalogs, price lists and supplements from Owen (1949, 1951), Thayer, and Atlanta Magic Co.; books of jokes and patter including Funny Talk for Magicians (1945); convention programs, name badges and souvenirs from The Pacific Coast Association of Magicians and Society of American Magicians; booklets on topics such as juggling, the business of magic, billiard, coin and card tricks; magazines such as The Bat, Phoenix, Coven, Magical Digest, Magical Bulletin, Genii, the Sphinx, and The Linking Ring (approx. 50 issues spanning 1940s – 50s); books on dove magic, cigarette tricks, and witchcraft; business cards affixed to several unbound scrapbook pages; Christmas cards; instruction sheets; type written and hand drawn notes; printing block; theatre programs; a TLS from Dell O’Dell; and others. Overall good to very good condition.