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DeVere, Charles. La Maison De Vere - Paris. Paris, ca. 1920. Printed wrappers, illustrated with full-page plates of the workshops, offices, and exterior of DeVere’s magic factory. Oblong 8vo. Very good. With a list of references inked on DeVere letterhead laid in.The references listed on the enclosed letter include Goldin, Houdini, Chicago Magic Co., Thurston, Roterberg, A. Herrmann, and others. DeVere constructed stage illusions for many top-flight performers, and had a thriving worldwide wholesale business, with many of his articles distributed by dealers in England, Europe, and America. The first leaf inside this souvenir booklet pictures DeVere and his son. Underneath the younger man’s portrait, a former owner has inked the line, “alas dead.”