Salon de Magie: The Klosterman Collection Part I

Hilliard, John Northern. John Northern Hilliard’s Wallet. Tri-fold leather wallet containing two membership cards of Hilliard in the S.A.M. (signed by Hardeen, brother of Houdini, one listing Hilliard’s address), two of his I.B.M. membership cards, his membership card in the Society of Osiris, a vintage advertising mat, two keys, and a postage stamp-size portrait of Hilliard. Accompanied by a typed note stating, “John Northern Hilliard, advance and publicity man ... was a man of great ability. He was a journalist, author, and magician. He was the author of “Downs Art of Magic” and “Greater Magic,” also wrote words for an opera and published a novel titled “The Tigers Claw.” [sic] He died March 14, 1935.” Hilliard was a journalist, novelist, and colleague of Stephen Crane. His posthumously published book, Greater Magic, is widely regarded as one of the ten best texts on conjuring ever written.