This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/25/2023
YOUNG, William Henry (1821 – 74). Professor Young! The Great American Magician. Boston: J.H. & F.F. Farwell, Printers, ca. 1850. Double-sided letterpress broadside advertising an appearance at the Lyceum Hall, Milford. The recto filled with bombastic text describing Young’s show, the nose amputations he will perform “of any gentleman from the audience,” above and below a wood-engraved image of the magician presenting the Linking Rings at the center of a prop-laden stage; the recto with four wood-engraved stock images of conjurers, the uppermost being a full-length image of Robert-Houdin, the balance depicting the Orange Tree, Table Tilting, and the production of cannon balls from an opera hat. 21 3/8 x 7 1/8”. One loss at top, old central fold fragile and starting.