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THURSTON, Howard (1869 – 1936). Thurston the World’s Greatest Magician. The Lady and the Lion. Cincinnati & New York: The Strobridge Litho. Co., 1909. Bright one-sheet poster depicts three illusions from early in Thurston’s career: The Lady and the Lion, a transposition effect; The Witch’s Cauldron; and the Indian Rope Trick. Bright and crisp, with short closed tears and wear in margins, old central fold. Linen backed. A/A-. RARE; the first example we have offered and one of only a handful known. A billboard-size version of this poster was also printed by Strobridge, along with panel-size posters for the Rope Trick and the Cauldron illusion. The Native American version of the swastika appears in the design of this poster below the two cages at the center, as it does in other Thurston posters of the era.