[WEE BOOKS] Lifetime Collection of ‘Wee’ Magic Books and Related Publications. Assembled by noted collector, historian, and magician Raymond Goulet, and comprised of over 450 “wee” books about magic tricks and magicians, as well as small pamphlets and related publications, including the vest-pocket publications issued by Collins Pentz, various Big Little Books related to Houdini, Leo Behnke’s Magic Show Tonite (including the deluxe leatherbound edition as well as the trade edition), a quantity of Si Stebbins’ pitch book teaching card tricks (including many variant editions), small pulp newsstand publications explaining magic tricks, and a very large quantity of wee books produced by Bruce Dunn of Kalamazoo, Michigan. The latter includes a large number of his serial publications recording the life stories of many magicians of the “golden age” of the art. Also included are various works on juggling, playing cards, comic sketches, spinning tops, sword swallowing, theatrical makeup, and other topics closely associated with legerdemain and its performance.
Primarily bound in pictorial wraps and boards, dating from the 1900s – 2000s (bulk 1920s – 40s), and in varied condition, but good to very good overall. An impressive and large collection of popularly published works on conjuring and its allied arts.