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GOLDSTON, Will (1878 – 1948). A Magician’s Swan Song. London: John Long, Ltd. [1934]. FIRST EDITION. Black cloth lettered gilt with uncommon dust wrapper. Frontispiece portrait of the author, plates and line drawings. 8vo. Dawes and Stanley Collins bookplates. Foxed. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED on the flyleaf, “To Stanley Collins, Best Wishes, Will Goldston.” Laid in is a sheet of commentary in Collins’ hand correcting errors in the book. An ANS in Eddie Dawes’ hand laid in states, “This … carries various penciled notes by Stanley Collins in the margins. These pinpoint the very many inaccuracies in this book, with some very caustic comments on Will Goldston’s knowledge of magic history!”