[MAGIC SET]. Memphis Cabinet of Accessories. London: “Memphis” Magical Academy, ca. 1920. “Leatherette”-covered paper box with illustrated label, filled with accessories for the Memphis Magical Course issued by Claude Chandler, and including paper strips, a Jumping Peg paddle trick, card and coin effect, decorated paper covers, The Chameleon Candle, and more. With the original packing paper, as issued; props appear unused.
Sold together with: The Memphis Magical Course, ca. 1920, being a 4to printed on handmade paper in original publisher’s silkscreened wraps; and an offset printed advertising sheet for the course. Box dimensions 10 ¾ x 8 ¼ x 2 ¼”. Only minor wear from handling. SCARCE.
Dr. Dawes’ account of the Memphis Magical Course and a picture of the set offered here appeared in A.B.C. of Magic Sets, Volume 3, Number 8 (1982). This cabinet of accessories was sent free to all subscribers to the mail-order magic course but is the first and only example we have encountered. Chandler’s enterprise was apparently short-lived.