This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/14/2024
[JAPANESE – MAGIC] Max Maven’s Collection of Japanese Magic Books. Approximately 50 volumes, 1940s – 2000s, and including, Hakone Pride (2017, includes many contributions from Western magicians), Tenkai Prize a la Hiro by Hiro Sakai (1994), Creations by Kazuyuki Hase (n.d.), The Thoughts of Tenkai by Masatoshi Furota (1970), Bar Magic by Hiro Sakai (2001), “The Book of Shigeo Takagi” by Takagi (1978; INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by Takagi to Phil Goldstein), and dozens more, including many other Tenkai Prize books, fine reprints of antiquarian titles, encyclopedic works on card magic, and several works by Takagi written for the general public. 4tos and 8vos in cloth, wraps, and boards, most illustrated, and generally in very good condition. A very good collection of twentieth century works on magic both for the general public and the trade in Japanese. From the library of Max Maven.