This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/28/2018
An Early 20th Century Magic Scrapbook. American, 1890s—1930s. Disbound scrapbook, items removed from original pages and remounted on acid-free Japanese rice paper and linen, comprised of 25 leaves, approx. 24 x 20” each. Including articles and illustrations on the following magicians: Eddie McGuire (1936 Pawtucket Valley Daily News front page), Bancroft the Magician (1897), Frederick Barrington (1920s), Richards The Magician (1920s), Anna Chrissie Miller (1905), Nate Leipzig, Doc Nixon, Ching Ling Foo, W. W. Durbin, Houdini séances (1930s), The Knowles (1908), Nicola, Blackstone, The Roucleres, Chung Ling Soo (1907), The Great LaFayette, Prof. W.E. Floyd (broadside, America’s youngest Prestidigitator) and many others. Condition generally good.