[AUTOGRAPHS]. Magicians’ Autograph and Postcard Album. A personal autograph album kept by British magician Jim Steele, the signatures collected in the 1930s-50s, primarily in the north of England and including the autographs of, RPPCs of, drawings by, and inscriptions from many famous conjurers of the era, over 100 in all, chief among them Horace Goldin (including his celluloid business card tipped-in), Bertini, Walter C. Jeans (including unusual calling card), Jack Kodell, Robert Harbin and Dolly (with photograph), Arthur Prince, Murray Walters, Chefalo (signed RPPC), Dante (signed RRPC and separate penciled autograph), Harry Leat (with mounted photograph and humorous inscription), Les Levante (two RPPCs, both signed), John Calvert, Edward Victor, Signor Arvi, Walford Bodie, Linga Singh, Eddie Dawes, Fred Culpitt, Chris Charlton (signed RPPC), June Merlin (with self-portrait caricature), Maurice Fogel (twice), P.C. Sorcar, Cingalee, Cyraldo, Cecil Lyle (including die-cut horseshoe throwaway and separate RPPC of Lucille Lafarge), Virgil, The Great Carmo, Jasper Maskelyne (signed RP cigarette card), and dozens more.
Most pages loose within the now faulty and well-worn imitation leather covers, the autographs themselves in fair to very good condition, with some enclosures and tipped-in photographs and postcards stuck down or held in place by yellowing cellotape. An impressive collection of autographs and images from famous and lesser-known magicians.