Salon de Magie: The Klosterman Collection Part I

[Dai Vernon] Ganson, Lewis. The Dai Vernon Book of Magic [Restricted Edition]. London: Harry Stanley Unique Magic Studio, [1957]. Publisher’s restricted edition, bound in maroon leather with marbled endpapers and gold page reproducing Vernon letter to the readers. Illustrated with photographs. 8vo. Inscribed and signed on the flyleaf by publisher Harry Stanley to John Braun, and again by Vernon to Braun “who is one of the best liked and known of all my friends and a very skillful and beloved performer / Sincerely / Dai Vernon.” With a postcard from Vernon to Braun laid in stating “have finished my tour and expect to meet Slydini here… the Inner Circle are making me a member the end of this month….” Signed “Dai.” Near fine condition. A handsome association copy of this deluxe restricted edition of Vernon’s seminal sleight-of-hand treatise.