$150
[Jim Ryan] Willmarth, Phil. Jim Ryan Close-Up 1 – 4. Bound together in a black pebbled buckram volume stamped in gold on the cover with the text "My Friend/Jim Ryan/Tom Mullica." Bound in are a set of Jim Ryan's lecture notes as well as a feature story on Ryan and his magic from M-U-M magazine, Nov. 1981. All publications warmly inscribed by Jim Ryan and author Phil Willmarth to Tom Mullica. Very good condition.Ryan was a well-liked Chicago bar magician and honoree at Fechter's Finger Flicking Frolic in 1977. He studied magic with L.L. Ireland, and opened his first tavern, The Magic Tap, in Chicago in 1933. The fourth volume of Jim Ryan Close-Up details his routine for the Cups and Balls (see next lot).
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2011-05-22
