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Desfor, Irving. Great Magicians in Great Moments. Pomeroy: Lee Jacobs Productions, 1983. Deluxe edition. Pebbled brown leather stamped in gold. Illustrated, including color plates. 4to. Jacket scuffed, otherwise very good. Warmly inscribed and signed by Irving Desfor and the publisher to Charles Reynolds. A remarkable visual chronicle of nearly every great magician of the 20th century, all photographed by Desfor, this copy all the more special due to the fact that Reynolds was himself a photojournalist and the photo editor of magazines including Popular Photography.


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2012-10-27

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