Engstrom, A. B. The Humorous Magician Unmasked. [Philadelphia]: Author, 1836. Modern half brown leather, gilt stamped. Marbled endsheets. Nine plates at rear. 12mo. p. [1 – 3] 4 – 90. Internally fine. Ex-libris Roland Winder, John Henry Grossman. Toole Stott 278. This is the earliest known work that explains how to produce a rabbit from a borrowed hat.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-10-31
Ducrot, Frank (T. Francis Fritz). Chautauqua stage renderings. American, 1910s. Two hand-painted designs for the proscenium, curtains, and stage setting for a tent Chautauqua show. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-05-31
Birmingham: Moody Bros., ca. 1910. A smiling bust portrait of Raymond at the center of the image bursts through a brick wall. His visage is Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2017-02-04
Vernon, Dai. Gag instructions for the “Findthemall Deck,” written by Dai Vernon. A humorous explanation of a gimmicked pack of cards that allows the magician Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-04-06
Jarrow, Emil. Important archive of Emil Jarrow ephemera. Collected by Jay Marshall, and including an informal contract and manuscript pages for a book of Emil Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2010-05-16
