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The Collection of Edwin A Dawes, Part I

Sat, Feb 24, 2024 12:00PM EST
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BOOTH, John Nichols (1912 – 2009). Eighteen Signed Works by...

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BOOTH, John Nichols (1912 ? 2009). Eighteen Signed Works by John Booth. Representing virtually all the works written by this nightclub magician, traveler, and author, including Forging Ahead in Magic (two editions; 1939 and 1944), Marvels of Mystery (1953), Psychic Paradoxes (1984; two editions), Creative World of Conjuring (1990), Magical Mentalism (1931), Super Magical Miracles (1930; two editions), Extending Magic Beyond Credibility (2001), Booths in History (1982), and others. Most being 8vos bound in publisher?s cloth with pictorial jackets and illustrated. All but one volume warmly and personally INSCRIBED AND SIGNED, most of these to Eddie and Amy Dawes, with several letters, cards, and clipped book reviews laid in.