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Sat, Aug 19, 2017 11:00AM EDT - Sun, Aug 20, 2017 11:00AM EDT
Lot 239

Hilliard, John Northern. Greater Magic.

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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Hilliard, John Northern. Greater Magic. Minneapolis: Carl W. Jones, 1938. First edition. Publisher's cloth. Illustrated. Thick 8vo. With the signatures, several dated or accompanied by sketches and doodles, of scores of notable magicians of the period, including numerous contributors to the work, plus its illustrator and the publisher, among these Dai Vernon, Cardini, Harry Blackstone, Al Flosso, Carl W. Jones, John Mulholland, Harlan Tarbell, Si Stebbins (also signing as Will Coffrin), Burling Hull (also signing as "Volta"), Dell O'Dell, Bert Allerton, Joe Berg, Stewart James, John Scarne, Percy Abbott, Ed Reno, Augustus Rapp, Bob Nelson, Ross Bertram, Edgar Bergen, Bill Neff, Jay Marshall, Lester Lake, Max Holden, John Booth, Winston Freer, Gogia Pasha, John Snyder, U.F. Grant, Roland Travers, Doc Mahendra, Russ Walsh, John Braun, Danny Dew, and many others. Light shelfwear.

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