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Featuring the collection of magic bibliographer Stephen Forrester, this premier sale will feature highlights from his library of rare, old, and unusual conjuring books from the seventeenth century to the present day. Purchase Catalog
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Lot 328

HOWARD, Rupert (RAW, Stuart Drayton, d. 1942). The Rupert H...

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HOWARD, Rupert (RAW, Stuart Drayton, d. 1942). The Rupert Howard Course in Magic. London: The Rupert Howard School, [1931-1932]. 4to. Illustrated. All 25 courses bound into one volume. Bound in modern half brown pigskin over brown cloth boards, red gilt morocco lettering labels on front board and spine. Two typewritten slips inserted, bound without original wrappers. Ffep. re-attached, text lightly creased throughout, some occasional minor thumbsoiling. Fine. Howard established his magic school in London in 1928. He performed under various names, including “Merlin,” “Paul Rupert,” and “Danton” (he had been chosen by Dante to carry on his act as “Danton” in 1939, but it fell through).

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