The Collection of Edwin A Dawes, Part I
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[MAGIC SET]. Memphis Cabinet of Accessories. London: “Memph...
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[MAGIC SET].?Memphis Cabinet of Accessories.?London: ?Memphis? Magical Academy, ca. 1920. ?Leatherette?-covered paper box with illustrated label, filled with accessories for the Memphis Magical Course issued by Claude Chandler, and including paper strips, a Jumping Peg paddle trick, card and coin effect, decorated paper covers, The Chameleon Candle, and more. With the original packing paper, as issued; props appear unused.Sold together with:?The Memphis Magical Course, ca. 1920, being a 4to printed on handmade paper in original publisher?s silkscreened wraps; and an offset printed advertising sheet for the course. Box dimensions 10 ? x 8 ? x 2 ??. Only minor wear from handling. SCARCE.Dr. Dawes? account of the Memphis Magical Course and a picture of the set offered here appeared in?A.B.C. of Magic Sets, Volume 3, Number 8 (1982). This cabinet of accessories was sent free to all subscribers to the mail-order magic course but is the first and only example we have encountered. Chandler?s enterprise was apparently short-lived.
