OKITO (Tobias Bamberg, 1875 ? 1963). Archive of Okito TLSs to Fellow Magician Stanley Collins. Eleven TLSs on various letterheads and aerogramme sheets, 1920 ? 60, all in a familiar and friendly tone, as Collins and Bamberg were close friends and colleagues. The first letter dated May 8, 1920 is perhaps a letter of introduction as Okito writes to make an appointment to meet with Collins. Okito writes on many fascinating and revealing matters, repeatedly praising Collins' famous Four Ace Trick (and Okito's performances thereof), discussing the death of Dr. Harlan Tarbell, longing for the days of the Egyptian Hall of London, and reminisces on various magicians and personal subjects: ?How clearly I remember my late father taking me to London in 1890 and I had to perform the Cups and Balls for the late Charles Bertram; how he padded [sic] me on the back and said, ?very good little boy.'" ?At last Dante has passed away and everybody here is wondering [how] he kept as long as he drank like a fish, how can the human constitution stand it?" ??during the Nazi invasion in Holland on may 1th 1940 all my property was destroyed, my valuables which I kept in a safe deposit was being robbed, articles of great value which I can never replace, and the worst of all, they murdered my only sister and two younger brothers." ?Since the passing away of my old good friend Howard Thurston, we had practically no more full nights magical shows." He also discusses his work with Don Redmon as a builder of magic in Louisville, Ching Ling Foo and Chung Ling Soo, his son David (who he describes as his ?successor"), his own health, and much more. 4to sheets, including two on pictorial letterhead depicting a silhouetted caricature of Okito and his famous Floating Ball. All the letters SIGNED in ink as ?Okito" or ?Theo." A revealing, important, personal archive of correspondence.