Magicana of the Golden Age
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Lot 123
THURSTON, Howard (1869 - 1936). My Life of Magic.
Estimate: $400 - $800
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THURSTON, Howard (1869 - 1936). My Life of Magic. Philadelphia: Dorrance and Company, (1929). 8vo. Dark green cloth gilt. Original pictorial dust-jacket. Portrait frontispiece, plates. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by Thurston on the dedication page, "To my old friend Alvin Plough" and again by Jane Thurston to Ken Klosterman below, in ink.
Alvin Plough served as editor of the official International Brotherhood of Magicians journal, The Linking Ring, for many years.
Condition
Jacket considerably chipped and worn at folds and extremities, but generally sound. Frontis. a bit loose.
Overall Dimensions
Weight: 2.00 lbs
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Ken Klosterman's Salon de Magie (bookplate to flyleaf).
