- GROUP OF SIX VINTAGE MAGIC POSTERS.
GROUP OF SIX VINTAGE MAGIC POSTERS. INCLUDING FIVE LEE ...Group of Six Vintage Magic Posters. Including five Lee Jacobs Productions posters (1970s) comprising: Doug Henning, Norm Nielsen, and Professor Miller, plus reproductions of classic Houdini and Chung Ling Soo posters; and ÒIt's Magic 1966Ó (Los Angeles, 1966). The largest (Henning) 45 x 29 _Ó. Unmounted. Generally good condition, some wear at edges. Lattermost mounted on Masonite, in wooden frame.
- SOO, CHUNG LING (WILLIAM ELLSWORTH ROBINSON).
SOO, CHUNG LING (WILLIAM ELLSWORTH ROBINSON). SIGNED PO...Soo, Chung Ling (William Ellsworth Robinson). Signed postcard of Chung Ling Soo. [England], ca. 1914. Full-length portrait of Soo, Suee Seen and Bamboo Flower resplendent in Chinese robes. Divided back. Signed in English and ÒChineseÓ by Chung Ling Soo.
- SOO, CHUNG LING (WILLIAM ELLSWORTH ROBINSON).
SOO, CHUNG LING (WILLIAM ELLSWORTH ROBINSON). CHUNG LIN...Soo, Chung Ling (William Ellsworth Robinson). Chung Ling Soo Christmas Card. London, ca. 1910s. Commercial Christmas card, rubricated, with a gilt wax stamp, humorously done in the manner of a legal resolution, overprinted with Soo's pre-print signature and address. Old mailing folds and remnants of scrapbook removal.
- KARR, TODD (COMPILER). THE SILENCE OF
KARR, TODD (COMPILER). THE SILENCE OF CHUNG LING SOO. S...Karr, Todd (compiler). The Silence of Chung Ling Soo. Seattle: Miracle Factory, 2001. Publisher's black cloth with jacket. Illustrated. 4to. Very good.
- GOLDSTON, WILL. GREAT MAGICIANS' TRICKS.
GOLDSTON, WILL. GREAT MAGICIANS' TRICKS. LONDON: WILL G...Goldston, Will. Great Magicians' Tricks. London: Will Goldston Ltd., [1931]. Pebbled maroon cloth, spine gilt stamped. Top edge gilded. Marbled endsheets bearing McArdle's bookplate. Number 79 from an unstated deluxe and limited edition, with frontispiece of Goldston, and ten tipped-in photographs, including images of Houdini, DeBierre, Chung Ling Soo and De Kolta. 4to. Cloth darkened, minor bubbling, but fine overall. Nice copy. Considered the fourth part of the Magical Secrets series published by Goldston although it was issued without a lock.
- NESBITT, NEIL. THE GREAT NESBITT MYSTERIES.
NESBITT, NEIL. THE GREAT NESBITT MYSTERIES. SHOOTING TH...[Leeds: Alf Cooke], ca. 1920. Colorful poster depicting Nesbitt in Chinese costume taking aim with a rifle at an assistant standing in front of a large target. Chung Ling Soo and Thurston used a crossbow for an identical effect. Designed by the artist Jim Affleck [?]. 19 ½ x 28 ½". Old fold. A-.
- NESBITT, NEIL. THE GREAT NESBITT MYSTERIES.
NESBITT, NEIL. THE GREAT NESBITT MYSTERIES. SMOKE LETTE...[Leeds: Alf Cooke], ca. 1920. Nesbitt, in Chinese costume, presents the smoke vase effect, the smoke curling into the air and forming the text of the design. A direct copy of a famous poster used by Chung Ling Soo, the “Marvelous Chinese Conjurer.” Nesbitt was one of several magicians who attempted to take up Soo’s mantle after the latter’s untimely death on stage. Designed by the artist Jim Affleck [?]. 19 ½ x 28 ½". Old fold visible. A-.
- CHUNG LING SOO (WILLIAM ELLSWORTH ROBINSON).
CHUNG LING SOO (WILLIAM ELLSWORTH ROBINSON). CHUNG LING...Hamburg: Adolf Friedländer, 1901. Handsome stone lithograph bears a central portrait of Chung Ling Soo flanked by dragons, and features vignettes of the magician performing Aerial Fishing, the fire trick, bowl production, and a livestock production. 27 ½ x 37 ¼". Expert over-coloring in margins and image; B. One of two examples of this poster known.
- CHUNG LING SOO (WILLIAM ELLSWORTH ROBINSON).
CHUNG LING SOO (WILLIAM ELLSWORTH ROBINSON). CHUNG LING...London: Weiners, ca. 1912. Full color portrait features the magician on horseback waving a large yellow flag bearing his name. A burst of light radiates from his head. 20 x 30". Light staining throughout image, tears repaired throughout; B. Scarce
- CHUNG LING SOO (WILLIAM ELLSWORTH ROBINSON).
CHUNG LING SOO (WILLIAM ELLSWORTH ROBINSON). CHUNG LING...Birmingham: James Upton Ltd., ca. 1910. Six Chinese men gather around a source of reddish light obscured by one of their bodies. One man holds a scroll in his hand, presumably full of the “ancient Chinese mysteries” alluded to in the title of the poster. The initials of the designer, “T.E.S.” are incorporated into the image. 30 x 19 ¾". Strong central folds; vertical crease restored. B.
- CHEFALO (RAFFAELE CHEFALO). CHEFALO
CHEFALO (RAFFAELE CHEFALO). CHEFALO MAGICIAN AND ILLUSI...Birmingham: Moody Bros., ca. 1925. A central bust portrait of the famous Italian magician fills the middle of the large and visually arresting poster, with a montage of Egyptian imagery on one side and an all-seeing eye looking down on a devil, magician, ghosts and skeletons on the other. Chefalo holds a monocle in his glove-clad hand. 60 x 116". Wear at intersection of sheets and old folds, one corner inexpertly restored; B. Rare. Many of the images filling this large poster were borrowed by the printer, Moody Brothers, from the artwork created by the firm for other magicians, including Rameses, Chung Ling Soo, and Ionia.
- ROBINSON, WILLIAM. SPIRIT SLATE WRITING
ROBINSON, WILLIAM. SPIRIT SLATE WRITING AND KINDRED PHE...Robinson, William E. (Chung Ling Soo). Spirit Slate Writing and Kindred Phenomena. New York: Munn & Co., 1898. First edition. Pictorial red cloth stamped in gilt and black. Frontispiece, sixty-six illustrations. 8vo. A tight, clean copy with slight rubbing and darkening to the covers.