Lot 247
£813
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 30 September 2020 at 11:00 BST
Programme for Maskelynes Theatre of Mystery, Langham Place (1919), several articles extracted from The Strand Magazine on Maskelyne, Maskelyne and Cooke's Programme (undated), 1 original postcard, Egyptian Hall England's Home of Mystery, 9 programmes, most undated, one 1908, (Maskelyne & Devant's Mysteries), 3 repaired with sellotape, 3 later reproduction photographs;
Will Goldston. 2 items promoting Secrets of Famous Illusionists and A Magician's Swan Song, & Great Magicians' Tricks, 5 items depicting Goldston tricks, 2 subscription tickets for The Magician Monthly, 2 visiting cards, one photographic, typed letter from Will Goldston Ltd, 1947, saying Goldston is indisposed; cut letterhead of Mahatma's Magical & Novelty Co. (1919);
Magic Magazines. 2 ring binders containing Real Fact Comics (1, trimmed, without date but priced at 10 Cents), Blackstone Master Magician (vol. 1, no 2, priced 10 Cents), The Immortal Doctor Fate (1), Daring Escapes (1), Super Magician (7: dating from1943, 1944, 1946, 1948, and 2 without dates but priced at 10 Cents), Red Dragon (vol. 1 no. 3, December-January 1947 & vol.1 no.1, May 1948), Ghost Breakers (Dec. 1948); Programme for Maskelyne and Cooke's Entertainment at Egyptian Hall, London (x3), Professor Hoffmann's Magic and Mystery at St. Mark's Regent Park, 1881;
Magicians' Club London Programme for 25 Nov. 1928; Autograph letter and postcard from Will Goldston, one to Robelly Illusionist, Programme for Maskelyne & Devant's Mysteries at St. George's Hall; and a few modern comics (3 ring binders)
Provenance: From the collection of the Late Trevor Dawson