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AT AUCTION The Magic Collection of Jay Marshall X ○ The Jay Marshall Collection May 2007 ○ XI Please Note: The printed version of this catalog contains additional information and includes unpublished photographs of Jay Marshall, as well as an essay on his career as a collector of magicana. Visit www.squashpublications.com to purchase your copy. Attendees of the 38th Annual Magic Collectors’ Weekend will receive a copy of this catalog free with their registration. XII ○ The Jay Marshall Collection May 2007 ○ 1 5 6 1. Abbott, David P. Group of seven titles. Behind the Scenes with the Mediums (1916), David P. Abbott’s Book of Mysteries (1977), The History of a Strange Case (1908), The Marvelous Creations of Joseffy (1908), The Open Court (May, 1919), The Open Court (April, 1913), and The Spirit Portrait Mystery (1913). Generally good with light wear. 150/300 2. Accum, Frederick. Chemical Amusement, Comprising a Series of Curious and Instructive Experiments in Chemistry, which are easily Performed, and unattended by Danger… London, 1818. Second edition, with plates, considerably enlarged. Illustrated. Internally fine copy rebound in later pebbled cloth, considerably mottled. Toole-Stott 2. 250/500 3. Albo, Robert and others. Classic Magic Series, Vol. 1-7, each volume a limited edition. San Francisco, 1973-1990. Illustrated with photographs. In publisher’s red case. Very good copies, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO JAY MARSHALL BY ALBO. 2,000/3,000 With: The Magic of America (1986), fair copy with damp staining. 4. [Poster] Alexander (Claude Alexander Conlin). Alexander the Man Who Knows. [Bombay, Av Yaga, c. 1915]. One-sheet (28 x 40”) color lithograph poster, depicting Alexander’s turbaned head on a red field. Very good. 100/200 5. [Poster] Alexander. Alexander the Man Who Knows. Eight-sheet billboard (7 x 9’) color lithograph poster. Av Yaga Bombay, n.d. Unmounted. Good condition, with folds and tears as expected. 400/600 XII ○ The Jay Marshall Collection May 2007 ○ 1 9 12 6. [Poster] Alexander. Ask Alexander. [Bombay, Av Yaga, c. 1915]. One-sheet (28 x 40”) color lithograph poster, depicting Alexander’s turbaned head inside a large question mark, staring into a crystal ball. Linen backed, very good condition. 200/300 7. [Poster] Alexander. Crystal Seer. [Bombay, Av Yaga, c. 1915]. Panel poster, 14 x 41”. Color lithograph, depicting Alexander staring into a crystal ball. Linen backed with minor restoration, good condition. See illustration in color section. 200/300 8. American Boy’s Book of Sports and Games. New York, ca. 1964. Illustrated. Pictorial cloth. Some signatures loose, but overall a bright, clean copy. Toole-Stott 14. 50/100 With: Wood, J.G. The Modern Playmate. London, 1870. Pictorial cloth wrinkled and rubbed; some internal soiling. Toole-Stott 1209. 9. Anderson, John Henry. A Shilling’s Worth of Magic, or Tricks to be Learnt in a Train [by the] Great Wizard of the North. N.p., n.d. ca. 1840s. Lacks title page, front cover detached, dusty and worn. Not in Toole-Stott. 250/500 10. Andruzzi, Tony. The Grimoire of the Mages. Chicago, 1978. First edition, handmade book with numerous hand-tipped colored photographs, advertising material and supplements laid in. Publisher’s pictorial silk-screened cloth. NUMBER 25 OF A LIMITED EDITION OF 250 COPIES. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY ANDRUZZI, “TO JAY, A KINDRED SPIRIT IN MAGICK. MAGICKALLY, MASKLYN (TOM PALMER). 7-24-79. TONY C. ANDRUZZI.” 400/600 2 ○ The Jay Marshall Collection May 2007 ○ 3 13 19 11. Andruzzi, Tony. The Negromicon of Masklyn Ye Mage. Chicago, n.d. First edition, handmade book with lock and hasps integrated into binding (lacking original key). Publisher’s pictorial silk-screened cloth, INSCRIBED 8 X 10” PHOTO OF ANDRUZZI LAID IN. 600/800 12. Annemann, Theodore. Lot of six items. The Book Without a Name (1931), 202 Methods of Forcing (1933), The Master’s Touch (1929), a TLS (signed “Ted”) on Jinx letterhead, an early business card, and a renewal postcard for The Jinx. THE BOOK WITHOUT A NAME AND THE MASTER’S TOUCH ARE SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY ANNEMANN. 200/300 The business reply postcard is scarce, and was used as a clever marketing tactic by Annemann, who instructed his readers not to fill it out. Despite the lack of a return address or other information about the senders’ identities on the card, Annemann was somehow still able to discern one card — and thus one sender — from another. 202 Methods of Forcing is Victor Farelli’s copy, with his annotations throughout. Annemann’s autograph is scarce. 13. Art of Conjuring Made Easy; or, Instructions for Performing the Most Astonishing Sleight-of-Hand Feats. With directions for making Fireworks. Davenport, England, [ca. 1840]. Illustrated cover title. Toole-Stott 65. 500/1,000 14. Baldwin, Samri S. The Secrets of Mahatma Land Explained. Brooklyn, 1895. Second edition. Cream-colored pictorial boards. Fair copy, with wear to cover and extremities. 50/100 With: elaborate embossed and lithographed unused pictorial letterhead advertising Baldwin’s “5th Tour Around The World.” 2 ○ The Jay Marshall Collection May 2007 ○ 3 15. Bertram, Charles. A Magician in Many Lands. London, 1911. Large paper edition. Color frontispiece, illustrated. Internally good. Original red cloth. Wear to extremities and two paper labels pasted to rear cover; Jay Marshall’s notation of Bertram’s birth and death date on title page, former owner’s signature inside front cover. 150/300 With: another copy, first edition (London, 1911), good condition. 16. Bertram, Charles. Isn’t It Wonderful: A History of Magic and Mystery. London, 1896. Large paper edition. Illustrated. Internally fine; rebound with (soiled) original cream cloth laid down over later cloth. INSCRIBED “TO THE VENERABLE ARCHDEACON SINCLAIR WITH THE ‘AUTHOR’S’ KIND REGARDS AND BEST THANKS – JUNE 17TH, 1903” AND SIGNED BY BERTRAM BENEATH THE FRONTISPIECE PORTRAIT. 200/400 17. Bishop, Washington Irving. Second Sight Explained: A Complete Exposition of Clairvoyance or Second Sight as Exhibited by the Late Robert Houdin and Robert Heller [etc.] [No place], 1880. Original pebbled cloth. Scarce. 300/500 18. B., J.T. Drawing Room Magic. A Manual of Mystical Mysteries, for the Parlour, School, or Drawing Room with numerous Illustrative Diagrams. London and New York, 1868. Illustrated. Original blind-stamped cloth of Cassell’s Hand Books series. Spine rebacked with tape. Toole-Stott 70. 50/100 19. Black Art of Magic Made Easy. New York, 1869. Illustrated. Pictorial wraps appear to be handcolored. Covers dusty and soiled. Toole-Stott 94. 100/150 20. [Photographs] Blackstone, Harry, Sr. Two early cabinet photographs of Harry Blackstone: Hands tied behind back by audience members and seated in caged restraint with ropes. Noted on back: “Harry Bouton ’05.” Fine condition. 300/500 21. [Photographs] Blackstone, Harry, Sr. Lot of seven 8 x 10” photographs of Blackstone, two signed including one signed, and one signed and inscribed. 1930s – 1940s. Generally very good condition. 150/250 22. [Comic Books] Blackstone Master Magician, Super Magician and Blackstone Magician Detective titles, 18 miscellaneous issues. Choice lot of comics “Featuring Blackstone the Only Living Comic Book Character.” Including V1 N1 of Blackstone Master Magician Comics. 1940s. Condition varies, but generally good. SHOULD BE SEEN. 300/500 23. [Blackstone, Harry] Large lot of 29 pieces of ephemera including souvenir programs, theatre programs, ad mats, postcards, train crew notice, souvenir books 4 ○ The Jay Marshall Collection May 2007 ○ 5 20 25 24 4 ○ The Jay Marshall Collection May 2007 ○ 5 and more. 1920s – 1940s. Condition varies from poor to very good. SHOULD BE SEEN. 250/350 Includes a scarce program from an appearance of the Blackstone show in Quebec, one of the only appearances the troupe made outside of the United States. 24. [Broadside] Blackstone, Harry. Round the World Tour of Blackstone The Great and his All Star Company. Np, nd [ca. 1920.] Double-sided broadside (19 x 6 1⁄2”), with black and white images of Blackstone, etc. Very good condition. 75/150 This broadside is very similar in design and composition to those used just before Harry Bouton changed his stage name from Frederik the Great to Blackstone. 25. Blackstone, Harry, Sr. The Great Blackstone’s Secrets. Small pitch book with color cover art by Harlan Tarbell. Ca. 1930. Fair copy with splitting at spine and light internal wear. SIGNED BY PUBLISHER ARTHUR P. FELSMAN ON THE TITLE PAGE. 200/300 With: Seventeen original 6 x 4” photographs of Blackstone performing the various tricks explained in the booklet, used in the production of the publication. 26. [Poster] Blackstone, Harry, Sr. Oriental Nights. Erie Pennsylvania, Erie Lithograph Company, ca. 1918. One-sheet (40 x 28”) color lithograph poster depicting Blackstone and nautch girls, levitation of a camel, Indian Rope Trick. Linen backed, very good condition. See illustration in color section. 3,000/4,000 27. Blackstone, Harry, Sr. Blackstone’s Secrets of Magic. New York, 1929. First edition. Illustrated. Original cloth and dust jacket. Good condition. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY BLACKSTONE TO LYCEUM MAGICIAN JOE LIGHTNER. 100/200 With: Blackstone’s Annual of Magic 1929, good copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO JOE LIGHTNER BY BLACKSTONE. 28. [Poster] Blackstone, Harry. Blackstone the World’s Master Magician. N.p., n.d. (ca. 1947). Oversized window card (22 x 28”) in black, yellow and red with portrait of Blackstone and overprint for Orpheum Theatre, Wichita. Fair copy with light soiling and tears. 150/250 29. [Photograph] Blitz, Signor Antonio. Silver print bust portrait photograph of Blitz. Ca. 1871. 3 x 5”. Good condition with light creases not affecting image. 200/300 30. Blitz, Signor Antonio. Fifty Years in the Magic Circle; being an account of the author’s professional life: his wonderful tricks and feats: with laughable incidents and adventures as a Magician….
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