Kellar Harry Phil Temple Robert (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition (?). Hardcover is black with gold lettering on front and spine. B/w photographs on endpapers. Pages are clean and tight. Extensively illustrated with 22 color posters [there are 4 'uncut' tops on these pages]; and dozens of b/w photographs and drawings. "Since his death in 1922 [1849-1922], little of substance has been written about Harry Kellar, one of the most respected names in the history of magic in America. Now, with the aid of here-to-fore unpublished information, Phil Temple brings to the world of published magic history a book destined to become the definitive work on this great magician.Using Kellar's original 1886 biography as the basis for this new work, and extensive research into the Kellar family archives--with assistance from magic historian Robert E. Olson, Phil Temple now presents "Kellar--A Magician's Tour--Revisited". Variants; bibliography; poster listing and credits. Oversized; 4#. ; B & W and Color; 8 3/4 x 11 1/4; xii, 226 pages; Hardcover has slight shelf wear and bumping; ID number written in black pen on bottom of text block [possibly from someone's personal collection? ]. DJ has slight bumping, rubbing/scuffing; in a mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Factory sealed in shrink-wrap. Shrink wrap is peeling in one area. Book and dj are new. Reproduction of the original autobiography by Kellar with additional material by Phil Temple. 20 pages of full color poster reproductions. Also includes 56 page softcover reproduction of KELLAR'S WONDER BOOK (1903) as a separate softbound supplement.