Magic Castle (3 results)

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. stapled white & red pictorial wraps; pp. 762-834 clean, unmarked pages; includes: magic; magicians; includes: Magic tricks by Mixmaster, auto check, Bim Bam Box, Hat Folding, The Miracle Card, The card in the Enveloe); dai Vernon (The Vernon Touch); Charlie miller & William Read Woodfield (Magicana); bayard Grimshaw (About the "Great Carmo Egg Mystery"); the Larsens (Siegfried and Roy in "Beyond Belief"); Obituaries (Abraham Hurwitz, Robert Schrecker, Raymond Hafler, Mechem McLaren); plus much more. The Magic Castle by Paul Butlerphoto on cover (illustrator). …

Hard cover. Condition: Good in good dust jacket. First edition. THUNDERS MOUTH, 1997. First edition. Good in good dust jacket. 1 260 PP p.

First Edition. Oversize paperbound format, 8 1/2Ó x 11Ó, 557 pages. Signed and inscribed by professional magician Abb Dickson on page 167 beneath his profile: ÒFor Larry, With all the best. Thanks for the friendship! Abb Dickson.Ó Mr. Dickson is known for his work on television in the series Different Strokes and in eight films with Orson Welles, a television special with Vincent Price, and various theatrical productions. His caricature portrait shows him sitting on a chair opposite a white bunny which appears to have just emerged from a hat while another bunny peeks from the bottom edge of the curtain behind them. Very good slightly used copy with in printed wrappers. A collection of caricature portraits by Ted Salter of the many magicians who have performed at the famous Hollywood nightclub, The Magic Castle. The front cover is illustrated with SalterÕs portraits of some of its best known members at the time of publication, including Jay Ose, Dai Vernon, Harry Blackstone, Johnny Carson, Siegfried and Roy, Orson Welles, Cary Grant, David Copperfield, Harry Blackstone, Jr., Doug Henning, and Paul Daniels.…