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New York, NY, 1946. Paperback. Very Good/No Dust jacket. Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. Stage magic 'zine edited by the author of the classic hard-boiled novel: One is a Lonely Number (Lion 100). This lot includes 18 issues (#s 107-110, 112, 136, 142, 143, 146, 147, 149,203, 251, 264, 267, 270, 274, 307, 321 (321 seems to be contained in another zine entitled "Woodfield's Magicana). Each is a single sheet of 17" X 11" paper folded in half comprising 4 pages. Attractive hand-made design with a varying Phoenix theme and hand-lettering. Some issues show rubbing and creasing but on the whole they're G-VG. Issues contain extensive explanations of tricks (cards, dice, scarves, boxes, coins, etc) including stage patter/routines, reviews of new works on magic, cartoons and an essay from Elliott on the state of the art. One trick uses duplicate issues of Astounding Science Fiction Magazine (rebound with various covers) for a…
Read More The Phoenix : [magic newsletter for magicians--original numbers] 266; October 17, 1952; Concepts Never Die; etc. ; 267; October 31, 1952; It's My Move; etc.; 268; November 14, 1952; Spirits in the Camera; etc.; 270; 269; November 28, 1952; Jinx-ed; etc. ; December 12, 1952; Audley's Best, etc. (five individual issues sold together) by Bruce Elliott (editor); Ray Hyman, Vic Koehler, John Howie, Rusduck, et al - 1952
by Bruce Elliott (editor); Ray Hyman, Vic Koehler, John Howie, Rusduck, et al
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The Phoenix : [magic newsletter for magicians--original numbers] 266; October 17, 1952; Concepts Never Die; etc. ; 267; October 31, 1952; It's My Move; etc.; 268; November 14, 1952; Spirits in the Camera; etc.; 270; 269; November 28, 1952; Jinx-ed; etc. ; December 12, 1952; Audley's Best, etc. (five individual issues sold together)
by Bruce Elliott (editor); Ray Hyman, Vic Koehler, John Howie, Rusduck, et al
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New York, New York: Bruce Elliott, 1952. First printings. Original Wraps. Good to Very Good. 5 original issue as published. Octavo, 11" tall, single fold continuous pagination, 1062 to 1065, 1066 to 1069, 1070 to 1073, 1074 to 1077, 1078 to 1081, self wraps. Good, clean, neat copies overall with minor shelf wear, slight exterior soiling, and minor yellowing BUT one edge torn and taped. A bi-weekly magazine for magicians, amateur and professional. Articles on magic tricks by Elliott and other authors.
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- Date Published 1952
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Phoenix (19 Issues, 1946-1954)
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The Phoenix : [magic newsletter for magicians--original numbers--incomplete run] [100 original issues from #5 to #374; January 8, 1943 to November 1962]
by Walter Gibson, Bruce Elliott (editors); Jack Avis, J. G. Thompson Jr., H.A. Adams, John A. M. Howie, Rusduck, Essman, T. A. Waters, Ernest W. Brady, Burling Hull, Milbourne Christopher, et al
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New York, New York: Bruce Elliott, 1943-62. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 100 original issues as published--an incomplete run (with one or two aditional). Octavo, 11" tall, single fold, continuous pagination, 4 pages per issue, self wraps. Very good, clean, neat copies overall with minor shelf wear, some slight occasional exterior soiling, and minor yellowing. A mostly bi-weekly magazine for magicians, amateur and professional. Articles on magic tricks by Elliott and 100 other magicians
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