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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] 195; January 27, 1950; Knots; etc.; 197; February 24, 1950; Double Stop; etc. ; 198; March 10, 1950; Solomon's Minds; etc. ; 211; September 8, 1950; The Back Room; etc. (four individual issues sold together) by Bruce Elliott (editor); Slydini, Franklin V. Taylor, et al - 1950
by Bruce Elliott (editor); Slydini, Franklin V. Taylor, et al
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The Phoenix : [magic newsletter for magicians--original numbers] 195; January 27, 1950; Knots; etc.; 197; February 24, 1950; Double Stop; etc. ; 198; March 10, 1950; Solomon's Minds; etc. ; 211; September 8, 1950; The Back Room; etc. (four individual issues sold together)
by Bruce Elliott (editor); Slydini, Franklin V. Taylor, et al
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New York, New York: Bruce Elliott, 1950. First printings. Original Wraps. Very Good. 4 original issues as published. Octavo, 11" tall, pages, 778 to 781, 786 to 789, 790 to 793, and 842 to 845,; self wraps. Very good, clean, neat copies overall with minor shelf wear, slight exterior soiling, and minor yellowing. A bi-weekly magazine for magicians, amateur and professional. Articles on magic tricks by Elliott and other authors.
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- Place of Publication New York, New York
- Date Published 1950
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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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