Set Reminder2020-12-12 12:00:002020-12-12 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Winter Magic Auction https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/winter-magic-auction-21973 Our winter magic sale features apparatus and relics from the workshops and showroom of Owen Magic Supreme. Tracing its beginnings to the days of Floyd Thayer, Owen Magic maintained an impeccably high standard of quality and innovation in the construction of magic apparatus and illusions, for every major performer in the industry.
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[Vernon, Dai] Ganson, Lewis. The Dai Vernon Book of Magic. London: Unique Magic Studio, [1957]. Restricted first edition, inscribed and signed by Vernon and numbered ?30? on the ffep. Original pebbled maroon leather. Marbled endsheets, tipped-in leaf gilt leaf bearing a facsimile letter to the reader by Vernon, present only in the restricted edition. Illustrated with photographs. 8vo. Considerable chipping, rubbing, and wear to spine and extremities. An unknown quantity ? perhaps 100 - of this deluxe first edition of what is arguably Vernon?s most influential work were produced and sold by Vernon himself, as a partial payment to him in kind for the publication of the book.