Harry Kellar Phil Temple (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 Now, with the aid of here-to-fore unpublished information, Phil Temple brings to the world of published magic history a book destined to become the definitive work on this great magician.Using Kellar's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.…

Condition: Near Fine. Navy cloth with gilt stamping on cover and spine, pictorial dust jacket in protective plastic sleeve. Illustrated, 226 pages. Kellar's Wonder Book laid in. Near fine condition.