Soo I E (10 results)

Condition: Near fine. First Edition. Exhibition catalog. 17 color plates of reproductions of the artist's work. Text in Korean and English. Unpaginated. Wraps. Small 4to. Near fine in printed card wraps. Clean, sharp.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 28 pages. Illustrated. CHUNG LING SOO -full-page photograph / John Kenyon "'Twists On Tricks'" / Peter a McDonald "Talking About Magic" / Oswald Rae "Magicians I Have Met - E A Ford" / Patrick Playfair "The Self-Raising Flower" John Nevil Maskelyne (22 December 1839 - 18 May 1917) was an English stage magician and inventor of the pay toilet, along with many other Victorian-era devices. Working with magicians George Alfred Cooke and David Devant, many of his illusions are still performed today. [Davenport's and Maskelynes at L. Davenport & Co.,] Ira Erastus Davenport (September 17, 1839 - July 8, 1911) and William Henry Davenport (February 1, 1841 - July 1, 1877), known as the Davenport Brothers, were American magicians in the late 19th century, sons of a Buffalo, New York policeman. The brothers presented illusions that they and others claimed to be supernatural. (VM10).

Couverture souple. Condition: bon. RO40225343: 2005. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. Env. 200 pages. Illustré de nombreux dessins en noir et blanc. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 843.065-Mangas.

Couverture souple. Condition: bon. RO40225345: 2006. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. Env. 250 pages. Illustré de nombreux dessins en noir et blanc. Jaquette légèrement passée. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 843.065-Mangas.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 404 pages. 6.69x0.83x9.61 inches. In Stock.

Singapore, ? C.H. Yeo, 1990. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated in color throughout. 263 pages. - FINE COPY [Art / international artist [Buitenlandse Kunstenaars] ].

Couverture souple. Condition: bon. R150142865: NOVEMBRE 2010. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 32 pages. Manga en noir et blanc. . . . Classification Dewey : 843.065-Mangas.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 380 pages. 6.69x0.94x9.61 inches. In Stock.

Full page colour plates, 110pp. Text in Korean and English. 31 x 26cm. Edges lightly browned, dustjacket rubbed and sunned, internally clean, overall a very good hardback. Although there are no indications in this copy, this book is from the collection of Aubrey and Eva Sweet.

8vo (140 x 70 mm). Halftone print. Portrait postcard, signed in ink "Chung Ling Soo", with Chinese characters adjacent, depicting the magician head and shoulders, his head shaved and wearing a queue, in an embroidered jacket. This image was also used as the frontispiece for the programme for the Alhambra Theatre, Paris, in September 1912. - W. E. Robinson was an American illusionist famous for creating the persona of a Chinese magician, Chung Ling Soo, an act he performed both on and off the stage. Dressed in traditional Chinese attire, he shaved his head, wore his hair in a queue and created an elaborate "back story" for himself. He never spoke onstage unless in broken English and communicated to journalists via an interpreter. He became highly popular and one of the highest-paid vaudeville performers, helped no doubt by the publicity resulting from his feud with a real Chinese magician, Ching Ling Foo, who claimed he had stolen his act. Soo was most famous for his "Condemned to Death by the Boxers" trick and was fatally injured by a bullet during a performance of the act at Wood Green Empire in 1918. After his death, the public was shocked to learn that he was not Chinese.