Buy this book on-line CANNELL, J. C: : THE MASTER BOOK of MAGICLONDON.QUAKER OATS LIMITED,1935. ISBN No ISBN.
UK,slim 16mo wraps,1st edn.[Promotional, advertising booklet on prestidigitation from Quaker Oats,1935.] VG+.No owner inscrptn and no printed price.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,stiff card covers with vibrant colour pictorial artwork illustrated front cover with white lettering,rear panel with coloured thumbnail of a Quaker advertising figure illustration to its centre; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.A few sporadic but miniscule,rubbed spots to spine/ backstrip's vertical edges and head+foot of same too.All edges inevitably aged/toned,top edges the darkest of these; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,apart from my own collation.UK,slim 16mo wraps,1st edn,6-64pp [paginated] includes IV (4) chapters comprising Secrets of a famous Magician revealed, Miscellaneous tricks, Thought-reading tricks, Card tricks,4pp product's adverts for collected conjuring-related gifts in return for collected Quaker figures (cut out from box packaging and/or postage stamps combinations) at rear,accompanied with b/w line diagrams/ illustrations throughout the text and the booklet.Plus [unpaginated] title page,a note to boys and girls with an introduction to reverse, and a contents list/table.
As an author,his best known book 'The Secrets of Houdini',was a bestseller in 1931,and was into its 10th edn (then 1935).Also a journalist and radio editor of a famous London newspaper,he is a member of the Magicians' Club himself,and for ten years was its Vice-President of the Club.
A really exceptionally preserved item and interesting example of social history and product ephemera.
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