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414. Cordova, Dillon & Davenport Combination. Program of Nella Davenport, Col. Cordova, and Jane Dillon. London: J.W. Last, 1875. For the season commencing Feb. 8, 1875, an attractive letterpress program for Cordova, “Wonder-Worker,” Dillon, “AntiSpirit Media,” and Davenport, “World-Renowned and Inimitable Phemonema.” Interior with illustrations of the Decapitation Feat and Dillon as Mephistopheles. Verso bearing American press reviews. Discoloration to verso from scrapbook removal. 400/600 415. [Correspondence] Archive of Magicians’ Correspondence. Over 40 ALSs and TLSs, primarily addressed to Charles Rosskam. Most letters boldly signed, and including examples from Al Baker, John Mulholland, Charles Larson, John Mulholland, Robert Pauline, E.J. More, Bertram Adams, Russell Swann, Dr. Gordon Peck, Paul Fleming, and others. Several blank letterheads included. Most on stationery or letterhead. A handsome assortment. 300/500
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416. De Vaucanson, Jacques. Commemorative Copperplate Bust. Stamped number 3 of 50 examples, manufacturer unknown. Contemporary heavy copperplate bust of the famous inventor, flanked by two of his most famous automata, the Digesting Duck and Flute Player. 8 ¾” diam. Fine. 200/300 417. Downs, T. Nelson. T. Nelson Downs Christmas Card. Circa 1928. Handsome Christmas sentiment inscribed and signed by Downs to fellow magician Paul Fleming, with three small photographs of Downs affixed to the leaf facing the greeting, likely by Downs himself. 200/300 418. Downs, T. Nelson. Christmas Postcard of T. Nelson Downs, Inscribed and Signed. December, 1933. A stenciled silhouette of Downs in grey on the recto, catching coins in the air, embellished by the great magician and inscribed and signed by him. The verso bearing the address of Joseph Kolar in Downs’s hand. 200/300
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