$4,800
Bamberg, David L. and Theo (Okito). Nieuw Goochelboekje. Circa 1861. Modern brown buckram stamped in gilt. 8vo. 8 pages, with two Typed Letters Signed (TLS) and one typed note signed by Okito laid in, dated 1952, 1956, and 1962. Theo Bamberg business card (ca. 1950) tipped-in on front pastedown. Ex-libris John Henry Grossman. Very good. The TLSs are addressed to Grossman. The first is a postcard with a short greeting, dated Nov. 4, 1956, and signed “Theo;” the other, dated June 15, 1962, on one sheet of hotel stationery, relates to Bamberg’s ill health, namely the discovery of a “cancerous growth back of my throat,” and signed “Theo.” The third, on a slip dated July 1952, Bamberg writes of Nieuw Goochelboekje, “This little booklet was published by my great grandfather David L. Bamberg… It was sold by my father (his grandson) who assisted his grandfather during his performances,” and signed, “Theo Bamberg/Okito.”
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-10-31
