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McComb, Billy. Billy McComb’s guest book. Kept by McComb in his London home on Tufnell Park Rd. from 1969 – 1985, this register reads like a “Who’s Who” of magic and entertainment. Signatures fill the first twenty six pages of the volume, and include those of the following luminaries: Jay Marshall, David Berglas, Harry Devano, Patrick Page, Ali Bongo, Goodliffe, Milbourne Christopher, Mike Caldwell, Karrell Fox, Paul Daniels, Alex Elmsley, Hank Moorehouse, Les Levante, Ricky Jay, Shimada, Bob Read, Topper Martyn, Richard Ross, Peter Pit, Terry Seabrooke, Harry Anderson, Al Goshman, Robert Harbin, Steve Freeman, and many, many more. Several autographs appear more than once. Cloth cover, with McComb’s name faintly in pen on the cover, as well as his address label. 8vo. Good condition.


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2013-04-06

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