Sold for:
$200
$200
Buckley, Arthur. Card Control & Principles and Deceptions. Chicago, 1946 and 1948. Both in matching pebbled black cloth stamped in gold with maroon slipcases, being author's presentation copies. Illustrated with photographs. 8vo. Good condition. Both volumes inscribed and signed to Edward O. Drane by Arthur Buckley. Ed Drane was a successful wholesaler and jobber of novelties and magic tricks based in Chicago, where Buckley settled after emigrating to the United States from Australia. Though Drane's business was primarily the selling of inexpensive jokes, novelties and gags, he also sold magic tricks and published Okito on Magic in 1952.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2012-01-28
