Books and Manuscripts

Will Goldston's More Exclusive Magical Secrets
London: Will Goldston Ltd, no date. First and limited edition, #5/1,000 numbered copies. 4to. Profusely illustrated. Publisher's full red roane, stamped in gilt, extremities worn, corners rubbed, endcaps chipped; all edges trimmed; original brass lock and key present; book-plate of amateur magician Walter C. Groff on front paste-down; Kanter's Magic Shop rubber stamp to title-page; bold ownership signature of magician Carl Brema above limitation, dated December 10, 1921. Cut-out Carl Brema & Son “logo” laid down on Dedication leaf, presumably by Brema.

The second title of English stage magician Will Goldston's three-volume set describing the secrets to well-known magical tricks or illusions, with original locking mechanism. Goldston (1878-1948) was a lifelong friend of famed illusionist Harry Houdini, and founder of the London Magician's Club. 

Carl Brema (1864-1942) was a Philadelphia based magician and vaudeville actor. His company Carl Brema and Co., was a manufacturer of brass apparatuses used in many magical or illusionists routines, and his son Bill would go on to help found Kanter's Magic Shop on Walnut Street in Philadelphia.