NOTHING UP HIS SLEEVE: A Merry Melange of Mystery and Magic by Larsen, Geraldine Conrad - 1943

Portsmouth OH: Midwest Magic Service. Poor in Fair dj. (c.1941). First Edition. Hardcover. [CONDITION ALERT: this book had been permitted to get wet at some point in its history, with deleterious results: the covers are warped and wrinkled, as is the text block, and both hinges are split; the jacket, although it came unstuck from the book with relatively little damage, left behind quite a bit of white-paper residue on the book's covers; the front jacket panel, although somewhat wrinkled, is substantially intact, although the remainder of the jacket exterior is a bit of a mess, especially the rear panel, which is stained and surface-damaged enough to have obliterated some of the text thereon]. (cartoon drawings; B&W photo frontispiece) INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "Best Ever / to / Charlie King / Magi-gal-ly Yours / Geraldine Conrad Larsen / 'Gerrie'." A humorous account "exposing" the suffering of a magician's wife -- more than a bit tongue-in-cheek given that the author… Read More