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Los Angeles: Signal Oil Company, No date [1937]. First Edition. Stapled wrappers (3.5 x 6.5 inches). 12 pp. Illustrated in b&w. Small hole punch at upper left which goes through the entire booklet, light corner crease, otherwise near fine. Scarce. This was issued by the Sinclair Oil & Gas Company as a premium for their customers. Contains 17 tricks. Carl Eugene Zamloch (1889–1963) was a major league baseball pitcher, professional magician, and head coach of the University of California baseball and soccer teams. Zamloch was one of the first modern magicians known for performing the "Card on the Ceiling" trick, doing it while in his teens.

Los Angeles: Signal Oil & Gas Company, No date [1935]. First Edition. Stapled wrappers (3.5 x 6.25 inches). 12 pp. A clean, crisp copy. Fine. Scarce. Includes a number of interesting tricks.This was issued by the Sinclair Oil & Gas Company as a premium for their customers. Contains 10 tricks. Carl Eugene Zamloch (1889–1963) was a major league baseball pitcher, professional magician, and head coach of the University of California baseball and soccer teams. Zamloch was one of the first modern magicians known for performing the "Card on the Ceiling" trick, doing it while in his teens.

Holyoke, MA: Published for Conjuror's Library by Sidney H. Radner, 1948. First Edition. Stapled card covers. 20 pp. Very good. Close-up card magic. Tony Kardyro began his career performing as "Tony London", changing it to "Tony Kardyro" around 1933. He also performed as "Senor Torino, the Continental Deceptionist" when presenting his dove act. He once explained his working under so many names by saying that he had worked all the venues and a new name was needed for new bookings. Kardyro was the originator of the Dove Bag. He wrote a autobiographical column in New Tops called "Kardyro's Magical Highway".

New York: Louis Tannen, No date [1955]. Stapled wrappers. 30 pp. Printed on glossy paper. Illustrated with photographs. Very Good. Here are 17 tricks and effects using doves. Tony Kardyro began his career performing as "Tony London", changing it to "Tony Kardyro" around 1933. He also performed as "Senor Torino, the Continental Deceptionist" when presenting his dove act. He once explained his working under so many names by saying that he had worked all the venues and a new name was needed for new bookings. He was the originator of the Dove Bag.

Haverhill, MA: Chas. C. Eastman, 1936. No edition stated. Stapled wrappers. Octavo. 39 pp., plus ads. Swastika design to front cover. Old sticker residue to upper right front cover, ghost sticker to free endpaper. Very good. Card tricks and more.

Buffalo: First Niter, 1965. First Edition. PBO. 110 A (not in Holroyd). Cover art by Eric Stanton. A near fine copy of this scarce title. Concerns a gallery of dominating vixens and the men who play slave to their commands. A very desirable Stanton cover on this one.