[Rarebooks] FS - Scarce Conjuring Book

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BRANSON, Major L. H. /A LIFETIME OF DECEPTION Reminiscences of a 
Magician/. Boards very slightly soiled; else vg/nf condition. Contents 
very clean & tight. No marks to endpapers. Dust jacket has five very 
small open tears, and is lightly scuffed and soiled; still in good plus 
condition. Dust jacket art by Norman Jaques. Published by Robert Hale 
Limited, London. 1953. 1st edition, 8vo, pp. 209.

Branson first became interested in conjuring, and stage magic, when he 
was a child. In his time, he was recognized as a master of the art, and 
authored a (now) very scarce title on Indian conjuring and the famous 
rope trick. He was named Honorary Secretary of the Inner Magic Circle. 
He was also an "old Army hand", stationed for many years in Hong Kong, 
India and Mesopotamia [sic], where he enteratined many Crowned Heads and 
Indian Maharajahs. Later, during World War One, when he was chief field 
censor, "his knowledge of sleight at hand proved most useful in secret 
intelligence work".

This is a seldom-seen book, difficult to find at any price.

Price: $200.00.  (#19109)

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