108. Thurston (Howard) Thurston’s Card Tricks, portrait, illustrations, name cut from half-title, original cloth , [1901]; Thurston’s Easy Pocket Tricks, first edition , New York , 1911; and copies of the fourth edition, 1915, and sixth edition, 1918; Dreams Come True, New York , n.d.; Book of Magic vol. 1 and 5, n.p, n.d.; Thurston’s Course in Magic, folio, New York , 1926; Thurston’s Book of Magic, new edition no.9, illustrations, original wrappers, folio, 1927; Fooling Millions, (“Fooling the World” on upper cover), New York , 1928; Thurston’s Book of Mystery, New York , 1930; 100 Tricks You Can Do; I00 More Tricks You Can Do, 1932, 2 vol., original cloth, dust jackets , 1931-1932 § Meyer (David) Howard Thurston’s Card Tricks, number 110 of 250 copies, Glenwood, 1973, illustrations, original wrappers unless otherwise described, 8vo and folio ; together with two film scripts for “Montespan the Great” by Ernest Howard Cuthbertson, folio , 1932, and “Black Magic” by James Whipple, folio , 1933, seven periodicals, and other related material, in box file (a quantity)
est. £200 – £300
The two scripts are from the estate of Howard Thurston. He was presumably invited to play the part of the conjuror in the first, and himself in the second. Copies of his letters turning down the parts because of a heavy work schedule are included with the scripts.