8. Barlow (Frederick) Autobiography, typescript, approximately 180 pp. folio, with 32 photographs, etc. to be used as illustrations of his career, arranged by chapters in 9 wallet folders , [c. 1971]-1993
est. £200 – £300
The typescript covers the period from the author’s birth in 1903 to 1971, with 3 manuscript pages forming a postscript, and appears to be unpublished. He records his career as a conjuror from the age of 14 when he performed as Fred Carlo the Young Society Conjuror up until his retirement at the age of 80. His conjuring appears to have been a secondary occupation as he claimed to have worked in over 40 other occupations He was never-the-less very active, and for a year worked with Robert Harbin as the double act Fred and Ned. Harbin was still using his real name Ned Collins at the time.