manuscript explaining challenge handcuff act von hull burling (1 Ergebnisse)

13-page typescript (11" x 8½") stapled into pictorial yellow paper wrappers complete with the two accompanying charts on a blueprint (approx. 11" x 17") showing handcuff keys; typescript separated from wrappers, otherwise very good. Includes "the presentation, advertising plan, exhibition tests, challenges, cell escapes and methods of release from regulation police handcuffs, with blue print charts [of] master keys, picks & fekes. Illustrating the latest mechanical devices." Burling Hull (1889-1982) was an inventive magician, self-styled "the Edison of magic," specializing in mentalism and sleight of hand effects. Berkeley, Brown, and the state Library of Victoria in OCLC.