14
●
REGINALD BIRCH.
The Nightmare.
Pen and ink on illustration board. Illustration surrounding the verse “The Nightmare” by
James Rowe. 429x314 mm; 16
7
/
8
x12
3
/
8
inches, sheet. Signed in ink, center lower margin.
Partial publisher’s stamp and some notations on verso. Published in St. Nicholas Magazine,
Vol. 40,April 1913, page 517.
[400/600]
15
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REGINALD BIRCH.
“Now, Dolly, It’s TimeYou Began to Talk! . . .”
Pen and ink on paper. Illustration for “The Royal Champion of England” by Jennie Day
Haines. 410x340 mm; 16
1
/
4
x13
3
/
8
inches, sheet. Signed in ink lower right. Dampstain to far
right lower margin, other light finger soiling, notations and stamps on verso with version of
title “Speak (strike through) Lecturing Dolly.” Published in St. Nicholas Magazine,Vol. 27,
March, 1900, page 395.
[300/400]
A MIX OF MAGIC AND FANTASY
16 MAHLON BLAINE.
Brown pen-and-ink drawing of a naked genie escap-
ing her bottle. Drawn as frontispiece in Hashish and
Incense by Paul Verlaine, Inscribed and Signed to
Joseph Dunninger. Additional signed frontispiece
and numerous unsigned erotic illustrations by Blaine.
8vo, original cloth and patterned paper, moderate
surface wear; iridescent endpapers, front hinge
split. (NewYork):The PaulVerlaine Society, 1929.
[400/600]
NUMBER
14
OF ONLY
50
COPIES EXTRA ILLUSTRATED
,
SPECIALLY BOUND
,
AND SIGNED BY BLAINE
.
This copy
with the extra illustration
INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY
BLAINE TO HIS FRIEND AND PATRON
,
THE FAMOUS
MAGICIAN AND MENTALIST JOSEPH DUNNINGER
.
Both
men were cult figures in the circles of magic, mystery, science
fiction and fantasy, most prominently in New York City.
Blaine illustrated several of Dunninger’s books and painted
several commissioned works for him. “The Amazing Dunninger” performed for Theodore Roosevelt,
Thomas Edison, and appeared on radio and television, even inspiring Soupy Sales and Johnny
Carson to base humorous characters on him.
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