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The Great Raymond Autographed and Numbered #132/200 Ltd Ed William Rauscher OOP: $240.00
The Great Raymond by William V. Rauscher and William L. Broecker Autographed and Numbered #132/200 LImited Edition This is the only numbered limited edition version for sale anywhere. Do not confuse this with the unnumbered edition for sale elsewhere online. Dust Jacket: Significant tear taped at top -- see photos and video Published by David M. Baldwin, NJ, 1996 Hardcover 9" x 11-1/4",343 pages Numbered Limited Edition Book Condition: Excellent This fascinating book takes you on a magical journey around the world seven times with The Great Raymond, a Master Magician of remarkable charm and skills. Learn about the hardships, trials, and glory of theatrical magic from the 1900s to the 1940s. Thrill to stories about Raymond's travels, his magic and his lectures on such exotic topics as his Shrunken Heads from Ecuador. This 343-page book with three appendixes includes full-color reproductions of 19 exquisite Raymond posters, a number of which are believed to be one of a kind, and 24 pages of rare full color photographs of Raymond's equipment and costumes. In addition, the reader will find more than 100 black-and-white illustrations depicting Raymond's fabulous stage settings, illusions, personnel, advertising, and scenes from a lifetime of magic. The authors' personal friendship with Litzka Raymond Gibson lends a special insight to this remarkable story which is a major contribution to theatre history. Contents viii Acknowledgments viii x Foreword x xiii My Profession Is Magic xiii 1 Prologue: Being Great 5 1. Becoming a Magician 19 2. Vaudeville: Hypnotism, Mentalism, and Escapes 39 3. Shows and More Shows 61 Gallery: Stage Display Photographs 75 4. Fooling the King 81 5. The Great Raymond's Lithographs 90 Color Gallery: Raymond Lithographs 101 6. Litzka, The Second Mrs Raymond 145 7. A Life on Stage 133 8. The Business of Touring 159 9. Fanclion and Marco Present 173 10. Seeing Raymond 199 Gallery: Aspects of Raymond 205 11. Dear Father 217 12. Jewels for the Great 221 13. Brother Raymond 235 14. Raymond Remembers 247 15. Rock and Raymond 253 16. The End Draws Near 265 17. Life without Raymond 271 18. Dreams of a Museum 275 19. Walter B Gibson, Wizard of Words 281 Color Gallery: Pieces of Magic 307 20. Possessions of a Lifetime 319 Epilogue 321 Appendices 321 I Raymond and Animals 329 II Raymond on Chung Ling Soo 334 III Raymond as Poet 334 337 Index Reviews "The Great Raymond is an important addition to magical biography, imbuing the legend of a great showman with much fascinating factual detail presented via interesting text and beautiful graphics, within the covers of a handsome volume that must surely appeal alike to bibliophiles and collectors." Edwin A. Dawes "My comments about this book can not be put into a few words...it would take pages of praise." Bev Bergeron "One of this book's greatest attributes is the wealth of high quality photographs of Raymond, taken throughout his life." Jamy Ian Swiss "I have never seen a magic history book quite like it. Breathtaking" David Muller "The Great Raymond is perhaps the best biography of the decade...a wonderful way to put yourself into those adventuresome years of the early part of the century, when magicians were not only magical performers, but also world travelers and explorers. This is a must for every historian and collector, and the rest of you will enjoy it tremendously as well." David Goodsell "You have produced a wonderful book that tells the real story of why the Great Raymond was great! It is one of the most magnificently produced books of magic history that I have ever seen." Harry Blackstone, Jr. Maurice Francois Raymond (1877-1948) toured the world as The Great Raymond.He began performing as a young man in the United States, but achieved success first in England. Raymond played in the Vaudeville circuits and in 1910 he made a tour of Australia, spending considerable time in the Far East. He also visited Japan, China, Manila and Hawaii. One act that Raymond was known for was his "Mytempsicosis — fastest trunk escape in the world", performed with his wife, Litzka.He was sponsored into the Society of American Magicians by Harry Houdini in 1921.
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