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OSCAR ELIASON The Original
OSCAR ELIASON The Original
OSCAR ELIASON The Original
OSCAR ELIASON The Original

OSCAR ELIASON The Original "Dante The Great" by Kent Blackmore #124 of 150

$ 15.83

Availability: 27 in stock
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  • Condition: Some modest general wear along with some scuffing and toning/ age staining, but in nice shape overall. Pages are clean and staple binding is sound.
  • Type: Magic Book
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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    Description

    OSCAR ELIASON The Original "Dante The Great"
    by Kent Blackmore
    Published by the author, Sydney, 1984. Soft cover, Not paginated but around 32 pages. Numbered 124 of 150 copies and signed by Kent Blackmore (twice).
    Ask almost any magician today to tell you about Dante and they will start to discuss
    Harry Jansen ( 1883 - 1955 ), the illusionist who took the name 'Dante' to great and deserved heights of fame. But there was another 'Dante' before Jansen; a magician whose talents, although scarcely known today, deserve to be recorded. Oscar Eliason ( 1869 - 1899 ) showed the potential to have become one of the magical greats of the early twentieth century. Only the tragic earliness of his death prevented his skill becoming more widely known.
    In these chapters Oscar Eliason's story is told, with emphasis on his Australasian tours between 1898 and 1899. It has been possible, through newspaper research, to build up an almost complete tour route for this period, which together with theatrical reviews and portraits, makes up an interesting history of the man who first performed as DANTE.