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Blackstone, Harry. Two early playbills

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Three Blackstone Printing Blocks.: Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Three Blackstone Printing Blocks. Circa 1930. Heavy copper and zinc plates used to print newspaper advertisements for Blackstone's show. Two text-only, one a pictor

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HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz) (1874 – 1926). Mr. Houdini. Ear...: HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz) (1874 – 1926). Mr. Houdini. Early German Playbill. Onsabruck: A. Liesecke, 1901. Letterpress broadside for an early appearance at the Circus Corty-Althoff just one ye

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Blackstone, Harry. Two early playbills. N.p., n.d. (ca 1914). Harry Boughton, later known as Frederik the Great and ultimately as Harry Blackstone performed with an act titled McNally & Boughton. This is perhaps the only playbill extant from that brief period in Blackstone's career in which he used the correct spelling of his birth name. Very good condition. Accompanied by a playbill for Blackstone's appearance as Frederik the Great. Cleanly separated, otherwise good condition.