Burling VOLTA Hull Promotional Flyer For Shows & Stage Magic Book - Ca. 1930s - Pp
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Burling VOLTA Hull Promotional flyer for shows & Stage Magic Book-ca.1930s-
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ITEM: Here is a Bur...ling VOLTA Hull Promotional flyer for shows and his Stage Magic Book. Front page has two photos of him with text on his shows for the New England Magician's convention, dated Sept. 1934, and for the National Convention of the I. B. M., no date printed. The back page is a promotion to all S.A. M. members for his "THE NEW DE LUXE MAGIC PUBLICATION "STAGE MAGIC". Book was to be issued monthly and put into a loose-leaf binder. S.A.M. members are offered a subscription at a reduced rate.
From Magicpedia, courtesy of Genii Magazine:
Burling Hull (September 9, 1889 - November 9, 1982) (also know as "Volta, "Volta the Great", and "The White Wizard" ), born Burlingame Gilbert Gault Hull, was an inventive magician, self-styled "the Edison of magic, " specializing in mentalist and psychic effects. During the greater part of his life he lived in DeLand, Florida. He also owned and operated the Stage Magic Company and The De Luxe Magic Co.His father was an amateur magician. In his earlier years he performed a skillful manipulation act, making billiard balls and silks vanish, multiply and reappear, while dressed entirely in white. Under the name Clif Westfield, Hull performed professionally in his teens with magic, chapeaugraphy, shadowgraphy, ventriloquism and dancing.Hull claimed to be, and is generally credited as, the inventor of the Svengali Deck, which he patented in 1909. He was a prolific writer, with 52 published books to his name. He wrote on a wide variety of magical subjects, including card tricks, mentalism, escapes, razor blade swallowing, sightless vision, billiard ball manipulation, silk magic, publicity and showmanship. His 33 Rope Ties and Chain Releases, written in 1915, is still popular today.A shrewd businessman and marketer, Hull not only produced many titles about magical effects, he gave talks to magic conventions on business methods for entertainers. He was active in the movement to protect magic trade secrets by both patent on the gimmicks and copyright on the texts, as applicable, but he undercut his own ethical stance against plagiarism by publishing secret material from other magicians who had stolen from him, in order to get revenge for having been plagiarized.Hull's weighty three-volume Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mentalism was the largest compilation of mentalism sleights, gimmicks, effects, patter, and illusions in one collection up to that date. This work was also notable as the venue in which Hull carried out his excoriating feud with the equally famous mentalist Robert A. Nelson, whom he accused in print of teaching mentalism to gamblers and racketeers in order that they might commit what Hull called "thievery of the public", and whom he criticized for selling hoodoo folk magic curios that Hull said were used in rituals of "black magic and Devil worship". In the late 1950s he published a sort of newsletter called The G-d D--n Truth About Magic, mainly for the purpose of criticizing Nelson and supposedly written by one Gideon ("Gid") Dayn, but it didn't take much imagination to know what the first words actually stood for. In his final years he lost his eyesight, a loss he never learned to accept, and he died at the age of 93 in a nursing home.Hull used many pseudonyms and stage names over the years including "Clif Westfield" (1907), "The White Wizard" (1912-18), "Gilbert Galt" (for pulp magazines c1916), "Gilbert Gault" (fictional editor in 1930s), "Sylvester Walters" (fictional editor of Sealed Mysteries), "Volta" (stage name since 1932), "Lou Hall" (fictional agent in 1950s), and "Gid Dayn" (1959-61).
DATE: circa 1930s
SIZE: 8 5/8 by 13 3/8 inches, printed on both sides.
COND: Minor use and age marks. Has been folded with two horizontal creases. All in otherwise very Fine
condition. Please view the attached image to see the quality of this fine item.
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(No Reserve-Bid & the Item Will Sell)
ITEM: Here is a Bur...ling VOLTA Hull Promotional flyer for shows and his Stage Magic Book. Front page has two photos of him with text on his shows for the New England Magician's convention, dated Sept. 1934, and for the National Convention of the I. B. M., no date printed. The back page is a promotion to all S.A. M. members for his "THE NEW DE LUXE MAGIC PUBLICATION "STAGE MAGIC". Book was to be issued monthly and put into a loose-leaf binder. S.A.M. members are offered a subscription at a reduced rate.
From Magicpedia, courtesy of Genii Magazine:
Burling Hull (September 9, 1889 - November 9, 1982) (also know as "Volta, "Volta the Great", and "The White Wizard" ), born Burlingame Gilbert Gault Hull, was an inventive magician, self-styled "the Edison of magic, " specializing in mentalist and psychic effects. During the greater part of his life he lived in DeLand, Florida. He also owned and operated the Stage Magic Company and The De Luxe Magic Co.His father was an amateur magician. In his earlier years he performed a skillful manipulation act, making billiard balls and silks vanish, multiply and reappear, while dressed entirely in white. Under the name Clif Westfield, Hull performed professionally in his teens with magic, chapeaugraphy, shadowgraphy, ventriloquism and dancing.Hull claimed to be, and is generally credited as, the inventor of the Svengali Deck, which he patented in 1909. He was a prolific writer, with 52 published books to his name. He wrote on a wide variety of magical subjects, including card tricks, mentalism, escapes, razor blade swallowing, sightless vision, billiard ball manipulation, silk magic, publicity and showmanship. His 33 Rope Ties and Chain Releases, written in 1915, is still popular today.A shrewd businessman and marketer, Hull not only produced many titles about magical effects, he gave talks to magic conventions on business methods for entertainers. He was active in the movement to protect magic trade secrets by both patent on the gimmicks and copyright on the texts, as applicable, but he undercut his own ethical stance against plagiarism by publishing secret material from other magicians who had stolen from him, in order to get revenge for having been plagiarized.Hull's weighty three-volume Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mentalism was the largest compilation of mentalism sleights, gimmicks, effects, patter, and illusions in one collection up to that date. This work was also notable as the venue in which Hull carried out his excoriating feud with the equally famous mentalist Robert A. Nelson, whom he accused in print of teaching mentalism to gamblers and racketeers in order that they might commit what Hull called "thievery of the public", and whom he criticized for selling hoodoo folk magic curios that Hull said were used in rituals of "black magic and Devil worship". In the late 1950s he published a sort of newsletter called The G-d D--n Truth About Magic, mainly for the purpose of criticizing Nelson and supposedly written by one Gideon ("Gid") Dayn, but it didn't take much imagination to know what the first words actually stood for. In his final years he lost his eyesight, a loss he never learned to accept, and he died at the age of 93 in a nursing home.Hull used many pseudonyms and stage names over the years including "Clif Westfield" (1907), "The White Wizard" (1912-18), "Gilbert Galt" (for pulp magazines c1916), "Gilbert Gault" (fictional editor in 1930s), "Sylvester Walters" (fictional editor of Sealed Mysteries), "Volta" (stage name since 1932), "Lou Hall" (fictional agent in 1950s), and "Gid Dayn" (1959-61).
DATE: circa 1930s
SIZE: 8 5/8 by 13 3/8 inches, printed on both sides.
COND: Minor use and age marks. Has been folded with two horizontal creases. All in otherwise very Fine
condition. Please view the attached image to see the quality of this fine item.
PLEASE NOTE AND READ: Insurance costswill be added to the final shipping. For low cost items, insurance may beadded at no additional cost. With NO insurance, there would be no refundif lost or damaged. Actual total must be put on Customs Forms. ItemCANNOT be marked as a gift. Multiple lots can be consolidated into onepackage with one invoice. If you are bidding on more than one lot, do NOT pay right away. If you do PayPal, I have to ship the next businessday. Once you pay, I will put positive feedback on ebay. I do notwait as some other sellers may do. If you are not happy with the items, please email me to let me know. I work with buyers to resolve anyproblems. I pack items as if I were shipping them to myself. I havebeen selling on ebay for over 16 years, with 100% positive feedback. Read thecomments, do not just look at the numbers. I sometimes over-describeitems, with all known problems, so you will always know what you aregetting. Please email me with any questions.
