[MAGIE - PRESTIDIGITATION] L'Escamoteur. Revue confidentielle d'informations et de documentation magiques paraissant tous les deux mois - Collection quasi-complète à l'exception de 3 numéros

Near-complete run of this scarce bi-monthly magic periodical.

Profusely illustrated (lacking only issues 1, 4 and 5 for the year 1947), Robelly having voluntarily ceased publication after issue 121.

Contemporary half sheep bindings in shades of fawn, brown or beige, spines with four raised bands gilt-tooled with floral ornaments, most spines faded or discoloured, a few minor rubs to some spines, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, sprinkled edges; modest period bindings.

Robert Rouet, known as Robelly (1894–1975), was something of the historiographer of the "magician’s" profession, assembling a remarkable body of information and documentation.

At the beginning of the first volume appear issues 1, then 7–19 (January–February 1944, then November–December 1944 to November–December 1946) of the CRMT – Bulletin officiel de l’Amicale Robert-Houdin, Groupe régional des magiciens de la Touraine (8 pp., then pp. 57–254, including two special issues).

A pleasing and uncommon near-complete set of this illustrated magic periodical.

The collation of the set is as follows:  

Vol. 1: 44 pp. and pp. 77–188 (issues 2 and 3, March–June 1947, then 6 to 12, November 1947 to September–October 1948). Vol. 2: pp. 189–388 (issues 13 to 25, November–December 1948 to November–December 1950). Vol. 3: pp. 389–580 (issues 26 to 37, January–February 1951 to November–December 1952). Vol. 4: pp. 581–784 (issues 38 to 49, January–February 1953 to November–December 1954). Vol. 5: pp. 785–1272 (issues 50 to 79, January–February 1955 to November–December 1959). Vol. 6: pp. 1273–1956 (issues 80 to 121, January–February 1960 to November–December 1966).