Trouping with Dante

First edition. Cream cloth over purple boards with metallic stamping on front cover and spine, pictorial dust jacket. Pictorial frontispiece, illustrated, 168 pages. “Trouping with Dante is the memoir of Marion S. Trikosko who spent two seasons as a stage assistant to the great man. What was Dante’s show like? How did it operate? What made Dante the celebrated magician he was? What tricks and illusions did he do, and what were their secrets? Trikosko’s memoir reveals the secrets of this amazing magician.” Near fine condition.