Red cloth with black stamping on spine. Pictorial frontispiece, illustrated, 202 pages. Spine slanted, mild toning to pages, else in good condition. Frances Marshall's first-person memoir of life among magicians, including discussions of the odd, unusual, and engaging people she encountered in the first few decades of her lifelong association with magicians, as well as accounts of her own career performing for children in and around the city of Chicago. Ireland would become one of the most prolific columnists for magicians of the twentieth century and co-owned and operated the Ireland Magic Company (later, Magic, Inc.) for decades. This book is a charming look at the formative years of her career and the many characters that she encountered. Highly recommended to any lover of memoirs or magic history.
