The Davenport Story - Volume 4

Will Goldston - The Man and the Legend.

The final volume and climax of this universally acclaimed series. This is the amazing story of Will Goldston, one of the most influential magicians of the last century, gathered from thousands of documents acquired by the Davenport family in 1949.

Further research has revealed an extraordinary private life which would have ruined his reputation had it been known. He had an illustrious career, as a prominent magic dealer, magazine editor and founder of the elite Magicians’ Club whose President was his great friend Houdini till his death in 1926.

Goldston was the author of some of the greatest works on magic, performed for Queen Victoria and socialized with nobility and magic's elite. The volume includes 414 graphic descriptions of tricks from his rare 1916 "Magical Scraps" and there is a chapter on his close friend, the brilliant illusionist Horace Goldin, with revelations taken from some 800 personal letters as well as a selection of some of his illusion patents.  

Hard cover, with dust cover and has 464 pages with over 800 graphic illustrations. 

Also available as part of the complete four-volume set.