Isis & Beyond: The Biography of Cecil E. Nixon.
Vancouver WA: Bua Productions, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. vi + 66pp. Red papered boards, gilt lettering to spine and upper cover, elaborate gilt border to upper cover, black and white illustrated endpapers, b&w illustrated title page, etc., bibliography of Nixon's works. A biography of the life and work of Dr. Cecil E. Nixon (1874-1962), a dentist and stage magician who is probably best known as the maker of a number of automatons, and for his San Francisco mansion, "The House of a Thousand Mysteries," which attracted various notables from Harry Houdini to Anton Lavey. Appears unread - a bright near Fine copy (no dust jacket issued). Item #69251
ISBN: 0966130804
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