The Borrowed Brain-C. L. Boarde & Mike Magus-1946-W.S.Smith Bookplate-v.FINE-Af

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The Borrowed Brain-C. L. Boarde & Mike Magus-1946-W.S.Smith Bookplate-v.FINE-
(No Reserve-Bid & the Item Will Sell)
ITEM:   This is a soft cover booklemt, The Borrowed Brain, by C. L. Boarde & Mike Magus, published by Boarde, in.  Inside front page has a stock bookplate with name signed in ink: "
W. S. Smith
".  This is probably Willard S. Smith, noted magician, minister and collector.
Conceived by Mike Magus and described by CL Boardé, "The Borrowed Brain" is a one-on-one mentalism tour de force - a truly impromptu, three-phase mentalism routine brilliantly constructed to "fry" a spectator's brain and it uses nothing more than a couple of sheets of paper, a pencil, an ash tray and some matches. That's it! No gimmicks, nothing to prepare or forget to bring, and everything can and should be, borrowed! It may be the strongest impromptu mentalism routine in existence.
You can find this on the AddAll on-line book search selling for .00 and up.  Our starting bid is lower and there is no reserve.  Bid and the item will sell.
From Magicpedia, courtesy of Genii Magazine:
C.L. Boardé
Born
Warren J. Schoonmaker
August 12,
1921
Bronx, New York City, New YOrk
Died
May 1,
2000
(age 78)
Coram, New York,
Known for
mentalism
C. L. Boardé
(1921-2000), pronounced bor-DAY, was a statistician and amateur mentalist magician.
The name Boardé was taken from the words CLip BOARD(e)
In 1950, Boardé walked away from the magic scene and immersed himself in his mentalism work, only maintaining friendship with a few friends like
Peter Warlock
,
Stanley Jaks
,
Maurice Fogel
, and
Bill Gresham
.
After an almost fifty year absence from the magic community in 1997, he returned and joined the
Psychic Entertainers Association
. He became a contributor to its monthly newsletter,
Vibrations
DATE:  1946
SIZE:  5 3/8 by 8 3/8 inches, 12 pages which includes paper covers.
.
COND:  Minor use and wear.  Front cover has minor puck mark.   All in otherwise very Fine condition.  Please view the attached image to see the quality of this fine item.
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