Albo, Dr. Robert J.; Philip M. Schwartz: The Ultimate Thayer Volume 1 ©2010 Dr. Robert J. Albo, Philip M. Schwartz, CA Hardcover, 9x12", 256 pages

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Comments: Color photos. Note, Andy at MartinsMagic.com has put together great in-depth coverage of the Dr. Albo series, including additional details and photos. Please visit his site for additional detail. Released in 2 volumes with 10 DVDs demonstrating the Thayer equipment in action. Volume 1 covers Thayer's magical life. Set also included Volume 2 (listed here separately) and the 10 DVDs.Limited to 400 sets.

Contents (courtesy MartinsMagic.com and ToC, page numbers only for Chapter headings):

2 In The Beginning
Bonus Genius
The Early Years A Magician in the Attic
The Apprentice Sorcerer
Thayer, the Thespian
Thayer, the Soldier
Marital Bliss
Thayer the Mystifier
Floyd Thayer's Performances

10 Out Of The Woodwork
The Magic Shop of the West
From Manzanita and Orangewood
A Talk In The Woods
Pasadena Life
Christmas Wishes
Magic Parties
Picnics in the Parks

16 Marketing Wonders
Thayers Marketing Magi-Apparati Vendi
Marketing Blueprint
Giving Thayer His Props
Identifying the Customer
Engaging Conversation
Depth of a Sales­ man
Marketing By Instinct
Advertising Schedule
Promotional Flyers
Promotional Pricing
Public Relations
Visibility through magic organizations
Affiliations with magic organizations
Meeting Place
Donations of Magic
Charities and Benefits
Gifts
Publicity
Trade Shows
Distribution channels
Dealer Relationships
Department Store Magic
Product Lines
The Sub-Brands
The Eureka Series
The Christianer Series
Dr. “Q”
Too Much of a Good Thing is a Good Thing? Hardly
Swellest Dice Outfit
Billiard Ball Box
Dog Gone It
More Line Extensions
Blue Phantom
Bonus Genius-The Vanishing Doll
One-Hand Production Cabinets
Passe Passes
Blocks
Accessories
Stands and Pedestals
Trays
Printing Cuts
Etc.
Loyalty programs
Trick of the Month Club
Private mailings
Giveaways
Special Promotions
Magic Publisher
The Magical Bulletin’, The Revival
Hindoo Head Logo
Ballygram, Promotional Booklets
June 8-9-10-1927 IBM
1933 An Old Firm in a New Home
Catalogs
Catalog Notes
Yellow-the first Thayer catalog
Red-the second, formerly “the first”
Magic Shop of the West
Magical Woodcraft-Thayer & Christianer
Magic Shop of the West
Magical Woodcraft No. 3
Supplementary Listings
Catalog No. 4
Catalog No. 5
Magical Literature
Catalog No. 5 (Edición Españ
Magical Literature
Catalog No. 6
Magical Literature
Catalogue No. 7
Catalog No. 7 “S”
Catalog of Books on Magic and Kindred Arts
Catalog No. 8
Handy Pocket Catalogs
Book Catalog
Catalog No. 9
Supplement to Catalog Nine
Book List
Catalog No. 10
Branding
The First Branded Wood Magic
Thayer Quality Magic
Look For The Hindoo
It’s All About Who You Know

62 Practicing Magic
How It’s Done
Compensation and Commission
Respect And Protection of Ideas
Don’t Tell How
The Expose Committee
The Secret Is Told When the Magic Is Sold
Taking the Pledge
Free Ideas
Copyrights and Wrongs
Falsely Accused
Recognition and Rights
Sleight Respect

68 Creation & Invention
Inventive Genius
The New Super Deluxe Jap Box
The First Silk Cabby
Cupids Doves
Super Vanish Extraordinary
Challenge Box, Rod and Ring Mystery
“Rough Billiard Balls”
Thayers Sliding Die Box
Imp-provement
Rising Card Tray
Rising Cards Mysterious
“Mento Mystery”
Obedient Coins Liberty Coin Ladder
A New Thimble Stand
Mystic Ballot
Thimblewiz
The Rice and Orange Vase
Locking Flaps and Panels
Greatest Solid Through Solid ¡Thermo Canister
Devil’s Card Rise
Illusions
Conceiving Violent Spectacles
The Disembodied Princess (Or Dissolution of Matter) aka Girl Without A Middle
Hangmans Illusion (originally titled The Executioners Dream)
And a hundred more!

86 Into The Woods
Turn Style
Simple Elegance
So Few
The Thayer Morison Pill Box
Those Famous Billiard Balls
Perfectly Turned
Perfectly Painted
French Polishing
Perfection in an Egg Vase
Little Boxes of Boxwood
Thimble Whiz
Orange Stippling
Interior Smoothing
Tools of the Turner
Turning the Tables
Second, Best
Watch­ ing Floyd Turn
Thayer Tables
Thayer Magical Manufacturing
Construction
Sources
Lacquer, Shellac and Oil
Painting
Ideology
Hallmarks of a Craftsman;

100 Floyd, A Description
Influences
Ida Jennifer “Jennie” Thayer
Merritt W. Thayer
Alton Merritt Thayer
Edward H. Ellis
Harry Kellar
Workshops and Stores
Pasadena Novelty Works
Thayer Wood Works, Thayer Novelty Wood Works and Thayer Art Wood Works
The Magic Shop of the West
235 South San Pedro Street
334 South San Pedro Street
Brookledge
6417 Hollywood Boulevard
A Second Flood
And back to Pasadena
Old Saws
Jigsaw Puzzle
His Magic Library and Collection
Thayer in Hollywood
Charitable and Honored
Floyds death
Final Resting Place

124 Eras Of Ownership
Thayer
In the beginning -The Magic Shop of the West
Louis Fred Christianer
Performing Together
Christianer, the Prolific
Larsen
William Walter Larsen, Sr.
Genii, Yes
Buying the Thayer Studio of Magic
Thayer at La Brea
The Larsen Legacy
Geraldine “Gerrie” Conrad Larsen Baker Jaffe-The Magic Lady
William W. “Bill” Larsen III
Milton Page “Milt” Larsen
Mrs. Houdini
Magigals
“Magigals Have a Studio Party”
705 South Hudson Street, Pasadena
The Second Sale of the Thayer Studio of Magic
A Stunning Announcement
Clayton Jacobsen aka Rudy Roxo
Contract of Sale and Purchase (Bill of Sale)
Super Vanish Extraordinary?
False Count? Owen
Carl Paul LeRoy Owen
1919 Master illusion plans
Owen Brothers, the Company
Carl, Triumphant
Henry Emmett Owen
Kazuo “Kaz” Hayashi
John Alden Daniel
Seeing and Sawing Irene
Leslie Charles “Les” Smith
The Purchase of Owen Magic Supreme
2008
Who Owns Thayers?
Untold Thayer Stories
Illusions of Grandeur
Paranoia, Real and Imagined
Thayer, and Back Again
Cut and Restored

156 The Thayer Players

The Primary Cast Members
Asa Griggs Candler Sr.
Asa Griggs Candler Jr.
T. (Thomas) Page Wright
Earl E Rybolt
Marvin Levy / Marvin Roy / Marvyn Roy
Homer Hudson
Merville Andrew “Merv” Taylor

All The Other Thayer Players
Leo Behnke
Frank E. Billheimer
Gladdis A. Thayer Boysen
Fortunato “Nato” Casteneda
Lloyd W. Chambers
Fred L. and Nettie C. Christianen Claude Alexander Conlin
Samuel A. Conrad
Joe Delucci
Dillmann
Carl Dossett
Lee C. Dowell
Edward H. Ellis
Les Elton
Edward Loyd Enochs
Albert Sidney “Sid” Fleischman
Caryl S. Fleming
Henry Formhals
John F. Flynn
MacKenzie Gordon Gant
John Gaughan
Edgar A. “Eddy” Golden
Matthew Goldine
Glenn Gilmore Gravatt
Lenn Oliver “Len” Gunn
Bob Gunther
Nelson Hahne
Rolland Hamblen
Faye Hamilton
Heisley
Frank Herman
Roland Hill
Wilhelmina Beatrice “Bess” Rahner Houdini
Walter S. Humphry
Leo Irby
Lowell Jacobsen
Harry Jensen
Glenn V. Jester
Lloyd E. Jones
Walter Kaeber
Charles Wesley Kirkham
Walter and Russell Knott
Joseph J. Kolar
Dante Daniel Larsen
Erika Irene Larsen
Tom S. Lawless
Los Magicos
Rocco Marino, Jr.
Matt Martin
Franz Massopust, Jr.
Jim Matthews
George McAthy
T.W. McGrath
Harry Mendoza
A. Caro Miller
Paco Miller
Chester Morris
Virgil Harris Mulkey
Christian Andrew George Naeseth
Clara Nickel
Nikko
Mae Norton
James “Jimmy” Olsen
Dale Oprandy
Bertha Adele Nichols Owen
Henry Emmett Owen
Edith Cox Peck
John Petrie
Charles Plumb
Poo and Lizzie
Nicholas Stefano “Nick” Ruggiero
W.S.
Elizabeth “Betty” Sanders
Bill Schmeelk
Grace “Gracie” Schwartz
Lin Searles
Tom Sellers
Frederick Shields
Harry K. Shigeta
Glyndon Smith
Leslie Charles “Les” Smith
Harlan Tarbell
Merville Andrew Taylor
Max Terhune
Bette Homyak Thayer
Jennie Ida Thayer
Martha Elizabeth Cheney Thayer
Merritt Sidney Thayer
Merritt W. Thayer
Richard Merritt “Rich” Thayer
John H. Tobler
Victor and Carolyn Trask
A. Vaillancoure
Robert Alan Wakeling
George Orson Welles
Carl De-Voy Williams
James E. Workman
Lillian L. Wright
Thomas Page Wright
Alan Frederick Zagorsky
John Underhill Zweers

180 Exhibits
Floyd G. Thayer Timeline
The Story of Brookledge
Thayer Ballygram Issues
Thayer Publications
Louis F. Christianer Magic Booklets
Magigal Chapters and Assemblies
Thayer Residences
Thayer Phone Numbers
Thayer Business Contact Information and Labels
Letterheads
Stamps and Business Cards
Trick of the Month Club
Thayer Catalogs, Supplements and Catalog Folders
Owen Catalogs
Thayer Inventions
Thayer and Owen Artists and Illustra­ tors
Thayer and Owen Patterns and Designs
Thayer Christmas and New Year Cards
Advertisements and Flyers
Wood File-Magic Woods
Timberline
Dried and True
Dark Versus Light Woods and Finishes
Rubbings
Faking It
Thayer’s Passing Parade
Correspondence with Carter
Master Blue Prints and Illusion Plans
Publicity
Bibliography

227 Index