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Magical Moments - (Inscribed to Hen Fetsch)
O'Dell, Dell
Dell O'Dell (1938)
In Collection
#4702
10*
Conjuring
Magic
Spiral-bound 
USA  eng
O'Dell, Dell: Magical Moments
©1938 Dell O'Dell
Spiral-bound, 56 pages

Wonderful Collectible Dell O' Dell Punch Out Magic Set / Book from 1939 ............... Magical Moments .............. The front page is signed in color (see picture) a very nicely produced promo item from Dell O' Dell (punch outs) are intact and the overall condition of this scarce item is complete!

(Autographed to Hen Fetsch)
Product Details
Extras Autographed, Inscribed
No. of Pages 56
Personal Details
Read It No
Location Magic Library (Home) Shelf R
Condition Very Fine
Owner Bryan-Keith Taylor
Notes
Dell O'Dell

Dell O'Dell was the stage name of Nell Newton (20 Oct 1902 - 5 Feb 1962) an American magician regarded in her profession as a pioneer who provided a role model for modern female performers and noted for being one of the first magicians to appear on television. At the height of her career she was billed as "The World's Leading Lady Magician" and "The Queen of Magic."

Nell Newton's father worked in carnivals and she began learning magic from him when she was young. She developed a style that featured snappy patter and cute rhymes, which became something of a trademark. She married Charles Carrer, a famous juggler, who managed her show and constructed props for her.

She became a pioneer of television magic when The Dell O'Dell Show began transmission on a local station in the Los Angeles area in California on 14 September 1951. She thus pre-dated several other noted pioneers of television magic, such as Mark Wilson, whose first television show began in 1955, and Richiardi Jr who made the first of his record run of appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1956.

O'Dell wrote extensively on the subject of magic. She contributed a column titled "Dell-lightfully" for the magicians' magazine The Linking Ring. She also produced a number of books of tricks and performance routines, including Presenting Magical Moments (1939) and On Both Sides of the Footlights (1946). Her "Stamp Album" presentation was published in volume 4 of the Tarbell Course in Magic.