ITEM: A Chirstmas Card sent by Magician and Magic Collector H. Adrian Smith, circa 1970s/80s. Front has image of a rabbit and top hat below text, \"Tis The Season To Be Jolly ---\". Inner page has printed greeting, \"Merry Christmas / and a / Happy New Year / H. Adrian Smith\".From Magicpedia, courtesy of Genii Magazine:
H. Adrian Smith (1908 - 1992) was a magic author and collector. Smith became interested in magic as a young boy. His first paid performance was for a Methodist Church and other dates followed throughout his college years at Brown University, which helped put him through college. In 1930, following his graduation from Brown, he was employed by General Electric in Lynn, Massachusetts and was later transferred to Schenectady, New York. When he got let go during the depression years, he put together his magic and presented shows throughout Southern New England. He became well known for his mind reading act. He continued performing until 1934 until he found a jobe as sales representative for a firm in North Attleboro, Massachusetts.
He was president of SAM in 1940 until 1941 and wrote a scholarly column \"Magic Books of Another Day\" in TOPS from August 1936 through June 1942. He entered military service in 1941 and was assigned to the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps as an auto mechanic. He worked his way up to Captain, servedin the Okinawa campaign, and was discharged in April 1946. After getting back from war, he was appointed 2nd Vice Pres. of the I.B.M., working his way to becoming President in 1948. He served in other capacities for the IBM until his retirement in 1983. He became a member of the Order of Merlin Excalibur in 1984. It was his intention to have the Top\'s column \"Magic Books of Another Day\" collected, revised, and published in a single volume, but the project never completed. A nice compilation of about half the columns, with revisions and some additional material was published by Brown University (his Alma Mater) in \"BOOKS AT BROWN, Volume XXXIV\" (1987). He amassed one of the finest libraries on magic including some of the most rareand out-of-print books and treatises. The collection was bequeathed to Brown University upon his death.
DATE: Circa 1970s/80s.SIZE: 4 3/8 by 5 3/8 inches, four pages.COND: All in otherwise very Fine, almost Mint condition. Please see scanned images to see quality of this fine item.
