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Anderson, John Henry. Great Wizard of the North gold medallion. England, ca. 1849. The obverse bears a relief bust portrait of this great Scottish magician; the reverse bears a different bust portrait of Anderson in Scottish garb. Text surrounding the portraits reference Anderson’s appearance before Queen Victoria at Balmoral Castle on August 28, 1849. Gold plated. 2” in diameter. Tiny hole neatly drilled through top of medallion, light wear around rim on both sides. MT014 variant. Rare.


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Anderson, John Henry. The Great Wizard of the North. London, R.S. Francis, 1855. Pictorial letterpress broadside (9 ½ x 29”) heralding Anderson’s appearance at the Read more…


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Anderson, John Henry. Engraved ¾ length portrait of the Great Wizard of the North. N.p., n.d. (ca. 1860). Small oval ¾ length portrait of the Read more…


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Anderson, J.H. Great Wizard of the North’s Handbook of Natural Magic. The Fashionable Science of Parlour Magic. An Exposure of Card Players, Blacklegs, and Gamblers. Read more…


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Anderson, John Henry. Drawing of the Wizard of the North, a gift of Harry Houdini to Will Goldston. Glasgow [?], ca. 1850. Bold black-and-white image Read more…


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Anderson, John Henry. The Fashionable Science of Parlour Magic. London: J. W. Last, ca. 1849. Cover title: One Shilling’s Worth of Magic, with the Biography Read more…


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[Miscellaneous- Magic History] Group of 30 Books on Magic History, Biography, and Related Subjects. Including Gift from the Gods: Story of Chung Ling Soo (1981); Read more…


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Anderson, John Henry. The Fashionable Science of Parlor Magic. London: Published by “The Great Wizard of the North,” at his “Temple of Magic,” ca. 1859. Read more…


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Anderson, John Henry. The Fashionable Science of Parlor Magic. London: Published by the Great Wizard of the North at his “Temple of Magic,” [ca. 1857]. Read more…


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