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[Miscellaneous – Booklets] Stack of dozens of vintage booklets on various tricks, sleights, and techniques. Including Compiled Magic of ‘Doc’ Maxam Vol. 1 (1954) by Freer; Si Stebbins Card Tricks (n.d.); At the Touch of the Mystic Wand (n.d.) by Swivel; Programmes of Famous Magicians (1937); Advanced Magic (1919) by Ovette; escape booklets including How to be a Handcuff King (n.d.) and The Great Mysteries of “Oudini” (1909); Modern Card Effects (1920) by DeLawrence and Thompson; How to Read People’s Minds (1905) by Burlingame; After the Dessert (1940) by Gardner; several booklets by Walter Gibson; Collins’s Card Conceits (n.d.) by Stanley Collins; Magical Stagecraft for Beginners (1951) by Weber; Al Baker’s Exclusive Twenty-Five Dollar Manuscript (n.d.); Classical Conjuring (1925) by Mackay; Secrets of the Dead (1932) by Josling; Magic and Its Mysteries (1893) by Shaw; several editions of Secrets of Ancient and Modern Magic; and many more. Sizes and bindings vary. 1890s – 1960s. Generally very good.


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Date:
2015-04-04

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