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McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress)

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  • Cover of: The Boy's own conjuring book: being a complete hand-book of parlour magic, and containing over one thousand optical, chemical, mechanical, magnetical, and magical experiments, amusing transmutations, astonishing sleights and subtleties, celebrated card deceptions, ingenious tricks with numbers, curious and entertaining puzzles, charades, enigmas, rebuses, etc., etc., etc. : intended as a source of amusement for one thousand and one evenings.

    First published in 1860 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Boy's own conjuring book: being a complete hand-book of parlour magic, containing an endless variety of optical, chemical, mechanical, magnetical, and magical experiments, amusing transmutations, astonishing sleights and subtleties, celebrated card deceptions, ingenious tricks with numbers, curious and entertaining puzzles, etc., etc., etc.

    First published in 1859 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Parlour magic.

    First published in 1838 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Wonderful escapes and daring adventures: comprising authentic narratives of marvellous escapes, daring adventures and perils, and hazards braved by intrepid explorers and travellers in the remotest places of the earth ... in three parts.

    First published in 1873 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: [Sections of books for youngsters published by Charles S. Francis & Co., New York, bound together by a former owner].

    First published in 1860 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Spiritualism exposed.

    First published in 1890 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Zauberkünste und Taschenspielereien.

    First published in 1899 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Book of parlor tricks.

    First published in 1900 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Book of startling information.

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  • Cover of: Parlour tricks.

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  • Cover of: Easy tricks with cards.

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  • Cover of: The Pocket trickster: containing twenty-five selected tricks that can be performed anywhere with objects of ordinary use, for the amateur magician who would entertain without having his pockets loaded with prepared cards, etc.

    First published in 1910 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Jardine Ellis ring on stick.

    First published in 1940 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Fortunio and his seven gifted servants.

    First published in 1846 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Stunts with chalk and crayon.

    First published in 1920 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Wizard's mammoth collection: the 20th century wonder book.

    First published in 1909 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Phantom whisper.

    First published in 1931 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Russell's floating ball, as performed by Russell the Magician, of Batavia, N.Y.

    First published in 1919 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Fire eating ; Magic bandolin ; The Magnetic girl ; The Human pin cushion ; How to become a contortionist ; Snake charming ; Secret of sword swallowing ; Dancing on broken glass ; The Secret of educating the pig and goose.

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  • Cover of: Simple & clever tricks by cards, conjuring & slight of hand tricks, riddles, charades, conundrums, etc.: splendid amusement for winter evenings.

    First published in 1902 — 1 edition
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Subjects

Magic tricks, Tricks, Scientific recreations, Juvenile literature, Biography, Occultism, Clairvoyance, Experiments, Hypnotism, Science, Spiritualism, Card tricks, Fireworks, Fortune-telling, Handbooks, manuals, Mediums, Mesmerism, Amusements, Early works to 1800, Magicians, Animal training, Conduct of life, English wit and humor, Medieval Science, Occultists

Places

England, United States, France

People

Harry Houdini (1874-1926), Roger Bacon (1214?-1294), Thomas Bungay (active 1290), Catherine Fox Jencken (1836-1892), El-Wardo De Willis, Ira Erastus Davenport (1839-1911), John Metcalf (1717-1810), Margaret Fox (1833-1893), Russell the Magician, Will Goldston (1877-1948), William Henry Davenport (1841-1877)

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ID Numbers

  • OLID: OL6042756A

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