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The Great Illusionists by Edwin A. Dawes - Book
PLEASE NOTE: We have the book available with and without the dust jacket. Please note that the dust jackets are shop worn and show some wear.
A magnificent book, loaded with rare illustrations, etchings, photos, drawings, playbills, posters, etc., and written in fine style by Dr. Dawes of Hull University in England.
This book on magic and magicians covers many subjects:
Introduction and acknowledgments
In the Beginning
The Learned Animals
Bags, Bubbles & Bottles
The Phenomena
The Conjuring Quacks
Laughing Gas
Phantasmagoric Professors
The Jewish Connexion
Wizards From the North
Science et la Prestidigitation
They also Conjured
Egypt and the Spinx
Maskelyne & Cooke
The Great Gun Trick
Sounds, Shadows, & Shackles
Epilogue
References & Notes
Index
216 large sized pages, several hundred illustrations. Bound, dust jacketed, a great book for every magic library.
Returns Policy
In the world of magic, the secret is told when the trick is sold. Accordingly, Magic Inc. has a strict no-refund policy. Thus, once you receive an item, you have access to the secrets included, and that is not something that we can get back from you. For this reason, we do not issue refunds and we do not exchange product that is in working order. However, if the merchandise should be defective, we will gladly replace it with a non-defective version of the same trick. No exceptions.
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