The Collection of Edwin A. Dawes Pt. IV
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Lot 176
BALDWIN, Samri (1848 –1924). The Secrets of Mahatma Land Explained. (Bro...
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BALDWIN, Samri (1848 ?1924). The Secrets of Mahatma Land Explained. (Brooklyn): Samri S. Baldwin [Press of T.J. Dyson & Son], 1895. Cloth-backed pictorial paper-covered boards, illustrated with plates and wood-engravings. 4to. Scratches and chipping to covers. [With]: a second copy lacking first four leaves. Bookplates of Edwin A. Dawes. A wide-ranging volume that explains the methods behind magic tricks, the secrets of fake spirit mediums, animal training strategies, and describes what were, at the time, ?exotic people" from far off lands. Baldwin was a mind reader and magician who toured the world as ?The White Mahatma." . Dawes wrote extensively about Baldwin in The Rich Cabinet Collection Vol 1 pp. 184-201.
