FROST, Thomas (1821 ? 1908), et al. Six Volumes on Magicians, Showmen, and Circuses, and Amusements. Including: The Old Showmen and the Old London Fairs (1874), Circus Life and Circus Celebrities (1875), and The Lives of the Conjurors (1876); and sold together with HINDLEY, Charles. The Life and Adventures of a Cheap Jack. (1876); and DAVIES, C.M. Fun Ancient and Modern (two volumes, 1878). All published by Tinsley Brothers of London, and uniformly bound in bright blue cloth stamped in black, spines ruled and decorated and lettered in gilt and black. 8vos. Ex-libris John Browne. With expected shelfwear, toning, foxing, bumps, and chips, but generally good condition overall. Frost?s works are an important if flawed sources of information, chronicling the lives of unusual entertainers, mind-readers, sideshow performers, and other show folks of the pre-Victorian and Victorian era. Harry Houdini called the books the best of their kind, up to the date of their publication.