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[MAGIC]. Thirteen Vintage Books on Magic and Conjuring. Inc...

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[MAGIC]. Thirteen Vintage Books on Magic and Conjuring. Including: DEVANT, David. Tricks for Everyone. London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1910. ? DEVANT, David. The Best Tricks and How to Do Them. London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1931. ? DEVANT, David. Lessons in Conjuring. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1922. ? DEVANT, David. Secrets of My Magic. Plymouth: William Brendon and Son, 1936. ? NOAKES, Ernest. Magical Originalities. London: G. Bell and Sons, 1914. ? Scientific Mysteries: How to Produce the Most Interesting Chemical Optical and Physical Illusions. Melbourne: Office of ?The Chemist and Druggist?, 1891. ? HUGARD, Jean. Hugard?s Annual of Magic 1938 and 1939. Max Holden, 1939. ? DUNNINGER, Joseph (1892 ? 1975). How to Make a Ghost Walk: Simple Directions for Staging a Seance. New York: David Kemp and Co., 1936. ? NIKOLA, Louis (1878 ? 1936). HOUDIN, Robert. Card Sharpers, Their Tricks Exposed or The Art of Always Winning. Chicago: Charles T. Powner Co, 1920. ? JONSON, Wilfrid. But Not to Play. London: George Johnson Magical Publications, 1946. ? THURSTON, Howard (1869 ? 1936). Howard Thurston?s Card Tricks. New York: J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company. Most being illustrated 8vos, some with jackets. Condition generally very good. Complete report available on request.