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.