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Maskelyne, Jasper. Magic – Top Secret. Watford: Stanley Paul & Co., [1949]. Navy blue cloth boards, spine stamped in gold. Frontispiece. Illustrated. 8vo. Very good. Maskelyne’s fascinating, fictionalized account of how he used the techniques of the stage magician during his service in WWII, by devising clever methods for camouflage, and apparently making an entire city disappear.