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[CATALOG] SHAW, W.H.J. (William Henry James, b. 1859) SHAW’S ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY AND SUPERIOR NOVELTIES IN CONJURING TRICKS AND MAGICAL APPARATUS, ILLUSIONS, ANTISPIRITUALISTIC EFFECTS, ETC.
(Chicago), ca. 1894. Pictorial wrapper, profusion of illustrations, including portraits of John Randall Brown, Stuart Cumberland, and Washington Irving Bishop, with short biographies. 8vo. Covers considerably chipped. Shaw moved to Missouri later in his career and continued to supply the trade, shifting his focus to ventriloquial and wax figures and sideshow illusions.