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[MAGIC – HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY]. Lot of 35 Books on Magic History and Biography. Includes: ABBOTT, David P. The History of a Strange Case. Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Company, 1908. ANDREWS, Val. Murray. England: Goodliffe Publications, 1974. BRADDON, Russell. The Piddingtons. London: Werner Laurie, [1950]. Third impression. DAWES, Edwin A. Charles Bertram: The Court Conjurer. Washington, D.C.: Kaufman and Company, 1997. FISHER, John. Paul Daniels and the Story of Magic. London: Johathan Cape Ltd., 1987. FOX, Valentine. I Can See Your Lips Moving: The History and Art of Ventriloquism. North Hollywood, California: Plato Publishing, 1993. GELLER, Uri. My Story. London: Robson Books Ltd., 1975. JAY, Ricky. Extraordinary Exhibitions. New York: The Quantuck Lane Press, [2005]. LAMB, Geoffrey. Victorian Magic. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., 1976. LAMONT, Peter. The Rise of the Indian Rope Trick. New York: Thunder’s Mouth Press, 2004. LEWIS, Eric and Peter Warlock. P. T. Selbit: Magical Innovator. Pasadena: Magical Publications, 1989. LIMITED EDITION, number 494 of 1,000 copies. NADIS, Fred. Wonder Shows: Performing Science, Magic, and Religion in America. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2005. OLSON, Robert E. Illusion Builder to Fu-Manch (David Bamberg). Charlotte, N.C.: Morris Costume Co., 1986. VOLKMANN, Kurt and Barrows Mussey. The Oldest Deception: Cups and Balls in the Art of the 15th and 16th Centuries. Minneapolis: Carl W. Jones, [1956]. 4tos and 8vos, most illustrated and bound in cloth with pictorial jackets. Generally very good condition or better. Additional details or images available upon request.