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[SHADOWGRAPHY]. A Collection of Works on Hand Shadows and Shadow Pantomimes. Including: WILLMANN, Carl. Handshatten-Spiele. Hamburg, ca. 1900 – FOX, Imro. Shadowgraphs and How to Make Them. New York: A. Levvy, ca. 1900. An uncommon variant of this work. – DEVANT, David. Hand Shadows. London: S.H. Bousfield, ca. 1900. – Hand Shadow Stories. Boston: Taggard & Thompson, 1863. – Theatre des Ombres Chinoises. Paris: S.Bornemann, ca. 1910. – Patterson, A. Shadow Entertainments and How to Work Them. Chicago: The Henneberry Co., ca. 1910. – LELE, Dr. K.B. Hand Shadows. Poona: Aryabhushan Press, ca. 1940. – SWEIRD, Dion. Shadow Plays. How to Produce at Home. London: Felix McGlennon, ca. 1930. – Silhouette. Modern Shadowgraphy. London: Hamley Brothers, Limited, ca. 1910. – Me And my Shadows. Berkshire: John Adams Toys, (1977). – STANYON, Ellis. Hand Shadows. Being a Novel Collection of Finger Silhouettes. London: Stanyon’s School of Magic, ca. 1905. – HOLDEN, Max. Modern Hand Shadows. New York: Max Holden, 1935. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by the author. – DENIER, Tony. Tony Denier’s Shadow Pantomimes. New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1886. – The Hotspur Book of Shadow Magic. London: D.C. Thomson, ca. 1933. – NIKOLA, Louis. Hand Shadows. London: C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd., 1921. – BERTRAND, Victor. Silhouettes Animees a la Main. Paris: Librarie de la Science en Famiille, 1893. Wraps repaired, folding archival case. Findlay bookplate. 8vos, most in pictorial wraps or boards (Willmann’s book bound in pictorial green cloth), most with dozens or hundreds of figures. Usual wear and soiling; generally good condition or better. A very good group.