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[SHADOWGRAPHY]. Collection of Shadowgraphy and Shadow Pantomime Publications. 12 pieces. Includes: Hand Shadows to be Thrown Upon the Wall, [by Henry Bursill]. Philadelphia: Ashmead [ca. 1860s] (two different editions); — Modern Shadowgraphy. By “Silhouette.” N.n. London: Hamley Brothers, [ca. 1903]; — Novel Hand Shadows by William J. Hilliar. London: The T. Nelson Downs Magical Co., 1900 (INSCRIBED by the author); — Original Shadow Pantomimes No. 2: Driggs and His Double, by F. E. Chase, and J. F. Goodridge (illus.). Boston: Geo. M. Baker, 1882; — Shadow Pictures; Or, Who’s Drunk? by Edward Carswell. New York: National Temperance Society, 1882; — Shadowgraphs and How to Make Them, by Imro Fox. New York: Martinka, [ca. 1890]; — Les Silhouettes à la Main, by R. Theo. Paris: Guyot, [ca. 1880s] (uncut pages, incl. original fold-out prop patterns); and four others. Most illustrated and in publisher’s pictorial wraps. 8vos and smaller. Conditions vary from fair to good. A unique collection with several uncommon and scarce items.