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[BOOKS – MAGIC HISTORY] Large Lot of Books on Magic History. Approximately 80 items. V.p. Includes: The Annals of Conjuring, by Sidney W. Clarke (Magico Magazine, 1983); — An Act that’s All My Own, by Kenneth F. Klosterman (Paul Ketterer, 2019); — Bosco Bosco Bosco, by Rowan Gibbs (Smiths Bookshop, 2021); — Edison’s Eve, by Gaby Wood (Anchor Books, 2002); — Magic Papers, by Philip David Treece (CentreCentre, 2020); — Magical Heroes, by Jim Magus (Magus Enterprises, 1995); — The Magical Life of Marshall Brodien, by John Moehring (McFarland & Company, 2007); — The Man Who Was Erdnase, by Bart Whaley (Jeff Busby Magic, 1991); — Net of Magic: Wonders and Deceptions in India, by Lee Siegel (Harper Collins, 1991); — Of Legerdemaine and Diverse Juggling Knacks, by John Braun (Kenneth Klosterman, 1999); — The Queen’s Conjurer, by Benjamin Woolley (Henry Holt and Company, 2001); — Sherms, by David E. Haversat (Nelson Nicholson, 1997); — Tampa: England’s Court Magician, by Gary R. Frank (Author, 2002); — They Lived By Tricks, by Pietro Micheli (Author, 2012); and several others. Some LIMITED EDITIONS. A few INSCRIBED AND SIGNED. In publisher’s bindings, as issued. Many illustrated. Dawes bookplates. 8vos and 4tos. Condition generally very good or better.