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Group of Five Books on Conjuring and Magic. V.p., 19th–20th century. Group of five books on magic and conjuring including: NEIL, C. Lang. The Modern Conjurer and Drawing Room Entertainment. London: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., 1911. Second Impression. Illustrated from photographs. Tan publisher's cloth, title stamped in gilt. With Hamley's Conjuring Department Stamp. 8vo. Light staining and spotting throughout, some ownership markings. — PROSKAUER, Julien J. Spook Crooks: Exposing Spirit Mediums, Fortune Tellers, Astrologers, Palmists, Card Readers, etc., etc. London: Selwyn & Blount, 1928. Illustrated by James and Howard Savage. Publisher's red cloth. With the dust jacket. Ex-libris Stanley Collins. 8vo. Foxing and spotting throughout. Light soiling. — Handcuff and Gaol Breaking Mystery Exposed. London: Manchester: Daisy Bank Printing & Publishing Co., [1914]. Red pictorial wrappers. Fragile sewn booklet. Illustrated. 31pp. Toning, else good. —NICHOLS, T.L. A Biography of the Brothers Davenport. London: Saunders, Otley, and Co., 1864. First Edition. Publisher's gilt stamped green cloth boards. E.G. Dingwall's copy. 12mo. Bumping at corners, rubbing, soiling, and peeling of cover. Some cracking. — BURLINGAME, H.J. Hermann the Great: The Famous Magician's Tricks. Chicago: Laird & Lee, 1897. Illustrated. Blue cloth boards, pictorial stamp cover. 12mo.