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[MAGIC - ALLIED SUBJECTS]. Group of Nearly 60 Books on Topics of Magic-Allied Subjects. [V.p., ca. 20th-21st century]. 8vos and 4tos. Publisher's bindings, many hardcovers in dust jackets where called-for (some rubbing, soiling, many with Dawes' bookplates). Including works on theatre, the circus, performance, comedy, the wild west, film and the movie industry, London life, and other subjects allied with conjuring, with many books mentioning magicians. VARIOUS EDITIONS. Some titles include: Let's Start a Puppet Theatre, Four Swallows and Two Elephants, Float Your Assets!, Mary Chipperfield's Circus Book, Punch in the Italian Puppet Theatre, Le Grand Livre du Cirque, Strange Feats & Clever Turns, The First Showman, The Wonders, Painted Faces (later binding), Caught in the Act, The Rise of the Cinema in Great Britain, Peter Arno Man in the Shower, Churchill's Wizards, Chinese Acrobatics, Middle West Country, A History of Regent Street, Seaside Entertainment, Blackpool Centuries of Progress, and more.