THE MAGICIAN'S OWN BOOK or the WHOLE ART OF CONJURING - 1st, 1857 - PARLOR MAGIC
THE MAGICIAN'S OWN BOOK or the WHOLE ART OF CONJURING - 1st, 1857 - PARLOR MAGIC
THE MAGICIAN'S OWN BOOK or the WHOLE ART OF CONJURING - 1st, 1857 - PARLOR MAGIC
THE MAGICIAN'S OWN BOOK or the WHOLE ART OF CONJURING - 1st, 1857 - PARLOR MAGIC
THE MAGICIAN'S OWN BOOK or the WHOLE ART OF CONJURING - 1st, 1857 - PARLOR MAGIC
THE MAGICIAN'S OWN BOOK or the WHOLE ART OF CONJURING - 1st, 1857 - PARLOR MAGIC
THE MAGICIAN'S OWN BOOK or the WHOLE ART OF CONJURING - 1st, 1857 - PARLOR MAGIC
THE MAGICIAN'S OWN BOOK or the WHOLE ART OF CONJURING - 1st, 1857 - PARLOR MAGIC
THE MAGICIAN'S OWN BOOK or the WHOLE ART OF CONJURING - 1st, 1857 - PARLOR MAGIC
THE MAGICIAN'S OWN BOOK or the WHOLE ART OF CONJURING - 1st, 1857 - PARLOR MAGIC
THE MAGICIAN'S OWN BOOK or the WHOLE ART OF CONJURING - 1st, 1857 - PARLOR MAGIC
THE MAGICIAN'S OWN BOOK or the WHOLE ART OF CONJURING - 1st, 1857 - PARLOR MAGIC

THE MAGICIAN'S OWN BOOK or the WHOLE ART OF CONJURING - 1st, 1857 - PARLOR MAGIC

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Title: THE MAGICIAN'S OWN BOOK, OR THE WHOLE ART OF CONJURING

AuthorN/A
Publisher: Dick & Fitzgerald
City: New York
Year: 1857 (First Edition)
Binding Style: Hardcover 
Pagination: 362 pages, with advertisements at end 
Illustrated: Yes; "Illustrated with over 500 wood cuts"

Book Details + Condition: First edition from 1857 of THE MAGICIAN'S OWN BOOK, OR THE WHOLE ART OF CONJURING. BEING A COMPLETE HAND-BOOK OF PARLOR MAGIC. AND CONTAINING OVER ONE THOUSAND OPTICAL, CHEMICAL, MECHANICAL, MAGNETICAL, AND MAGICAL EXPERIMENTS, AMUSING TRANSMUTATIONS, ASTONISHING SLEIGHTS AND SUBTLETIES, CELEBRATED CARD DECEPTIONS, INGENIOUS TRICKS WITH NUMBERS, CURIOUS AND ENTERTAINING PUZZLES, TOGETHER WITH ALL OF THE MOST NOTED TRICKS OF MODERN PERFORMERSEmbossed boards with gilt decoration of a sorcerer / magician on front and on spine. Wonderful illustrations throughout — "over 500 woodcuts," per the title page. Hardcover is in excellent overall condition. The boards and binding are solid and tight; the pages are crisp and clean.