1863 MAGICIAN'S OWN BOOK, OR THE WHOLE ART OF CONJURING - Victorian Fine Binding

1863

THE MAGICIAN'S OWN BOOK,

OR THE WHOLE ART OF CONJURING

BEING A COMPLETE HAND-BOOK OF PARLOR MAGIC,

AND CONTAINING OVER 1,000 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 THE MOST NOTED TRICKS OF MODERN PERFORMERS.

THE WHOLE EMBELLISHED WITH OVER 500 WOOD CUTS,

AND INTENDED AS A SOURCE OF AMUSEMENT FOR ONE THOUSAND AND ONE EVENINGS

*** RARE ANTIQUE EDITION ~ BEAUTIFUL EARLY VICTORIAN FINE BINDING ~ CLASSIC MAGIC BOOK *** 

New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1863.

• measures about 7.5'' x 5.25''

• beautiful publisher's decorative slate green cloth Victorian fine binding

• ornate embossed gold gilt stamping and blind stamping

• pale yellow endpapers with book catalog

• illustrated with many part-page wood engravings