including “The Invisible Lady”, with folding engraved plate, from the Journal of Natural Philosophy, 1807; “The Fire King” [Ivan Chabert], from The Kaleidoscope, 1830; “The Brothers Diddleport, an Account of a Séance lately held at the chambers of Jack Easel Esq.”, from London Society, 1864; “Curious and Amusing Card Tricks”, from Beeton’s Christmas Annual, 1866; “Natural Magic”, from Chambers’s Journal, 1876; “Le Spiritisme Dévoilé”, from L’Illustration, 1977; “Celebrated Ventriloquists”; “The Art of Ventriloquism”, and “Conjuring Tricks and How to Perform Them”, by Morley Adams, all serialised in The Boy’s Own Paper, 1881, 1888, and c.1900; “Royalty’s Magician. A Chat with Charles Bertram”, from the New Penny Magazine, [c.1900]; “The Biggest Newspaper “Spoof” on Record”, by Carlton, from the Strand Magazine, 1916; “Our Secrets!” by Julius Zancig, serialised in Answers, 1924; seven articles by David Devant in The People, 1936; “Vaudeville Magicians”, by Bill J. Weldon, serialised in The Linking Ring, 1999-2000; over 400 items in all, together with pictorial headings from notepaper for Ricton, Fu Chang, The Original Hebrew and Hot Tomale Jugglers, The Great Koppe, and Lung Tchang Yuenco; and a large number of photocopies of important manuscript and printed material, loosely inserted in six albums, folio and large folio
including “The Invisible Lady”, with folding engraved plate, from the Journal of Natural Philosophy, 1807; “The Fire King” [Ivan Chabert], from The Kaleidoscope, 1830; “The Brothers Diddleport, an Account of a Séance lately held at the chambers of Jack Easel Esq.”, from London Society, 1864; “Curious and Amusing Card Tricks”, from Beeton’s Christmas Annual, 1866; “Natural Magic”, from Chambers’s Journal, 1876; “Le Spiritisme Dévoilé”, from L’Illustration, 1977; “Celebrated Ventriloquists”; “The Art of Ventriloquism”, and “Conjuring Tricks and How to Perform Them”, by Morley Adams, all serialised in The Boy’s Own Paper, 1881, 1888, and c.1900; “Royalty’s Magician. A Chat with Charles Bertram”, from the New Penny Magazine, [c.1900]; “The Biggest Newspaper “Spoof” on Record”, by Carlton, from the Strand Magazine, 1916; “Our Secrets!” by Julius Zancig, serialised in Answers, 1924; seven articles by David Devant in The People, 1936; “Vaudeville Magicians”, by Bill J. Weldon, serialised in The Linking Ring, 1999-2000; over 400 items in all, together with pictorial headings from notepaper for Ricton, Fu Chang, The Original Hebrew and Hot Tomale Jugglers, The Great Koppe, and Lung Tchang Yuenco; and a large number of photocopies of important manuscript and printed material, loosely inserted in six albums, folio and large folio
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