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Historians' Guide to Conjuring Being a Pictorial Checklist of Bibliographical, Biographical and Historical books on Conjuring in the English Language (with an Introduction By H. Adrian Smith)
by Shevlin, Clay Hamilton
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
San Leandro: The Conjuring Historical Society, 1981. Octavo. 160 pages. Signed by Clay H. Shevlin who notes only 300 copies were printed of the first edition. What makes this so useful is the title page of the most important books on the subject are produced with notes on why each volume is important. This would be foundational for establishing a strong library on conjuring within the magic genre. A fine copy bound in green cloth lettered in gilt, spine lettering gilt, green marbled endpapers.
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- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025353
- Title
- Historians' Guide to Conjuring Being a Pictorial Checklist of Bibliographical, Biographical and Historical books on Conjuring in the English Language (with an Introduction By H. Adrian Smith)
- Author
- Shevlin, Clay Hamilton
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Conjuring Historical Society
- Place of Publication
- San Leandro
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Magic and Deception; Magicians and Illusions
- Bookseller catalogs
- Magic;
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Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Scottsdale, Arizona
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- First Edition
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- Octavo
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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