The great Alvin
Subtitle: worlds greatest mystifier.
Contributors: Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: F.M. Lupton
Published: 1896
Place of publication: [United States?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 46
Subjects: Magic tricks -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc
Other titles: Great book of wonders, secrets, and mysteries
Notes: Cover title.

Cover is advertising matter for a performer; contents consist of directions for magic tricks and mystical talents.

LC copy's text very brittle; first 3 leaves detached, broken at gutter, laid in.

With: Conundrums ... [United States?, between 1880 and 1910?] -- Anderson, J.H. The fashionable science of parlour magic ... [London?, between 1841 and 1849] -- Anderson, J.H. Twenty-five cents' worth of magic and mystery ... 151st ed. America, 1860 -- Ansbach, Solo. An evening of sorcery and magic ... Hillsdale, N. J., c1906 -- Book of tricks ... Manchester, [between 1900 and 1927?] -- Denisé. Puzzledom, or, The secret of conjuring unveiled ... Blackpool, [between 1890 and 1907] -- Drawing-room magic ... New York, [187-?] -- Lynn, H.S. The adventures of the strange man ... Leicester, 1877 -- Shaw, W.H.J. Magic and its mysteries ... Chicago, [1893] -- Stanyon, Ellis. Stanyon's serial lessons in conjuring. [London, 1899-1910] No. 9, The original tricks of Clement de Lion only -- Sterling, Max. Problems in mystery for practical magicians ... Manchester, [1909] -- Stillwell, George. Full and complete exposé and explanation ... [London, 1902] -- Tricks for amateurs of both sexes. 5th ed. London, 1908 -- Vyson, Ed. Wizardry ... Bolton, [1906] -- White, Brunel. Original mysteries for magicians ... Ammanford, [1920] -- Whiteley, Harry. Marvels of magic ... Manchester, [c1906] -- Whiteley, Harry. Miracles of modern magic ... Manchester, [1905].  Issued separately.