The fashionable science of parlour magic
Subtitle: being the newest tricks of deception, developed and illustrated, with an exposure of the practices made use of by professional card players, blacklegs, and gamblers ; To which is added The magic of spirit rapping, writing mediums, and table turning, &c., &c.
By: by J.H. Anderson, the Great Wizard of the North.
Contributors: Anderson, J. H. 1814-1874.; McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress)
Edition: 250th ed. of Parlour magic, 100th ed. of Spirit rapping.
Publisher: Great Wizard of the North
Published: 1863
Place of publication: [London]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Magic tricks
Other titles: Biography of Professor Anderson. 1860.; Parlour magic.; Magic of spirit rapping, writing mediums, and table turning.
Notes: NUC pre-1956, NA 0302563
Caption title of 1st work: Parlour magic.
"The magic of spirit rapping ..." (p. [67]-96) and "Biography of Professor Anderson" (p. [97]-128) have special title pages.
LC copy imperfect: p. 127-128 wanting. Description from NUC.
Source: Gift of John J. and Hanna M. McManus and Morris N. and Chesley V. Young, Oct. 12, 1955.