Dawes, Edwin: The Great Illusionists ©1979 Chartwell Books, Inc., NJ Hardcover, w/dj, 8x10", 216 pages

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Contents (Chapters from book ToC, updated Feb 2019):

6 Illustrations
8 Introduction and Acknowledgements
11 In the Beginning
26 The Learned Animals
35 Bags, Bubbles and Bottles
52 The Phenomena
61 The Conjuring Quacks
71 Laughing Gas
83 Phantasmagoric Professors
93 The Jewish Connexion
108 Wizards From the North
121 Science et la Prestidigitation
131 They Also Conjured
141 Egypt and the Sphinx
155 Maskelyne & Cooke - Royal Illusionists
169 The Great Gun Trick
184 Sounds, Shadows & Shackles
203 Epiloque
204 Reference & Notes
212 Index