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SharkTrager
New user
North London
9 Posts
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Posted: Nov 17, 2004 3:48pm
Hi there,
Can anyone tell me any good resources on the web for info on Victorian magic - effects, magicians etc?
Failing that, the best books on the subject. It has to be Victorian though - 1837 - 1901
Many thanks
Mark
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BarryFernelius
Inner circle
Still learning, even though I've made
2102 Posts
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Posted: Nov 17, 2004 4:07pm
Even though it's a more recent book, take a look at Charles Bertram: The Court Conjurer by Edwin Dawes (1997).
Also, check out The Modern Conjurer and Drawing Room Entertainer by C. Lang Neil.
See the pages at the Lybrary http://www.lybrary.com/index.html?goto=books/Modern_Magic.html for an e-book version.
"I don't teach people stories about the coyote for them to tell. I AM the coyote. They tell stories about me."
-Pop Haydn
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SharkTrager
New user
North London
9 Posts
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Posted: Nov 18, 2004 1:01pm
Thanks for that Barry, I'll have a look.
Any other suggestions greatly appreciated.
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Bill Palmer
Eternal Order
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23786 Posts
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Posted: Nov 18, 2004 10:31pm
The Hoffmann books are also an excellent source of material of that period.
Some of them are even on line at the Learned Pig.
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Michael Baker
Inner circle
Near a river in the Midwest
8464 Posts
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Posted: Nov 19, 2004 12:53am
Ditto all the above, especially Hoffmann and Learned Pig.
Also check out "Victorian Magic" by Geoffrey Fredrick Lamb. I have my own copy, won on Ebay, but just saw it available at Amazon.com.
~michael baker
The Magic Company
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SharkTrager
New user
North London
9 Posts
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Posted: Nov 19, 2004 1:15pm
Thanks guys so much.
I'm off to check them out right now.
Mark
Posted: Nov 24, 2004 3:23pm Just received my copy of Victorian Magic. A great read actually - lovely stories about Houdin, Maskelyne etc.
I particularly liked the fact that Robert-Houdin only got into magic because he asked a bookseller for a book on watchmaking as was his father's profession but was accidentally given a book on conjuring and the rest is history.
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Clay Shevlin
Elite user
493 Posts
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Posted: Nov 25, 2004 1:54am
Try Tom Sawyer's Victorian-Age Conjuing Books, a scholarly book chock full of information on books of that era.
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Michael Baker
Inner circle
Near a river in the Midwest
8464 Posts
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Posted: Nov 25, 2004 3:16am
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On 2004-11-25 01:54, Clay Shevlin wrote:
Try Tom Sawyer's Victorian-Age Conjuing Books, a scholarly book chock full of information on books of that era.
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More detail, please. Is that the title of the book?
~michael baker
The Magic Company
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