Name/Title
"MAGIC FOR HOME AND STAGE"Entry/Object ID
99.59.1.1Description
Color: Black; Brown
"Magic for Home and Stage" (Chicago: Shrewesbury Publishing Co., 1926), 150 pp. A softcover book with a brown cover, the front of which has a floral-bordered black box, within which is the title. The title is also on the spine, while the back cover has an advertisement for a book called "San 'n' Henry," based upon the blackface radio show and from which one of the actors later became one of the "Amos 'n' Andy" actors. The magic book has chapters that include an introduction to magic and examples of tricks including coin tricks; card tricks; miscellaneous tricks; black art; spirit medium routines; mind reading; and ventriloquism. At the back of the work are individual advertisements for books offered by the publisher, as well as one of the company's series of books on popular entertainments. With tears, major creases, surface soiling and general wear to the cover and some creases and dogeared corners on the pages, the artifact is in fair condition.Lexicon
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Card tricks, ConjuringSearch Terms
Three-dimensional, Books, Shrewesbury Publishing Company, Coin tricks
