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Needing this book for a course on the civil war, i found it very informative and a fairly easy read. James mark wilson born 11 april 1929 is an american magician and author. The real story of the great uprising by vishnubhat godse. He is widely credited as becoming the first major television magician and in the process establishing the viability of illusion shows as a television format. What you have should be a first edition of the book. It tells the story of quentin coldwater, a young man who discovers and attends a secret college of magic in new york. The book, which describes the 1857 revolt as a unified and national uprising of india as a nation against british authority, was seen at the time as highly. The indian war of independence of 1857 columbia university. The magicians own book, or the whole art of conjuring arnold, george 18341865, cahill, frank on. The magicians grossman novel the magicians is a new adult fantasy novel by the american author lev grossman, published in 2009 by viking press. I have a book from 1857 called magicians own book its. Scarce, rare 1857 first edition the magicians own book or the whole art of conjuring being a complete handbook of parlor magic, and containing over one thousand optical, chemical, mechanical, magnetical, and magical experiments, amusing transmutations, astonishing sleights and subtleties, celebrated card deceptions, ingenious tricks with numbers, curious and entertaining puzzles, together with all the most noted tricks of modern performer. But we have to understand that 1857 mutiny would have taken place with or. Magicians own book was published in new york by dick and fitzgerald in 1857.

Being a complete hand book of parlor magic, and containing over one thousand optical, chemical, mechanical, magnetical, and magical experiments, amusing transmutations, astonishing sleights and subtleties, celebrated card deceptions, ingenious tricks. Anonymous, 1857, the magicians own book, or the whole art of conjuring. Wagner, a lecturer on colonial india and the british empire. The author who is not credited in the book was said to be h. A copy of the magicians own book, or the whole art of conjuring by an anonymous author.