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His paintings were famous and his books in early editions are now scarce
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the author makes references to the observations by the 19th and early 20th century sexual psychologist
but each card is assigned an individual medicinal herb based upon intuition
THE BOY'S OWN CONJURING BOOK - 1st Ed, 1859 - MAGIC TRICKS, ILLUSIONS, GAMES SCIENCE / MEDICINE mild toningTHE BOY'S OWN CONJURING BOOK Book Details + Condition: Dick and Fitzgerald (New York, NY). Very scarce First Edition, 1859. Hardcover measuring 5. 25" x 3. 5". 416 pages. Portable sized guide to parlor magic for young boys. Subtitled, "containing an endless variety of optical, chemical, mechanical, magnetical, and magical experiments, amusing transmutations, astonishing sleights and subtleties, celebrated card deceptions, ingenious tricks with