[KNIFE THROWING] [JUGGLING] The Original Chinese Magicians ...
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[KNIFE THROWING] [JUGGLING] The Original Chinese Magicians and Jugglers, Arr Hee and Asham. Plymouth: Leviathan Broadside Press – I.W. N. Keys, 1860. Large letterpress broadside bearing a central woodcut of the jugglers presenting their knife-throwing feat, and advertising their appearance on a Christmas holiday bill in Devonport, along with George Barnwell and a “refined colored entertainment” by Messrs. Sullivan & Son, and other theatrical turns. The magicians’ eleven-part program is outlined in detail. 29 ¾ x 9 ¾”. Ragged edges with minor chips and losses; reinforced with tissue on the verso. Among the feats presented by the “jugglers” are a favorite of Chung Ling Soo: eating fire, and then, from the smoldering cotton in the performer’s mouth, the production of 120 yards of colored ribbon, and then the production of a six-foot-long lighted candle from the mouth.
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[KNIFE THROWING] [JUGGLING] The Original Chinese Magicians ...
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