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Three Magic and Sideshow Booklets. Including Kar-Mi and His Mysteries of India (1916); Midway Magic by Don Boles (1963); and Shaw's Book of Acts: For Carnival, Sideshow Museum and Circus (n.d.).
Kar-Mi: 10 1/2 x 7".
Shaw was a prominent 19th-century magician, apparatus manufacturer, and magic dealer initially based in Chicago. Later in his career, he moved to Missouri and continued to supply the trade, shifting his focus to ventriloquial and wax figures and sideshow illusions.
Kar-Mi: 10 1/2 x 7".
Shaw was a prominent 19th-century magician, apparatus manufacturer, and magic dealer initially based in Chicago. Later in his career, he moved to Missouri and continued to supply the trade, shifting his focus to ventriloquial and wax figures and sideshow illusions.
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Generally toning, soiling, and marginal wear.
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Three Magic and Sideshow Booklets.
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