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Fifty years in the magic circle

being an account of the author's professional life; his wonderful tricks and feats; with laughable incidents, and adventures as a magician, necromancer, and ventriloquist.

Also known as Fifty years in the magic circle; being an account of the author's professional life; his wonderful tricks and feats; with laughable incidents, and adventures as a magician, necromancer, and ventriloquist

by Antonio Blitz

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source

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Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Magic”. Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the title, “Magic” in the alternative title, “Magic” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • Magic· via Internet Archive
    • Magic· via Open Library
    • Magic· in title
    • Magic· in alternative title
    • Magic· in subject
    • Magic· in edition title

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Editions

Open Library reports 3 editions; 1 cataloged here.

being an account of the author's professional life; his wonderful tricks and feats; with laughable incidents, and adventures as a magician, necromancer, and ventriloquist.

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1871Belknap & Bliss; Hartford, Conn., Belknap & BlissEnglishPublic

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Cornell University Library
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Open Library reports 3 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Scanner: Kirtas APT 2400
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL7565632W
Edition coverage
Multi source partial
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