How to become a magician
containing a grand assortment of magical illusions as performed by the leading magicians and wizards of the day : also containing tricks with cards made use of by noted gamblers : incantations, charms, and spells practiced by astrologists and fortune-tellers by the use of cards, dice, and dominoes.
- First published:
- 19th century
- Language: English
- Content type: Primary source
61 p. 16 cm
Provenance
Why this book is in the catalog
Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ritual magic and grimoires.
Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Magic”. Retained metadata contains “Charms” in the subtitle, “Spells” in the subtitle, “Magic” in the subject metadata, and 2 additional metadata match(es).
- “Magic”· via Internet Archive
- “Magic”· via Open Library
- “Charms”· in subtitle
- “Spells”· in subtitle
- “Magic”· in subject
- “Charms”· in edition subtitle
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Editions
Open Library reports 4 editions; 2 cataloged here.
| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
containing a grand assortment of magical illusions as performed by the leading magicians and wizards of the day : also containing tricks with cards, made use of by noted gamblers : incantations, charms, and spells practiced by astrologists and fortune-tellers by the use of cards, dice, and dominoes. Open Library record | 1902 | Frank Tousey | English | — | No ebook | |
Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan | 1882 | F. Tousey; New York, F. Tousey | English | — | Public |
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Identifiers & provenance
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Identifiers
- LCCN
- Open Library work
- Internet Archive
- Open Library work (alias)
Cataloged from
- Internet Archivehowtobecomemagic00warf (opens in a new tab)
- Open LibraryOL16580538W (opens in a new tab)
- Open LibraryOL196609W (opens in a new tab)
Cataloging notes
- Contributing institution: The Library of Congress
- Digitization sponsor: The Library of Congress
- 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 4 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
- Scanner: scribe10.capitolhill.archive.org
- Catalog id
- openlibrary-work:OL16580538W
- Edition coverage
- Multi source partial
- Retrieved



