(Stonegrove, England: 19th June 1864 - 12th July 1940)
Inspired to magic as boy seeing Dr. H.S. Lynn. Barrister. Amateur magician and bibliographer-historian of magic. Edited The Magic Circular 1909-14. Magic Circle council chairman 1924-35. SAM Hall of Fame. Uncle and magic teacher of Brig. Dudley Clarke.
Wrote (with Adolphe Blind) The Bibliography of Conjuring: And Kindred Deceptions (1920, 84pp). Wrote the classic 291-page The Annals of Conjuring series in Magic Wand 1924-28, of which 4 copies were issued in 1929 as a single volume (reprinted 1983 and 2001). Bio is Edwin A. Dawes, The Barrister in The Circle (1983, 123pp).
Coauthors: Adolphe Blind
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The Bibliography of Conjuring - and kindred deceptionsSidney W. Clarke & Adolphe Blind![]() | 2019 / 6 / 1 | $10.00 to wish list PDF_facsimile | ||
The Annals of ConjuringSidney W. Clarke![]() Sidney W. Clarke tells the story of magic from its earliest traces in recorded history, all the way to the celebrated masters of Robert-Houdin, Maskelyne, and the ones who followed them. [Note: This edition was newly formatted for convenient reading and searching on mobile devices.] 1st digital edition 2013, 288 pages. Table of Contents
| 2013 / 10 / 7 | $9.50 to wish list PDF & EPUB |