William Henry James Shaw

Beautifully rebound catalog from the John Henry Grossman collection. The catalog itself is damaged that has been repaired as far as possible by the binder.

A Chicago dealer who did manufacture his own apparatus.

Shaw was a dealer in Chicago during the time of Erdnase, who specialized in manufacturing trick apparatus, illusions, and gimmicks. Most of the effects described in this work are apparatus type of magic. There is also a sizable section on Chapeaugraphy.

New Ideas In Magic

• The Demon Cards Of Faust
• Mystic Envelopes And Cards
• The Magic Growth Of Flowers
• The Changing Cards
• The Birth Of Floris
• Cassadaga Propaganda
• New Knotted Handkerchiefs
• New Color Changing Handkerchief
• Three Legged Lady
• Four Legged Lady
• The Soldier's Fate
• The Mysterious Glass Jar And Coins
• The Crystal Decanter And Mysterious...

W. H. J. Shaw was a magic dealer and apparatus manufacturer in Chicago. Like his magic dealer competitor August Roterberg he decided to write a magic book almost at the same time.

• Preface
• The Mystic Percolator
• Water Into Ice
• The National Ball Transformation
• New Spirit Ghost Seance
• Spirit Bell On Glass Top Table
• The Spiritual Ring Test
• The Extinguished Cigar
• The Charmed Organ Pipes
• D’Alvini’s Album Trick
• Lightning, Slate And Blackboard Test
• The Egyptian Cremation
• New Hat Fake
• The Diamond Mystery
• The Spirit Scribe
• A Live Hat
• Changing Decapitation
• The Wonderful Lager-Beer Glass And Paper...

A Chicago dealer who did manufacture his own apparatus.

1st edition 1893, 24 pages.