Edwin Dawes

Edwin Dawes
Born	Edwin Alfred Dawes July 6, 1925 Goole, Yorkshire
Nationality	Scottish
Categories	Books by Edwin Dawes

Dr. Edwin Alfred Dawes (b. 1925) is a Scottish collector, historian and writer. He has written many books and articles on the history of magic including the column A Rich Cabinet of Magical Curiosities column in the Magic Circular starting in May 1972.

Books

• Great Illusionists (1979)
• The Barrister In The Circle (1983)
• The Book of Magic (1986), Dawes and Arthur Setterington
• Charles Bertram: The Court Conjurer (1997)
• Stodare: The Enigma Variations (1998)
• Stanley Collins: Conjurer Collector and Iconoclast (2002)
• The Great Lyle (2005)
• David Nixon: Entertainer with the Magic Touch (2009) (with Stephen Short)

• Henri Robin: Expositor of science & magic (1990)
• Encyclopedia of Magic (1986)
• Making Magic (1992)

• Quantitative Problems in Biochemistry (1980)
• Microbial Energetics (Tertiary level biology) (1985)
• The Magic of Britain (1994)

E-Book

• The Complete Rich Cabinet of Magical Curiosities (2005)

References

• Magic Circular, Vol. 88, No. 944, April 1994, This is Your Life - Eddie Dawes, page 56
• The Historians' Guide to Conjuring (Redux), Number One, July 2004, page 82
• Genii, Vol. 74, No. 3, March 2011, Edwin Dawes by Clay Shevlin, page 58