Help us get to over 8,748 articles in 2024.
If you know of a magician not listed in MagicPedia, start a New Biography for them. Contact us at magicpediahelp@gmail.com
Raymond Toole Stott
From Magicpedia, the free online encyclopedia for magicians by magicians.
Raymond Toole Stott | |
Born | 1910 |
---|---|
Died | January 10, 1982 London, England |
Known for | bibliographies |
Categories | Books by Raymond Toole Stott |
Raymond Toole Stott (1910-1932) was a British author, journalist, civil servant and bibliographer. He is known for his bibliographies of Somerset Maugham, circus publications and English-language conjuring books.
Biography
After several years as a journalist, he later became a press agent for Bertram Mills at Olympia and, in the thirties, as managing director of Ray Stott's Circus. Upon leaving the active side of show-business and became the Librarian in the Department of the Treasury Solicitor until his retirement.[1]
Books
- A Bibliography of English Conjuring 1581-1876 (1976)
- A Bibliography of English Conjuring Volume Two 1569-1876 (1978)
- Circus and Allied Arts: A World Bibliography 1958 - 1992 (1958)
References