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[[Ten basic books for a working library of conjuring]] as identified by [[H. Adrian Smith]] (historian, collector and President of both [[SAM]] and [[IBM]]) were:
'''Ten basic books for a working library of conjuring''', as identified by [[H. Adrian Smith]] (historian, collector and President of both [[SAM]] and [[IBM]]) and published in [[Linking Ring]], December, 1974 were:
# [[Modern Magic]]  
# [[Modern Magic]]  
# [[More Magic]]  
# [[More Magic]]  
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# [[The Art of Magic]]
# [[The Art of Magic]]
# [[The Expert at the Card Table]]
# [[The Expert at the Card Table]]
# [[The Modern Conjuror]]
# [[The Modern Conjurer]]
# [[Magician's Tricks and How They Are Done]]
# [[Magicians' Tricks, How They Are Done]]
# [[Greater Magic]]
# [[Greater Magic]]
# [[Our Magic]]
# [[Our Magic]]
# [[The Tarbell Course]]  
# [[The Tarbell Course]]  


== References ==
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* [[Linking Ring]], December, 1974
 
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Latest revision as of 19:13, 10 January 2024

Ten basic books for a working library of conjuring, as identified by H. Adrian Smith (historian, collector and President of both SAM and IBM) and published in Linking Ring, December, 1974 were:

  1. Modern Magic
  2. More Magic
  3. Later Magic (1911 edition or later)
  4. The Art of Magic
  5. The Expert at the Card Table
  6. The Modern Conjurer
  7. Magicians' Tricks, How They Are Done
  8. Greater Magic
  9. Our Magic
  10. The Tarbell Course

References