RARE WARTIME MAGIC HISTORY COMPLETE 1941 TWO-MANUSCRIPT SETStudies in Mystery

  
"Studies in Mystery" & More Studies in Mystery. They will NOT be separated under any circumstances. Lewis during the height of the World War II Blitz in Northampton, England.

These are not modern reproductions-they are the original fragile, wartime-grade typescript sheets hand-stapled into textured card covers. Due to the destructive nature of high-acid wartime paper, unrefined wood pulp, and staple rust, very few copies survived the decades. A matching pair is a genuine museum-grade find for magic historians and WWII social history collectors. Condition: The plain card back cover is missing.

Otherwise, it is in good vintage shape for its age. Tight internal pages with clear, bold text and hand-drawn line schematics. ":A highly satirical propaganda magic routine where scrambled cardboard features mechanically self-assemble into a caricature of Adolf Hitler to invite "catcalls and rude noises from the audience. A Tale of Two Gasmasks. :A brilliant mentalism transposition routine requiring four civilian cardboard gasmask boxes which the text suggests sourcing from your local Air Raid Precautions warden! A fascinating artifact of how entertainers used the stark tools of wartime anxiety to boost public morale during air raids. :A sensational stage illusion utilizing an Ever-Ready battery (highly rationed during blackouts) and items sourced from Woolworth's for a few pence. MORE STUDIES IN MYSTERY (LATE 1941). Condition: The front cover has cleanly detached from the staples due to original staple rust.

It is included but separate from the pages. The book shows heavy scars of its 85-year journey, featuring significant, authentic "rust rot" bleeding from the original wartime metal staples which has caused a tear and paper loss near the bottom spine. The edges of the cover show typical flaking and fraying due to the unrefined wood pulp stock of the era, but the internal text and title graphics remain beautiful, complete, and perfectly legible. Historic Significance: Features a striking, explicitly anti-Nazi dedication page: DEDICATED TO VICTORY and to Churchill and Roosevelt Whose Atlantic Charter promises that'After the final destruction of Nazi tyranny... " The layout features a typed "V for Victory asterisk ornament.

Routines Include: The highly coveted. Antony Norman Chameleon Knife Routine.

" (with multi-phase close-up mechanics), Victor Farelli's ". Beattie's "Penelease" low-apparatus stage escape. These manuscripts will be packed with extreme care using rigid cardboard tracking to ensure it arrives safely to your collection.

Do not miss this rare opportunity to own a dual piece of British Magic and Home Front History.