Parlour Magic

An early Victorian handbook of home conjuring: card tricks, sleights with everyday objects, scientific amusements and party puzzles, written for families to perform in the drawing room. Note: this scan has no searchable text layer.

Anonymous, 1838. Complete 204-page PDF. Free to download: check out at $0 and the file arrives by email and on your order page.

This classic is in the public domain. Scans come from library copies, so expect the odd stain or stamp of an old book.