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He published [[Sidney W. Clarke]]'s [[The Annals of Conjuring from the Earliest Times to the Present]] (1929) and [[The Bibliography of Conjuring and Kindred Deceptions]] (1920) with [[Adolphe Blind]].
 
He published [[Sidney W. Clarke]]'s [[The Annals of Conjuring from the Earliest Times to the Present]] (1929) and [[The Bibliography of Conjuring and Kindred Deceptions]] (1920) with [[Adolphe Blind]].
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* A Few Jardine Ellis Secrets (1925)
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* Fifty Fakes (1944)
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* Magic of the Ancients (1949)
  
 
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Revision as of 11:04, 13 January 2012

George Johnson
Born1887
DiedJuly 30, 1962
NationalityBritish
Known forMagic Wand editor
CategoriesBooks by George Johnson
George Johnson (1887 - 1962) was a British writer, publisher and collector. He was editor of the Magic Wand from 1914 to 1945.

He published Sidney W. Clarke's The Annals of Conjuring from the Earliest Times to the Present (1929) and The Bibliography of Conjuring and Kindred Deceptions (1920) with Adolphe Blind.

Books

  • A Few Jardine Ellis Secrets (1925)
  • Fifty Fakes (1944)
  • Magic of the Ancients (1949)