Fisher, David.
The War Magician: How Jasper Maskelyne and his Magic Gang Altered the Course of World War II
(Coward McCann, New York, 1983).
Britain's most bizarre secret weapon of WWII - he made the Suez canal disappear. Became an assassination target of Hitler's regime during WWII. A very scarce title. Hardback. Slight bumping to corners, otherwise very good in chipped, slightly discoloured, slightly worn dustwrapper. First Edition in 315pp. Order No. NSBK-A4731
Keywords: 0698111400, magic, conjuring, maskelyne, illusions, music hall, theatre, David Devant, jasper, Neville, war, Hitler, illusion, conjurer, warfare, war, magic gang, magician, magicians, magical, illusionist, jasper maskelyne, illusionists, Second World War, great britain, great british, england, english, war magician, history, david fisher, egyptian hall, illusions, deceptions, deception, deceptionist, deceptionists, decept, deceptive, deceptor, world war, wartime, war magician, magic gang, history, magic history, conjurers, conjured, J.N Maskelyne, white magic, World War II, World War Two, Inter-war, Interwar, Inter war
Price £38.00.
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Lamb, Geoffrey.
Mental Magic Tricks:
(Thomas Nelson, 2nd printing, 1973).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, split internally at spine front & back. Shakey. A working copy in torn, worn dw. 89pp. Order No. NSBK-A13929
Keywords: 0840763328, magic tricks, mentalism, mental, magicians, sleight of hand, history, conjuring
Price £12.00.
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Evans, Mary.
A Good School: Life at a Girls' Grammar School in the 1950s
(The Women's Press, 1991).
Paperback. Very good. xv + 121pp. Order No. NSBK-C15923
Keywords: 9780704342682, education, girls, women, history, 1950s, fifties, grammar schools, stored in hall
Price £11.99.
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Douglas, M. A. and Ash, C. R.
The Godophin School, 1726-1926:
(Longmans, Green and Co, 1928).
Hardback. Good+ in torn and soiled dustwrapper. viii + 251pp. Order No. NSBK-A12213
Keywords: B000IUZ78C, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, schools, schooling, education, educational, teachers, teaching, pupils, students, eighteenth century, 18th, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, twentieth century, Godolphin School
Price £14.00.
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Fisher, John.
Body Magic: Illustrated by Derek Lucas
(Stein & Day, New York, 1979).
The most original magic book of our time. It shows you how to use the marvels of the human body to entertain and mystify. A little damp staining to spine area; board edges soiled. A scarce book. Hardback. Ex library, usual library stamps & stickers (partic. conspicuous on rear endpapers & inner boards), otherwise good in soiled, lightly creased dustwrapper. 158pp. Order No. NSBK-F6158
Keywords: 0812823303, conjuring, conjurer, conjurers, magic, magician, magicians, magic tricks, magic trick, trick, body magic, John Fisher, Fisher, strength feat, feats of strength, human magic, body tricks, strongman, strength trick, strength tricks, stein day, magic secrets, secrets, magical secrets, bizarre, weerd, weird, bizarreist, bizarreists, Derek Lucas
Price £85.00.
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Haddon, Celia.
Great Days and Jolly Days: The Story of Girls' School Songs
(Hodder and Stoughton, 1977).
Hardback. Dustwrapper ripped / torn in a few places, otherwise very good. 125pp. Order No. NSBK-C14115
Keywords: B001O3B4ES, gender, education, history, girls' schools, women, songs, singing, music, learning, Empire, convents, Britain, British, England, English, United Kingdom, UK, women's education
Price £11.00.
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Rubinstein, David.
School Attendance in London, 1870 - 1904: A Social History
(University of Hull, Augustus M. Kelley, 1969).
Scarce. University of Hull Occasional Papers in Economic and Social History No. 1. Hardback. Ex library with minimal library markings, good+ in smart crimson binding. viii + 137pp. Order No. NSBK-A8542
Keywords: 0900480009, London, Victorian, 19th century, nineteenth century, education, schools, Edwardian, school attendance, schooling, social history, truancy, truants, elementary education, David Rubinstein, Britain, British, England, English, London School Board, poverty, poor, school boards, 1870 Education Act, Forster's Education Act, magistrates, voluntary schools, state education, policy, University of Hull Occasional Papers in Economic and Social History
Price £35.00.
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Graham, J.A. & Phythian, B.A., eds.
The Manchester Grammar School, 1515 - 1965:
(MUP, 1965).
Hardback. Front board soiled, otherwise good in chipped and torn dustwrapper. ix + 201pp. Order No. NSBK-A2576
Keywords: B0000CMU02, education, Manchester Grammar School, schools, British, Britain, North West England, England, English, school, schooling, grammar schools, grammar school, the north, north
Price £6.00.
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Sislian, Jack, ed.
Representative Sadleriana: Sir Michael Sadler (1861-1943) on English, French, German and American Schools and Society - A Perennial Reader for Academics and the General Public
(Nova Science, 2004).
Hardback. Light soiling to boards, otherwise very good, bright. xiv + 311pp. Order No. NSBK-A13404
Keywords: 1590339894, schools, schooling, education, educational, teachers, teaching, pupils, students, English, British, Britain, England, French, France, German, America, USA, Germany, American, Sir Michael Sadler, history, comparative education, training
Price £46.00.
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Meade, L.T..
The Darling of the School:
(W. & R. Chambers, no date).
With 6 illustrations, of which one is loose. Hardback. Some rather heavy white blotching / fading to soiled cloth, a good reading copy only. Some splitting to spine internally at back. 271pp. Order No. NSBK-A8605
Keywords: B000J2M4IK, girls, girls' school stories, history, education, girlhood, childhood, children, Britain, British, England, English, schools, schooling, L.T. Meade, fiction
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