HAND SHADOWS : THE COMPLETE ART OF SHADOWGRAPHY.

London : C. Arthur Pearson, 1913. First edition. An exemplary and thoroughly illustrated guide to the art of creating amusing hand shadows - animal forms, with rabbit, wolf, elephant, tortoise, crocodile, etc. - birds, with pigeon, vulture, swan, rooster, etc. - character studies, with postman, rake, vagrant, Wellington, Bismarck, etc. - with some more complex shapes made with the aid of accessories, and finally a section on mounting a whole shadow pantomime. Crown 8vo (19cm). 109,[iii]pp - including integral endpapers with advertisements. Eighty-five diagrams. Original pictorial boards, with price revision overlays; lightly rubbed and very slightly bruised, but a very good copy of a fragile production. From the collection of magician Paul Daniels (1938-2016), with his portrait bookplate and blind-stamp on the half-title.