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John Nevil Maskelyne

(Maskelyne, John Nevil, 1839-1917)

John Nevil Maskelyne (22 December 1839 – 18 May 1917) was an English stage magician and inventor of the pay toilet, along with other Victorian-era devices. He worked with magicians George Alfred Cooke and David Devant, and many of his illusions are still performed today. His book Sharps and Flats: A Complete Revelation of the Secrets of Cheating at Games of Chance and Skill is considered a classic overview of card sharp practices. In 1914 he founded the Occult Committee, a group to "investigate claims to supernatural power and to expose fraud". (From Wikipedia)

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Books by John Nevil Maskelyne:

Maskelyne, John Nevil, 1839-1917: Sharps and Flats: A Complete Revelation of the Secrets of Cheating at Games of Chance and Skill (London and New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1894) (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

Additional books by John Nevil Maskelyne in the extended shelves:

Maskelyne, John Nevil, 1839-1917: The Boy's Own Book of Indoor Games and Recreations: A Popular Encyclopædia for Boys, also by C. Stansfeld Hicks and Gordon Stables, ed. by G. Andrew Hutchison (Gutenberg ebook)
Maskelyne, John Nevil, 1839-1917: Fraud of "Theosophy" exposed (G. Routledge & Sons ;, 1912) (page images at HathiTrust)
Maskelyne, John Nevil, 1839-1917: Maskelyne and Cooke : an exposé of the falseness of their pretensions (J. Burns, 1873) (page images at HathiTrust)
Maskelyne, John Nevil, 1839-1917: Modern spiritualism. A short account of its rise and progress, with some exposures of so-called spirit media. (For the author by F. Warne and co. ;, 1876) (page images at HathiTrust)
Maskelyne, John Nevil, 1839-1917: Sharps and flats : a complete revelation of the secrets of cheating at games of chance and skill (Longmans, Green and Co., 1894) (page images at HathiTrust)

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