The Annals of ConjuringSidney W. Clarke
Edited by Edwin A. Dawes and Todd Karr in collaboration with Bob Read
Published 2001
640 pages
Almost 300 illustrations
8-page color section with 18 historic images
Cover by Katlyn Breene
The Annals of Conjuring remains the single most important source of information for the student of magic history.
— Edwin A. Dawes
Perhaps the most detailed history of magic ever written, this massive new edition, edited by Edwin A. Dawes and Todd Karr in association with Bob Read, adds over 500 informative endnotes to Clarke's monumental work, with many new discoveries.
The new Annals also includes an introduction by Edwin A. Dawes and his biographical essays on Clarke; Clarke's personal annotations; plus a new index and bibliography.