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3854-1545) THE RIDDLE OF CHUNG LING SOO by Will Dexter.

Published by Arco Publishers, Ltd of New York and London.

1955 First edition.

Will Dexter was born in 1909, always interested in Magic and one of the officers of The Magic Circle.

For this biography Dexter has gathered material from all over the world. He tells of Robinson's early experiences in the United States, of his appearance and calamitous failure at the Folies Bergeres as "Hop Sing Soo" - and his great success the following night as "Chung Ling Soo". He tells of the battle with Ching Ling Foo, a genuine Chinese magician. The truth behind the greasepaint and the Oriental mask, and yet retains all the glamour and colour of a great illusionist and a great personality.

Chapter's include:

Introduction - Acknowledgment - Who Was Chung Ling Soo? - Misadventure - The Man of Mystery - Exit Loo, Enter Soo - Foo Versus Soo - The Conquering Hero - "House Full" in Australia - A Change of Mind That Was Fatal - Close of an Era - The Man Who Wrote "Sensational Tales" - Fulton's Fantasy - The Trick That Scared Houdini - Front Row, Orchestra Stalls - Guardians of the Secrets - Secrets For Sale - Appendix One - Appendix Two - Index.

HardBound with DustJacket (in protective cover) and 223 pages. - $75.00

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3855-1265) The HERRMANNs In San Francisco 1870-1927 by James Hamilton

Published 1995 in San Francisco by James Hamilton.

Wonderful account of Karl, Alexander, Leon Herrmann and the rest of the Herrmann family, who dominated the magic scene in the San Francisco area for so many years.

Several illustrations and photos, of some very Rare Hermann collectible items.

Measures approx. 8 1/4"x11" with 17pages. - $35.00

3856-3219) HANDCUFF NOTE BOOK

This book/manuscript doesn't have a title (on the inside) or author. Just the title on the cover.

It does have Prynce E. Wheeler's rubber stamp on the inside cover -and- David Abbott's signature on the next page.

I don't know who published this book or when. The copy offered here appears to have been copied, folded, and stapled in the middle. Then the brown paper wrap. as the cover.

Perhaps Prynce Wheeler issued it this way.

75+ hand drawn illustrations showing the workings of the following cuffs:

Harvard Cuff - Police Handcuff - Star Handcuff - Japanese Handcuff - H.&R. Super - New Harvard - Thumbcuffs - Mattatuck Handcuff - Rivolier - Tower Handcuff - Speedmaster - S.&W. Handcuff - Peerless Handcuff - Second Model Peerless - Third Model Peerless - New Model Peerless

This SoftCover book measures approx. 6"x9" and contains 45pages. - $45.00

3822-8769) GREATER MAGIC by John Northern Hilliard

A Practical Treatise on Modern Magic.

This book is 2 1/2" thick. If this doesn't sound like very much - grab one of your magic books and measure it.

1006 numbered pages and 1150 illustrations by Harlan Tarbell.

HardBound with Extremely Scarce original DustJacket.

Also included is the, Very Scarce, original 40page prospectus on the book.

Book measures approx. 5 1/2"x8 1/4".

Contents include:

Review of Chapters by H. Adrian Smith - Introduction by Howard Thurston - Biography of Hilliard - Tribute to Hilliard by Gelett Burgess - In the Beginning - Pageant and Prolegomenon - The Master of the Playing Cards - Card Fans and Locations - Location by Sleights - Location by Mark Cards - Marked Cards - Key or Locator Cards - Subtleties and Arrangements - The Slick Ace - Old Wine in New Bottles - Shuffles, Force, Cut and Pass - Impromptu Card Tricks - Sleight of Hand Card Tricks - The Spelling Bee - Clairvoyance with Cards - The Four Aces - The Rising Cards - Prepared Cards - The Tuned Deck - Card Stars of the USA - Magic with Silks - Magic with Balls - Coin Magic - Cigarettes and Cigars - Bills - Ropes --The Chinese Rings - Selected Tricks - Mind Reading - Magic Squares - Magicana - Stage Presentation - Stage Tricks and Illusions - At the End - Index

DustJacket has seen some wear, but 99% intact.

Book itself is in Near Mint condition. Only one lightly dinged corner, on the back cover and a small nick on the upper edge of the front cover. Please view photo's below for a better look -and- remember, these photo's are ThumbNails - click the photo to bring up the larger photos.

WOW, now that's a book and if you never buy another book for your collection - this is the one you should buy!!! - $175.00

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3823-3754) GREATER MAGIC by John Northern Hilliard

A Practical Treatise on Modern Magic.

This book is Almost 3" thick. If this doesn't sound like very much - grab one of your magic books and measure it.

This is the Expanded Edition with 1292pages, published over a half century later.

Contents include:

Review of Chapters by H. Adrian Smith - Introduction by Howard Thurston - Biography of Hilliard - Tribute to Hilliard by Gelett Burgess - In the Beginning - Pageant and Prolegomenon - The Master of the Playing Cards - Card Fans and Locations - Location by Sleights - Location by Mark Cards - Marked Cards - Key or Locator Cards - Subtleties and Arrangements - The Slick Ace - Old Wine in New Bottles - Shuffles, Force, Cut and Pass - Impromptu Card Tricks - Sleight of Hand Card Tricks - The Spelling Bee - Clairvoyance with Cards - The Four Aces - The Rising Cards - Prepared Cards - The Tuned Deck - Card Stars of the USA - Magic with Silks - Magic with Balls - Coin Magic - Cigarettes and Cigars - Bills - Ropes - The Chinese Rings = Selected Tricks - Mind Reading - Magic Squares - Magicana - Stage Presentation - Stage Tricks and Illusions - At the End - Index
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More Greater Magic Includes:

Introduction - Carl Jones: The Only Man For The Job - The Origin of Greater Magic, Section I - The Origin of Greater Magic, Section II - Written By John Northern Hilliard - The Fate Of Chapter XXX - Selections From Hilliard's Notebooks, Section I - Selections From Hilliard's Notebooks, Section II - It Might Have Been - Fu Manchu - Deleted Chapter: Obiter Dicta - Epilogue

Book and DustJacket are in GREAT condition!! - $200.00

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3839-5877) Antonio Diavolo, A Souvenir of his Performance

Concerning the History And Restoration of Robert-Houdin’s Celebrated Trapeze Automaton.

Written by John Gaughan, with Jim Steinmeyer. Published by the authors.

This second edition, published in 1999, was limited to 500 copies.

Almost a dozen illustrations and photographs (one in color). 23pages.

Great piece of Magic History!! - $50.00

3841-7733) QUICKER THAN THE EYE by John Mulholland

The Magic and Magicians of the World.

Stated First Edition

HardBound with 259pages.

ExLibrary with some damage to spine edges, see photos below. All the pages inside are just fine, even though some have some writing on them.

Baker Jr. Studio of Magic handwritten on the inside front cover and rubber stamped a few places inside.

On the signature page are interesting handwritten comments, in pencil, about rabbits being born. Go figure?!!

And, for what it's worth - there's an old playing card, the Jack of Spades, which might have been used as a bookmarker. The card advertises Royal Crown Cola.

As John Mulholland Puts It:

This is a book about entertainers. No mention has been made of Cagliostro or any of the other great pretenders to supernormal power. I have discussed fortunetellers only because they have been defrauding the public. Rather than to take the covers off their magic boxes, I have tried to take you back-stage to know the makers of minor miracles. They are a fine people, and I hope you like them.

The content page was so detailed, I have reproduced it, below, for ease in reading.

Book measures approx. 6"x8 3/8". - $45.00

3800-3699) THE WAR MAGICIAN by David Fisher.

1983 1st American edition. Hardback with DustJacket and 315pages.

Published by Coward-McCann, Inc., New York.

This extraordinary biography of illusionist Jasper Maskelyne is at once a larger-than-life story of an exceptional man and a fascinating re-creation of virtually unknown events in military history. Exhaustively researched and written with the pace and immediacy of a crack thriller, "The War Magician" also includes Maskelyne's own photographs of his illusions and inventions used in the North African Campaign against Rommel. Maskelyne and his Magic Gang performed such feats as hiding the Suez Canal, with a network of searchlights that blinded Luftwaffe pilots and creating a look alike Alexandria harbor, so Luftwaffe pilots would bomb it instead of the real one. Maskelyne's exploits were so successful, Hitler had him targeted for assassination.

A little spotting on the page edges -and- small tear on the front covers top edge. See photos, below.

Book measures approx. 6 1/4"x9 1/4". - $45.00

3801-9876) DUNNINGER, What's On Your Mind? by Joseph Dunninger.

Published in Cleveland and New York by The World Publishing Company.

1944 First Edition from. 192pages with DustJacket. DJ missing a small portion at the top of the spine.

Contents Include:

Foreword by Joseph Dunninger - Introduction by Walter B. Gibson - What Is Telepathy? - The Challenge of the Unknown - Theories on Telepathy - Aspects of Telepathy - The Interwoven Web of Sense - Phases of Telepathy - Telepathy and the Mass Mind - Thought Transference with Individuals - Sudden Thoughts from Nowhere - Telepathy and Hypnotism - Telepathic Impressions Received in Sleep - Early Investigations of Telepathy - Advance Investigation of Telepathy - Telepathy through Contact - Conditions Needed in Telepathic Demonstrations - Telepathy Today.

THE TESTs: Lights and Shadows - Visualizing Colors - The Moving Hand - Mental Will Power - Thoughts in Action - Sensory Perceptions - Thought Identities - Mental Progression - Telepathic Elimination - Group Reception - Automatic Touch Projection - Intuitive Telepathy - Contact Thought Reading - Mental Attraction - Time on the Mind - Triple Telepathy - Thought in Rhythm - The Mind Commands - Finding the Letter - A Game of Will - Picture Perception - A Question of Squares - Distant Discovery - Developed Impressions.

Book measures approx. 6"x81/4" and is in pretty good condition, with some corner dings, but the inside pages are just fine. - $45.00

Assorted ROBERT-HOUDIN Material

3736-4573) THE READERs DIGEST Magazine. Volume 101, #604. August 1972.

Inside, a five page biographical account of on the life of Robert-Houdin entitled: "The Magic Touch of Robert-Houdin" by Curtis Cate.

As the magazine states: A Mechanical genius and master of the sleight of hand, he gave the magician's art a new dimension that still dazzles in our day.

This magazine would be a nice edition for you Robert-Houdin collector's, who might have missed this issue. - $20.00

3737-1347) 1971 ROBERT-HOUDIN Stamp from France.

Portraits of Famous Frenchmen Issue. Scott Catalogue Numbers B445-B450.

This colorful set was issued to commemorate the lives of a few of France’s distinguished historical figures. The color shadings of the stamps are subtle but visually stunning. Each is pictured on a stamp with an object symbolizing his life’s work.

Those honored by the set are:

Daniel Francois Auber, composer
Gen. Charles Diego Brosset, architect
Victor Grignard, Nobel Prize winning chemist
Henri Farman, aviator
Gen. Charles Georges Delestraint, soldier
-and-
JEAN EUGENE ROBERT-HOUDIN, Magician

The stamps in this set have vivid, fresh colors, superb centering and perfect, never hinged gum. The striking colors would make these stamps gorgeous as a framed set. They are as New as the day they were produced, 42 Years Ago. - $15.00

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3738-5898) HARPERs NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, "New Monthly Magazine".

Volume 55, #330 - November 1877.

Well, it might have been new then, but it's 136 YEARs OLD TODAY!!!

On page 817 begins a Very Historic 15 page article on ROBERT HOUDIN entitled:

"The King of Conjurers"

There are 11 illustrations - these include:

Robert-Houdin - The Old Style of Trick Table - Houdin's Trick Table - The Conjurer's Parlor - The Conjurer's Ghost - The Magic Basket - The Double Bottom - The Bust of Socrates - The Four Harps - Houdin's Spirit Rapper - The Cabinet Trick.

In addition to these 11 illustrations there are 7 diagrams!!

A ton of information on the man HOUDINI would idolize, when first starting out as a Magician.

A great offering for you Robert-Houdin collectors. - $75.00

3739-1347) 1971 ROBERT-HOUDIN Stamps from France

Portraits of Famous Frenchmen Issue.

This colorful stamp was issued to commemorate the lives of a few of France’s distinguished historical figures, of which one was Robert-Houdin.

The color shadings of the stamps are subtle, but visually stunning and show an object symbolizing his life’s work.

The stamps have vivid, fresh colors, superb centering and perfect, never hinged gum.

They are as New as the day they were produced, 42 Years Ago.

A total of four stamps for the one price. - $35.00

3815-4218) LIFE OF ROBERT HOUDIN, The King of the Conjurers by Robert Houdin

The professional memoir of the great French magician Jean-Eugene Robert-Houdin, translated from the French by Dr. R. Shelton Mackenzie.

Published in Philadelphia by Porter and Coates.

Stated copyright on copyright page 1859.

445pages which includes and index, at the rear of the book.

The content pages were so detailed, I have reproduced them, below, for ease in reading.

These content page photos were actually used for a different Houdin book, I was offering, which has sold previously. The content page photos, below, show water mark stains - the book offered here doesn't have any water stains. I decided to re-use the photo's, since they are intended for no other purpose than to show you, the buyer, what the content pages contain.

It was the Memoirs of Robert-Houdin, which Ehrich Weiss was given by his childhood friend, Jacob Hayman.

As time passes, Ehrich Weiss would become Harry Houdini.

Houdini and Jacob would go onto become: The Brothers Houdini

Book measures approx. 5"x7 3/4" and has had some use. A little pencil writing inside, but not much.

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Included is Bill Larsen's Magic Castle business card. This was inside the book, when I received it, but I don't know if this was Bill's personal book on Houdin, or just used as a bookmark by another owner.

Never the less, a nice addition to anyone's library. - $150.00

3830-7258) THE UNMASKING OF ROBERT-HOUDIN and HANDCUFF SECRETs by Harry Houdini

London, George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., Broadway House, Ludgate Hill, 1909.

Contains a two page Addenda and Corrigenda to the writings of Mr. H. Evans, by the author, just before the contents page in front.

There are five pages listing the approximately 225 illustrations.

The first part of this book: THE UNMASKING OF ROBERT-HOUDIN

333 pages which includes a full index.

Contents include:

The Significant Events in the Life of Robert-Houdin; The Orange-Tree Trick; The Writing and Drawing Figure; The Pastry Cook of the Palais Royal; The Obedient Cards---The Cabalistic Clock---The Trapeze Automation; The Inexhaustible Bottle; Second Sight; The Suspension Trick; The Disappearing Handkerchief; Robert-Houdin’s Ignorance of Magic as Betrayed By His Own Pen; The Narrowness of Robert-Houdin’s "Memoirs".

The second part of this book "HANDCUFF SECRETs" begins with a preface by Harry Houdini.

Contents include:

Introduction: Opening Sealed Handcuffs; Blunders of Some Handcuff Exposers; Fake or Spoof Manacle; American Manacles; French Letter Cuff; Lock Pickers; Safe-Opening Micrometer; Skeleton Keys; Cologne Police Sued for Libel; More Lock Picking Implements; Strait-Jacket Release; Method of Escape; Historical Lock Picking Contests with James Sargent as the Centre Figure; Handcuffs and Their Keys.

This includes approximately 50 illustrations and a total of 110 pages.

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Chestnut brown cloth pictorial hardcover with gold gilt titles on front and on spine, heavy stock paper. The spine has a cameo bust of Houdin.

Covers are frayed, mainly at the top of the spine. Black stain at the bottom tip of some pages, but this is contained to the pages edges and doesn't bleed to the inside the book. Some foxing. The binding is nice and tight.

For some reason, the three photos, below, of the book itself, appear to have two different colors. The book is closer to the first photo, which shows the front cover.

This is an Extremely Scarce book.

On the rare occasion I've had this title, it sold quickly for $650.00. There's a seller on Ebay listing a similar book, from time to time. Their book is in better condition, and the price is $750.00.

Since our book has a few issues, we will price it accordingly. - $500.00

3758-3970) Full Sheet of ROBERT HOUDIN 1971 French Stamps

Portraits of Famous Frenchmen Issue.

50 stamps come to a sheet of stamps.

This colorful Stamp was issued to commemorate the life of one of a few of France’s distinguished historical figures.

The color shadings of the stamp are subtle but visually stunning.

Houdin is pictured on the stamp with an object symbolizing his life’s work.

The stamp has vivid, fresh colors, superb centering and perfect, never hinged gum.

The stamp sheet measures approx. 11"x11 1/4" and would look GREAT Framed.

As can be seen in the photos, below, there are a couple folds - in the perforations, but not in the stamps themselves.

The stamps are as New as the day they were produced, 42 Years Ago. - $125.00

The following Time/Life books are $20.00each
-or- $17.50each, if you buy all three
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The books measure approx. 5 3/4"x81/2"
All come with an attached ribbon bookmark
are HardBound with Silver Gilt Edged pages

Most of the original works are LONG out of print and nearly impossible to find.
Great reading and now available in these special editions.

3779-3579) ATLANTIS: The Antediluvian World by Ignatius Donnelly

This book is the culmination of Donnelly's decade long fascination with the subject. A lawyer by training, the novice author prepared, in effect, a legal brief. Indeed, in the book's nearly 500 pages Donnelly seems to press into service virtually everything he ever heard or read to support his conclusion.

Original copyright 1892. This Time/Life edition published in 1991 and contains 490pages.

The content pages have been reproduced, below, for ease in reading -and- there's an index in the rear of the book.

3783-5322) A MAGICIAN AMONG THE SPIRITs by Harry Houdini.

Chapters include:

The Founders of Modern Spiritualism - The Davenport Brothers - Daniel Dunglas Home - Palladino - Ann O’Delia Diss Debar - Dr. Slade and His Spirits Slates - Slate Writing and Other Methods - Spirit Photography - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Why Ectoplasm - By-products of Spiritualism - Investigations, Wise and Otherwise - How Mediums Obtain Information - What You Must Believe To Be A Spiritualist - Magicians as Detectors of Fraud - Conclusion

If you don't want to pay around $300 for the original First Edition, this book makes a great reading copy.

If you don't have a copy of this book in your library, now's the time to do so.

3785-4328) THE GATE OF REMEMBRANCE by Frederick Bligh Bond.

The story of the psychological experiment which resulted in the discovery of The Edgar Chapel at Glastonbury.

As a scholarly architect devoted to the Gothic style, Frederick Bond was fascinated by the remains of Glastonbury and became an active member of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society. Then, in 1907, the Church of England acquired title to Glastonbury and asked the society to conduct excavations. Bond was named director of the project and, later, diocesan architect.

The content page has been reproduced, below, for ease in reading.

3740-8643) MAGICIANs TOKENs And Related Items by F. William Kuethe, Jr.

Published by TAMS Journal for Volume 18, #5 - October 1978.

Softbound with 49pages.

If you collect Tokens, then this is the definitive publication.

363 MagicTokens are listed, most with photos showing both sides of the tokens.

The Token section is followed by:

Cross-Reference Listings for this publication and J.B. Findlay's: Conjurers Coins Medals
Association Pieces
Plain Discs
Plated Coins
Machine Stamped Tokens
Mirror Cards (of which 24 are listed)

Measures approx. 8 1/2"X11"

Ever seen a MagicToken on Ebay, Magic Convention, etc. and just weren't sure exactly what it was, or it's approx Rarity, or it's composition, etc. etc. - then you NEED this publication. - $75.00

3753-8648) TOMMY COOPERs JUST LIKE THAT!

First Edition, published in 1978 by Jupiter Books Limited in London, England.

Fully illustrated with many photographs and drawings.

HardBound with DustJacket (price clipped) and 176pages.

Contents include:

A Special Announcement - Introduction - Cooper - Cooper The Trooper - Cooper The Trouper - Cooper The Duper - Cooper on Show - Cooper Capers - Chinese Crackers - Trickery Nook - Knights of Gladness - Short Story - Lord Grousemore - Whose Zoo? - Take it In Your Stride - A Dog's Life - Cooper The Snooper - Sheikh of Araby - Appendix One - Appendix Two - Bibliography.

Tommy Cooper was a true comic great, one of the last of the breed that grew up with the music hall tradition, became enveloped in a World War, and emerged with a whole new take on how to be funny in a changed world. Mention his name to the generation who knew Tommy Cooper and , involuntarily and inevitable, a smile will creep across their faces as they conjure up a mental image of the gentle giant of a man who, like Morecambe & Wise, Les Dawson and The Two Ronnies, was part of the funny fabric of our daily lives. Here, for the first time, is the full glorious story of the life and career of one of Britain's best-loved showmen, Illustrated with many are and classic images of the magician, comedian and comic genius in action.

Cooper's photo, on the cover, tells the whole story - a Funny, Funny, Funny man.

Book approx. measurements: 6 1/2"x9 1/2".

Last time I had this book to offer, it was from 1998, sold quickly for $45.00 -and- had less pages.

As a BONUS, we're including a Supreme Newsletter, Number 7 from March 1988.

Tribute To Tommy by Ian Adair. Tommy Cooper on Parade...

While the issue is 28 pages, I'm pleased to say almost 10 of these are on Tommy Cooper.

Great material and many many photos on one of England's funniest men. - $50.00/for everything

3722-1314) THE GREAT MYSTERIES. Written and Published by The Handcuff King, "Oudini".

That's what I said, Oudini.

Houdini had many out there who were impersonating his Handcuff Act and this guy even, Almost, stole Houdini's name to go along with it.

PaperBound and measures 5"x6 3/4" with 80pages.

1st Edition. 1909

Oudini exposes how to get out of Handcuffs, Iron Box, Iron Broiler, Coffin, Rope Chair, Mail Bag, Band Box, Tramp Chair, Glass Case, Paper Bag, Packing Case -and- Straight Jacket. - Gee, no wonder Houdini didn’t like him!!

Outside of the oxidized stapes, this book is Virtually in Mint Condition. It looks like it was put away in 1909 and just surfaced, 104 Years Later!!

You won't Believe the Great Condition. They generally don’t come this nice.

And in case you didn't know, this is probably the Most Sought After of the Houdini Imitator writings. - $75.00

3733-1597) Ken Brooke's Magic, The Unique Years

Published by Edwin Hooper of Supreme Magic in England .

Chapters include: Foreword (by Harry Stanley) - Wisdom, Advice and a Recommended Book - Ken on Kards - Fun Magic - Something, Things with Silks - Classic Egg Bag and Linking Rings - Bottles and Bills - Coin Capers - Packet and Other Card Tricks - Sponges - Ken Brooke’s Card Act - Some of Ken’s Favorites - Three Cups, One Cup.

As Edwin Hooper puts it:

Wherever possible, I have kept the instructions almost exactly as they were, except of course that where special apparatus was used, this has been fully detailed. -- I have endeavored to keep each and every article A COMPLETE LESSON IN MAGIC ON ITS OWN. -- In addition to effects actually originated by Ken, I have included some of those great contemporary effects which he routined and performed to perfection, in the Unique Studio and at their demonstrations, and in his own programme.

Book measures approx. 8 1/4"x10 1/4".

A wonderful book on Ken Brooke and his magic. - $50.00

3701-4944) THE GREAT ILLUSIONISTs. By Edwin A. Dawes.

As the book states:

"By the use of splendid and often unique illustrations of prints, playbills and memorabilia, coupled with a constantly entertaining narrative, this book traces the history of conjuring and illusion through the lives and achievements of the finest practitioners of the art, conjurers whose names have, in many cases, become legend".

Chapters include:

In the Beginning - The Learned Animals - Bags, Bubbles and Bottles - The Phenomena - The Conjuring Quacks - Laughing Gas - Phantasmagoric Professors - The Jewish Connexion - Wizards From The North - Science Et La Prestidigitation - They Also Conjured - Egypt and the Sphinx - Maskelyne & Cooke, Royal Illusionists - The Great Gun Trick - Sounds, Shadows and Shackles - Epilogue - References and Notes.

There are over 120 prints, photos and illustrations in this book.

A WEALTH of Knowledge you, the reader, will find useful and fascinating.

Not to mention the last 10 Pages are on HOUDINI!! - $25.00

3715-5432) MAD MOJO by Andrew Mayne

A book of new and strange magic for the stage, parlor, living room, and beach - including impromptu, almost impromptu, and impromptu looking effects and routines.

PaperBound with 93pages.

Previous owners name rubber stamped inside.

The content page was so detailed, I've reproduced it for you below, for ease in reading.

Measures approx. 8 1/2"x11" - $20.00

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