Fine Art of Magic
by Kaplan, George G
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
York, PA: Fleming Book Company, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, cloth, light dampstain at upper right corner of top cover, Bookplate of Edwin C. Robertson.
Inscribed to Mac Mostman with a sketch of a rabbit coming out of a hat, Dec. 22, 1948. 316 illustrations by Francis J. Rigney. "My personal preference has been for tricks of the 'mental' variety. In my experience with this type of magic, I have developed certain theories of presentation which I have endeavored to embody in this work. ... Included in this book are many of my choice platform effects, as well as mystifying close-up tricks which taunt and delight." - Foreword.
Inscribed to Mac Mostman with a sketch of a rabbit coming out of a hat, Dec. 22, 1948. 316 illustrations by Francis J. Rigney. "My personal preference has been for tricks of the 'mental' variety. In my experience with this type of magic, I have developed certain theories of presentation which I have endeavored to embody in this work. ... Included in this book are many of my choice platform effects, as well as mystifying close-up tricks which taunt and delight." - Foreword.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4798
- Title
- Fine Art of Magic
- Author
- Kaplan, George G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Fleming Book Company
- Place of Publication
- York, PA
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- Mac Mostman, Edwin C. Robertson, magic, george g. kaplan white magic prestidigitation francis j. rigney mentalism card tricks coin
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About the Seller
Thomas J. Joyce And Company
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Chicago, Illinois
About Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.
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