This book is also available as part of the Essential Hoffmann set HERE.
 
First published in 1876, Modern Magic had a huge impact on the world of conjuring. It was the first book in the English language to move away from simply exposing the secrets of tricks towards truly explaining how to perform them. With in-depth descriptions of card and coin tricks, mechanical apparatus and stage illusions, it became an instant success and spawned a slew of similar books from rival publishers.

Hoffmann, in reality a London lawyer named Angelo Lewis, produced a range of books after Modern Magic, many of which are still used by magicians and people studying magic. None of these had the ambition, broadness of subject matter, or influence of Modern Magic. This book has shaped practically all magic literature produced from the late nineteenth century right through to today.
 
Condition: New
 
Binding: Paperback
Year:  2025
Publisher: CollectingMagicBooks.com
Pages: 511
Dimensions (to nearest cm): 22 X 14cm
 
 
 
 
 
The C.M.B. Classics Range:
 
The C.M.B Classics range are high-quality facsimiles of the great classics of magic literature, scanned in-house from original editions and painstakingly manually edited to produce clean and legible pages. These are not to be confused with unedited reprints produced from freely available low-quality scans, or automated OCR editions, available print-on-demand from numerous other retailers. This range is exclusive to CollectingMagicBooks.com.
 
We have worked closely with a long-established commercial printer in London to produce the best quality at an affordable price to bring the classics of magic within reach of all magicians. By producing the files properly and employing a commercial printer, avoiding hands-off automated print-on-demand and OCR technology, we believe these books really are the finest available at this price point.