This great book collects together 193 effects from 115 different magicians. This book features contributions from Annemann, Bobo, Milbourne Christopher, Paul Curry, Bruce Elliott, Martin Gardner, Tom Osbourne, Tarbell, Peter Warlock and many, many more. As well as containing a large quantity of fantastic practical magic tricks it also has a 31-page biographical section on all of the contributors, making the book a very useful resource to people interested in the history of magic in the mid-twentieth century.
 
Condition: Good/very good, some minor wear and very small tears to dust jacket, spine of dust jacket faded, ink correction to front flap, a few knocks to boards, retailer's sticker to front endpaper, a few ink marks to endpapers and pages. A particularly nice copy. 
 
Binding: Hardback
Year: 1959
Publisher: Louis Tannen
Pages: 384
Dimensions (to nearest cm): 22 X 14cm