Description Very nice clean and undamaged pre-owned condition. The only thing we notice is that there is a small amount of the gold covering that has worn off at the extreme upper and lower ends of the spine. Otherwise can’t find anything else really wrong to mention. Soft covers; staple bound; 132 pages. Published by the Abbott Magic Manufacturing Company; copyright 1960. Written by a man who spent seventy-four years in magic! A lifetime! Percy Abbott was a professional magician, a world traveler, author, inventor, and founder of the world’s largest magic company. Percy Abbott, the ‘Caliph of Colon’, and magic are synonymous! In this book you will discover stories, experiences, secrets and advice that only a lifetime in magic can offer. You will uncover facts about the greats that will amaze you. There is a fund of information on tricks and illusions new to present day magicians. Contents include: Dedication Memories Foreword The Chrystal Lantern Comedy Snake Basket Lost In The Bush-Australia Ventriloquism In Java Clock Dial And Gambling My Last Escape Dive Magic In The Cockpits Phantasma Japanese Repeats Horace Goldin In Shanghai Jensen In Australia Stage Thermometer De Biere’s Thumb Tie Oswald Williams ‘Box Of Tricks’ Chinese Egg Act The ‘Lifting’ Of The Steel Spikes The Nicola Show Fooling The Bookers Inside Siberia Sawing A Woman Carnival & Jensen Magic In Japan The Silver Mines Of Korea Arrested In Cochin China The Walking Ball Trick Stranded Harry Thurston Show Magic In Schools The Family Arrives
