Description: Magic as a Hobby by Bruce Elliott - Forward by Orson Wells - Hardcover >>>>>>>><<<<<>>>>>>>>>>FREE SHIPPING<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Excerpt from the foreword by Orson Welles: It is entirely possible that this excellent book should never have been published - not like this; anyway, not for general sale. There are two kinds of magic books, you know. The kind they give away with the box top off a breakfast cereal, and this kind of book, which tells explicitly and with pictures - so the reader can really get the hang of them - valuable secrets of professional magic. In brief, I'm sorry that this one is so very good but I'd be honestly sorrier if it were bad. At the outset it should be explained that the author of these prefatory sentiments is one of that dwindling and gloomy body of cranks who wish magic could have been kept a mystery. In his view magic's worst enemies are that spreading section in any audience who know how the trick is done. It should be granted that a puzzle solved before it's shown is just about as publicly attractive as an unmade bed. A real magician's task, it seems clear, is to abolish the solution, the possibility of any solution in the minds of those he seeks to amuse.ForewordPreface1 Sweet Simplicity2 Tarot Trickery, Pure and Simple3 Cartomancy, Impure and Simple4 Slick Quick Tricks5 Coinjuring6 Elliott's Enigmas7 Money Magic8 Telepathy ???9 Slate of Mind10 The Real Secret OutAppendix AAppendix B1st edition 1948, 231 pages BOOK IS IN GOOD CONDITION, DUST COVER IS SLIGHTLY SCUFFEDTHE BOOK YOU SEE IN THE PHOTOS IS THE BOOK YOU WILL RECEIVEPLEASE INSPECT PHOTOS AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE BIDDING All these Magic Tricks, Books, Tapes and DVD's are from a retired magician's personal estate. Over 40 years of rare Magic and Memorabilia.
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