1987, 1st Edition, cloth bound, foil stamping, 134 pages, photos and illustrations. Contents: Foreword by Channing Pollock, Groundwork, What is Close-Up Magic?, The Main Road, The Bert Allerton Aspirin Tin Routine, Hands, Making Cigarettes Disappear (The Pivot Vanish: Imaginary Powder, Up the Nose, Using a Cigarette Pull), A Question of Character, Uncle Geek, Three-Card Monte as a Magical Entertainment, Magic Lectures, Rosini's Double Reverse, Conversation at the Airport, The Animated Matchbox, Performing for Magicians, Stealing, Spirit Candle in the Bottle, Books, Sylvia’s Cards: An Excursion into Bizarre Magick, Negative Thought, The Haunted Pack, Questions and Answers on The Haunted Pack, Daydreaming and Imagination, An Imaginary Conversation with Eugene Burger, A Final Examination. Condition foxing to top page edges, otherwise very fine. |