In 1918 Harry Houdini performed a single illusion that has been hotly debated ever since: he made a live elephant disappear on stage. How did he do it? The answer lies in this dazzling tale of innovation, chicanery and keen competition that is the backstage story of the golden age of magic. Hiding the Elephant chronicles the race among history's most legendary conjurers to make things levitate and disappear. A master illusionist and captivating storyteller, Steinmeyer introduces us to the eccentric personalities behind ...
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In 1918 Harry Houdini performed a single illusion that has been hotly debated ever since: he made a live elephant disappear on stage. How did he do it? The answer lies in this dazzling tale of innovation, chicanery and keen competition that is the backstage story of the golden age of magic. Hiding the Elephant chronicles the race among history's most legendary conjurers to make things levitate and disappear. A master illusionist and captivating storyteller, Steinmeyer introduces us to the eccentric personalities behind floating ghosts, disembodied heads and vanishing ladies and takes us backstage to reveal the mechanics of their mysteries. He carries us to a time when Queen Victoria held private seances and all of England believed in magic.
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Very Good. 2004. Hardcover. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Dust wrapper has some minor edge wear but remains very good.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Hardcover. Octavo. xxii + 462pp. Yellow boards gilt-lettered on spine. Index. B/w plates & illustrations. Jim Steinmeyer (b 1958) is an internationally respected author and designer of magical illusions & theatrical special effects. Here Steinmeyer explores the magnificent sleight of hand and legendary legerdemain of the great stage magicians of the Golden Age of Magic to which he adds the context of the cultural history of the 1890s to the 1930s. Page-edges toned, else a tight, clean near-Fine copy in near-Fine dust jacket.
