Take a truly magical mystery tour with this sparkling compendium of magic and trickery from medieval thaumaturgies to 20th-century showmen. Featuring hundreds of rarely seen vintage posters, photographs, handbills, and engravings, Magic follows this special performing art from the 1400s to the 1950s.
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Take a truly magical mystery tour with this sparkling compendium of magic and trickery from medieval thaumaturgies to 20th-century showmen. Featuring hundreds of rarely seen vintage posters, photographs, handbills, and engravings, Magic follows this special performing art from the 1400s to the 1950s.
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Seller's Description:
Good. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light scuffing and smudging to boards and spine strip. Text in English, German, and French languages. Slipcase shows signs of bumping across corners, otherwise intact. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 10 1/2 x 15 1/2. Boxed set hardcover-544 pages with many color illustrations. Text in English, German, and French. Introduction by Ricky Jay, and essays by Mike Caveney and Jim Steinmeyer. A major survey of magic history with an enormous number (over 850) of illustrations. Box is color printed board-very good condition. Dust jacket has a chip at bottom spine, otherwise no flaws. Black on black exterior. Interior is unmarked, tight and clean. Very large and heavy-so mailing other than domestic standard will require extra charges.
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Very good in Very good jacket. Oversized. Dust jacket edgeworn, with a tear at the bottom of the spine that has been taped. Extra shipping will be required for this itemas it clocks in at 17 pounds.
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Dust jacket in very good condition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Includes slipcase in very good condition. Includes photographs to supplement the text. Moderate loosening to binding. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
A huge heavy, oversized book, the mother of all coffee table books. Absolutely great old posters of magic acts, lots of history, and a wonderful book to simply look at the pictures for those who don't want to read it all.
