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THE BOY'S BOOK OF MAGIC by Hereward Carrington 1920

$ 21.11

Availability: 13 in stock
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Condition: Boards have some scuffing, age staining and wear (bumping) but are in decent shape overall. Pages are clean and binding is sound.
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Modified Item: No
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Type: Magic Book
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Genre: Magic

    Description

    THE BOY'S BOOK OF MAGIC
    by Hereward Carrington
    Published by Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1920. Hardcover. blue boards with black title to cover and spine, 284 pages illustrated with drawings and some black and white photos. Ownership stamp of C.R. Tracy on front paste down and title page.
    Hereward Carrington was a magician and psychic researcher.
    He's notable for being an associate of and working with Harry Houdini investigating psychics.
    Carrington soon became an enemy of Houdini and truth when he was caught aiding and covering frauds who were faking spiritualistic feats.
    Carrington would go on to write about psychics and the "research" he had done.
    This book however is a magic manual he wrote. Inside Magic For Everyone are notes on the dress and props of a magician, instructions on card tricks and techniques, parlour tricks, coin tricks, tricks with hankerchiefs, eggs, and pieces of apparatus of general utility.