Illustrated Magic by Ottokar Fischer The Macmillan Company, New York, 1949
Title: Illustrated Magic
Author: Ottokar Fischer
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: The Macmillan Company, New York, 1949
Edition: Reprint
Size: 7.5 X 9.75 * 206 pages
Synopsis: From the Jacket: Houdini freed himself from a strait-jacket with comparative ease. How did he do it? Wherein lies the deception when a magician saws a woman in two before our eyes? How can a conjurer pick any card requested from a full pack? How is it possible for a "mind reader to answer a question handed to him in a sealed envelope? What is the secret of the inexhaustible punch bowl; of the woman who floats unsupported in the air? In this book, Ottokar Fischer, internationally known authority on the art of magic, exposes hundreds of magic effects as produced by professionals, by amateurs and by the Fakirs of India. He explains the secrets of magical apparatus; illusion effects of the past and the present; feats of dexterity and skill; fakes, gimmicks and other secret accessories; vest-pocket magic; mathematical and sleight-of-hand card tricks; mind reading, clairvoyance and telepathy: illusions; the mystery of escapes from chains, handcuffs, leg and neck irons, etc.; and puzzles and their close connection with magic. In each case the author describes the trick as it is seen by the audience and then the means by which it is made possible- with the aid of scores of illustrations--50 that the reader is let in behind the scenes and allowed to see the skill and ingenuity which have gone into the perfecting of the ancient and honorable art of humbuggery.
Overall Condition: Good + It has very minimal wear to the cover and no holes or tears. The dust jacket is not included. The binding has minimal wear. The pages are undamaged with no creasing or tearing, no pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. There are no missing pages; see images.
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