hillcountrymagic
$134.99
Condition: Book is very good; DJ is included but is on pieces. Also includes Magic Quiz insert.
Greater Magic: A Practical Treatise on Modern Magic (authored by John Northern Hilliard, edited by Jean Hugard and Fred Braue, published by Carl W. Jones in Minneapolis) is widely regarded as the single greatest encyclopedia of close-up, parlor, and stage magic ever compiled. The treatise contains:
Enormous Scope: 1,020 pages detailing 715 routines across cards, coins, silks, ropes, mind reading, Chinese linking rings, and stage illusions contributed by 107 renowned magicians.
Master Illustrations: Over 1,120 clear line drawings by Dr. Harlan Tarbell.
Included Ephemera & Provenance Items: Includes the original pictorial dust jacket (featuring Howard Thurston's introduction note) and the rare original Carl W. Jones promotional pamphlet insert: "Magic Quiz for Professional and Amateur Magicians".
Greater Magic is an essential pillar of 20th-century magic literature. Hilliard spent decades gathering pet routines from the greatest working professionals of the golden age, including Thurston, Malini, Leipzig, Downs, and Bamberg. Finding an original Carl W. Jones red cloth edition complete with its fragile original dust jacket and the rare promotional quiz prospectus makes this copy a prime centerpiece for serious collectors, historians, and institutional magic archives.
