hillcountrymagic
$23.00
Condition: Good
Up-To-Date Magical Ideas was written by Ravetta & Walton and published in 1920 by magic dealer B. L. Gilbert (Chicago, Illinois).
Content: An early 1920s collection of practical secrets, novelties, and original illusions created for stage and parlor performers. It details inventive routines using standard props, coin and card originalities, and mechanical stage novelties popular during the vaudeville era.
Publisher Significance: B.L. Gilbert was a notable early Chicago magic dealer and publisher known for producing high-quality manuscripts, catalog items, and trick apparatus during the 1910s and 1920s.
Format: Staple-bound softcover printed on bright red cardstock with a decorative dotted border and corner devil vignettes.
