Greater Magic A Practical Treatise on Modern Magic

E-310. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Published by Carl Waring Jones, Minneapolis, MN. 1938. 1004 pgs. Signed and inscribed by Jean Huggard to John Diebold on the FFEP. Second Printing. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (spine is sunned and faded). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A fascinating guide to magic, illustrated throughout and printed 'for professional and amateur magicians'. In 1925, Hilliard joined Howard Thurston's magic show as an advance man, and for the next ten years toured America, meeting the most talented magicians of his day and recording their creations. This volume provides instructional information based on his observations, with chapters on playing cards, mind reading, magicana and 'magic with balls'. Jean Hugard (4 December 1871 - 14 August 1959) was an Australian professional magician. When he retired from performing, he moved to Brooklyn to write and edit magic publications. He wrote more than 30 books on magic. Upon the death of John Northern Hilliard, who had written about 50 percent of his book Greater Magic, a lot of manuscript was left to be completed. Carl Waring Jones, who had contracted for its publication, hired Jean Hugard in 1938 to complete and enlarge the text to over 1,000 pages. The book went on to become a standard textbook of magic, which author Henry Hay called "one of the best and largest books ever written about magic." EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .