The World's Greatest Magic. Hyla M. Clark. Photographs by Paul Levin. New York: Tree Communications, Inc., 1976. First Printing.
A lavishly illustrated survey of modern conjuring featuring thirty-two of the twentieth century's foremost magicians. Combining biographical sketches, performance photography, and explanations of selected effects, the book offers an engaging look at many of the performers who helped shape magic during the 1970s.
Among the magicians represented are Doug Henning, Harry Blackstone, Jr., Kreskin, Harry Lorayne, Milbourne Christopher, Tony Slydini, Al Goshman, Mark Wilson, and numerous other leading performers from the era. Hundreds of color and black-and-white photographs by Paul Levin capture these artists both on stage and behind the scenes, making the volume as much a visual record of modern magic as an instructional work.
Bound in black cloth and retaining the original pictorial dust jacket. The jacket shows light shelf wear consistent with age, while the book remains clean, sound, and well preserved.
A handsome first printing documenting a remarkable generation of magicians, equally appealing to collectors of conjuring literature and those interested in the history of twentieth-century magic.
The World's Greatest Magic. Hyla M. Clark. Photographs by Paul Levin. New York: Tree Communications, Inc., 1976. First Printing.
A lavishly illustrated survey of modern conjuring featuring thirty-two of the twentieth century's foremost magicians. Combining biographical sketches, performance photography, and explanations of selected effects, the book offers an engaging look at many of the performers who helped shape magic during the 1970s.
Among the magicians represented are Doug Henning, Harry Blackstone, Jr., Kreskin, Harry Lorayne, Milbourne Christopher, Tony Slydini, Al Goshman, Mark Wilson, and numerous other leading performers from the era. Hundreds of color and black-and-white photographs by Paul Levin capture these artists both on stage and behind the scenes, making the volume as much a visual record of modern magic as an instructional work.
Bound in black cloth and retaining the original pictorial dust jacket. The jacket shows light shelf wear consistent with age, while the book remains clean, sound, and well preserved.
A handsome first printing documenting a remarkable generation of magicians, equally appealing to collectors of conjuring literature and those interested in the history of twentieth-century magic.
