A Lifetime in Magic by Percy Abbott 1886 – 1960

Description

Very nice clean and undamaged pre-owned condition. The only thing we notice is that there is a small amount of the gold covering that has worn off at the extreme upper and lower ends of the spine. Otherwise can’t find anything else really wrong to mention. Soft covers; staple bound; 132 pages. Published by the Abbott Magic Manufacturing Company; copyright 1960.

Written by a man who spent seventy-four years in magic! A lifetime! Percy Abbott was a professional magician, a world traveler, author, inventor, and founder of the world’s largest magic company. Percy Abbott, the ‘Caliph of Colon’, and magic are synonymous! In this book you will discover stories, experiences, secrets and advice that only a lifetime in magic can offer. You will uncover facts about the greats that will amaze you. There is a fund of information on tricks and illusions new to present day magicians.

Contents include:

Dedication
Memories
Foreword
The Chrystal Lantern
Comedy Snake Basket
Lost In The Bush-Australia
Ventriloquism In Java
Clock Dial And Gambling
My Last Escape Dive
Magic In The Cockpits
Phantasma
Japanese Repeats
Horace Goldin In Shanghai
Jensen In Australia Stage Thermometer
De Biere’s Thumb Tie
Oswald Williams ‘Box Of Tricks’
Chinese Egg Act
The ‘Lifting’ Of The Steel Spikes
The Nicola Show
Fooling The Bookers
Inside Siberia
Sawing A Woman
Carnival & Jensen
Magic In Japan
The Silver Mines Of Korea
Arrested In Cochin China
The Walking Ball Trick
Stranded
Harry Thurston Show
Magic In Schools
The Family Arrives