A fascinating account of Houdini's friend and contemporary during the "Ragtime" era! More than a biography ... you'll be transported back to the early years of the past century and meet all the major players of what was known as "The Golden Age of Variety" and the heyday of magic.  Little-known details about many famed magicians of the period, along with accounts of performances, news stories and personal comments by Houdini, Horace Goldin, Carter, P.T.Selbit, Chung Ling Soo, Jasper Maskelyne and others.

The Life & Times Of The Great Lafayette

Setterington, Arthur

Abracadabra Show Productions, Inc.

<p>From the dust jacket: "Down through the ages, countless ingenious performers have astonished their friends or audiences with 'magic' - not the black arts, but simple or sometimes complicated tricks that can be learned and passed on. This book will tell you how to do some of these and do them well. "190 pagesThis is a magic book for beginners. It is long on description but short on explanation. That's okay. As John Salisse, Honorary Vice-president of The Magic Circle says in the Foreword, "It is not how a trick is carried out which is important, but how it is presented."This is an over sized book for display on the coffee table, not for shelving out-of-sight. Your guests, young and old, will be entertained simply by leafing through the pages of this lavishly illustrated volume. Within the pages of this book you will discover magic for the junior magician as well as for the master magician.</p>

Making Magic

Humor & Entertainment

Dawes, Edwin A.

Puzzles & Games

Prion Books Ltd

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