PRE OWNED
Author/Editor: Philip Reed Willmarth
Publisher: Ireland Magic Co.
Date: 1959
Condition: Good
First edition comb bound. Moderate foxing on outer pages and edges, but internally quite clean. Plastic covers damaged. Overall, for a 65 year old comb bound book it’s holding up very well.
This book is a tour through the eminently practical and useable repertoire of a performer who knew that magic was just a specialized form of adult play. Matt said that all you needed to do good card magic was “a force and a steal,” and with his choice of tricks, it’s hard to disagree. Here you’ll find his Card in Matchbook, Card in the Glass, the incredible Card Under the Tablecloth (a staple of Eugene Burger’s repertoire) and, of course, his legendary Card on the Wall. That is magic at its most memorable.