Black cloth with gilt stamping on front cover and spine, pictorial dust jacket in protective plastic sleeve. Portrait frontispiece, illustrated, 864 pages. Near fine condition. 864 pages. 40-page color section. Completely new layout. More than 1700 effects and stunts. 1200 extra items compiled by Gardner. Over 2600 illustrations, including 900 explanatory drawings. Gardner’s notes and annotations. 40 Gardner letters. Early Gardner magic booklets. Hundreds of vintage illustrations. Interviews with Martin Gardner. Essay on the history of impromptu magic. Spellbinding cover by the legendary STERANKO. New introduction by Gardner. Essays by Teller, John Fisher, and Mark Setteducati. Categorized and indexed for easy access. Printed on luxurious matte-finish acid-free paper. Hardbound and Smyth-sewn.
