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Hiding the elephant : how magicians invented the impossible and learned to disappear / Jim Steinmeyer ; magicians' portraits by William Stout.
LIBRA Special GV1543 .S84 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Steinmeyer, Jim, 1958-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Magic tricks--History.
- Magic tricks.
- History.
- Magicians.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 362 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Carroll and Graf edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2003.
- Summary:
- A magician reveals the backstage story of the science, controversy, personalities, and showmanship in the heyday of stage magic.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-351) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0786712260
- OCLC:
- 53221208
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