First edition. Black cloth with silver stamping on spine, pictorial dust jacket in protective plastic sleeve. Illustrated, 991 pages. Mild shelf wear to jacket, faint soiling to page edges, else in very good condition. One of the largest magic books ever published, and collecting the first fifty years of contributions to the literature of the art by Canadian magician Stewart James. Many of his most famous creations are described and explained, including Miraskill, The Lovesick Tennis Ball, Sefalaljia (the miniature spirit cabinet), Further than That, and much more.
