Online magic books

[Bill Mullins]

A bunch of old online magic books.

[Richard Hatch]

Awesome, thanks for posting that link, Bill!

[Chas Nigh]

The Jarret book is priceless.

[Brad Jeffers]

To what extent does the accessibility of these online copies effect the market value of the original books?

[Bill Mullins]

The Jarret book is priceless.

Note that that particular copy was once part of the Ford Archives, and was inscribed by Jarrett to Henry Ford.

[Jonathan Townsend]

What keeps the Jarret book out of folks reading lists? Is it in print? expensive?

[Richard Hatch]

What keeps the Jarret book out of folks reading lists? Is it in print? expensive?

It is on many "top ten" lists of illusion books, and even some "top three" (along with the Harbin and Hopkins books). A very reasonably priced annotated edition is available from Jim Steinmeyer:
http://www.jimsteinmeyer.com/catalog/pr ... 249&page=2
Tonight he performed an effect from the book (Sawing an Egg) and surely fooled everyone who hadn't read the book and many (like myself) who had! Great, great book!
This copy inscribed to Henry Ford appears to have a variant leather or leatherette binding (I doubt Ford had it rebound and the title type is the same as on the cloth originals).

[Richard Hatch]

What keeps the Jarret book out of folks reading lists? Is it in print? expensive?

It is on many "top ten" lists of illusion books, and even some "top three" (along with the Harbin and Hopkins books). A very reasonably priced annotated edition is available from Jim Steinmeyer:
http://www.jimsteinmeyer.com/catalog/pr ... 249&page=2
Tonight he performed an effect from the book (Sawing an Egg) and surely fooled everyone who hadn't read the book and many (like myself) who had! Great, great book!
This copy inscribed to Henry Ford appears to have a variant leather or leatherette binding (I doubt Ford had it rebound and the title type is the same as on the cloth originals).

[Eoin O'hare]

I'm sure many of you have this, Two Odd Volumes on Magic & Automata is free to download (or donate)... http://www.leafpdx.com/pages/donationware1.html