Vintage, Collectible Science & Mechanics Magic Magazine

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1962 SCIENCE AND MECHANICS MAGIC HANDBOOK

This magazine revealed many effects & Illusions. Getting rare now, still very collectible....

Science & Mechanics Publishing 1961.Manual shows the secrets to hundreds of tricks; includes blueprints for constructing many popular stage illusions. Many photos and diagrams. Nice ads, too! (including a full-page Vic Lawston ad). Includes: Magic black-Art Table, Color Cover by Bill Wadkins, Houdini Escapes, Table-top Stunts, How to Saw a Woman in Half, how to Present Your Own Magic Show, Card, Silk, Rope Tricks, 40 magic Projects to Build & Perform, Cabalistic Cube, 8 famous Stage Illusions, Egyptian Torture Cabinet, Magnetic Paper, A cake in a Hat, Chemical Magic, Ink into Water, Flying Handerchief, Oriental Magic, Upside Down Mystery, Floating Piano, Sawing a Woman in Half, Thurston's Spirit Cabinet, Houdini Escapes, Wrist Chopper, Card Found in a Balloon, Escape from a Packing Box, Upside Down Woman, and many many more! Nice condition, moderate cover wear. Contains Generous Selection of Fascinating Magical Treats ,Intended as Text for All Magicians Young & Old, Includes Famous Knife Box Illusion, Escapes Special Form Magic, Magical Appliances,

The Magic HandBook, published by Science and Mechanics and sold for 75 cents, claiming 100 Life-Of-The-Party Tricks caused a storm of protests from magicians for exposing many illusions to the public.

Walter Gibson was responsible for most of the text and Sidney Radner, as one of the collaborators, was expelled from the Society of American Magicians for "exposure".

Definite age wear, Rear cover is missing, has age dis oloration, front cover intact but black line on edge bled a little on inside and a few small wrinkles. All pages are intact with no marks or tears.
TOTAL INCLUDING SHIPPING IN THE U.S. - $25.00