The magic magic book : an inquiry into the venerable history & operation of the oldest trick conjuring volumes, designated 'blow books' ... /
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| Language: | English |
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[New York, N.Y.] :
Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art,
1994.
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| Series: | Artists and writers series ;
11. |
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| Item Description: | Title from t.p. of v. 1. Consists of 2 volumes: a volume of illustrated text describing the history of the blow book and a second volume which is a blow book. "The edition is three hundred copies, numbered one to three hundred. Ninety copies are reserved for the collaborators and sixty are reserved for the members of the Library Fellows. The first eighty copies are accompanied by an additional suite of prints."--Colophon. "The edition was organized by May Castleberry."--Colophon. "The text volume was designed by Patrick Reagh and Ricky Jay and edited by Susan Green; the blow book was designed by Patrick Reagh, Ricky Jay, and Leslie Miller, with May Castleberry."--Colophon. The Cushing Library Lowman copy is part of the Craig Jensen Collection. The Cushing Library Lowman copy is number 51 of the first 80 with extra suite of prints laid into drop-spine box. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 box (2 volumes) : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm. |