Million Dollar Card Secrets - Frank Garcia - Contento Estate
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Collection: All Products, Antiques/Estate, Books, Card Close-Up Magic, Close-Up Magic, Effects, Instructional Books, Magic Books, Parlor Magic, What's Hot, What's New
Stevens Magic Emporium is honored to be able to represent the family of Marcelo, by offering our distinguished clients many of whom were friend with or familiar with the highest quality magic products produced at that time. One can't think of the Contento name without immediately visualizing the famed and always in demand card fountains. When it came to establishing a brand - the Contento brothers did it as good as it could be done.
What a great tribute to his memory by making his personal collection finally available to other magic enthusiasts. Each book comes with a book plate - Marcelo Contento - Ex Libris
This 128 page book contains eight chapters on Choice Opening Effects, Startling Effects, The Ambitious Card, Four Ace Effects, Selected Discoveries, Gambling Ploys and Poker Deals, Frank Garcia's Notebook of Odds and Ends, Card Productions, a section on Performing Close Up Magic, and finally Frank's own recipe for Arroz con Pollo (Chicken with rice and peas).
1975 SECOND PRINTING PB - COVER HAS SOME SHELWEAR AND CHIP ON UPPER FRONT AT SPINE - TWO PAGES AFTER COPYRIGHT PAGE ARE LOOSE HALFWAY BUT STILL ATTATCHED - TITLE PAGE HAS SOME WRITING IN PEN "FRANK TO ME IS ONE OF THE VERY BEST WHEN IT COMES, TO GETTING HIOS POINT ACCROSS" - PREVIOUS OWNER STAMPED WITH PERSONAL BOOKPLATE "MARCELO CONTENTO" ON THE COPYRIGHT PAGE - THE FORWARD HAS BLUE AND GREEN FELT TIP PEN UNDERLINING WITH WORDS AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE "READ AND RETAIN" - VERY SMALL DAMPSTAIN ON PAGE 9 UNDER THE AUTHOR'S PHOTO - BOOK IS IN G COND
