Stars of Magic - Contento Estate
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Details: If you have not read and learned the magic contained in this book you have no business calling yourself a close-up magician. The magic by John Scarne, Dai Vernon, Bert Allerton, S. Leo Horowitz, Emil Jarrow, Francis Carlyle, Dr. Jacob Daley, Tony Slydini, Ross Bertram, Nate Leipzig, and Max Malini helped shape the art of close-up magic as we know it.
It has often been said that mastering the magic in this book will make you an accomplished close-up and sleight-of-hand artist. In many ways it contains all the magic you need to build a professional caliber repertoire. Many have earned a living performing these routines and now you can too.
This book contains 36 Lessons in Magic, 39 different effects, a lesson in lapping, 9 magic stars, 340 photographic illustrations by George Karger. To purchase these individual lessons, thousands paid $94.00. Now a beautifully bound volume with every word of the original text. Look at these stars and some of their choice effects, described so you can perform them.
DAI VERNON: Triumph Card Miracle, Cutting the Aces, Spellbound, Kangaroo Coins, Cups and Balls Ambitious Cards, Ring on Wand, Slow Motion 4 Aces, Vernon on 3 Malini effects and four famous Leipzig effects. Plus his Royal Monte.
SCARNE: Classic Ball Routine, Copper and Silver, Triple Coincidence.
SLYDINI: Miracle Torn and Restored Cigarette, Flight of the Paper Balls, Fly a way Coin Routine. Plus his Art of Lapping.
DR. DALEY: Cards up Sleeve, Itinerant Pasteboard, and Cavorting Aces.
ROSS BERTRAM: Five feature coin effects.
CARLYLE: Decapitation Match, Homing Card, Wristwatch Steal and Coin.
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1975 HC NO DJ - COVER SHOWS A FEW SIGNS OF SHELFWEAR ON THE CORNER - COVER IS CRACKED ON THE FRONT AND BACK JOINT - PREVIOUS OWNER STAMPED WITH PERSONAL BOOKPLATE "MARCELO CONTENTO" ON TITLE PAGE - VG COND
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
