DUNNINGER’S COMPLETE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MAGIC

Spring Books/Bonanza, New York, no date but believe 1970, reprint.  Hard cover, 288 pages.  Very good; black cloth with gold lettering on spine; binding sound, corners and spine ends lightly bumped.  Dust jacket shows edge and cover wear, short edge tears with some repaired on verso, some tiny losses.  Gift inscription on first page; remainder of interior clean and unmarked.  Profusely illustrated with black & white drawings.  ‘Dunninger is one of the last of the great magicians, the performers of live vaudeville and theatre whose spectacular effects and impenetrable illusions have mystified and delighted countless millions of people.  In more than fifty years as a magician he amassed an unparalleled fund of experience and knowledge, the fruit of which is this extraordinary book.’ (from front flap)