The Magic Book

by Ricky Jay, Mike Caveney, Jim Steinmeyer

Book Overview

Magic has enchanted humankind for millennia, evoking terror, laughter, shock, and amazement. Once persecuted as heretics and sorcerers, magicians have always been conduits to a parallel universe of limitless possibility--whether invoking spirits, reading minds, or inverting the laws of nature by sleight of hand. Long before science fiction, virtual realities, video games, and the Internet, the craft of magic was the most...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3836574160
• ISBN13: 9783836574167
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Taschen
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 4.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 7.2" x 9.7"