Stanyons Magic Book First Edition (A Compilation Book) Magician Owned Great Gift

A fantastic gift for the magician and/or historian on your holiday shopping list!

This gently used First Edition of Stanyon's Magic is extra special not just because it's a first edition from 1996 but because it was owned by a life-long magician. More on that below for potential buyers interested in the noteworthy history of this book.

Title: Stanyon's Magic

Author: Ellis Stanyon

Publisher: L and L Publishing

Publication Date: 1996

Hardcover

Book Size: 9" x 11 1/4"

Pages: 1490

Edition: 1st Edition

Book Condition: To my untrained eye, I would say excellent, but please use the photos to decide for yourself as photos are part of the description. To be on the safe side, I would say it's very good.

Dust Jacket Condition: Again, I'm not trained to evaluate exact condition. There is a small "dent" on the front of the cover and a small dent on the bottom. I would like to add that I didn't notice them until I was examining it closely. The photos which I took for full disclosure actually make the imperfections appear more noticeable than they are under normal circumstances of just looking at the book, in my personal opinion. 

About the book:

Ellis Stanyon was a professional performing magician and teacher and, while touring, wrote and published a series of 177 periodicals simply titled "Magic." These periodicals were published from 1900 to 1914 and then again from 1919 to 1920 (Five years were taken out for World War I). Here are all 177 issues completely reprinted in one massive volume of over 1,000 pages.

This hardbound volume with dustjacket covers almost everything you can imagine in the field of magic. Tricks, book reviews, magic news from the time, magician's photos, biographies, editorials, advertisements, bibliographies, etc. There are literally thousands of tricks from close up to stage, the reprint of the seven volume series by Stanyon titled "Bibliographie of Conjuring", a series on "Lightning Calculations," Henry Ridgely Evans' articles on "Ancient Tricks," and Stanyon's "Explanatory Programmes" in which he reviews magicians' acts and offers his explanations of how their acts were performed. His explanation of the "Great Handcuff Release" act was only available to subscribers at the time. These explanations irritated the performers of the time. This book is a "must have" for all magicians and is a wealth of knowledge and assorted magical

PACKING & SHIPPING: Because of the special nature of this 8 pound 9 oz book, extra special care will be taken in the packaging and shipping including bubble wrapping and double boxing to maximize the safety in transport as there is no control over the box once it is in the hands of the post office. Media mail (appprox $10) is the first shipping option on the listing but the winning bidder can opt for Priority Mail if preferred which will range in cost depending on location and is showing up to me as $16-$53.

Questions or more photos wanted, please message me and ask. 

(Some of the listing info courtesy of: Magicref)

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About the book's original owner, Magician Jim Rainho: 

Following is some information about the recent auction and the previous owner of this beautiful book and many other interesting, unique, rare and valuable treasures (follow my store if you are interested in the many items I will be listing from it as I have acquired several of the items which I have emphasized in bold):

This is a sale of the personal collection of Jim Rainho. There are circus posters and posters of magicians, magic books and Tarot cards, rare collection of signed Edward Rowe Snow New England theme books, Harry Potter collectibles, Sampaio pool stick, musical Enesco, Lladro figures, Carnival wheel, Scollay Square print, carved Asian 4 panel folding screen, Egyptian figures under glass domes, Franklin Mint Pharaoh clock, Replica revolver guns, Boy Scout and Webelos collectibles, Tonka metal toy trucks, and lots of other fun items.

Magician Jim Rainho was honored with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award by the Milbourne Christopher Foundation for his lifetime achievements as a performer, inventor, and teacher of magic as a performing art. He had a national and international career spanning 60 years with over 22 thousand performances and over 130 magic inventions, some of which are on display at the David Copperfield and in the Jeff McBride Magic Museums, both located in Las Vegas. He was born in Portugal, came to the United States when nine years old, grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, started his magic and music career when seventeen years old, served in the armed services in Korea, and on his return, continued his lifetime career as an entertainer. magician who has traveled the world over performing in numerous venues.

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