HEANEY MAGIC COMPANY

1924 Heaney Magic Company Catalogue No. 25

Berlin, WI: Heaney Magic Company, 1924. Paperback. Mass Market PB. B&W Illustrations; This is a small format paperback book (nearly mass market paperback size). The book is in Very Good + condition and was issued without a dust jacket. THe book covers have some light generalized fading to the covers. The text pages are generally clean and bright, but have light, generalized toning. "After his encounter with Blackstone, Heaney became interested in producing magical supplies. When the family jewelry store closed in 1922, Heaney announced that he would devote all of his time to the development of magical goods. To this end, he started a mail order business for magical books, tricks, novelties and other supplies. Heaney married Viola "Vi" McCarthy in 1925 or 1926. Soon thereafter, the pair met Houdini back-stage after a performance at Chicago's Princess Theater. He asked them to join his group of assistants, and they worked Houdini until a month before his death in October 1926. Heaney was ambidextrous and became adept at playing card manipulation. He started performing magic by developing a 15-minute vaudeville act using playing cards. Over time, Heaney also became an accomplished illusionist, ventriloquist and hypnotist. The Heaney Magic Show eventually became a touring act that required about five tons of equipment per show." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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N° du livre: 48219

Catalogue: Magic

Mots-clés: Magic Heaney Magic Company Magic Supplies Gerald Heaney

HAY, HENRY

The Amateur Magician's Handbook

New York: Signet, 1983. 4th Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0451122569. Mass Market PB. B&W Illustrations; This is a mass market paperback book. This book is in Very Good+c ondition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping and wear to the spine ends of thebook covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "He spent World War II in the U. S. Marine Corps air intelligence unit and returned to civilian life as a freelance translator. Mussey traveled to Germany in 1950 to work as a foreign corespondent. He ended up moving to Dusseldorf in 1952, where he spent the remainder of his life. He translated Ottokar Fischer's Illustrated Magic from German to English in 1931 and worked for a time as editor of The Sphinx. He also helped John Mulholland ghostwrite portions of his book, Beware Familiar Spirits (1938). Using the pseudonym Henry Hay (Hay is believed to be a family name from his mother's side) , he authored many classic books on magic for beginners including his most well known The Amateur Magician's Handbook." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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N° du livre: 46835

Catalogue: Magic

Mots-clés: 0451122569 Magic Henry Hay Entertainment Card Tricks Amazing Randi

MAJAX, GERARD

Secrets of the Card Sharps

New York: Sterling Pub. Co, 1977. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0806945451. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. "During the 1990s, on a late night television show by Thierry Ardisson Majax gave a demo of the "rotating table" supernatural phenomenon: a group of "randomly" selected people from the audience stood around a round table, put their hands on it, and the table went up and started rotating. Observation of a video recording made of this event showed that some participants had metal hacks hidden in the sleeves of their jackets. When the participants put the hands on the table, the hacks "pinched" the table underneath, allowing it to be lifted. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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N° du livre: 41567

Catalogue: Magic

Mots-clés: 0806945451 Magic Gerard Majax Magic Tricks Cheating Card Sharps Card Counting Gambling