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Effect: For almost 50 years, Irving Desfor has captured the history of magic with his camera. His photos are the best! Here is your chance to catch a glimpse of moments in magic that are gone forever except in the memories of a few! See Dai Vernon perform the fabled Harlequin Act, watch Okito at the very moment he produces a huge bowl of water from nowhere. The list of photos is staggering. All beautifully produced in rich black and white (some color). Each photo is accompanied by explanatory text. A beautiful book. One you will treasure forever.
With over 150 magicians captured in this book including: Dai Vernon, Carl Ballantine, Blackstone jr., Blackstone sr., baker, bobo, calvert, Harbin, Hardeen, Henning, Horowitz, Wilson, Roy, Slydini, Kaps, Tarbell, McComb, Dunninger, Dante, Flosso, Fox, LeRoy, Scarne, Shimada and many many more.
Pages 208 – Hardbound
Contents:
Title Page……………………………………………….. 1
Table of Contents & Playbill of Artists 3
Dedication………………………………………………. 4
Full Color Photograph Section…………. 5
Preface: Robert Lund…………………………… 13
Photographers’ Page…………………………….. 14
Foreword: Charles Reynolds……………… 15
Introduction: Irving Desfor……………….. 17
Publisher’s Brevity: Lee Jacobs…………. 22
Acknowledgments………………………………… 23
Black & White Photograph Section 24
Abbott, Percy……………………………………………………. 139
Adrion. Alexander…………………………………………….. 89
Alan, Alan…………………………………………………………… 69
Allerton, Bert…………………………………………………….189
Annemann, Theodore………………………………………. 65
Baker, Al……………………………………………………………. 121
Ballantine, Carl…………………………………………………..95
Benson, Roy………………………………………………………… 85
Bergeron, Bev………………………………………………………..8
Birch, McDonald……………………………………………….109
Blackstone, Harry Jr……………………………………………12
Blackstone, Harry Sr…………………………………………..27
Bloom, Gaeton……………………………………………………….5
Bobo, J. B……………………………………………………………… 33
Borgnine, Ernest………………………………………………… 23
Box Jumpers Anonymous……………………………….135
Brill, Gene…………………………………………………………… 25
Buckingham, Geoffrey…………………………………….137
Bux, Kuda……………………………………………………………. 97
Caldwell, Mike…………………………………………………..Ill
Calvert, John…………………………………………….. 53
Cardini…………………………………………………17,113,115
Carlyle, Francis………………………………………………….113
Chang……………………………………………………………21,183
Chanin, Jack…………………………………………………………37
Christopher, Milbourne……………………………………
Copper, Ger……………………………………………………… 11 *7
Cossari, Joe………………………………………………………….. 37
Crabtree, Roger…………………………………………………..61
Dante………………………………………………………………….. 205
DeLage & Margaret…………………………………………… 45
Del Ray………………………………………………………………..197
De Yip Loo………………………………………………………….141
Dickson, Abb…………………………………………………….. 169
Dingle, Derek…………………….. 33
Dore, Ruth………………………………………………………….101
Dornfield, Werner C……………………………………………61
Dunninger, Joseph……………………………………………..97
Duval, Ade……………………………………………………………79
Elliott, Bruce…………………………………………………….. 125
Falkenstein, Glenn………………………………………….. 177
Fantasio……………………………………………………………….187
Flip………………………………………………………………………… 77
Flosso, Al………………………………………………………..39, 97
Foster, Neil…………………………………………………………..93
Fox, Karrell…………………………………………………61, 203
Frakson………………………………………………………………….61
Fries, Joseph……………………………………………………….153
Furst, Arnold …………………………… 81
Gali Gali………………………………………………………………. 93
Garcia, Frank…………………………………….. 171
Garray & Tornio…………………………………………………… 5
Geoffrey, Doug…………………………………………………. 161
Gibson, Walter………………………………………………….. 195
Giordmaine, Johnny…………………………………………..1
Gordon & Eve………………………………………………………..8
Gorham, Ace………………………………………………………157
Green, Cliff……………………………………………… …. 1 55
Grossman, John Henry………………………………….. 208
Gwynne, Jack………………………………………………………35
Harbin, Robert…………………………………………………. 179
Hardeen……………………………………………………………… 161
Henning, Doug……………………………………………………99
Horowitz, S. Leo………………………………………………. 167
Hoy, David …………………………………………………………. 125
Hugard, Jean………………………………………………………119
Hull, Burling………………………………………………………. 49
Hurwitz, Abe………………………………………………………. 25
Jacobs, Lee…………………………………………………………. 53,208
Jaks, Stanley……………………………………………………….145
Jarrow, Emil……………………………………………………….. 73
Jay, Ricky……………………………………………………………..81
Johnstone, George…………………………………………….151
Kaps, Fred………………………………………………………….113,127
Karger, George…………………………………… 25, 87, 113
Keating, Fred……………………………………………………..159
Kikuchi, Yutaka…………………………………………………..12
Kio, Igor………………………………………………………………..29
Kleinman, Ben……………………… 25
Kodell. Jack…………………………………………………………. 57
Larsen, Willia m Jr………………………………………………. 22
LeRoy, Servais……………………………………………………173
Lewis, Jerry…………………………………………………………. 23
Lewis, Shari………………………………………………..4, 9, 23
Liebenow, Erhardt………………………………………………89
Livingstone, Al………………………………………………….207
Loew, Emil…………………………………………… 25, 69, 113
Lorayne, Harry…………………………………………………… 77
Lukins, Jerry………………………………………………………113
Lupo, Vito………………………………………………………….. 133
Lyle, Cecil……………………………………………………………185
Marshall, Jay……………………………………………8, 50, 51
McAllister, Bob………………………………………………….175
McArdle, John……………………………………………………..25
McComb, Billy……………………………………………………. 83
Moreno, Willie Jr……………………………………………… 195
Morris, Chester……………………………………………………65
Mulholland, John……………………………………..47, 14
Neff, Bill ……………………………………………….. 91
Nicola ……………………………………………….. 71
Nielsen, Norm ……………………………………………….. 5
O’Dell, Dell ……………………………………………….. 63
Okito ……………………………………………….. 59, 147
Olson, Robert ……………………………………………….. 199
Pavel ……………………………………………….. 69
Petrick & Mia ……………………………………………….. 9
Phoa Yan Tiong ……………………………………………….. 75
Pollock, Channing ……………………………………………….. 123
Presto ……………………………………………….. 193
Price Hara ……………………………………………….. 129
Randi, James ……………………………………………….. 107
Rawson, Clayton ……………………………………………….. 201
Raymon, Maurice ……………………………………………….. 153
Richiardi ……………………………………………….. 159
Roverts, Eddie & Lucille ……………………………………………….. 41
Rosini, Carl ……………………………………………….. 87,113
Roy, Marvyn ……………………………………………….. 181
Royes, Irwin ……………………………………………….. 9
Saint, Edward ……………………………………………….. 49
Scalzo, Frank ……………………………………………….. 73
Scarne, John ……………………………………………….. 131
schindler, George ……………………………………………….. 20
Seabrooke, Terry……………………… ……………….. 8
Senor Wences…………………………….. …………………….163
Shari…………………………………………….. ……………. 4, 9, 23
Shimada, Haruo………………………… ………………………37
Silent Mora………………………………… …………………… 105
Simon, Bill…………………………………. …………………… 113
Sloate, Mort……………………………….. …………………….175
Slydini, Tony…………………………….. ……………….31
Sorcar, Protul C…………………………. …………………….. 43
Stern, Duke………………………………………………………..203
Swann. Russell…………………………………………………..191
Tannen. Louis……………………………………………………… 55
Tarbell, Harlan………………………………………………….103
Thompson, Johnny……………………………………………….5
Tom & Sherrie……………………………………………………….9
Velma……………………………………………………………25, 101
Vermeyden, Henk……………………………………………113
Vernon, Dai……………….. 17, 65, 99, 113, 142, 143
Vickery, James………………………………………………… 161
Virgil & Julie……………………………………………………. 165
Walsh, Audley…………………………………………………….. 5
Whitman, Bernard…………………………………………….. 45
Wilson, Mark……………………………………………………..207
Partining Shots …………………………………………………. 208
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