![]() Cannell, professional magician, friend and colleague of Houdini in The Magician’s Club, was the first to explain rationally how Houdini achieved his tricks. ![]() So fantastic were his tricks that many thought him to be supernatural, a mystic and an amazing spiritualist.Įxposing his closely kept professional secrets, and revealing in general terms the whole art of stage magic, this book is now considered a classic study of Houdini’s strange deceptions. Cannell with titles like: "Harry Houdini the True Escapist Extraordinaire" and "Houdini and the Art of Illusion and Disillusion.World-famous illusionist, master deluder, showman Harry Houdini (alias of Ehrich Weiss) is one of the most legendary figures of the modern stage, and probably the most controversial and misunderstood magician of all times. 2012 - lists sections of the book as separate "books" by J.C.2010 Mde available as a print-on-demand in hardcover and paperback.Also, they retouched some of the photographs and credits the poster and props to "Flosso Hornmann Magic Inc., the world's oldest magic shop". 1989 - New hardcover edition by Bell containing a new forward by Bud Masterson and restores Cannell's "Author's Note". ![]() 1974 - A hardcover edition published by Gale, a facsimile of the Third Impression.There have been dozens of printings of the Dover paperback over the years that offer subtle changes in the color of the cover art. ![]()
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