This beautiful German language book is a fascinating snapshot of the magical world in 1929. It includes photographic and line-drawn illustrations of magic effects of every genre, including rare photographs of Houdini and detailed explanations of complex stage illusions. Lavishly produced in the style of a "gift book" it has a striking gilded cover and illustrated endpapers. 
 
Condition: Good, some wear and marks to bookcloth, knocks to corners of boards and top of spine, internal condition very good with some minor creasing to corners of pages and slight yellowing to page edges. 
 
Binding: Hardback
Year:  1929
Publisher: Friedrich Andreas Perthes 
Pages: 224
Dimensions (to nearest cm): 25 X 19cm