Author/Editor: Magic Words Publisher: Mike Caveney Date: 2021 Condition: Near Fine
#88 of a limited edition production. Includes performance DVD, original memorabilia flyer, tipped in frontispiece and hand signed by the author. Very minor shelf wear to slipcase otherwise as new.
#15 in the series of Magical Pro-Files. 9 x 12 inches format. 440 pages printed in full color on heavy art matte paper. 368 photographs.
From the author:
After spending fifty years collecting Sawing in Half memorabilia, and the past year and a half researching and writing this incredible story, I couldn’t be more excited for you to see the finished product.
Learn how this trick became the most popular attraction in all of show business and then turned into a war that was waged on vaudeville and music hall stages around the world by many of the most famous names in magic. It is a tale of inspired originality, blatant thievery, backstage intrigue, unbridled egos and endless lawsuits. It is an illusion that has never stopped being reinvented and continues to baffle modern-day audiences. To coincide with the 100th anniversary of its first public performance
