Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. 8vo. pp 281. Large format paperback. With the bookplate of the late Christopher Brinson, a collector of books on magic, researcher and author of works on magic (Arcady Press). The bookplate shows a sphinx with pyramids in the background and conjuring tools in the foreground including a magic wand. Illustrated in b/w throughout. Very good indeed.