Mysterious Stranger: A Book of Magic

David Blaine

ISBN 10: 0375505733 / ISBN 13: 9780375505737

Published by Villard, 2002

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Signed. First Edition. Inscribed "To Sammy With Peace". Slight bumping to bottom hinge, in very good condition, else. Green Apple Books and Music, Publisher Weekly's Bookstore of the Year 2014, has been San Francisco's favorite independent bookseller since 1967! Shipping costs on oversize / international orders will reflect actual shipping charges and may be more than quoted by ABE. We will need to contact you with true shipping costs and ask for authorization before adjusting cost. Seller Inventory # mon0000001781

Bibliographic Details

Title: Mysterious Stranger: A Book of Magic

Publisher: Villard

Publication Date: 2002

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

The popular magician offers a fascinating foray into his unique realm of magic, which relies upon meaning, not props and costumes, allowing readers to learn about optical illusions and magic effects that stimulate the mind in a perverbal way, the skill of mind-reading, the history of magic and the legendary illusionists who inspire him, and techniques that will amaze and confuse others. 150,000 first printing.

From the Inside Flap:

Blaine’s Challenge!<br>———— —— —— —— —— — —— —— — —— —— — ——— —— ————<br><br>A never-before-attempted challenge to readers everywhere!<br>WIN $100,000.00<br>Hidden throughout the volume now in front of you are secret little signals, clues, and codes that, <br>once understood and deciphered, will lead to the discovery of a<br>Treasure!!<br>Which has been hidden somewhere within the confines of the continental United States of America.<br>Where is it? Who Will find it?<br>We Can’t Say!<br>——————————————<br>This challenge has been created and sponsored by the world’s greatest mystifier . . . <br>DAVID BLAINE<br>who was <br>Buried Alive<br>For Seven Days and Seven Nights.<br>The one and same who became<br>the world’s ONLY LIVING ICE CUBE in world-famous Times Square<br>and who . . .<br>stood as still as a statue<br>10 stories above Manhattan<br>only to <br>leap to his life below.<br>—————————————<br><br>The book in your hands now<br>Reveals<br>Some of David Blaine’s most closely guarded SECRETS. Such as<br>WHO IS HE?<br><br>WHERE DID HE COME FROM?<br><br>HOW DOES HE DO IT?<br><br>The reader will also<br>LEARN a multitude of inside SECRETS with which he or she too can mystify anyone.<br><br>THE MYSTERIOUS MR. BLAINE<br>FOR THE FIRST TIME IN RECORDED HISTORY<br>WILL READ YOUR THOUGHTS THROUGH THE WRITTEN WORD<br><br>“A latter-day Houdini.” —The New York Times<br><br>“The hottest name in magic.”— USA Today<br><br>HIS SECRETS WILL BECOME YOURS<br>——————————————————————————————