Greater Magic
John Northern Hillard
Kaufman & Greenberg
(Based on 1 review)
Illustrations by Harlan Tarbell
Copyright 1994 Estate of Helen W. Jones
Published by Kaufman and Greenberg
1330 pages, hardbound
Comments: This is the original Greater Magic reprinted, with the addition of More Greater Magic. Greater Magic is over 1000 pages. More Greater Magic is over 300 pages of additional material and covers the origin of Greater Magic, letters and correspondence about Greater Magic, additional trips and tricks, photos, and more. Greater Magic was released in 1938 as an encyclopedia of magic intended for the magician, not the lay audience. It was only distributed and advertised within the conjuring world. Covers lots magic with cards, silks, billiard balls, sponge balls, cups & balls, coins, cigarettes and cigars, bills, ropes, the Chinese linking rings, mentalism, magic squares, apparatus magic, stage illusions, and more.