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The magic magic book : an inquiry into the venerable history & operation of the oldest trick conjuring volumes, designated 'blow books'..
Title
The magic magic book : an inquiry into the venerable history & operation of the oldest trick conjuring volumes, designated 'blow books'... / adorned with original renderings from the ateliers of these esteemed delineators of artistic impression, Vija Celmins, Jane Hammond, Glenn Ligon, Justen Ladda, Philip Taaffe, William Wegman ; embellished with ancient iconography from the collection of the author of this curious compendium, Ricky Jay.
Published
[New York, N.Y.] : Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1994.
Physical Description
1 box (2 v.) : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Local Notes
SML,AOB: Library has copy no. 300, and is signed by the author and illustrators.
YAUG has copy no. 172, and is signed by the author and illustrators.
BEIN 2021 235: Proof copy of the blow book only. Paperbound. Dust jacket. From the Grenfell Press Collection.
BEIN 2021 236: Copy #38, signed by author and illustrators. In case, as issued. From the Grenfell Press Collection. Accompanied by: Additional suite of ten prints.
BEIN 2021 237: Copy #262, signed by author and illustrators. In case, as issued. From the Grenfell Press Collection.
Notes
Title from t.p. of v. 1.
Consists of 2 volumes: a volume of illustrated text describing the history of the blow book and a second volume which is a blow book.
"The edition is three hundred copies, numbered one to three hundred. Ninety copies are reserved for the collaborators and sixty are reserved for the members of the Library Fellows. The first eighty copies are accompanied by an additional suite of prints"--Colophon
"The edition was organized by May Castleberry"--Colophon
"The text volume was designed by Patrick Reagh and Ricky Jay and edited by Susan Green; the blow book was designed by Patrick Reagh, Ricky Jay, and Leslie Miller, with May Castleberry"--Colophon
Issued in dark blue cloth-covered clamshell box; upper cover has a design of stacked cards in silver and red.
Variant and related titles
Magicmagic
Magic, magic
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Series
Artists and writers series ; 11
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Blow books.
Proofs (Printing)
Also listed under
Whitney Museum of American Art.
Whitney Museum of American Art. Library Fellows.
Grenfell Press Collection (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
United States New York (State) New York.
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