This is from a Private Estate in Poor Condition. This hardcover edition is a red book that measures 9"x 6"x 1.5" with the title in black letters on the spine. This dust jacket is missing portions in different areas. There are slight discolorations on the spine of the binding.
Copyright 1950 and published by Crown Publishers, INC
The exact details of 150 professional tricks and how anyone can do them.
NO SLEIGHT-OF-HAND REQUIRED
Including many entirely new original effects by John Scarne himself and by the world's greatest magicians and card manipulators: Dunninger, Nate Leipzig, Cardini, Francis Carlyle, Thurston, Dai Vernon, Houdini, Blackstone, and others. With instructions on patter, preparations, presentations, etc.
