This is from a Private Estate in Good Condition.  The dust jacket is in poor condition with a lot of wear and tear around the edges and one of the back corners is ripped and repaired with tape.  The hardcover book is in good shape with some white spots on the front cover and the pages are yellow from age.  

Copyright 1951

John Scarne shows how magic that is completely mystifying to the spectator can be as simple as ABC for the performer. From his own amazing repertoire of fascinating tricks and from the specialties of the great magicians of all time, he has selected the master deceptions, the best tricks that can be done without skill, training, or special equipment - if you know the secret. 

John Scarne's reputation as a genius of magic is world-wide. Yet his skill in performance is matched by his wonderful talent for simplifying, explaining and "showing how." In half an hour anyone can learn to do half a dozen perfect tricks from this book. 

John Scarne is the most expert exponent of wonderful effects...that I have ever seen in my life.  - Nate Leipzig