Tarbell Course of magic tricks - any two: volumes 1, 2, 4, 6 still available!

Description: I gathered these volumes (and ancillary material) in twos and three during my 40 years of performing magic. I expect that not every volume has the same year of publication (or republication). Now that I am retired, I offer these to performers and collectors that want to complete their collection. All the books are hardbacks and of uniform size. Thickness varies a bit from volume to volume. The volumes lack a table of contents, and the 8-10 chapters in each volume are usefully disconnected. You won't find all the silk tricks in one volume, paper tricks in another, illusions all in a third and so forth. This has advantages: any volume in the series will be instantly useful to initiates and to seasoned professionals. Choose any TWO volumes for 19.95. If you want them all, contact me so we can negotiate a price). You can read further about this course of magic in what I have cited below. Here's what I have on hand: Vol 1 + gospel extra (counts as one volume) Vol 2Vol 4Vol 6 Vol 3 sold, sorry Vol 5 sold, sorryVol 7 sold, sorryVol 8 sold, sorry Price comparisons suggest $20 per volume is a bargain. I will pay shipping. Pick any two volumes. I won't ship until you let me know which you want. Some sample pages refer to volumes I am not offering. Vol 1 is bundled with Vol 1 gospel effects. Please let me know which two you are interested in.Feel free to make me an offer for all I have on hand -- I will revise the listing. The Tarbell Course in Magic is a notable encyclopedia of magic amongst professional and amateur magicians. It has eight volumes; the first five were based on material in the original home-study correspondence course compiled in 1928 by Harlan Tarbell, the remaining three volumes being added on later. This series was originally designed and released as a weekly correspondence course for budding magicians. Once they were collected and bound, the series has become an unparalleled reference standard for magicians. In its impact on the magic world, it is second perhaps in its influence on the art of magic only to Hoffman's Modern Magic, and many professional magicians have based their careers on the Tarbell Course. A publisher approached Harry Houdini to create the course. Houdini declined due to lack of time but recommended Tarbell. The publishers agreed and offered Tarbell $50,000 for the course. In 1941, Louis Tannen purchased the rights to the course which had gone out of print in 1931) and reworked the correspondence lessons into book form and ultimately added three additional volumes Some of the material will be of historic value; some phrases and topics are out of date. Thus, you may read about cigarette magic, dime store novels, nicked phone calls, etc. Harlan Tarbell was the pre-eminent magician and magic teacher from the 1920s to his death in 1960. He taught classes all over North America, touching the lives of countless magicians - professional, amateur, and beginner. There is no one in any magic club who has not at some time or other learned from the legacy of Dr. Harlan Tarbell. There are many who lay the credit for their entire professions to the "Tarbell Course", the 7(8)-volume storehouse of magical knowledge, painstakingly illustrated in great detail, with a text so crystal clear in simple English that students were doing the tricks almost as they read about them. Dr. Tarbell had two great natural talents that fit perfectly with his acquired talent of magic -- he drew like an artist and wrote with amazing clarity. The reworked material continues this clarity with updated instructions. The editor credited for present day edition is Harry Lorraine, though many others have contributed. Free Shipping!! But see note below. I won't ship until you let me know which two you want.I will use Media RateStored with other eBay books.10-23-2024=93402=1995

Price: 19.95 USD

Location: Los Osos, California

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