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Book of Wizard Magic,

The Book of Wizard Magic: In Which the Apprentice Finds Marvelous Magic Tricks, Mystifying Illusions & Astonishing Tales

144 pp. | Sterling | September, 2019 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4549-3548-3 $19.95
Reissue (2003, Lark)

(4) 4-6 Purporting to be written by a six-hundred-year-old wizard, this tome offers novices instructions for creating their own props and performing sleight-of-hand illusions; the nine chapters include "Transfiguration and Shape-Shifting" and "Flying, Levitation, and Escapology." Considerable work went into this production, which features spot and full-page art. Unfortunately, the book's small print sometimes hampers legibility. Ind.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam