P.T. Selbit Magical Innovator by Eric Lewis, Peter Warlock

Details: Third in the Magical Pro-Files series. On the life of Percy Thomas Tibbles, 1881-1938. Peter Warlock and Eric Lewis teamed up to tell the fascinating story of the man that many historians will tell you was the most prolific illusion inventor of the century. 200 pages, fully illustrated with drawings, programs, playbills and rare photographs plus 2 full-color poster reproductions tipped into each book. 1,000 hand-numbered copies.

• Publisher: Magical Publications
• Pages: 201
• Location: Pasadena, CA, USA
• Dimensions: 7″x9″
• Date: 1989
• Binding: hardbound

Contents (Chapters, from book ToC):

11 Publisher’s Note
13 Preface
15 Foreword
19 Chapter 1 – Genesis
41 Chapter 2 – Joad Heteb & The Wizard
61 Chapter 3 – A Paper and Some Heteb Magic
83 Chapter 4 – The Selbit Mystery
97 Chapter 5 – Paintings & Cheese
113 Chapter 6 – Of Shadows, Bricks and Other Things
131 Chapter 7 – Jackpot!
147 Chapter 8 – The Mid-Twenties
163 Chapter 9 – The Late Twenties
175 Chapter 10 – The Final Years
193 Acknowledgements
195 Appendix
197 Index

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