Hiding The Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible

Author:   Jim Steinmeyer
Publisher:   Cornerstone
Edition:   New edition
ISBN:  

9780099476641


Pages:   400
Publication Date:   06 October 2005
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Jim Steinmeyer
Publisher:   Cornerstone
Imprint:   Arrow Books Ltd
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.277kg
ISBN:  

9780099476641


ISBN 10:   0099476649
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   06 October 2005
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us.

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'A highly entertaining study of magic's Golden Age' (The Times). Simon Mayo and Independent Book of the Year and International Bestseller. The true story behind Jonathan Strange


An extremely entertaining history of magic * Sunday Telegraph * Highly readable... fascinating... remarkable * The Mail * Steinmeyer's history of the golden age of stage magic was a dazzling read, and has given me a few ideas about how to keep the family entertained at Christmas -- Matthew Sweet * Independent * A highly entertaining study of magic's Golden Age * The Times * Highly readable ... fascinating ... A remarkable collection of strongly motivated egomaniacs and charlatans, all depicted in the boldest of colours * Marcus Berkman *


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Jim Steinmeyer has designed illusions for David Copperfield, Ricky Jay, Siegfried & Roy and Orson Welles, and for six Broadway shows including The Beauty and the Beast. A consultant for a six-part BBC documentary on the history of magic and producer of a Channel 4 documentary, he designed the illusions for Richard Eyre's Mary Poppins and is a contributing editor of Magic magazine.

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