Olson, Robert E.: Illusion Buider to Fu Manchu (David Bamberg) ©1986 Philip Morris, Morris Costumes, Charlotte, NC Hardcover, w/dj, 217 pages

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Comments:300 Illustrations, including photos, posters, and line drawings. A tribute to Edmund Speer, assistant, friend, and builder for David Bamberg. Features 60 effects and illusions, 40 large stage effects, including The Hangman, The Three Bowl Production, The Original Duck Vanish, the Okito Floating Ball, and much more.

Contents (Chapters, from book ToC):

vii “Magic in Mexico”
ix Foreword
xi Introduction
xiii Acknowledgements

1 Chapter 1: Starting Out
5 Chapter 2: The Struggling Years
11 Chapter 3: The First Show
23 Chapter 4: The Illusions
81 Chapter 5: Okito Presents Fu Manchu
107 Chapter 6: The Mexican Extravaganza
123 Chapter 7: Trouble In The USA
141 Chapter 8: Quarantine
157 Chapter 9: In The Movies
167 Chapter 10: Disagreement
173 Chapter 11: A New Departure
193 Chapter 12: Building Illusions
205 Chapter 13: Epilogue

215 Index