Steinmeyer, Jim: Art & Artifice ©1998 Jim Steinmeyer; Hahne Hardcover, no dj, 192 pages ©2006 Softcover, perfect-bound, 5.5x8.5", 204 pages

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Comments: With 23 diagrams. Concerning the Inventors, Traditions, Evolution & Rediscovery of Stage Magic.

Contents: (Chapters, from 1998 edition ToC)

7 Chapter l Art and Artifice: Steele Mac Kaye; Maskelyne and Devant: theatrical
wizardry and the limits of theatrical reality
49 Chapter 2. The Moth in the Spotlight: David Devant and the magnificent illusion inspired from a dream; The Mascot Moth
77 Chapter 3. Above and Beneath the Saw: P.T. Selbit, Horace Goldin, and magic’s great success; Sawing a Lady in Halves, as products of their times.
107 Chapter 4. Mr. Morritt’s Donkey - In Theory: Charles Morritt, the Mystery Man, and the problems presented by his incredible creations.
139 Chapter 5. Mr. Morritt’s Donkey - In Practice: Rediscovering Morritt’s Disappearing Donkey, a lost secret in the optics of stage illusion.