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Clark, Hyla. The World’s Greatest Magic. New York: Bonanza Books, 1976. Publisher’s cloth stamped in silver, lacking jacket. Illustrated with photographs and line drawings. 4to. Good. Inscribed and signed to Peter W. Tappan by over 200 magicians, including Ricky Jay, Jay Marshall, Brother John Hamman, Virgil & Julie, Del Ray, Jerry Andrus, Chanin, Johnny Platt, Don Alan, Bob Lewis & Ginny, Neil Foster, Charlie Miller, and most of the magicians profiled in the book, among them Channing Pollock, Dai Vernon, Derek Dingle, Slydini, Randi, Fogel, David Coppefield, and Doug Henning. A handwritten index of all of the autographs is laid in.


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