Impromptu Magic from the Magic Castle (Magic Castle Library)

Behnke, Leo (ed.), Impromptu Magic from the Magic Castle (Magic Castle Library). Los Angeles, CA: J.P. Tarcher; distributed by Houghton Mifflin,1980. Hard Cover with dust jacket. Stated First Edition with complete number line (see images). 8vo, 236 pp. Bound in bright blue cloth with gilt spine titles. Binding is strong; covers are clean with sharp edges and corners. The interior is crisp and clean, with no names, remainder marks, or other signs of previous use; not Ex-Library. Unclipped pictorial dust jacket ($11.95) is clean with light wear along the edges and at the tail of the spine, now protected in a Brodart archival mylar jacket. Book and DJ condition: Near Fine. A collection of classical sleight-of-hand routines, impromptu effects, and close-up magic selected by Leo Behnke, one of the Magic Castle's earliest House Magicians, featuring practical and entertaining tricks that can be performed with everyday objects and minimal apparatus. Issued as the first volume in the Magic Castle Library series, although no additional volumes appear to have been published. Books are shipped quickly and securely packed in a new box.