Wow, a set of four massive comb bound books. A lot of information in this massive volumes…. it has been written quite some time back so not everything is cutting edge but you will find some ideas and pointers in this set that will be worthwhile if you are or going to do magic as an income creating venue. Books may show wear and page browning due to their age.

Vol. 1 Contents:

3 Introduction
7 Why This Book Was Written
12 You, the Performer
21 Formal Wear Chart
23 How to Look Your Best Under the Worst Possible Circumstances
32 How to Look Your Best Part II: Make Up ad Character Suggestions
43 The Tricks
46 Brief Outline on the Presentation of Magic
51 The Assistant
59 Staging the Show
68 Staging the Show Part II
75 Patter
81 Presentation for an Anniversary Show
81 Money Like Magic: Demonstration/Speed with magic for money raising events
82 The Visitors
99 Packing for the Show
91 Jay Marshall’s List of Magicians’ Necessities
93 Work With the Animals
102 Booking the Magic Show
109 Help Yourself to Headlines
123 Promoting Yourself In Your Own Home Town
140 You Sure Know How to Hurt a Guy!: An evaluation test
143 Loss!
150 How to Avoid Accidents
153 The Magic of Taxes
157 After You’re Gone
161 The Santa Caper
166 USO
171 Entertaining In Hospitals
177 The Boiler Room
183 Cruise Ship Magic
186 Theatre of Illusion
190 Shopping Centers and Malls
193 Helping Them Raise Money

Vol 2. Contents:

203 101 Ways to Make Money from Magic
289 A Magical Retirement
291 The Magic Inventors
301 The Puzzling Environment
325 The Black Magician
335 The Great American Lecture Game
345 Hey, Look us Over!
349 Still Another Way to Make Money from Magic
350 The Real Pros
353 Ronald McDonald/Hamburger Fun
354 On Being a Magic Dealer
357 The Magic Junkmen
365 The Trickery
367 Those Magic Expendables
371 The Magic Magazine and Its Pitfalls
381 Writing About Magic for Public Reading
386 Bert Allerton Amusement
387 Fabulous World of Trade Shows
394 Profile of a Trade Show Entrepreneur
405 The Business Oriented Magician
407 Putting Magic into the Trade Exhibit
413 The Tame Magician
418 Television and the Magician
419 How to Get on Any Network TV Show
427 The Royal Road to the Bigtime
429 Cable Television
434 Capture That Magic from the TV Screen
436 How Magic and Photography Blend Together
437 Magic Clubs and You
437 Be a Joiner
441 Why and Wherefore of a Magic Convention
444 The Problem that Won’t Stay Solved
449 Making Money Selling Money
455 Magic of Fashions
456 Which Witch Are You?
458 The Magic Castle
460 How and Where to Get What You Want

We do not have a list of the contents for Volume 3 and Volume 4

• Publisher: Magic Inc.
• Pages: 900
• Location: Chicago, IL, USA
• Dimensions: 9″x11″
• Date: 1973-1984
• Binding: comb bound