Greater Magic： A Practical Treatise On Modern Magic by John Northern Hilliard. His Manuscripts and Notes Edited by Carl W. Jones and Jean Hugard. Illustrated by Harlan Tarbell.
Greater Magic was released in 1938 as an encyclopedia of magic intended specifically for magicians， not the general public. It was only distributed and advertised within the conjuring world. It covers magic with cards， silks， billiard balls， sponge balls， cups & balls， coins， cigarettes and cigars， bills， ropes， the linking rings， mentalism， magic squares， apparatus magic， stage illusions， and more.
It contains 715 effects， contributed by over 100 magicians， including some of the greatest names of the day： Max Holden， Percy Abbott， J. N. Hofzinser， Theodore Annemann， Horace Goldin， Al Baker， Ade Duval， Karl Germain， David and Theo Bamberg， Dr. James Elliott， Joe Berg， Jardine Ellis， Sam Berland， T. Nelson Downs， Harry Blackstone (Sr.)， David Devant， Floyd Thayer， Carl Brema， Cardini， Buatier DeKolta， Milbourne Christopher， Chung Ling Soo， S.H. Sharpe， Dr. Jack Daley， Paul Curry， Stanley Collins， Harlan Tarbell， S. Leo Horowitz， Houdini， Selbit， Edwin Sachs， Jean Hugard， John Scarne， Burling Hull， Stewart James， Paul Rosini， Joseffy， Stewart Judah， John Ramsay， Billy O’Connor， Harry Kellar， Lester Lake， Mora， Jack Merlin， William W. Larsen (Sr.)， Paul LePaul， John Nevil Maskelyne， Max Malini， Nate Leizig， Eugene Laurant， Sid Lorraine， Audley Walsh， Robert Stull， Howard Thurston， William H. McCaffery and Dai Vernon.
It was rated one of the “Ten basic books for a working library of conjuring” by H. Adrian Smith.
The 1994 edition contains a wealth of new material， including historical perspective， commentary & a number of effects not included in the original.
