The best silk magic in the world is now yours， all on one convenient disc!
Over 1500 pages of Francis Martineau’s hand-lettered text and thousands of beautiful illustrations. Discover a priceless collection of silk magic， from beginner to advanced， illustrated， and easy to understand!
VOLUME ONEFirst published by Harold Rice in 1948， took eight years to prepare. It contains ten large chapters including The Romantic Story of Silk; How to Dye Your Own Silks; Methods of Folding Silks; Production Methods (with and without apparatus; single silks and quantity productions); Vanishes; Changes; and Transpositions. The entire volume was hand lettered and illustrated by Francis Martineau. Over 1800 beautiful Illustrations! 520 pages. When first published， Volume One received both the Sphinx and Genii awards for Best Book of the Year.
VOLUME TWOFive years of dedicated work resulted in the publication of the second volume. It contains 7 chapters including Penetrations; Color Changes; Silk Dying; Reel Magic; Reel-Less Magic; and Twentieth Century Silks. Once again， hand lettered and illustrated by Francis Martineau with more than 2100 Illustrations， 387 effects， and over 530 pages!
VOLUME THREENearly ten years after the publication of Volume 1， Volume Three was complete! This volume contains 8 chapters of solid silk magic. Includes Sympathetic Silks; Blendo Effects; Naughty Silks; Silks and Eggs; Soup Plates and Silks; Silks and Candles; Openers; and the Jap Hank Box. As in the first two volumes， all 513 pages of Volume Three are hand lettered and illustrated by Francis Martineau!
VOLUME FOURThirty years after the publication of Volume Three， Volume Four was published! This volume contains nine chapters of solid silk magic plus an extensive index of all four volumes. Chapters include The Harold Rice Story; Volume One Revisited; Volume Two Revisited; Volume Three Revisited; Silk Loads and Steals; Silk Magic for Children; Silk Magic of Warren Stephens; Romantic Story of Silk Revisited plus the index by chapters， contributors， effects， and subjects! Written by Mark Trimble， The Encyclopedia of Silk Magic Volume Four took more than two years to produce. Profusely illustrated!
