At the base of title page it states COPYRIGHT FULLY RESERVED / Corinda's Magic Studio. Title page serves as copyright page as traditional copyright page is blank. Title stamped in gold at top of spine at base it states Corinda in-between two bars one above name and one below name. Subtle patterned design on hard black cloth. First UK hardcover edition first printing. A first US hardcover edition first printing in its original rare first issue DJ with $10.00 price intact. Considered 'the Mentalist Bible' by those in the trade. Laid-in is a vintage 3x5 card with a handwritten note in pencil: Lou Tannen - 120 West 42nd St. Rubbing along edges, small closed tear at rear shoulder and small scuff towards bottom near spine. DJ rear shows minimal soiling to front and flaps. As for the now-classic black and white DJ illustration, the images are sharp and attractive. printings used green cloth, then it changed to black. This too would change once the edition changed with a new publisher in later years as would cloth color. Later-issue DJs would replace the rabbit in a hat reading a book with a 3-rabbit profile. On base of DJ spine is the Tannen rabbit in a hat reading a book. Original, rare DJ with $10.00 printed price for The Complete Thirteen Steps on rear flap blank rear flap otherwise. Previous owner's name neatly written on FFEP. Pages lay tight and undisturbed in seemingly unread condition. Green cloth with gold titles Tannen rabbit in hat insignia with magic wand stamped on base of cloth spine. First US hardcover edition first printing. Mentalists such as Derren Brown, Larry Becker, Lee Earle, Richard Osterlind and Banachek have incorporated Corinda's Thirteen Steps to Mentalism into their own work. The volume goes on to describe various techniques used by mentalists to achieve what appear to be psychic phenomena such as telepathy, precognition, extra-sensory perception, telekinesis and the ability to communicate with the dead as a medium. Some of these include Nail writers, predictions, card tricks, blindfold tricks, muscle reading, billets, publicity stunts, patter and presentation, etc. Within 13 chapters Corinda details the workings of nearly every useful strategy and device to aid the mentalist. Long considered the quintessential guide book for mentalists it remains so today. Scant faint foxing along bottom page edges barely. Green cloth with gold titles Tannen rabbit in hat insignia with magic wand stamped at base of cloth spine.
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