The Tarbell Course in Magic Vol. 1

426 Pages·1971·18.064 MB·English

by  Harlan Tarbell

VOL.
I
For THe
Professional,
Amateur
AND
Beginner
TRIBUTE TO MAGIC'S
GREATEST TEACHER
DR. HARLAN TARBELL
1890—1960
There is no one in any magic club
who has not at some time or other
learned from Dr. Tarbell. There are
many who lay the credit for their en-
tire professions to the Tarbell Course,
that vast storehouse of magical knowl-
edge, painstakingly illustrated in great
detail, with a text so crystal clear in
simple English that students were do-
ing the tricks almost as they read
about them. Dr. Tarbell had two great
God-given talents that fitted in per-
fectly with his acquired talent of
—
magic he drew like an angel and he
wrote with amazing clarity.
He alone had been able to put be-
fore magicians, beginners or other-
wise, in a form they could quickly
and easily understand.
You may never have met him per-
sonally, although he was so faithful in
fraternal magic that seldom was he
away from any national or local con-
vention, any gathering of the clan.
\^hen you met him for the first time,
you thought—of him as a little like
\\ ill Rogers slender, wiry, five foot
eight, never weighing over 130
pounds, keen of eye, ready of tongue,
a little nervous and restless, kind to
everyone, comfortable to be with,
easy to know.
Dr. Tarbell is not only for this
generation. He will be known as the
greatest teacher in magic. The man
who laid down the rules, and played
the game according to them.
(Continued on backflap)

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THE TARBELL
COURSE IN MAGIC

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TARBELL
The
COURSE
IN
MAGIC
WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY
HARLAN TARBELL
Edited by
Ralph W. Read
Revised Edition
Volume
I
(Lessons 1 to 19)
PUBLISHEDBY
D. ROBBINS & CO., INC.
70 Washington Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201
FIFTEENTH PRINTING, 1999
Copyright, 1927, by Tarbell System, Int.
Copyright, 1941, by Louis Tanncn
Copyright, 1944, by Louis Tannen
Copyright, 1953, by Louis Tannen
Copyright Nov. 1971by D. Robbins&Co. Inc.
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