BLYTH, Will.

Paper Magic. [with] More Paper Magic.

London: C. Arthur Pearson, Limited , 1920 - 1923.

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First Editions of Will Blyth's Paper Magic and More Paper Magic

First editions of these collections of entertaining and amusing paper tricks. Duodecimo, pictorial boards with a vignette of Blyth, three pages of advertisements to the front and rear of each volume, illustrated with diagrams. Each volume is in very good condition with rubbing and losses to the spines. Introduction in Paper Magic and foreword in More Paper Magic by Nevil Maskelyne.

Will Blyth was a twentieth-century magician and author best known for his influential instructional books Paper Magic and More Paper Magic, which helped establish paper as a serious medium for close-up and parlor conjuring. Emphasizing effects built from ordinary materials—such as folding, tearing, transformations, and restorations—Blyth demonstrated how strong presentation and precise handling could produce sophisticated illusions without elaborate apparatus.