{"product_id":"a-history-of-the-art-of-conjuring-by-kurt-volkmann","title":"A History of the Art of Conjuring by Kurt Volkmann","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDelivery: please allow 5–8 business days.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlmost a century in the making: the most thorough history of conjuring ever written, now in English for the first time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKurt Volkmann's celebrated German series on the history of magic has been fully translated by Lori Pieper and Maxwell Pritchard and published by the Conjuring Arts Research Center as a two-volume luxury set.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume One\u003c\/b\u003e traces performance magic from antiquity through the Middle Ages, the 16th to 19th centuries and the Romantic era, with in-depth studies of Bosco, Robert-Houdin, Hofzinser, Anderson, Herrmann, Maskelyne, Buatier and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume Two\u003c\/b\u003e looks country by country at the performers and texts of France, England, Germany, Austria, Russia, Egypt, Persia and many others, with eleven appendices of new findings, a vast bibliography and a full index.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Amazing! What an accomplishment for both Volkmann and Conjuring Arts!\" - David Copperfield\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo hardcover volumes, 1,260 pages in total\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e432 colour illustrations with full endnotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArchival paper, foil-stamped cloth binding and sewn signatures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHoused in a luxury slipcase\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStrictly limited to 1,000 numbered sets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Kurt Volkmann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47762286248025,"sku":"ARTOFCONJURING","price":574.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/2937\/0201\/files\/78886-full.png?v=1794045924","url":"https:\/\/arcanamagic.com.au\/products\/a-history-of-the-art-of-conjuring-by-kurt-volkmann","provider":"Arcana Magic","version":"1.0","type":"link"}