Fleming, Paul: The Paul Fleming Book Reviews Volume II
©1946 Fleming Book Company, Berkeley Heights, NJ
Softcover, 124 pages
Fleming, Paul: The Paul Fleming Book Reviews Volume II
©1946 Fleming Book Company, Berkeley Heights, NJ
Hardcover 1946
Abebooks price 68.00
Abebooks price for all three volumes 150.00
Abebooks price for all three volumes with volume 1 and 2 signed by Fleming 250.00
Comments: A book of magic book reviews by Paul Fleming. Second of three volumes. First volume published 1944, and the third not until 1978.
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Contents (list of books reviewed, numbers are not page numbers):
1 The Art of Illusion by John Mulholland
2 Celestial Agent by Charles J. Maly
3 Patent Pending by Roger Barkann
4 Patter by Sid Lorraine
5 The Only Six Ways To Restore a Rope by Dariel Fitzkee
6 Tricks and Illusionettes by Joseph Ovette
7 A Magician in the House by Sid Lorraine
8 The Expert at the Card Table (Enlarged Edition) by S. W. Erdnase And Professor Hoffmann
9 For Magicians Only by Robert Parrish
10 Select Secrets by Dai Vernon
11 Mental Magic with Cards by Jean Hugard
12 Twenty Stunners with a Nail Writer by Franklin M. Chapman And Others
13 Shoot the Works by Edward Marlo
14 Radio and Nite-Club Mindreading by William Larsen And Ormond Mcgill
15 Out Of This World by Paul Curry
16 The Incorporated Strange Secrets by Theo Annemann
17 Entertaining Children with Magic by Eddie Clever
18 More Naughty Silks (Fourth Edition) by Harold R. Rice
19 The Trick Brain by Dariel Fitzkee
20 Card Mastery by Michael MacDougall
21 You're On! by Wilbur T. Kattner
22 Action with Cards by Warren Wiersbe
23 Memoirs of Robert-Houdin (New Edition) by Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin
24 Laugh Lines by Jimmy Muir
25 Bullseye Coin Tricks by L. L. Ireland & Edward Marlo
26 One Man Mindreading Secrets by Ralph W. Read
27 Card Magic by John Northern Hilliard
28 Magic Without Apparatus by Camille Gaultier
29 Practical Mental Effects by Theodore Annemann
30 Original Magic by Richard Heinemann
31 Jack Miller's Linking Ring Routine by Robert Novak
32 Coin Tricks by Tom Osborne
33 Sixteen Thumb Tie Gems by Max Andrews
34 Miracles in Mentalism by Robert A. Nelson
35 Contact Mind Reading-Expanded by Dariel Fitzkee
36 Fifteen Methods For Doing The Cut And Restored Necktie by Frank Herman
37 Thrilling Magic by Leonard H. Miller
38 Magic by Misdirection by Dariel Fitzkee
39 The Tarbell Course in Magic: Volume IV by Harlan Tarbell
40 Three Close-Up Routines by John Scarne
41 The Dime and Penny Book by Lloyd E. Jones
42 Book Edition Of Hugard's Magic Monthly, Vol. I and II by Jean Hugard
43 My Best by J.G. Thompson, Jr.
44 Mr. Smith's Guide To Sleight-Of-Hand by Wilfrid Jonson
Published by Fleming Book Company, Berkley Heights, 1946. Blue hardcover boards with gilt title to cover and spine. Some general moderate wear, bumping, scuffing and age staining to this book but in nice shape overall. Dust jacket has some moderate general edge wear, some scufffing along with a small (about 1") tear at the top by the spine. Sound binding and clean pages. 124 pages. Signed by Fleming on the title page.
Appraisals of works on sleight of hand, mind reading, pseudo spritualism, stage illusions, and kindered subjects.
| Owner | Bryan-Keith Taylor |
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| Location | Magic Library (Home) |
| Index | 4300 |
| Added Date | Jul 01, 2017 03:06:54 |
| Modified Date | Apr 06, 2026 14:21:58 |
| Book Condition | Very Fine |
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Paul Fleming
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Paul Fleming
Cover of Genii (1966)
Born Paul Fleming Gemmill
May 30, 1889
in York County, Pennsylvania
Died December 30, 1976 (age 87)
Broomall Nursing Home in Swarthmore, Pa.
Resting place Goose Creek Burying Ground, Lincoln, Loudoun County, Virginia
Categories Books by Paul Fleming
Paul Fleming (b.1890-d.1976) was a professor of economics and a professional magician born in York, Pennsylvania. He was assistant to both Eugene Laurant and Karl Germain. In 1915, he took over the Germain tour and toured as "Paul Germain".[1][2]
Biography
He became a professor of economics, teaching at the University of Pennsylvania for over 40 years. Together with his brother Walker, he founded the Fleming Book Company, which published many classics books on magic. He edited The Fleming Classics in Magic series of books.[3]
Fleming wrote what some consider the best book reviews in magic, which were published in a three volume set.
Books
Paul Fleming Book Reviews, Vol. 1 (1944)
Paul Fleming Book Reviews, Vol. 2 (1946)
Paul Fleming Book Reviews, Vol. 3 (1978)
References
↑ Laurent by Gabe Fajuri (2005)
↑ Cover, Genii Magazine, Vol. 30, No. 11, July 1966, Our Cover, Paul and Walker Fleming, the Fleming Book Company, page 456
↑ Obit Genii, Vol. 41, No. 1, January 1977, A Tribute by John Henry Grossman, page 48
The Linking Ring, Vol. 24, No. 7, September 1944, Paul Fleming Gemmill, by John Braun, page 24
The Linking Ring, Vol. 50, No. 3, March 1970, Memoirs Of A Magician's Ghost, by John Booth, CHAPTER 37, page 29, Paul Fleming, The Magician and his Company – an Evening of Magic, page 30
Goodliffe's Abracadabra, Vol. 63, No. 1617, January 1977, PAUL FLEMING GEMMILL, A Tribute by Bayard Grimshaw, page 131
The Magic Circular, Vol. 71, No. 776, January-February 1997, Paul Fleming – The Magician, 1889-1976, A Tribute by John Henry Grossman, page 32
The New Tops, Vol. 17, No. 2, February 1977, Final Curtain, Paul Fleming, by John Henry Grossman, page 50
The Linking Ring, Vol. 57, No. 3, March 1977, Paul Fleming Dies by John Henry Grossman, page 97
M-U-M, Vol. 66, No. 10, March 1977, Broken Wands, Dr. Paul F. Gemmill (Paul Fleming), page 23
The Magic Circular, Vol. 91, No. 980, November 1997, A Rich Cabinet of Magical Curiosities by Edwin A. Dawes, PAUL FLEMING, THE MAGICIAN, Part One: Academia, economics, magic and publishing, page 215
The Magic Circular, Vol. 91, No. 981, December 1997, A Rich Cabinet of Magical Curiosities by Edwin A. Dawes, PAUL FLEMING, THE MAGICIAN, Part One: Academia, economics, magic and publishing (continued), page 242
Cover, M-U-M, Vol. 98, No. 7, December 2008, The Economist Magician, by Robert Kirkwood Spencer, page 65, A Plea for Magical Literature by Paul Fleming, page 67
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