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“Amazing! What an accomplishment for both Volkmann and Conjuring Arts!”—David Copperfield
“I’ve never seen a magic-history book like this. It’s more than an encyclopedia of magic and is filled with incredible ideas for anyone who wants to be inspired.”—David Blaine
”These volumes are an amazing accomplishment on every level: The original research, the writing, the translation by Dr. Pieper and Max Pritchard, and the stunning presentation. I’ve had many friends call and write to ask, “Are they worth it? Should I get them?” My answer to all of them, and to you, is “Yes. These are a must.”
These books are a remarkable resource and a remarkable value. As I looked through them, I kept thinking, “I wish Ricky could have seen these.” You’ll be happy from the second you begin to unbox them (this may be the best packing job any book has ever received) beyond the moment you turn the last page and every time you return to these volumes for deeper knowledge and inspiration.
Here is my personal guarantee: If anyone gets these and doesn’t believe that these books and the information inside them are worth many times the asking price, I guarantee the person hasn’t actually read them.
Now that this edition of Volkmann’s History of the Art of Conjuring exists, I cannot imagine not owning it.”—Michael Weber
“Just when you thought you knew something about magic history, A History of the Art of Conjuring comes along and changes everything. These two gigantic books provide a view of magic that is both unfamiliar and endlessly fascinating. Seemingly every page provides us with new information. And as we have come to expect from the Conjuring Arts Research Center, these books are of the highest quality.”—Mike Caveney
“These volumes are breathtaking in their scope, detail, production and vision. They deserve a place on the bookshelf of anyone who is serious about the history of magic.”—Richard Wiseman
“A copy of this work belongs on the shelves of historians and collectors worldwide.”—Edwin A. Dawes
“The most thorough and best-researched history on conjuring ever written. […] This two-volume set of Volkmann’s History of the Art of Conjuring is magnificent and—without a hint of hyperbole—is required in the library of anyone with a serious interest in conjuring history.”—Stephen Minch
Almost a century in the making, appearing for the first time in book form… Kurt Volkmann’s A History of the Art of Conjuring is here.
Kurt Volkmann’s complete “Geschichte der Zauberkunst” series has been fully translated into English by Lori Pieper and Maxwell Pritchard. Volkmann’s articles on magic history are considered by Steffen Taut to be “the best overall investigation on the history of conjuring.” In translating Volkmann’s work, Lori Pieper brought her extensive linguistic knowledge to the project, drawing from over a dozen languages.
Strictly limited to 1,000 numbered sets, available only from Conjuring Arts Research Center.
