Vintage 1920s mail order magic course by Tarbell, a contemporary of Houdini's.

About this item (from Heritage Auctions): "Original Tarbell System Magic Book, 1926. Master magician Harlan Tarbell (1890-1960) created the Tarbell Course in Magic, which became the textbook favored by aspiring illusionists of the 1920s.... Complete with sketches, paraphernalia and suggested patter, so you, too, can perform such tricks as "King Solomon's Marriage Bands," the "Cards, Envelope and Hat" illusion, and "The 'Sucker' Rabbit Box Vanish." 7.5" x 10" book is bolted together at the top...."

Small stapled chapters came in the mail, assembled together with string binding through holes at top.

Sold as found, many chapters loose from binding, one page torn in half, appears substantially complete but not consecutively paginated, may be missing some pages and part of front cover is missing.

Scarce in any condition.