P & L Book
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Ten years in production, this encyclopedia volume contains the complete advertisements, wonderful artwork, and instructions for more than 175 effects, gimmicks, and props made by the famous Petrie-Lewis Manufacturing company. Plus...Articles by such esteemed magical historians as John Booth and the late Dr. John Henry Grossman, shedding light on the history of the P&L company, the founding of Mysto Manufacturing Company, and the creation of the legendary Mysto Magic Sets.
- More than 275 pages profusely illustrated with historic photos
- 12 pages of full color photos.
The P&L Book is the comprehensive guide to this foremost manufacturer of superbly crafted magical apparatus.
This Book is hardbound in gold stamped royal blue cloth with the glow red P&L Mephistophelian face on the cover. A limited edition publication, this is certain to become a prized possession in the coming years.
Effect categories included:
- Bags
- Balls
- Bottles, Cans, and Lotas
- Candles and Rockets
- Cards
- Cigarettes
- Clocks
- Coins
- Cups and Bowls
- Dice
- Firecrackers
- Flowers
- Funnels
- Glasses
- Livestock
- Matches
- Paper and Wood
- Pencils and Crayons
- Reels and Pulls
- Ribbons, Rings, and Rope
- Shooting Through a Woman
- Silks
- Tables
- Thimbles
- Tubes
- Wands
- Miscellaneous
Byron Walker
"Walker, Barbi"
