Magic, Conjuring & Illusion
]ZAMLOCH, Carl Eugene - The Great ZAM] 17 Simple but Mystifying Tricks to Entertain Your Friends; Series No. 2 by The Great ZAM (1937)
]ZAMLOCH, Carl Eugene - The Great ZAM] 17 Simple but Mystifying Tricks to Entertain Your Friends; Series No. 2 by The Great ZAM (1937)
$20.00
Los Angeles: Signal Oil Company, No date [1937]. First Edition. Stapled wrappers (3.5 x 6.5 inches). 12 pp. Illustrated in b&w. Small hole punch at upper left which goes through the entire booklet, light corner crease, otherwise near fine. Scarce.
This was issued by the Sinclair Oil & Gas Company as a premium for their customers. Contains 17 tricks. Carl Eugene Zamloch (1889–1963) was a major league baseball pitcher, professional magician, and head coach of the University of California baseball and soccer teams. Zamloch was one of the first modern magicians known for performing the "Card on the Ceiling" trick, doing it while in his teens.