The James File 1 & 2 +Index & The First Fifty Years - Allan Slaight

Are you ready for some heavy reading?  Over 2600 pages (20 lbs.) of magic from Stewart James. Are you ready to learn about some of the most devious secrets, and how they were created?  If you are up for some intense reading, then read on...- Don

All 4 of these books have clear acetate protector covers, and therefore the photos appear overly glossy.

First, here is the information on The James File and the accompanying Index:

Within these volumes are meticulously described 556 tricks and routines conceived by Stewart James. Of these, 478 have not been published before. Many of the originations of this extraordinary man appearing here for the first time are brilliant, some are transcendent. And of the 148 choice variants of his inventions created by others, 74 have not seen print before.

Nearly 1700 Pages of Stewart James' Magic, Most Previously Unpublished

Compiled and Written by Allan Slaight, accompanied by Max Maven

Two Hardbound Volumes With A Hardbound Index of Some 15,000 Entries for Stewart James In Print and The James File

The largest work ever published on magic, let alone on the magic of one man. But Stewart James was a remarkable magician, as these three volumes attest. Volumes 1 and 2 of The James File contain nearly 1700 pages of Stewart James's magic, most of it previously unpublished. The third volume presents Bill Goodwin's astonishingly thorough 122-page index to all the material in The James File and in the earlier companion volume, Stewart James in Print: The First Fifty Years.

Index: VERY GOOD condition, HC w/dj, 122 pages
James File Vol.1: VERY GOOD condition, HC w/dj, 759 pages
James File Vol. 2: VERY GOOD condition, HC w/dj, 837 pages

The other HUGE volume included is "Stewart James In Print: The First Fifty Years." This is one of the largest magic books ever published. It is a testament to the genius of one man. Stewart James In Print features more than 400 tricks and routines Mr. James has published or marketed over a fifty year span of incredible creativity. In addition to scores of intriguing special chapters, each trick is prefaced by a fascinating introduction. It is here we learn much about the history of magic in this century, the evolution of these ground-breaking original mysteries and, indeed, Mr. James' own unique techniques to ignite the creative process. When this book first appeared, it shocked the magic community. It was as large as the New York phonebook, 1025 pages filled with 412 exceedingly clever tricks, and all by one man! And this was only the first volume, beginning a chronicle of unparalleled inventiveness that would be completed years later by THE JAMES FILE. When word of the quality of magic presented in STEWART JAMES IN PRINT began to circulate, two printings of the book sold out quickly and it has been out of print and eagerly sought after for years. The breadth of material is amazing, the ingenuity unique in all of magic.

VERY GOOD condition, HC w/dj, 993 pages