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Jarrett, Guy. Jarrett. Magic and Stage Craft Technical. [New York]: Author, (1936). Blue cloth lettered in black. Spine rubbed, hinges reinforced (possibly as issued); very good overall. Inscribed and signed on the title page by Jarrett: “To Jack Hazelhurst, Old friend – the many long discussions we’ve had; from p-holes to presidents we have found all the answers. Guy Jarrett / Dec. 18th, ’36.” Scarce. Written by the author as he set the type and printed the book’s pages on a tiny tabletop press, “the Jarrett book,” as it has come to be known, is filled with coarse language and frank assessments of magic and magicians of the time. It is also, almost without a doubt, one of the most significant accomplishments in the literature of stage illusions. Jarrett produced perhaps fewer than 500 copies of the book, and many fewer still have survived the years. After printing the pages, the illustrative plates were supplied by an offset house, then Jarrett gathered the signatures, sewed them together, bound them up, and offered them for sale at $5 each.