Marian Chavez Encyclopedia of Dove Magic

Description Pre-owned; covers lightly soiled; small ink mark on the word “OF” on front cover; interior pages in clean like-new condition. Second edition 1979; published by Tannen Magic, Inc.; 153 pages. Softbound; photos and illustrations; page size 8-1/2″ x 11″. Probably the best book on dove magic! Written by the legendary Marian Chavez, co-founder of the Chavez School of Magic. A beautifully produced book about dove magic and all those extra things you need to know: Care, feeding, and effective training of doves, types of cages, presentation pointers, safe harnesses, conditioning the audience, etc. along with many fine dove effects such as The Floating Dove, Dove Tray Production, Egg to Dove, Production Dove Cage. There is an appendix containing Slydini’s Master Dove Production. Illustrated with drawings and photos. If you are thinking about adding dove magic to your act, this is the manual to have! Contents include: Foreword Foreword to the Revised Edition Care, Feeding, and Handling of Doves Training Is a Two-Way Street The Tinting of Doves For Assistants Only Conditioning the Audience Can I Become That Good? Pointers on Presentation Take Your Audience with You How to Get Applause Pete Bouton’s Birds of Freedom All About Dove Loads Neil Foster’s Dove Production E-Z Dove Production The J. B. Dove Production Hypnotizing the Dove Displaying the Doves Training of the Doves Top Hat Magic The Floating Dove a la Zombie Technicolor Doves Carnival Tissue to Dove Dove Tray Production Dove Triangle The Dove in the Net Egg to Dove Hong Kong Dove Production Visible Dove Production Box Production Dove Cage The Andre Kole Dove Kones Dove From Frame See Thru Screen Dove Box Dove Vanish a la Paper Bag Transistorized Doves Frames of Mystery Novel Vanish and Appearance of a Dove From Paper Bag Twentieth Century Cane and Dove Magic with a Silken Dove Holder Dove From Tissues Portfolio Appendix 1: The Magician’s Primer Guide to Doves: Their Care and Handling INTRODUCTION SELECTION CAGING AND CAGE CARE FEEDING GENERAL MANAGEMENT TRAINING ILLNESSES AND DISEASES BREEDING Appendix 2: Slydini’s Master Dove Production THE EFFECT CONSTRUCTION OF THE DOVE BAG THE CLASP THE SET-UP PRESENTATION SLYDINI’S DOVE CREATIONS DOVE FROM BALLOON DOVE FROM SILKS SYMPATHETIC FINISH DOVE FROM WAND