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*[[A Lifetime in Magic]], Percy Abbott, 1960
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*[[Comedy Magic]] - Percy Abbott (1937)
*[[Comedy Magic]] - Percy Abbott
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*[[A Lifetime in Magic]] - Percy Abbott (1960)
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* Contributions
 
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**[[Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks For Magicians (Volume 1)]] - compiled by [[Stewart James]]   
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**[[Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks For Magicians (Volume 1)]] (1941) - compiled by [[Stewart James]]   
**[[Rice's Encyclopedia of Silks]], Volume 1
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**[[Rice's Encyclopedia of Silks]], Volume 1, (1948)
  
 
== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==

Revision as of 12:04, 29 May 2008

Percy Abbott (1886-1960)

Born May 3 in Australia, later became a U.S. citizen.

Date of Death: 26 August 1960, Colon, Michigan, USA. (heart ailment)

Co-founded the Blackstone Magic Company in Colon, Michigan with Harry Blackstone Sr. from 1929-1931.

Founded the Abbott Magic & Novelty Co. with partner Recil Bordner in 1933.

Abbott's Get-Together is held yearly in Colon, Michigan.

Publisher of TOPS Magazine.

Books

External Links

Rare movie of Percy Abbott and Recil Bordner performing the Super X Levitation in front of the Abbott's Magic Shop.