The Silence of Chung Ling Soo limited edition, ed. by Todd Karr SOLD OUT

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Limited edition of 75 copies
Signed by editor Todd Karr
Clamshell case with ribbon tie and foil stamping
Wax seal with Soo’s name in Chinese characters, mixed with gold leaf and cinnabar

The Silence of Chung Ling Soo
Edited by Todd Karr

488 pages
Hardbound in cloth with foil stamping
Full-color dust jacket

Over 125 illustrations

8-page color section
40 Soo posters
50 close-up and stage effects
Soo’s magazine articles
Reprint of Robinson’s Spirit Slate-Writing and Kindred Phenomena
Dozens of fascinating letters between Robinson and Houdini

Cover by Katlyn Breene

Introductory essay by Jim Steinmeyer

    

I’m delighted that, through this collection, we have a chance to appreciate Robinson’s inventive abilities and insights into magic, and that his portrait will, line by line, be that much clearer to us all. — Jim Steinmeyer 

     

This fascinating collection of writings examines legendary performer Chung Ling Soo, alter ego of William E. Robinson of New York, and includes more than fifty of Soo’s extraordinary close-up and stage effects, forty gorgeous color Soo posters, over fifty letters from Robinson to Houdini, Robinson’s insightful articles and books, including a full reprint of his scarce 1898 book Spirit Slate Writing and Kindred Phenomena, plus programs, reviews, biographical profiles, rare photos, and memorabilia.