From : www.hermeticpress.com : While a sizable literature devoted to mentalism was produced in the past hundred years, little has stood the test of time. Among the scant amount that has is that of MAX MAVEN. Writing under the name of Phil Goldstein, MAVEN has created one of the largest, cleverest and most influential bodies of work in the field, stretching from the latter part of the twentieth century into the twenty-first.

Published by Repro Magic, London, England
Republication of a work first published in hard back in 1972 by Repro 71. This edition marks the Silver Anniversary of the Publisher. It differs from the first edition by the inclusion of the three items in Part Four. These were originally marketed separately and the text and illustrations are taken from the original instruction sheets which incorporated material published under Al Koran's name in "The Gen".