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and the right amount of larceny made copies of one of Ed's manuscripts. He began hearing reports of the material being all over the country, first here, then there. Then a copy landed in Chicago and Ed had a chance to see it. Apparently, the evil-doer was well educated and had access to much upper-echelon office equipment. He had gone over Eddie's manuscript with a fine toothcomb, correcting, adding a touch here and there, underlining key phrases, coloring significant passages. It was Eddie's book, but glorified. The Polish national characteristic is to never take it sitting down, but keep one foot on the rung of the chair when you stand up. Ed got mad for a minute but when the book needed reprinting he moved in on the newly edited copy, word, sentence and chapter. Ed is nobody's fool!
Poor Bob Harbin can't get any revenge on his own, any more. I hope the public feeling in magic will supply it in his absence.
Terry Seabrooke has become a fixture around the Magic Castle so that was one of the first places where eyebrows were raised when David Copperfield used parts of the Burned Bill routine on his T.V. special, March 8th. And, of course, it was the subject of much talk among magicians in our magic store and probably others. Terry does a superb job with the burning borrowed bill, one of his finest routines. His authentic and chuckle-provoking three seal barks are a Seabrooke hallmark. It is a bit everyone waits for the second time around. However, Terry, like all other performers puts out lecture notes and writes up routines for books, magazines and dealer items. Once material is put in print the performer has, in effect, passed it on to others to use. It would be slightly ridiculous to print it and
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I am sure many people refer to this as a gossip column. So, they won't feel bad if I bring you some gossip...from both coasts. For the East Coast, rumor has it that "somebody" has reprinted the famous Harbin book. That takes about as much trouble as making a plastic copy of the Venus de Milo, and will cause as much pain in the hearts of those who respect our profession. YOU JUST DON'T DO THINGS LIKE THAT! It took money, no question about that, and to get that money back how do you distribute these spurious copies? Everybody in the business knows that the book was sold out completely, copies going into collections and libraries, very seldom offered for sale at auctions, etc. So won't a dozen copies stacked on a dealer shelf look odd? Would you want to try to sell such an object? I knew Bob Harbin personally. Everybody liked him. Everybody respected him, acknowledged him as a real pillar of our society. I just hate the idea of his work and his memory being so treated.
I am reminded of a time when Ed Mario began to put out his higher priced manuscripts, almost parallel with the time copying machines became so prolific. Again, "someone" with opportunity, equipment
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