Kabbala Volume 3. Jon Racherbaumer. New York: Louis Tannen, 1975. First collected edition of this volume. Pictorial wrappers with Medusa-like figure to the front. Illustrated. 4to. THE AMAZING KRESKIN'S copy, bearing his ownership signature in ink inside the front wrapper, and with his inked notation to the front cover stating, ?Top Secret." Inside, Kreskin has noted that ?all copies were to be destroyed." A few pages include inked marginalia.A modern conjuring periodical rarity, being ne of only six or seven surviving examples of this true first printing of the collected third volume of Racherbuamer's close-up magic periodical. Included here is a section of ?Ober Dictum" chronicling disagreements between several card men of the day. Before distribution of the printed books, it was decided that this public airing of grievances was in bad taste and all but seven copies of the print run were destroyed. The work was then reprinted with the inflammatory text removed. Offered with Kreskin's copy of the corrected 1976 edition of the work, in a slightly smaller trim size, and with a different cover, and lacking the inflammatory material. A writeup of the history surrounding this redacted publication is also included.