The Man Who Was Magic by Paul Gallico

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good-. 1966. Doubleday. 1st Edition.

Jane lives in the secret city of Mageia, devoted to intense study and competition in Stage Magic. Every form of trick and slight of hand that can be practiced or manufactured. One day Adam and the talking dog Mopsy appear at the gates. Nothing will ever be the same.