This lot is Father John Naus’ vintage magic book, “Origami With Tumbleweed the Clown” published in 1986. Naus was a Jesuit priest who taught for many years at Marquette University in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He was also know for his alter ego, Tumbleweed the Clown. Father Naus died in 2013. This book is a compilation of eight origami folds that produce small fingertip items all the way to a shirt.

This book is unusual in that it came from the library of Paul Gretzinger, a well-known Ohio magician who died in 2000. The book has his signature inside the front cover.

The book is approximately 8.5″ tall by 5.5″ wide and has 10 pages.

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