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A Boon For All Seasons by Eric Mason and Barrie Richardson
This
manuscript details the use of one of the most storied and effective magic
marking systems available, the boon. From the construction of a boon to
the proper uses and routines, this booklet has it all. The magic that
can be achieved with this little item is truly breathtaking. You can perform
high-level mentalism and impossible predictions that will get people talking.
$ 20.00
A
Cut Deeper by Aldo Colombini
This
is a book of card effects for the magician who’s looking for strong impromptu
card magic. It contains twenty-five new routines with just a regular deck
of cards and as said, strictly impromptu. Contributors: John Bragoli,
Stephen Clark, Aldo Colombini, Tom Daugherty, Ken de Courcy, Paul Gordon,
Tom Hubbard, Joe Hustler, Stewart James, Kinos, Paul Marcus, Max Maven,
Peter Rees, Joe Riding, John Yeager. Pages 32 - Saddle Stitched
$10.00
A Darker Light by Ronald J. Dayton
The
latest book from the fertile mind of Ronald J. Dayton (a.k.a Kotah) is
a collection of dark stories and poems entangled in a web of magic. Some
120 plus pages of material for the Bizarrist. Twisted, and thought provoking
stuff. Dark but real, pages from the tests of life. Tales that will touch
emotions, and possibly a nerve or two. Things which once heard, will not
soon be forgotten. Presentations gathered over the past three years and
all released in one book for the very first time. A Darker Light is sure
to please the dark side of your performers soul. Come, walk this shadow
path, bathed in a darker light. In its glow you will come to know magic
differently. This is the best of Dayton, at Dayton's best! The imagery
of words used as tools of creative inspiration. Here is what James Luce
had to say after reading this book: "I Just wanted to announce my most
joyous experience I had when reading Brother Kotah's new book "A Darker
Light. All I can say is wow! He has created works which will tug on hearts
and intrigue the mind with the vivid imagery of his story telling. Among
my favorites are Amanda's Last Breath, a heart jerker where meaningful
words are manifested from the loss of someone special. Oh What a Tangled
Web... where a spiders web is a metaphor for lies. This ends with a visual
surprise! Money Does Not a Restless Spirit Soothe, Where the spirits of
mistreated workers comeback and avenge an insult the company ensues upon
their families. It is obvious from reading Ronald J. Dayton's creations
that he is a very talented writer and cares deeply about his art. You
can count me amongst his fans. May your inquisitive mind bloom and creations
blossom." This excursion into the world of Bizzarism is a collection of
powerful but simple bizarre effects as well as poems and stories useful
for atmosphere and just plain getting you in the ookie mood. Set to release
in February, this book features over 30 bizarre effects presented in story
form. Not for the novice, this book simply hints at methodology, preferring
instead, as with all good bizarre magick, to focus on the presentation
and mood. Bizarre magick seems to be the final progression for many entertainers.
We grow tired of amusing only ourselves, and seek to add real power and
amazement to what we do. As we venture into the work of magick, with a
K- the real stuff, we often find that our traditional performances shift
as well. We move from one who simply does tricks, into the ranks of one
who entertains, and that dear friends is real magic! A Darker Light will
be printed in soft cover 8.5" X 11" format, and is sure to please the
dark side of your performers soul.
$ 35.00
A Magician Among Spirits by Harry Houdini
The Original Manuscript, from the Christopher Collection - In 1924, Houdini's
prized effort, A Magician Among The Spirits, was published. Much to his
dismay, the editors at Harper & Brothers rearranged, rewrote and above
all cut out huge portions of the text. The original typed manuscript for
A Magician Among The Spirits survives in Milbourne Christopher's collection,
unread except by a few people, for nearly half a century. Now Richard
Kaufman and Maurine Christopher have published the original typed manuscript
in facsimile, with handwritten corrections by Houdini and Oscar Teale.
The edition is limited to 1000 copies. This 400 page oversized book is
adorned with the same sepia-toned rare photograph of Houdini that accompanies
the manuscript. Covered in black cloth and housed in a matching slipcase.
This book will be published only one time.
$ 125.00
"A"
Material by Jim Pace
Professional Effects for the Stand-up Restaurant Worker After his wildly
successful Restaurant Worker's Handbook , Jim Pace now shares his favorite
pet routines. This top notch material will make you the toast of dining
rooms, bars and bistros and have your audiences eating out of the palm
of your hand! This is the material Jim uses nightly and each bit has been
honed to perfection over the last 20 years, presented with all the nuances
and handling tips plus options for various endings.Contains: * Ultimate
Card Trick - You locate a selected card...handcuffed! * The Miser's Dream
- A close-up Miser's Drea, climaxing with a stream of coins from the spectator's
nose and the production of a jumbo 6-inch coin! * For Way One Handed Cut
- As opposed to a four handed one way cut. * Using Luck - Instantly locate
any card called out. It involves luck, but you'll be surprised at the
number of hits you get. * A Tear-able Trick - A torn and restored napkin
- performed by the spectator! * The Vanishing Silk - An unconventional
routine with many progressively amazing phases. * Three Coin Surprise
- A beautiful three coin routine acts as smoke for a surprising card transformation.
* Two Step Aces - A four ace production from a shuffled deck. * Floating
Match - A match floats and inch off your hand ñ barehanded! * Punishment
- An arthritis producing stand-up coin routine. Plus much, much more!
$ 30.00
A.I.R. (Almost Impromtu Riser)
Is
it possible to perform the classic Rising Card effect without strings,
magnets or elastic and without gaffed cards or gimmicked decks of any
kind? A. It is now. With David Forrest's A.I.R! With A.I.R. all you need
is an ordinary deck and one minute of simple preparation. You are now
set to cause any selected card to rise eerily from the centre of a cased
deck at a moments notice. Prepare it once, perform it again and again.
The rise is under your complete control. The card rises from the middle
of the deck. The card can be removed from the deck by the spectator.
$15.00
Abbott’s
Encyclopedia of Rope Magic for Magicians by Stewart James
Legendary
encyclopedia for magicians contains over 150 tricks: Loop the Loop, Jamison’s
Severed Rope, The Tarbell Rope Mystery, The Encore Rope Trick, Eddie Clever’s
Triple Cut Routine, Bachelor’s Needle and many more. Step-by-step instructions
and over 500 illustrations show you how to master these dazzling feats.
$ 8.95
Absolute
Magic by Derren Brown
Finally
available in America! Following the success of Pure Effect , Derren Brown
offers a detailed study of the most difficult task facing any close-up
magician: how to make magic convincing. This is a rich and witty journey
through the thinking of Britain’s foremost current magical performer,
whose television specials have revolutionized mentalism and drawn massive
viewing figures. Absolute Magic offers the profoundest thinking, expressed
in the most memorable and vivid prose, and is a necessary modern classic
for the magician or mentalist striving to make his performances more powerful.
This is a manifesto for performing excellence, not a mere collection of
routines. Those who study it carefully will find much practical information,
not only on close-up magic (Derren’s emotion packed presentation for the
floating ring, for example) and mentalism, but also his unique approach
to theatrical pick-pocketing.Originally privately published by the author,
Absolute Magic was only available directly from Derren via his password
protected web site. Those fortunate few who were able to negotiate the
web site and place their order have cherished their copies. With his performing
career no longer affording him the luxury of filling orders, he has authorized
its publication and the book is now available. “If the author’s previous
book, Pure Effect, was a challenge to the status quo of close-up magic,
then Absolute Magic is an outright call to arms… he wants not only to
alter the way we do our art and work, but he wants to transform the way
we think and feel about it. ...Mr. Brown also possesses considerable experience
with pick-pocketing, a subject he explores in some technical as well as
theatrical depth. There is some pragmatic contents of the book, which
still serves as a vehicle for Mr. Brown’s thoughtful consideration of
artistic issues.” -Jamy Ian Swiss, Genii Magazine March 2000 Here is an
excerpt from the book, cited in the Genii review, as characteristic of
its contents: “Have the courage to think from this starting-point, and
to leave ninety percent of your repertoire behind you. Then go out to
perform fresh and eager to improve even more, and from the moment you
arrive, invent and walk your own prestige Carry it around with you with
the quiet nature of the man confident in his authority. Communicate it
thoroughly and subtly before any magic begins. You are not a juggler,
nor a mere amuser of the middle-classes: you are a magician. The main
task of that wonderful job is to lift people out of themselves. You are
a connection to a wondrous world, and if you forget that and just become
a mingling trickster, then you are undercutting yourself, and denying
yourself the shiver of an unrivalled type of job satisfaction. In keeping
with our model, it is vital that you transport people: that in some sensitive
way you challenge the comfort of the social context. In places where the
posh gather and talk about silly things, you must gradually, softly, sound
a bass note that rumbles. You act with caution, and you pace the mood
of the event (and you don’t cloud that judgment by swigging too much of
the Champagne yourself), but you remember that you are there to create
magic… and you bide your time.” Warning: This is not a book for the casual
reader nor one who is easily offended! 251 pages, cloth bound.
$50.00
Acer, David - 1999 Notes
$ 10.00
Acer, David - 2001 Notes
$ 10.00
Acer, David & Jay Sankey - Crossroads
$ 10.00
Act 1 Book by Michael P. Lair
This 32 page booklet is filled with over 80 illustrations and contains:1:4
Billiard Finale Red Silver Black Candle Rewind Jack in the Box Silver
Fire Les Fleurs Invisimax
$12.00
Act Of Imagination by Enrique Enriquez and Kenton Knepper
"This Material Is So Fantastic - I Bought The Rights To It! Only once
before have I paid to write and publish someone else's ideas. The first
time was some unknown performer at the time named 'Luke Jermay' and the
book was the now-classic '7 Deceptions'. This is only the second time
I bought the rights to the material of someone else. That ought to tell
you a great deal." - Kenton Knepper This is the inside, practical, real
work of "Kentonism" and "Telepathy In Action" taken to new heights and
performed with greater ease and comfort than ever before. If you like
"Kentonism" or "Telepathy In Action", this is a MUST HAVE book. What IS
the Act of Imagination? Do a full hypnosis type act without any hypnosis,
stooges, trick props, or set-up. People may think they have become furniture,
see themselves without pants - any number of wild seemingly "hypnotic
demonstrations" are performed without paid helpers or real hypnosis. This
is the full act just as Enrique Enriquez has performed it around the world,
in theatres, living rooms, art museums and television. You get all the
details of the act Enrique is performing to this day to gather fame and
honor worldwide. Psst! It's EASY. But it will take practice. PLUS Enrique
also tips for the first time his classic blindfold portrait effect with
all the touches and details only he alone can tell. Draw accurate portraits
of unseen people, even if you are not an artist! AND Kenton tips his special
duct tape blindfold designed for Enrique's act as well. Your head is down,
eyes to the floor the entire time, duct tape all over your eyes and nose.
No nose peek, no seeing through the blindfold either. REALLY. Of course
there's a secret - and Kenton finally reveals it here for the first time
here. Many have raved about this gem. We know that once people read this
work, the buzz will be all over the place, just as it was with 7 Deceptions.
This book will change how we do Kentonism, TIA and hypnosis on stage forever.
It isn't easy to impress Kenton, and nearly impossible to get him to buy
the rights to anyone else's work. Learn why Kenton spent a great deal
of time and money to get this material into print. If he believes this
much in the material, you can imagine how thrilled you are going to be!
Enrique Enriquez is a student of Kenton Knepper and has performed the
world over with the material in this book. Now it can be yours Pages 44
$40.00
Act
Two by Barrie Richardson
When
Barrie Richardson's Theater of the Mind was published in 1999, it drew
immediate acclaim from mentalists and magicians, professional and amateur
alike, and quickly became a bestseller. In it, Richardson, a longtime
professional performer and speaker, exhibited an unerring track record
for fashioning astonishing effects and routines, dressed in powerful and
engaging presentations and supported by ingenious, practical methods.
In Act Two, Barrie Richardson shows that he has lost none of his gentle
thunder. His new book features 54 tricks, ideas and routines, with all
the attributes for which his work has become known and admired. Most include
full presentations that use humanity, humor and an unfaltering sense of
drama, that culminate in feats that are clearly impossible and thoroughly
amazing. Along with some of his most prized routines, Richardson includes
valuable examples taken from his professional repertoire of motivational
talks for public and business audiences. The scenes in Act Two amount
to what might be called a modern "miracle play." Here is a scant sampling
of the action: • Spectators name any card and a position in the deck.
They count down to that position in an isolated pack and find their card
at the precise number they chose. The performer never touches the cards,
there are no forces or switches, and the deck is ungimmicked. • Remarkable
new billet techniques are applied to ordinary business cards and Post-It
notes to create astonishing effects of mind reading. • A deck of cards,
shuffled by two spectators, mysteriously separates into reds and blacks
in their hands, while the performer tells of mysteries experienced on
Mt. Kenya at the equator. • Various feats of superhuman memory and rapid
calculation convince audiences of the performer's extraordinary mental
powers—and their own. • A strange solid form materializes under an ungimmicked
cloth napkin, and then just mysteriously melts away. • The true and complete
method is revealed for the ancient Jar of Rice Suspension, presented to
a tale of training and accomplishment in China. • Ground-breaking methods
are explained for the divining of one or several mentally selected cards.
• Also included are three new deck-switches, done while standing, that
require no sleights or use of pockets; a deck that secretly unshuffles
itself after being mixed by a spectator; and many more mysteries using
coins, bills, magazines, marbles, rope and more. Frequently, sequels fail
to live up to their predecessors. That is not the case here. You won't
want to miss Act Two. A quality hardcover, 382 pages of baffling and practical
material, loaded with full presentations.
$ 47.00
Acting For Magicians by Richard Tennace
One
of the main reasons magicians neglect the "acting" part of magic is because
magic is such a demanding discipline to learn. A performing magician wears
many hats. The magician has to learn sleights, misdirection and technical
prowess of the hands. The magician is the choreographer, writer, sound
person, booker and promoter of his show. Learning how to develop a character
often takes a back seat because "there's no time to do everything!" But
taking the time to learn how to develop a real character, or stage persona,
is the most important thing you can do! It is the thing people remember
and it's the thing that will keep getting you booked! Cover's Such Topic's
As: * Playing The Part * Thinking Like Your Character * Dress And Look
Like Your Character * The Base Character * Talking Like Your Character
* The Theatrical Purpose
$ 19.95
Advanced
Fingertip Control by Edward Marlo
Originally
a private release by Edward Marlo in 1970, and like many of his other
privately distributed works, Advanced Fingertip Control contains many
effects and techniques that came as a wonderful surprise to those expecting
only techniques, as suggested by the title. After all these years, it
is surprising how little known and seldom used Eddie's efforts are during
the present time. By releasing this information, Randy Wakeman hopes that
the power of this knowledge will be unleashed to a greater degree.
$ 35.00
Advanced Illusion Projects by Tim Clothier
Full
Color Throughout Photographs Story Boards A Chapter About Building Mock-Ups
Scale Drawings Extremely Detailed Plans 3d Views Exploded Drawings Of
Illusion Construction The 8 illusions in the book include: STEAM The appearance
of the Magician from steam coming from a network of pipes. R/C CAR VANISH
A radio controlled car vanishes from its box and reappears on the far
side of the stage. COMPACT DECEPTION The Magician turns a CD player into
his assistant. HEADZ UP The assistant is cut into three pieces then the
box opened to show the legs, torso and head all separated. ALIEN ABDUCTION
An AREA51 routine in which an Alien vanishes and reappears in the Magician's
place. Each illusion design features detailed scale plans of the entire
structure of the prop. All parts of the illusion are shown and described,
including information on how to build them; materials to use and recommended
finishes. 156 Pages
$49.50
Adventures of 51 Magicians & A Fakir
Is
this a book? A mentalism effect? A deck of cards? A Book Test? It's all
of this and more! Did the magician Cazeneuve and the Queen of Madagascar
have an affair? Was there a ghost living in the house of the Fox Sisters?
Did he pay his rent on time? Why do magicians pull a rabbit out of a hat
instead of a raccoon? Who was buried at The Great Lafayette's funeral
if it wasn't The Great Lafayette? Who killed Chung Ling Soo? What magician
invented the pay toilet? This book, which also functions like a deck of
cards, deals with the history of magic, but with an original focus. It
does it through the caricatures and biographies of fifty-two of the most
important magicians of all time. It is a work filled with history, humor,
and adventure, but, above all, it is a book about magic and how to do
magic. This deck-like book is so filled with magicians that it has ended
up taking on magic powers! With the book and a deck of cards you can guess
what is written on any page that has heen chosen at random hy a spectator,
the caricature of a magician selected by a playing card, the page which
a spectator chooses matches the only red card in a blue-backed deck, a
line of text appears rotated when a spectator turns over the corresponding
card. This book will allow you to invent a multitude of new tricks as
well! adventures of 51 Magicians and a Fakir Book contains more than one
hundred magnificent caricatures drawn hy Angel Idfgoras, a magician and
artist, along with the life, stories, and miracles of each and every one
of these celebrities. From the first prestidigitators to the most famous
contemporary magicians: Houdini Maskelyne, Hofzinser, Saint John Rosco,
Dai Vernon, Slydini, Annemann, Cardini, Okito, Levand, Tamariz, Ascanio,
and Copperfield! This is the first deck-like book that is an illustrated
history of magic, and it belongs in each and every serious magician's
library! 160 pages, hardcover.
$ 40.00
After the Force by Ron Frost
Ron
Frost Finally reveals some of his favorite methods, moves, and effects
using the Classic Force. The effects listed in this book are time-tested
effects that Ron Frost still uses in his act today. Many effects using
the classic force are listed, but Ron also includes other methods as well
as routines with non traditional playing cards. Many of the effects in
this book have never been in print. Get your copy now. Includes companion
Performance DVD showing performance footage of several of the included
effects.
$ 45.00
Aftercraft by J. K. Hartman
"This
book is a sequel to Card Craft - Collected Trickery, published in 1991.
An advance reading of that volume or a knowledge of its contents, however,
is not assumed or required. Necessary moves and sleights described in
the earlier book are redescribed in full, eithe rin the introductory chapter
(Covering all Basics) or in the body of a trick, although (unlike Card
Craft) a general compendium of standard sleights is not included." Hartman's
Card Craft has become a modern day classic of magical literature. After
Craft is an equally fine publication. All cards, all fascinating, and
all expertly described and illustrated.
$ 54.00
Al Koran's Professional Presentations by Hugh Miller
In
1968, Al Koran's Professional Presentations was published by Harry Stanley
in London. This highly sought after book has now been reprinted by Martin
Breese. Here it all is. The Gold Medallion, Ring on Stick, Birthday Card
Trick, Book Test, Torn & Restored Cigarette Paper, Black Magic, Encore
Card Stab, Doodles, Princess Card Trick Plus, Nap Hand Deal, Double Thought,
Card Prediction, Sure Fire Force, The Flying Ring (today known as Ring
Flight), The Pendulum Tells, Double Deal, and the Note Under the Cup.
Enough great magic in this one book alone to perform an entire show. A
classic!! 80 Page Hardbound.
$ 35.00
Aleister Crowley
$ 15.00
Alexander - The Man Who Knows by David Charvet and John Pomeroy
If
this story were submitted as a script to a movie studio, it would be laughed
out of Hollywood. “Too far fetched,” they would say. And they would be
right except for one thing… it’s all true. Throughout this book, two very
different stories unfold. First there is the account of Claude Alexander
Conlin, the man who became perhaps the highest paid entertainer in the
field of magic. Starting out as a stage illusionist, Alexander eventually
discarded the large props and relied on his tremendous skills as a showman
to put over an act of mentalism and psychic readings. As the turbaned
Man Who Knows, Alexander earned four million dollars over the course of
a relatively short career during the 1920s. The second story that runs
concurrently with Alexander’s theatrical career includes details on his
seven marriages (sometimes to more than one woman at once), time spent
in local jails and federal prison, his trial for attempting to extort
an oilman millionaire, his failed attempt to out run the authorities in
a high powered speed-boat loaded with bootlegged liquor, and the four
men that he admitted killing. It is not the kind of story in which you
expect to find names like Harry Kellar, Dr. A.M. Wilson, Harry Houdini,
Servais Le Roy, Howard Thurston, Floyd Thayer, Joe Dunninger and Harry
Blackstone but here they are, both friend and foe alike. From the gold
fields of Alaska to séance parlors on the Barbary Coast to the most luxurious
theaters in North America, the story of The Man Who Knows is a story like
no other.
$ 65.00
A-ha
by David Harkey and Eric Anderson
Watch a book of matches burst into flame without touching it. Unlock a
car of any make by pointing at it. Learn a false shuffle and bridge you
will actually use. Drop a borrowed coin into your drink, bringing the
liquid to a boiling froth, then spoon out the coin, bent like a used bottle
cap. Turn a pack of cards into solid stone, splitting like a rock when
you drop it. Automatically switch decks under the noses of your audience,
using subtlety rather than sleight of hand. Pluck the petals from a daisy,
ending on she loves me not. Then blow on the flower, making one petal
reappear. She loves me! Five years in the making, here is a collection
of street - tested magic with calling cards, coffee cups, matches, coins,
bills, rubber bands, newspapers, playing cards. pencils and more. More
than twenty effects in all. Hardbound.
$ 36.00
Alpha
Series Volume I - Before The Curtain Rises, A Treatise on Preshow Work
by Mark Strivings
How would you like to learn a simple technique that produces completely
unexplainable, mind-blowing miracles! My friend, your day has come. This
book, the first of the Alpha Series of manuscripts, contains much of the
real work on this under explored topic, bringing together 20 years of
experience into one source. Not only is the "how" of preshow
work explored, but the "why" as well. Ton's of techniques for
both the solo performer as well as those who have a full support team.
The strengths and weaknesses of preshow, as well as a complete section
of useful devices for the preshow worker is included. Then just for good
measrue, seven effects are explored (including the strongest ending for
the Tossed-Out Deck). All of this and much more is crammed into 32 pages,
comb-bound in card covers. You'll find yourself referring to this one
over and over. Miracles await you in this book!
$ 25.00
Alpha Series Volume II - Miracles From The Hip, A Treatise On The Art
Of Pocket Writing by Mark Strivings
In This 50+ page book, all the secrets of the incredible technique
of pocket writing are laid out. Dozens of facets including 9 different
writers, 12 different writings "desk", exercises, technique,
revealments, accessories and, of cours, effects - 8 of them in all! Any
Secret writing is a deadly in the right hands. Pocket writing can be done
anywhere, under any circumstances, plus it is angle-proof. What more could
you ask! Add this technqiue to your arsenal and you can create miracles
anywhere.
$ 25.00
Alph Series Volume Volume III - Silent Partner, A Treatise On The Use
Of Cribs by Mark Strivings
A good crib can be your best friend. It can tell you the secrets of
the universe. Well, almost. Want to completely blow your audience away?
Here's your chance. "Silent Partner" explores the almost unkown
art of the use of cribs. Unknown because there is virtually nothing of
any substance in the entire literature regarding them. Think about this...
What if Mark could show you a way that no one, not even well posted magicians
and mentalists of the method for a miarcle? How about if Mark could show
you how to make a crib truly invisible? That's what this new book is all
about. In these 50+ comb-bound, card covered pages, every facet of crib
work, including a ton of stuff you've never even cosidered before, is
covered in detail. Included are over two dozen specific cribs for a wide
variety of uses. Also included are such topics as memory, context, motivation,
the peek, magicians guilt, misdirection, hiding the crib, crib construction,
size, location, eyesight, camouflage, effects and much more! Materail
like this is pure gold!
$ 25.00
AM/PM Magazine by Tom Cutts
AM/PM has a unique purpose in the world of magic. It is focused on
the performance of magic. Inside these pages you will find lessons in
motivating actions, providing deeper interest in your magic, and how to
grow as a performer. All of this is taught through new and original routines,
interviews with a unique perspective you won't get in any other magazine,
and essays that shed light on the deeper ideas in magic. AM/PM is written
to provide you with fresh, powerful routines and the details that you
can apply to every routine you do. AM/PM delivers the real world application
of both theory and presentation principles that make magic an experience
to remember. Examples that lead one to discover the art in magic. Examples
to fuel your exploration and growth in the performance of magic. The title
says it all, About Magic...Performing Magic.
$ 7.50 per issue
Ammar, Michael - 1999-2000 Lecture Notes
Includes:
· A Review of the Topit · The Bottle Production · Coin in Bottle · J.C.'s
Super Closer · Incredible Business Machine · Hard Cash · The Floating
Bill · Coins Through the Table · The Difference Between Gambling and Magic
· The Self Printing Business Card · Silk to Egg
$ 10.00
Ammar, Michael- Magical Arts Journal Issue
S10.00
Amazing
Cigar by Jon Racherbaumer
The
Cigar Connoisseur's Secrets to Smoke Rings, Mystifications and Other Cool
Things The Amazing Cigar reveals what lies beyond smoking cigars. You'll
learn: * How to precisely blow world-class smoke rings, including how
to blow fifty ringlets in a single puff, how to blow rings within rings,
double rings and rings underwater. * How to levitate, transform and animate
cigars. * How to convert a cigar lighter into a lie detector, make smoke-filled
bubbles, make a matchbox drawer open by itself, and how to heal a blister
in seconds. * How to make a cigar bend, dance, penetrate solid objects
and defy gravity. * How to juggle cigar boxes and smoke at the same time.
* How to really play with matches and challenge the brainpower of your
friends. * How to read minds and perform miracles with cigar ashes. One
hundred tricks are meticulously explained and accompanied by over 150
detailed photos and illustrations.
$ 24.95
Amazing
Miracles Of Shigeo Takagi by Richard Kaufman
BACK
IN PRINT! "My friend, Shigeo Takagi, is an excellent performer who shows
a keen knowledge of magic with all its subtleties. His work is direct
and to the point, with no superfluous moves. Even if you are acquainted
with the various techniques, he will still deceive you. I greatly admire
this Japanese wonder worker." - Dai Vernon, Hollywood, California - February,
1990 Contents: Foreword By Max Maven Devilishly Direct Takagi's Coins
Across Wild Time The Wild Blanks The Solid Cup Trans-Purse-Sition Trans-Purse-Tation
The Ghostly Silk Who Cuts First? ScissoRope The Leaping Silk Total Triumph
Rising Triumph Color-Shift Triumph The Oriental Coins The Double Thought
Convergence Rope, Knots, and A Wand Double Cut and Restored Rope Monte
With Four Do As I Do Rope Routine Chinese Rubber Band Mystery A Beautiful
Thumb Tie Owan To Tama (Japanese Cups And Balls) New Era Linking Rings
Pages 120 - Hardbound and Illustrated.
$45.00
Amazing World of Mentalism by Burling Hull
Here are the mental feats that have astounded both television and live
audiences, as well as amazed professional magicians and performing mentalists
for years! In this giant book, you will find the best of Burling "Volta"
Hull, with material taken from his many writings and custom creations,
including his Course in Mentalism. Four big chapters include - Amazing
Mental Feats, with more than twenty-four presentations; The Invisible
Hand Writes, dealing with slate effects and fully explaining the "Volta"
spirit slate writing method; The Second Sight Act which is fully detailed
with various methods of handling; and The Question Answering Act, with
fourty-nine different methods explained, including the "Volta" Super-Professional
Mentalism Course, plus the Ultra Question Answering Act - With No Questions
Written as a bonus. Hundreds of hours were spent reading through thousands
of pages of effects, letters, testimonials and advertising, to find the
best effects. The material was then edited and streamlined, to provide
you with direct, concise instructions, without losing any of the subtle
working details.
$ 70.00
An Enchanted
Evening Revised by Kenton
Knepper
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND This Kenton classic has been praised by many performers
as one of the important works which helped create their own character
and the way they think about magic and mentalism. Here are some highlights:
Spoon Bending Parties -- A detailed examination which many mentalists
have asked Kenton to share with them alone, or keep to himself. How to
get others to do metal bending in their own hands in a Psi-Party atmosphere.
Bent Cent - This popular piece is still being sold as an individually
marketed item to this day. Learn how to make your own and save money too.
The Linguistically Twisted Kenton Tarot Trick - A popular effect for mentalists
and weerdists. A classic. Flower Psychological Forces as a Readings -
including a seeming personality test. Packet Trick Readings - Is it a
packet trick or a reading? It's a lot of fun, and surprising too. There's
more than meets the eye here. Enchanted Flower Production - Another marketed
effect that is tipped in this manuscript. A no palming, no holder spring
flower production that has fooled many well-versed performers. It’s EASY.
An amazing invention, you can make yourself. As you can see, "Enchanted"
is a wide and eclectic blend of magic, mentalism, essays on enchantment,
psychology, linguistics and loads more in one place. Most of all, this
manuscript has gained acclaim and status due to the other, non-trick material,
it contains. This work will push and challenge you into reconsidering
who and what you are, as well as what you do. Beautiful, poetic, miraculous,
memorable magic and mentalism that is very different. "Enchanted Evening"
has enchanted many of our best performers, and changed how we view ourselves
and our art. As one friend put it, "It’s as eclectic and as interesting
as you Kenton -- it’s pure Kenton, but everyone will benefit from it greatly
whoever they are". We say if you like Kenton, you’ll love this! Over 60
full size pages
$ 30.00
Anatomy Of Keys by Steven Price
A
tour de force, a book-length poem, embracing a wide variety of poetic
and prose forms, to tell the story of Harry Houdini. Steven Price's Houdini
knows better than most the limitations of life, having bent the efforts
of a lifetime to transcending them, and having failed. Ah, but his thinking!
Or rather Steven Price's thinking with and through him. "Make it muscular
and be apparent in it," says Houdini's archivist/advisor, "words are also
escapes." So they are in a book with the sinew of Anatomy of Keys. The
facts of Houdini's life are here - immigration to America, youth, circus
stint, fame, that notorious life-ending punch - but the facts are the
spine of a deep and ardent meditation on what is. In poems of astonishing
technical virtuosity, Steven Price reads Houdini's world and our own in
compellingly original ways. Swivel-and-snick sputter of a turned handle.
Bald knob bare in the palm. The torpid click And calm take of springs
triggered far within. I'd set myself to hear it clear again, That ordinary
hinge and creak and drag Of doors we live with all our days and lose The
wonder of. (from "XLIV.iv") "Steven Price, in his Anatomy of Keys, draws
us into the intricacy of Harry Houdini's character, as the Master himself
entered trunks, chains, a web of knots. In poem after poem, there is the
miraculous surprise of release. These are moving, brilliant poems, a remarkable
debut." - Tim Lilburn Steven Price was born and raised in Colwood, BC.
His work has appeared in Canadian and American literary journals. He is
one of the poets in Breathing Fire 2: Canada's New Poets, edited by Lorna
Crozier and Patrick Lane. Price graduated from the University of Virginia
Writing Program, and currently teaches poetry and writing at the University
of Victoria. Book Dimensions Approximately 5 1/2" x 8 3/4" (14cm x 22cm)
Pages 141
$18.00
Anderson,
Eric - Lecture Notes
Includes such effects: Lolligag, Backstabber, Serial Killer, Stolen Goods,
Card & Number, Peek A Boo, Salty, Melange, Invisble, Budge
$ 15.00
The
Ancient & Once Lost But Now Found Writings On The Theory & Practice
of Legerdemain, Magic & Related Stuff by Jonathan Pendragon
This is Jonathan Pendragon's Lecture Notes on the Theory of Magic
with his handlings on some tricks. Included effects are: Torn & Restored
Cigarette Paper, The Sands of Time, The Vanishing Canary Cage, The Gravity
Servante, Utility Reel & Ball, Almost Impromptu Haunted Deck, plus
a discussion of the seven basic effects with The Hindu Basket, The Impalement,
Metamorphosis.
$ 20.00
Andrus
Card Control 2 Vols. by Jerry Andrus
Get
ready for a new approach to card magic! Imagine having a card signed and
inserted into the deck, stopping when the card is sticking out of the
deck 1/8th of an inch, so the spectator can see it (his actual card),
going in. The card is pushed in the rest of the way, then the spectator
is asked to name a number between 1-15. You, without ANY cuts, shuffles
or 'moves' of any kind, legitimately count to the named number and find
the signed card! This, and dozens of other miracles, are taught in this
two volume, 176 page set of books. Volume one contains the updated and
reformatted text. Volume two contains over 1,050 line art illustrations
by the author. Each book is spiral-bound, for ease of learning (they can
be laid flat on the table).
$ 45.00
Andrus Notes by Jerry Andrus
This
100 page manuscript details several of Jerry Andrus' most famous effects.
Through illustrated instructions, classics such as 'Zone Zero' and 'Sudden
Surprise' are completely explained. The Book also contains photographs
of Jerry performing magic, as well as some of his self-portraits.
$ 40.00
Andrus, Jerry - Special Magic Lecture Notes
Originally appeared as Lecture Notes for 1974 Japan Tour
Includes: Mylar Mystery, Twin Pipes Routine, Needle Thru Handkerchief,
Coins Thru Handkercheif, Reverse Shuffle Mystery, Sudden Surprise, Coin
Up Sleeve, Vanishing Pen
$ 15.00
Animated Miracles by Yigal Mesika
Yigal
Mesika is an incredibly talented young magician from Israel. He has created
many powerful new effects with the loop. He also found it necessary to
improve the quality of the loop and so, for the past seven years,Yigal
searched until he found a better way to manufacture the loop. The product
you see here can be stretched up to 400% of it's original size and is
perfectly suited, in strength and invisibility, for the routines found
in this book.Until now there has been very little information available
on the loop and that kept the subject relatively unknown and rarely used.
The aim of this book is to guide you through the techniques of working
with the loop, as well as to give you some applicable routines for stage,
close-up and mentalism. Most of the effects were created by Yigal Mesika.
The rest of the effects, as indicated, were compiled from the repertories
of working magicians, Yigal's friends. *** 10 Dynamite Routines! *** ·
Animated Fork - A fork is placed on a table and mysteriously moves. ·
Phenomenon Fork - A fork is placed on a hard surface and begins to spin
rapidly as the magician waves his hand above it. It stops and spins in
the other direction. As soon as it stops it can be picked up for examination
by the audience. · Falling - An object is placed on the table in front
of the performer. Passing his hands around it, he makes it fall. · The
Floating Card - The magician, holding a deck of cards, takes one card
with his right fingers and causes it to remain suspended from his thumb.
He slowly removes his hand away and the card remains floating in mid-air.
· Jumping Fork From Glass - The magician performs a little concerto with
a fork on the rim of a wineglass. The fork is then placed into the glass.
The magician conducts the fork, waving his hands over the glass. The fork
begins to slowly climb out of the glass and suddenly jumps out, dramatically
falling down to the table. · Mystery Glasses - A pair of sunglasses is
placed on a table. Mysteriously they stand up on their own and, in some
cases, the frame-arms fold shut. · Self Revealing Card -A card is freely
selected and returned to the deck. The deck is squared and placed on any
surface. The magician waves his hands some distance above the cards and
the deck mysteriously separates. One card pops out of the deck. It is
shown to be the selected card, and all may be handed out to the audience
for immediate examination. · Matchical Magnetism - A match held by a spectator
visibly jumps to join another match in the magicians hand. · A Touching
Trick - The magician causes someone to feel he has been touched without
any apparent contact. While the eyes of the audience are on him, and while
his own eyes are closed, a spectator feels that his hand has been touched.
The audience can plainly see that the magician did not touch the spectator.
· The Floating Ring - The magician borrows a ring and displays it on his
finger. The ring is suspended from his finger. The finger is moved away
and the ring remains floating in the air totally unsupported. The magician
plucks it from the air and hands it immediately back to it's owner! ·
Easy To Use! · Incredible Effect!
$ 20.00
Loops $ 10.00 for 5
Annals
of Conjuring by Sidney W. Clarke
A
New Edition of Clarke's Comprehensive History of Magic 'The Annals of
Conjuring remains the single most important source of information for
the student of magic history." - Edwin A. Dawes Edited by Edwin A. Dawes
and Todd Karr in association with Bob Read Perhaps the most detailed history
of magic ever written, this massive new edition, edited by Edwin A. Dawes
and Todd Karr in association with Bob Read, adds over 500 informative
endnotes to Clarke's monumental work, with many new discoveries. The new
Annals also includes an introduction by Edwin A. Dawes and his biographical
essays on Clarke; Clarke's personal annotations; plus a new index and
bibliography. The Annals of Conjuring contains nearly 300 illustrations,
many never before published. 640 large-format pages, printed on satin-finish
paper, hardbound and sewn, with 8 color plates and frontispiece, and cover
illustration by visionary artist Katlyn Breene.
$ 100.00
Annemann
- Life & Times of A Legend by Max Abrams
Here
is the complete story of one of the most influential magic writers and
editors of all time-the history of Theodore "Ted" Annemann. Every published,
and many unpublished, creations of Annemann have been gathered for
this unprecedented work, then edited and placed in their proper chronological
order. This huge book contains extensive commentary, which clarifies hundreds
of details about his tricks, his contemporaries and the man himself. It
is as entertaining as it is informative. Annemann's influence on magic
even after his death is explained, as well as the complete genealogy of
his creation The Jinx Magazine and all its descendants. Also included
are performance photos, family photos, publicity material and much more.
Without question this is the largest collection of Annemann memorabilia
ever to be printed. And for the first time, see the extended photo sequence
of Annemann performing his death-defying Bullet Catch! These are merely
a few of the features to be found in this comprehensive coverage of Ted
Annemann. The scope of the material would take pages to describe. This
indispensable book will be of interest to every magician, whether historian,
collector, card worker or mentalist. A lifetime of magical creativity
contained in one volume. 622 pages, hardbound with dustjacket.
$ 80.00
Anneman's Card Magic by Ted Anneman
Here
are 112 brilliant tricks, dazzling flourishes and fascinating manipulations—easily
mastered with this step-by-step guide. For each trick, the author describes
the effect to be produced. Then, in a combination of clear descriptions
and drawings, he precisely describes the method needed to achieve the
desired effect. Includes 48 illustrations
$ 6.95
Annemann
For The 90's by Mark Strivings
Without a
doubt Theodore Annemann has had a huge effect on the state of mentalims
in the 20th Century. Indeed, his works were the first to have an effect
on Mark Strivings' own approach to mentalism. Over the years, like many
others in the field, Mark has adapted effects for his own use. To fit
his venues and his style of performing. This book, Mark's first for the
fraternity, represents some of the results of years of experimentation
and perfromance. This is all Anneman material that has been re-worked
for todays performer. This material reflects the many changes in the world
since Annemann's day. Let's face it, does a minature change bag "fit"
into the modern world, especially when it is used in mentalism? Most likely
not. These routines and handlings that fit into todays performing conditions
and with todays audiences. Included are "Seven keys...etc...etc...etc..",
Mark's complete rehandling of "Seven Keyst to Baldpate"; "What's
A Mirror Got To Do With It?", an update on the classic "As In
A Mirror Darkly"; "It's A Small Difference, But...", an
update on Annemann's "One-Man Genuine Magazine Test"; "Three
Incredibly Useful Card Manipulations for Mentalist"; "One Good
Force Deserves Another"; "No New Nightmares" and more.
Spiral bound, 26 pages in card covers.
$ 15.00
Annotated Erdnase by Darwin Ortiz
The
top card men in the world disagree on many things. One thing they all
agree on is that no other book in the history of card manipulation deserves
careful study more than The Expert at the Card Table. After nearly one
hundred years, it is still considered the foundation upon which modern
card magic is based. It contains some of the most perfectly constructed
sleights in all of card magic. Even more important are the profound lessons
in the real secrets of magic: naturalness, attention to detail, uniformity
of action and the psychology of deception. For nearly a century, the methods
of S.W. Erdnase have been studied, practiced and written about by countless
card experts. One person who spent a lifetime studying every detail of
this landmark book is Darwin Ortiz. The copious notes he kept while meticulously
dissecting each move and every sentence of The Expert form the basis for
The Annotated Erdnase. Darwin's 273 annotations shed new light on the
history of the various moves and effects, provide technical insight into
their proper execution, give cross references for further reading and
include hundreds of obscure bits of information.
$
50.00
Annotated Magic of Slydini by Lewis Ganson
Long
unavailable, Lewis Ganson's The Magic of Slydini is, perhaps, one of the
most influential magic books ever. Many of its routines have now become
classics in magic, including Flight of the Paper Balls, Helicopter Card,
Coins Through The Table, Slydini's Knotted Silks, The Paper Balls in the
Hat and others. In this brand new edition, Slydini has some additional
things to say about his creations. Some time ago, Dr. Gene Matsuura went
through the text of Ganson's book with Tony Slydini and took careful notes
as Slydini made valuable additions and observations. The Annotated Magic
of Slydini presents every word of Lewis Ganson's original text, printed
in black, along with Slydini's additions and corrections, printed in blue,
making this an invaluable and essential work even for those who own the
original book. Hardbound with matching endsheets, foil-stamped cloth cover,
striking full-color dust jacket, 312 pages.
$ 59.95
Anthology
of Card Magic by Gordon Miller
$ 30.00
Antinomy 2 - A Quarterly Journal
Antinomy
is a Quarterly Publication devoted to Magic There are four issues per
year, with 40 to 48 pages per issue, each measuring 11" X 11" in an oversized
format designed to enhance your learning experience by more easily laying
flat when open. Each issue will include commentary and conjuring from
some of the sharpest minds on the magic scene. Antinomy is looking to
set a new standard in quality for this kind of publication. Antinomy is
interested in ideas. We want to promote obscure thought, advanced thinking,
and meaningful dialogue. Realistically, that can't happen without a sense
of community. In combination with our readership, we hope to advance the
art of magic. With Antinomy, you can count on the pot being stirred. Along
the way, you'll find thoughts that are made to move, and minds freed to
wonder. Contents Include: The Artful Ledger continues with a comparison
of Effect and Affect. It includes some "Hothouse Effects," constructed
specifically to fool fast company. Kostya Kimlat contributes "Breaking
Glances." It's hardcore work on the Marlo Finger Flesh Break, a break
and glimpse technique that's off the beaten path. David Neighbors contributes
"Triple Change Wild Coin #2." This three phase routine starts with three
English Pennies that magically change to Half Dollars. At the conclusion,
they change to gold coins. It's alchemy with a coin purse. As an alternative,
your three coins can take a trip around the world. Jamie Badman offers
"The Huntsmen." This take on the "Twisting the Aces" effect has the Ace
through Four of Hearts turning over in order. At the conclusion, the spectator
selects the Ace, Two, Three, or Four and, not only does it turn over,
but it turns into a previously selected card. From The Antinomy Vault,
it's the second edition of "The Gaffed Card Corner." This time it's a
unique version of the Three Card Monte called "The Hole Monte." A description
would just ruin it for you. It's a multi-phase routine that educates your
spectator about the latest version of Monte to hit the streets. It manages
to fool them along the way. Brandon Burton shows off "Angled Aces." An
eye-popping production of Four Aces from the Buck Twins School of Magic.
Only it's not quite as difficult as you might think. The second edition
of The Honest Liar. It's like we're on a constant "Super-Size Me" diet
of method. Jamy Ian Swiss argues for a low-cal diet of thought in "The
Method Is Not The Trick."
$ 20.00
Antinomy #3
Contents Include: The Artful Ledger - Jon Racherbaumer Reflection - Dean
Dill 100% Confidence - Jack Parker Friction Aces - Jack Parker Hotel Bills
- Norman Beck Celebrity Search - Kack T. Koopmans Sobriety Test - Matt
Herbert The Honest Liar - Jamy Ian Swiss
$ 20.00
Antinomy #4
Includes The Artful Ledger from John Racherbaumer, A Little Lie from
Stephen Bargatze, Impromptusible Twist by Tony Ko, and much more! 52 Pages
$20.00
Antinomy Magazine #5
A perception and deception quarterly journal for the fourth quarter 2005.
Includes The Artful Ledger from John Racherbaumer, Unexpected Prediction
from Edward Marlo, Converse Sneaker from Max Maven, Inflated Transposition
by Joshua Jay, and much much more. 48 Pages
$20.00
Antinomy Magazine 6
The writers of Antinomy are referring to this issue as their “All-Star”
issue. It seems like all of the magicians inside are very well-known,
some of them are more recent arrivals to the magic horizon and then there
are some that have been around for some time. Regardless of their point
of their origin, it’s great that they were willing to participate and
relinquish some of their materials for this journal. Dimensions Approximately
11" x 11" (28cm x 28cm)
$20.00
Antinomy Magazine 7
There are four issues per year, with 40 to 48 pages per issue, each
in an oversized format designed to enhance your learning experience by
more easily lying flat when open. Each issue will include commentary and
conjuring from some of the sharpest minds on the magic scene. Antinomy
is looking to set a new standard in quality for this kind of publication.
The writers of Antinomy are referring to this issue as their “All-Star”
issue. It seems like all of the magicians inside are very well-known,
some of them are more recent arrivals to the magic horizon and then there
are some that have been around for some time. Regardless of their point
of their origin, it’s great that they were willing to participate and
relinquish some of their materials for this journal.
$20.00
Antinomy Magazine 8
In this issue, you'll get a better insight to the following: The
Artful Ledger by Jon Racherbaumer, Phonomenon by Max Maven, Pudar's Binary
Marks by Nick Pudar, $20 Hunch by Chris Bruce, BINdication by Gene Taylor,
The Honest Liar by Jamy Ian Swiss, $100 Hunch by Chris Bruce & Tomas Baxter,
Kudos to Sudoku by Kostya Kimlat, and Twice by Jacques Terrien.
$20.00
Antinomy Magazine 9
In this issue, you'll get a better insight to the following: The
Artful Ledger by Jon Racherbaumer, Easy Ackerman by Joshua Jay, Five Easy
Pieces by Nathan Kranzo, Cased Prediction by Max Nelson, Hofzinser's No
Problem by Dr. Giorgio Tarchini, Cataclysmic by Aaron DeLong, Piano Forte
by J.K. Hartman, The Honest Liar by Jammy Ian Swiss.
$20.00
Antinomy
Magazine #10
Contents: In The Artful Ledger, Jon Racherbaumer explores blindness, forgetfulness,
and other discrepencies in "Shadowy Shills and Shady Zones." Stephen Bargatze
makes a kid a winner but still comes out on top in "I Hate Kids." Jason
Dean convinces us in a different way with "A Non-Convincing Control."
Donny Orbit offers a Joker who has the last laugh in "Jokes On You." Bill
Citino offers a three-for-three coin transposition with "Trading Places."
Christopher Williams sets his sights on some visitors in "The Sightseer."
Jeremiah Xiufu Zuo sandwiches a sandwich in "Sandwich For Two." In the
latest edition of The Honest Liar, Jamy Ian Swiss offers insight into
the work of Howard Flint in "Lasting Lessons." Dimensions Approximately
11" x 11" (28cm x 28cm)
$20.00
Antinomy
Magazine #11
Contents:
In The Artful Ledger, Jon Racherbaumer brings us "The Call to Cull" with
contributions from Henry Evans and John Guastaffero. Tyler Wilson demonstrates
his unique artistic skills with a fun and funny take on the classic "Oscar"
trick with "Oscar The Grouch." Thomas Baxter make Dunbury (and Charlie
Miller) proud with "Delusional." Jacques Terrien spells a card into his
wallet with "The Missing Card." Jeff Pierce creates a deck where you will
know the peeked at card in "The Marker'd Deck." Eric Jones involves the
spectator in some coins across in "Impossible Coins Across." In this edition
of The Honest Liar, Jamy Ian Swiss discusses the most important skill
in "Empathy." Dimensions Approximately 11" x 11" (26cm x 26cm)
$20.00
Antinomy
#12 Magazine
Contents: The Artful Ledger: Nocturnal Commissions by Jon Racherbaumer
The Honest Liar: Preserving Mystery by Jamy Ian Swiss One Down, Two to
Go by J.K. Hartman The Revolve Pass by Harvey Rosenthal Other Damsels
in Distress by Harvey Rosenthal Honest, a Bionic Linking (and Unlinking)
by Looy Simonoff Thumb Spread Switch by Max Nelson Wine Glass Mirage by
Brandon Burton Dimensions Approximately 11" x 11" (26cm x 26cm)
$20.00 each issue
Antique Playing Card Designs by Dover Publications
From
a rare volume on the history of playing cards: nearly 500 elegant illustrations
that once graced European regular and tarot card decks. On display are
face cards, musical instruments, fantasy figures, and other motifs—all
ideal for adding a period flair to almost any graphic project. 251 black-and-white
illustrations; 245 designs in color. One 48-page book.
$19.95
Anverdi Book
$ 78.00
Anytime,
Anyplace, Anywhere by Aldo Colombini
Here's
a collection of incredible impromptu card magic compiled by Aldo Colombini.
Card magic at it’s best performed, anytime, anyplace, anywhere with just
a regular deck of cards, no set-up whatsoever and very easy to do. Contributors:
Ian Adair Gene Castillon Aldo Colombini Tom Craven Tom Daugherty Peter
Duffie Karl Fulves Stephen D. Gervais Paul Gordon J. K. Hartman Marty
Kane Ryan Matney Max Maven Joe Riding Mike Rogers John T. Sheets Nick
Trost Richard Vollmer Roy Walton Andrew Wimhurst 35 tricks in all. Pages
24 - Comb-bound
$10.00
Apocalypse Volumes 1-5 Book 1 by Harry Lorrayne
Apocalypse
Are You Getting Your Money's Worth? Are You Ever!! 720 jam-packed pages--plus
over 20 pages of indexes. Over 250 card effects, over 140 coin effects,
145 other items, plus articles and editorials! Items by hundreds of contributors,
including: Dai Vernon, Ed Marlo, Brother John Hamman, Ken Krenzel, Slydini,
Frank Garcia, Derek Dingle, David Roth, Trevor Lewis, Paul Harris, John
Cornelius, Bernard Bilis, Max Maven (and Phil Goldstein), Martin Gardner,
Karrell Fox, Herb Zarrow, J.K. Hartman, Eddie Fechter, Gene Finnell, Bob
Fitch, Richard Kaufman, Paul Gertner, Terry Lagerould, Sid Lorraine, Jeff
McBride, Tom Mullica, Louis Falanga, Patrick Page, Larry Jennings, Roger
Klause and many, many more!
$ 80.00
Apocalypse
Volumes 6-10 Book 2 by Harry Lorrayne
Spanning
January 1983-December 1987 720 Jam Packed Pages--Plus 20 Pages Of Indexes!
Over 265 Card Effects, over 100 Coin Effects, over 100 Other Items, Plus
Articles and Editorials! Contributors Include--Ed Marlo, Ken Krenzel, David
Regal, J.K. Hartman, Michael Ammar, Larry Becker, Mike Bornstein, Tom Craven,
Dan Garrett, Phil Goldstein, Larry Jennings, Jeff McBride, Jay Marshall,
Juan Tamariz, Meir Yedid, Ascanio, Jeff Altman, Bob King, Martin Nash, David
Ben, Bernard Bilis and on and on., and Harry Lorayne!
$ 80.00
Apocalypse Volumes 11-15 Book 3 by Harry Lorrayne
Will
you get your money's worth from Apocalypse? Harry Lorayne has always given
much more than your money's worth. Listen to a few of the many unsolicited
remarks re: Volume II. "I'm the one who wrote to tell you that I would have
paid the price of the book for only Two Shuffles Harry (Volume I). Well,
I'd do the same for The Sting." "Thanks, Harry, for The Count of Mountie
Crystal. I can't wait for Volume III." "I've been in magic for over forty
years. I can't remember enjoying any publication more." And many more along
the same vein. And in this volume alone there are over 325 card and close
to 100 coin effects, routines, ideas, and over 135 more effects: balloon
tricks, ring tricks, bill tricks, purse tricks, pen tricks, thumbtip tricks,
wristwatch tricks, sugar cube tricks, thimbles, sponge balls, chains, canes,
book tests, ice, soda cans, business cards, dice stacking, paper folding/cutting/tearing,
paper punches, wallets, credit cards, toothpicks, and more. (Most of them
easy to do!) And - about 100 sleights taught within the routines. Plus Harry
Lorayne's Lorayne Storms, Editorials, Ellipses(...) and Out To Lunch columns.
The card items include: Ask The Deck, Amazing Eights, Earthly Powers (one
of the best card tricks ever!), Luck of the Draw, Swell Spell, Transmental,
Calculating Deck, The Muleshoe Gambler (worth the price of the book), Oil
And Aces, True Triumph, Para-Psychology, Watch Me Work, The Faro Knows,
Modern Leaper, Queen's Tour, Roadrunner Aces, Fast Serve Sandwich, How Classics
Are Born!, Instant Aces, It's One of These!, Mr. Koenig's Tapestry, Poke
Poker, Sequestered Collectors, Real Wild Cards, Rock 'N' Roll Aces, Sandwichange,
Variations And Additions, and on and on. The Coin items include: Easy Go,
Matchbox Treasury, Pretty Interlude, Cointemplate, Soft-Sleeve Cover, Spellbound-A-Round,
Infidel Change, Four-Gone Conclusion, Worth Your Attention, Coin Cascade,
No Propellant, "Vanishing" Dust, Coin Favorite, Deeply Proved, Out of Sight-Out
of Mind, For a Change, On The Edge, Down The Tubes, Coin Diamond, Twin Eagles,
Deliverance, Pocket Change, and on and on. Items by numerous contributors,
including: Larry Becker, Alan Alan, Jeff Altman, Ed Marlo, Bernard Bilis,
John Carney, Mike Bornstein, Tom Craven, Doug Edwards, Eric DeCamps, Jerry
Deutsch, Ron Ferris, Bob Fitch, Karrell Fox, Max Maven, J. K. Hartman, Bill
Kalush, Sol Stone, Gene Maze, Meir Yedid, Dean Dill, Tom Daugherty, David
Williamson, Charles Reynolds, Bob King, Gary Ouellet, David Regal, Terry
Seabrooke, Mark Sicher, Allan Slaight, Richard Vollmer, Randy Wakeman, Jim
Swain, Shigeo Takagi, Paul Cummins, Terry Lagerould, Peter Marshall, Howard
Schwarzman, Frank Thompson, Aldo Colombini, Walter Cummings, Ken Krenzel,
Walt Maddison, Hiroyuki Sakai, Jim Sisti, Juan Tamariz, Roger Crosthwaite,
Patrick Page, Eddy Taytelbaum, Stephen Tucker, David Acer, Rafael Benatar,
Yudi Wada, and on and on - and Harry Lorayne!
$ 80.00
Apocalypse
#4 by Harry Lorayne (Volumes 16-20)
With
over 325 card and close to 70 coin effects, routines, ideas, and over 110
other effects with: bills, bottles, boxes, candles, cardcases, business
cards, keys, matchboxes, rings, roses, rubber bands, Scrabble tiles, silks,
spoons, balls, shoelaces, thimbles, wallets, gambling demos, sugar packet,
book tests, chain loops - and more, Apocalypse #4 continues in the tradition
of Volumes 1, 2 and 3. The card items in #4 include: An Ace of a Routine,
Best Lie Detector, Connect Four, Quick And Direct, Spectator Guesses Better,
Expert Full Deck Overhand, Fabulous Change, Royal Poker Deal, Three Before,
Three Proofs, Collector's Addition, Heavy Breather, Lightning Aces, Memory
Man, My Second Keeper, Amazing Commute, Daredevil's Match, 'Killer' Poker-Deal
Demo, Perfect Match, Cheek Turner, Heat, Houdini's Hand, Many Faces of a
Woman, Twister, Variations And Additions, and on and on. The Coin items
include: Essence of the Coin, Coin In Bottle, Swirl Assembly and Backfire,
The Magic Coin, Coin Explosion, Bottle Piggy Bank, The Ambitious Coin, Bounce-Back
Sleeving, Curious, Watch It!, Sweet Ten, Cointrol, None-Ahead Matrix, Off
On A Bender, Wow!, Copper/Silver Triple Play, No-Table Coins Across, Numismatic
Nightmare, Coin-Roll Vanish, More Direct Than Ever, Cent From Hell, and
on and on. Hardbound.
$ 80.00
Applications by Peter Duffie
The
work produced by Duffie (and Sadowitz) is considered to have had a profound
influence on card magic! A handsome, large format hard-backed book containing
over twenty excellent, entertaining and practical new card routines and
moves all of which can be performed using an unfeked and normal deck.
60 pages, 25 illustrations.
$ 35.00
Arcade Dreams by Ed Marlo and Jon Racherbaumer
While Ed Marlo was famous for his ingenious creations with cards,
he also devoted a great deal of creativity to magic with other objects
including coins, bills, cups and balls, silks, mentalism, dice, linking
pins, sponge balls, chop cup, and various small tricks usually sold to
kids such as the ball vase, magic frame, snapper, and much, much more.
67 effects and routines, some never before published.
$ 40.00
Arcadia by Roger Crosthwaite
Mr. Roger Crosthwaite belongs to the no-flourish school, of card magic.
His special enthusiasm is reserved for sleights that are executed under
cover of a natural handling of the deck. He believes, with LePaul, that
simplicity is the keynote of good card magic. Some card tricks baffle
by their complexity. Others, and some of these you will find in Arcadia,
create wonder by their simplicity! "Just finished reading Roger Crosthwaithe's
new book, Arcadia. It's the kind of book cardmen love to read - lots of
details, the kind of details that take a good trick and make it into a
great one. I thought Roger's Upjog Switch to be an extremely strong utility
item that will have many applications. This one move alone would be worth
the price of this book" - Allan Ackerman "After reading Rodger's Arcadia,
my natural inclination was to reach for my deck or cards and start practicing.
I think that anyone in any way interested in card magic will want to do
the same.This book eptimoises the spirit that has pushed the frontiers
of quality magic to great heights during my lifetime; it contains some
of the very best in card magic today. I give Arcadia my highest and most
enthusiastic recommendation!" - Jack Avis
$ 35.00
Armbuster by Andrew Mayne
Andrew
Mayne, creator of Bisection and author of Touching Sky presents a brand
new shocking magic effect. The magician places his arm into a “magic”
cast that prevents him from being harmed. He then pulls out the wickedest
looking drill ever seen. Next, he proceeds to drill a hole straight through
his arm! (blood is optional) The effect can be built in under a half an
hour using $ 10 worth of materials and a $ 20 cordless drill. Also check
out Facelifter and Shock FX! Booklet includes complete instructions!
$ 12.00
Aronson Approach by Simon Aronson
Card
magic for everyone, from the self-working, hands off Self Control Lie
Speller and the two-deck Mix and Match, to the commercial (and ribald)
Under Her Spell. Paragon Poker offers a three-phase card cheating demonstration
(with an unexpected double climax). Bait and Switch and Four Part Harmony
are memorized deck masterpieces, and in his essay Memorized Math Simon
continues his trademark in-depth analysis of memorized deck principles.
Mark-a-Place Mates offers a flexible utility move, while Active Aces efficiently
combines a visual vanish of the Aces with the Henry Christ Fabulous Ace
reproduction. The 50 page treatise on the mental blockbuster Simon-Eyes
is worth its weight in gold to the performing mentalist...plus Two Minds
and a Mate, and lots more. 173 pages
$ 29.95
Art and Ardor at the Card Table by Jimmy Nuzzo and Edward Marlo
Jimmy
Nuzzo and Edward Marlo Collaborated on card magic that is visual and confounding
because of sophisticated sleight of hand. It is these secrets that have
formulated some of the most fooling magic ever created. “Any pulse-checking,
hard-core cardmen in the late 60s, knew about Jimmy Nuzzo. If they didn’t
get to see him in person, they were familiar with the select ideas he
published—ideas that probably seemed celestial at the time but were nevertheless
interesting and enticing.” - from Jon Racherbaumer’s Prologue In the Nuzzo
Touch there is Jimmy’s audience-tested repertoire. It includes his fabulous
Side Steal and lightning-fast Card to the Pocket. The book incorporates
three hard-to-find, private manuscripts that Nuzzo and Marlo published
in the 1980’s, Plus Package; Unforgettable Wild Card; and 21 st Century
Card Magic. Jimmy invented the Hung Card, one of the most tightly held
secrets in magic.
$ 45.00
Art and Artifice by Jim Steinm |