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101108 Lecture Notes by Marc Spelmann
Written exclusively for his 2 hour lecture in Las Vegas, Marc Spelmann has held nothing back in this limited edition booklet. With eight previously unpublished routines and principles from a super easy but highly effect chair test through to a book test principle that astonished everyone who saw it live in Vegas. We completely sold out of these at Mindvention after Marc's 2 hour lecture. The lecture booklet is A4 in size, full-color card stock cover, black and white glossy pages, and fully illustrated throughout. 101108 Lecture Booklet - Marc Spelmann Contents include: Time is of the Essence Marc Spelmann's very own impromptu watch routine that is logical, effective for close up and parlor and astonishing. A borrowed watch and two business cards is all that is required for this routine that Marc demonstrated again and again in Vegas. Booker Using a similar principle to Time is of the Essence Marc has developed an impromptu book test that is logical and extremely direct. No Such Luck Spelmann's handling of the limited edition 'No Chance Delux Set' an effect left to complete chance always seems to go the performers was despite the true fairness of the demonstration. So sure is the performer that they genuinely gamble a large sum of money on an outcome they cannot possibly control. Perfect Location Imagine being able to have a person focus on a postcard of a landmark in a city from around the world, not only do know what landmark but you repeat the process matching every time. This routine is both direct and super easy. The principle can be adapted to practically any theme. Marc tips his use of the principle for his trade show performances. N.A.M.D The Sequel Marc has finally published his updated version of N.A.M.D. which was his marked deck from 2004. This deck is easily constructed in under half an hour and is possible the most easy to read marking system but also one of the hardest to detect. PVP - Positional Visual Persuasion Spelmann's brilliant handling of the bank night plot. This is routine received rave reviews in Las Vegas from some of mentalism's most notable names. Every step is logical and the routine is quite astonishing. No thumb tips, no awkward loads, no double envelopes, just 5 envelopes. This is certainly one of the easiest and cleanest bank nights and the fact that the spectator removes the contents of each envelope makes it totally baffling. In Shaxons Shadow Marc Spelmann has created a wonderful principle that seems so unbelievably fair yet you can predict or divine a word, in any book, on any page, on any line. IYP Chair Test (In Your Pocket) Marc developed this beautiful two phase chair routine so that he always had something that could be performed on the largest stage yet could literally fit into his pocket. Four spectators each randomly choose a sweet, 3 are green and 1 is red. Marc successfully locates the person with the red sweet, without equivoque, double talk or any electrical devices. He then instructs each person to sit on a chair, all id totally fair but he is able to influence the person holding the red sweet to sit in the chair he wants. Theory & Thoughts Marc divulges his current thoughts on mentalism, what is important, what we claim and how we develop our own personas in three compelling sections. No Answers, Hurdles and No Show Willie. For what is contained in these pages many said it was too good to give away. Please note this is a limited printing. Pages 24 - Saddle Stitched
$25.00


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
- OUT OF PRINT

Accuracy by Andrew Gerard
The performer places a one dollar bill and a one hundred dollar bill on the table along with a quarter. The spectator is asked to spin the quarter on the table while the performer's back is turned. When the quarter comes to rest the spectator is asked to remember which side is up. The spectator places the magician's wallet over the quarter so it is completely hidden. Next the spectator is asked to hide one bill in each hand. All this is done while the performer's back is turned. The performer turns around and removes 3 business cards from his pocket. He writes down something on each one and places one in front of each of the spectator's hands and one in front of the wallet. From this point the spectator opens his hands, revealing which bill is in which hand and THEY turn over the business cards proving both correct! But wait... remember the quarter? The spectator lifts the wallet revealing the quarter landed heads side up. Again THEY turn over the business card revealing the words "Heads Side Up." This is ACCURACY. Key points: No electronics Spectator may keep everything (if you can afford to give away 101 dollars!) No assistants No one ahead Nothing added or taken away No peeking Perfect for walk around Bonus: Andrew Gerard shares his notes on this routine, offers a stage idea, and a killer repeat.
$24.99


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

The Adventures of Winston Freer CD-Rom
Long-lost impossiblities from magic's genius inventor Winston Freer (1910-1981) was one of magic's cleverest inventors. Current innovators like Gaetan Bloom consider him a genius and a hero. U. F. Grant said Freer was fifty years ahead of the rest of the magic world. In this collection of rare material, you will learn some of Winston Freer's most famous secrets: freezing ice in his bare hand, his no-key Linking Rings, his uncanny rope methods, growing a real tree by magic, and other impossibilities. The Adventures of Winston Freer collects 200 pages of material with 50 effects, combining Freer's booklets and articles, an incredible collection of his letters, memorabilia, news items, sketches, and notes to provide an unprecedented look at this brilliant creator. You'll even see a brief video of Freer performing his suspension in 1941! This CD will reveal the man behind some of the most daring and creative magic of our time.
$30.00 CD-Rom


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


The Amazing Alexander by Justin S. Meitz
Learn The Million Dollar Bill Switch with The Amazing Alexander! Alex loves magic. Since he was a little tyke, his grandfather amazed him with card tricks, magic coloring books, floating fireballs, disappearing bottle-caps, and magic crystal balls - and now its time for Alex to go to his first magic show. He is excited! Maybe he will even be chosen to come up on stage. When he arrives, however, a pair of mysterious eyes seem to be watching him from back stage and he nervously changes his mind; but fate steps in and takes him on a magical adventure with twists and turns and white tigers and gleaming, razor sharp blades designed to cut the victim in half - not quite what Alex had in mind! This is no ordinary picture book series. This is an extraordinary adventure that teaches the art and ethics of magic. Each book includes a wonderful magic trick that the reader can do! The new trick Alex learns in each book, the reader will also learn. There are instructions in a secret section of this book, where Alex learns - and so does the reader - how to magically transform two one-dollar bills into a million-dollar bill. Adults as well as youth will love this wonderful book series, illustrated with original art, which combines an exciting childhood adventure with the joy of learning and performing truly mystifying magic. Quotes: "The Amazing Alexander is AMAZING! The story reaffirms the values of family, ethics, art, science and MAGIC!" - Gay Blackstone, Mrs. Harry Blackstone Jr., President The Academy of Magical Arts at The Magic Castle and Executive Producer World Magic Awards and Masters of Illusion: Impossible Magic "This is an amazing story and a great object lesson!" - Lance Burton, Master Magician "This wonderful book will inspire a whole new generation of kids to become magicians (and readers)!" - Mac King, Star of The Mac King Comedy Magic Show at Harrah’s Las Vegas (and Children’s Literacy Advocate) "Every child should experience the genius of The Amazing Alexander. This 'speaks' to kids, and adults alike. It's funny, clever, and truly imaginative. Children will continue to grow into this book and hopefully read the stories themselves when they get older. It's a must have for any child's library." - Lee Asher, International CardStar "What an awesome story for children to read! And those illustrations are remarkable!" - Jay Noblezada, Professional Magic Instructor "I think it is a fun book, and one that will fire the imaginations of many young people. It is brimming with the love of magic." - Whit Haydn, "Six Times Named by the Magic Castle Performing Magician of the Year" "The Amazing Alexander reawakens our passion for the art of magic and that precious sense of wonder we magicians strive to rekindle in our audiences. I will mail this lovely book to all the youngsters in my life!" - Kevin James, Comedy Illusionist Who Is Justin Anyway: He performed his first illusion at the age of 3 and was buried alive at the age of 6 (fortunately for his parents the sand box was only 3 feet deep). The Mysterious Magical Meitz was born in a small town of 500 people. It used to be bigger, but people kept disappearing! Justin Meitz was reading books before he could stand and writing books before he could walk. They were colorful stories that drew pictures that never quite stayed in the lines. On an ordinary day, you might find Justin reading the mysteries of Sherlock Holmes to his students, and teaching them magic, to open their minds to all kinds of possibilities – or you might find him locked in a box by his young apprentices and quite unable to get out. Whether locked up or not Justin is right now working on his next great trick that The Amazing Alexander will learn. Are you ready to learn it too? Pages 32 - Full Color, Hardcover
$18.00

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

Antinomy #13 Magazine

Contents: In The Artful Ledger, Jon Racherbaumer brings us "Shallow Graves" and digs up a few tricks from the underground. Max Maven unites an entire family of Royalty in "Royal Reunion." Aaron DeLong flips the top two cards of the deck with one hand. It's "Displaysia." Bill Citino causes two coins to switch places twice, with a final bit of traveling in "Copper/Silver Transpo(tation)." Jeremiah Xiufu Zuo illustrates a horror movie with playing cards in "Scary Movie Card Trick." In this edition of The Honest Liar, Jamy Ian Swiss gives some scholarly thoughts on a card move in "A Dissertation on the Double Lift." Pages 48 - Saddle Stitched Dimensions Approximately 11" x 11" (26cm x 26cm)
$20.00

Antinomy #14

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. Contents: In The Artful Ledger, Jon Racherbaumer brings us "The Trick that can be explained." and "Marlo's Ghostly Prediction". Gene Taylor's rant on Definitely Harper's Bizarre. Evan Reynolds - May the Force Be With You Bob Farmer - Zoots Yourself Jack Parker says the cards don't quite tell the tale with "Lead Astray". In this edition of The Honest Liar, Jamy Ian Swiss gives some scholarly thoughts on "The JS Rules of Magic." Pages 48 - Saddle Stitched Dimension Approximately 11" x 11" (26cm x 26cm)
$20.00

CD Antinomy Annual Year 1 (2005)
For the eBook junkie, or just for people who travel with their computer, the ANTINOMY 2005 CD Annual has all 4 issues from 2005, plus the 2005 Annual, available only as a PDF. The 2005 Annual includes links to 10 videos to watch on your computer, as well as an excerpt from "Home Schooled, the self-taught creations of Rick Merrill." It's all here. The 2005 Annual Table of Contents: The Antinomy Perspective Variety Pack Cig Pen Transpo - Nathan Kranzo Clear Up Through - David Neighbors Like a Rolling Stone - Dr. Giorgio Tarchini SmythLed - Thomas Baxter X-Factor - Jack Parker The Three Stooges - Jack Parker Touchstones and Crossroads Variations Hollywood Squares The Name Game Impossible Hofzinser - Tony Ko Fun with M & M's Videos (Quicktime format) Three Change - Rick Merrill The Clear Exchange - Gene Taylor Angled Aces - Brandon Burton The Hole Monte - Gene Taylor Reflection - Dean Dill 100% Confidence - Jack Parker Friction Aces - Jack Parker Impromptusible Twist - Tony Ko X-Factor - Jack Parker Impossible Hofzinser - Tony Ko Vendor Promo Excerpt from "Home Schooled" Double Agent Demo Video
$52.00 CD- Rom

CD Antinomy Annual Year 2 (2006)
The 2006 Annual Table of Contents: The Antinomy Perspective Variations Inverter Converter - Gene Taylor Warp Central - Gene Taylor Warp Central Plus - Gene Taylor Multiple Ithaca - Gene Taylor Variety Pack Money Talks Back - Danny Archer Forced Medley - Thomas Baxter Licked At Last - John Luka Monte Mix-Up - Jacques Terrien Ideas for the Orange $10 Bill - Nathan Kranzo Videos (Quicktime format) Easy Forte - Allan Ackerman Gizmo Box Moves - Max Nelson Ithaca False Cut - Gene Taylor Inflated Transposition - Joshua Jay Monte Mix-Up - Jacques Terrien Multiple Ithaca - Gene Taylor Popover Change - Gene Taylor Slip Slide Force - Jack Parker Spring Revolution - Brandon Burton Turn-style Change - Brian Vanderkolk Twice - Jacques Terrien Warp Central/Warp Central Plus - Gene Taylor
$52.00 CD-Rom

CD Antinomy Annual Year 3 (2007)
The 2007 Annual Table of Contents: The Antinomy Perspective Precursor More on "Piano Forte" - J.K. Hartman Permutation Suit Myself - Bob Farmer Preemption Cull Bonus - Jon Racherbaumer Premiers Pinching Strippers - Thomas Baxter I.T.H.C.A. - Bill Citino Hofzinser in Hungary - Josef Kovaks She's Sick, My Cherry Trick - Donny Orbit Meet Me in Paris - Bruce Rockwell Rap Aces - Jacques Terrien Performance Videos (Quicktime format) I Hate Kids - Stephen Bargatze Rap Aces - Jacques Terrien Honest, A Bionic Linking (and Unlinking) - Looy Simonoff A Non-Convincing Control - Jason Dean Cataclysmic - Aaron DeLong Five Easy Pieces - Nathan Kranzo Other Damsels in Distress - Harvey Rosenthal The Revolve Pass - Harvey Rosenthal Thumb Spread Switch - Max Nelson Copper/Silver Transpo(tation) - Bill Citino
$52.00 CD-Rom


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





Approaching Magic by David Regal
Over 500 Pages and 1000 Photographs Bills, beer, socks, envelopes, DVDs, coffee cups, baskets, boxes, borrowed rings, portable darkness, pieces of paper, paperback books, a bulletin board, a glass canister, a wand, a pencil, and a marshmallow...plus Cards & Coins. Magic for Stand Up, Sit Down, Near and Far. How it Works and How to Perform it. "David Regal's magic is just sensational, and the presentations are equally ingenious. He's fooled me, surprised me, made me laugh, and made me wonder. Most of all, he made me wonder where all these great ideas come from. Now every magician will know. They come from this book." - Jim Steinmeyer "Brilliance in action, David gives you his real world - real work." - Jeff McBride "I have had the privilege of experiencing Davids fine performances and lectures. David has the insightful understandings of magical theories that I have heard Professor Dai Vernon preach on for years. He understands what makes for good magic." - Richard Turner "In the UK, 'REGAL' is a brand of cigarette. David's material relates to this in two ways; It is of highest quality and it KILLS." - R. Paul Wilson "Very few tricks give me the feeling that 'In Darkness' gave me. In short it blew me away." - Dean Dill "The 'One=hand Half Pass' completely flew by me...I simply had no clue, David has given the brethren a diabolical new tool to create miracles." - Roger Klause "Please ignore David's 'Change for a five'. People feel abused and mentally violated after seeing it." - Derek Delgaudio "After reading three coin effects, 'Consolidation', 'An Attractive Vanish', and a 'A Quiet Good-bye', I can honestly say that they are stunning, cunning, and diabolical." - Mike Gallo Pages 500+ - Hardcover with dust jacket, Photo illustrated
$75.00

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

Arch Triumphs by Jon Racherbaumer
A book entirely devoted to the trick that fooled HOUDINI! That's right! One of the world's finest card magicians, Jon Racherbaumer, dedicated to the "Triumph" premise. This book contains history of the Triumph created by Dai Vernon. 13 ORIGINAL great routines are outlined in Jon's personal inimitable style. This book is the real deal. Get an original hard-bound copy of this 44 page 8.5 x 11 masterpiece today! Contents include: Triumph for Two by Simon Aronson Hofzinser Triumphs by Racherbaumer Triumphant Aces by Dave Solomon Swindle Triumph by Ed Marlo Optional Center Card Transfer by Ed Marlo I-F Triumph by Ed Marlo Bowl-Over Aces by Steve Freeman & Roger Klause Stop Perfecting Triumph by Simon Aronson, Dave Solomon & Ed Marlo Push-Thru Failure Triumphs by Racherbaumer Toss-In Triumph by Dave Solomon Tipsy Triumph by Gene Castillon + A wonderful section on further reading and an extensive bibliography. Also included are the Deal Down Triumph by Fred Braue and Joker Switch by Ed Marlo. Illustrator: Don Albrecht Date published: 1978 Pages 44 - Hardcover
$25.00

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

Around the World by H.J. Burlingame
Newly typeset edition of one of the scarcest Burlingame titles. Originally published in 1891, it is really three books in one, the first being the reminiscences of Baron Hartwig Seeman (shown in the frontispiece image shown here), a 19th century Swedish-born magician who died in Kosse, Texas in 1886. Anecdotes include his performance of a remarkable bullet catch in Egypt, adventures touring with violinist Ole Bull (including an account of Ole Bull's encounter with Herr Alexander in New Orleans), the story of Martin Luther's wedding ring (owned by Seeman). etc. The second is the story of William D'Alvini, British juggler and magician who was billed as Japanese and toured to rave reviews as a supporting act with with Alexander and Kellar. The third is a reprint of psychologist Max Dessoir's monograph on the psychology of conjuring (with added references by Burlingame to mediums). Finally, there is a brief chapter on the original Bellachini (1828-1885), court magician to Kaiser Wilhelm the first. Barrie Richardson has added a new introduction pointing out some highlights of the book. Included are reproductions of Seeman and D'Alvini promotional materials and programs. Limited to just 300 copies, this reprint is very reasonably priced and will be welcomed by those with an interest in magic history. Hardbound, 132 pages
$45.00

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 Steinmeyer
From the author of Hiding the Elephant and The Glorious Deception comes a collection of five essays that shows how the great stage illusions were integrally products of their time, based on the traditions and fashions of the people, and the offspring of the incredible, inventive personalities who brought them to the stage. Like no other author, Jim Steinmeyer gives us insight into the timeless appeal of magic. His human subjects include such characters as Steele MacKaye, Maskelyne, David Devant, P.T. Selbit, Horace Goldin, and Charles Morritt. Illusions he discusses include: The Mascot Moth, Sawing a Lady in Halves, and Morritt's Disappearing Donkey.
$14.95 paperback

Art and Artifice by Jim Steinmeyer

In this new book, Jim Steinmeyer presents five engaging, insightful essays on the subject of stage illusions. These are the stories of the ground-breaking inventions: the inventors,traditions, evolution and rediscovery of some of magic's greatest mysteries. These are astonishing stories of theatrical wizards, explained from the perspective of the stage, society and technology. Steele MacKaye and the mysteries theatre he planned for Chicago...the secrets of the Mascot Moth, from London to Broadway...Charles Morritt»s lost innovations in magical optics...Selbit's greatest achievement...Maskelyne's failure at St. George»s Hall. It's part detective story and part history. It's a chance to appreciate the great thoughts behind this subtle art of magic! 192 pages with 23 diagrams, beautifully hard-bound with decorative gold-stamped cover.
$ 35.00 hardbound

Art of Astonishment vol. 1/2/3 by Paul Harris
The Complete, Ultimate Paul Harris Collection This three-volume set of books contains all of Paul's classics, updated and refined, as well as 73 brand-new creations! All in all, these books contain over 900 pages of Paul Harris including a ground-breaking essay discussing the feeling of astonishment as our natural state of mind. There are also six conversations with Eric Mead about effects that are too weird even for Paul. * Three Hardbound Volumes Each Containing Over 300 Pages * A Total of 222 Effects * 73 Brand New Creations "Sooner or later you're going to have to buy these books. Very highly recommended!" - Michael Close
Art Of Astonishment Vol.1/2/3 $ 45.00 each or
$ 125.00 complete set of 3




Art of Bottom Dealing by Gene Maze

Want to learn how to bottom-deal? Learn from the underground master - Gene Maze. This tome details everything you'll ever need to know about bottom dealing (with one or two hands) and then proceeds to describe a flurry of fantastic tricks that revolve around it. Don't let the difficulty associated with the bottom deal fool you. This book will teach you the move, and once mastered, blockbusting magic tricks that it can be applied to.
$ 42.00












Art of Close-Up Levitation by Jon Jenson

One of the best books ever written on floating effects! QUESTION: What happens when you lock Steve Fearson, Dan Harlan, Gary Darwin and five underground magicians in a sealed room? ANSWER: You get the best book ever written on floating effects! Includes: * Fantastic Floating Ring: Steve Fearson's ultimate handling of a borrowed finger ring floating from hand to hand! It then floats into their hand and you're clean! Absolutely Deadly! * Total Suspension: Dan Harlan has invented the greatest card suspension of all time. A playing card floats inches above your hand and can instantly be examined! No threads, magnets or gimmicks of any kind! You will also learn eight other dynamite routines that levitate ordinary objects such as rope, Tootsie Rolls and borrowed bills! Includes Over 100 professional illustrations and Bonus Routine in which you will learn to make Fearson's thread reel in a matter of minutes for just pennies!
$ 15.00

Art of Close-Up Levitation #2 Book No Strings Attached by Jon Jenson
The best book ever written on floating effects! What happens when you lock Steve Fearson, Dan Harlan, Gary Darwin and five underground magicians in a sealed room? You get the best book ever written on floating effects! Included are Steve Fearson's handling of Fantastic Floating Ring; Dan Harlan's Total Suspension and eight other dynamite routines that levitate ordinary objects such as rope, Tootsie Rolls and borrowed bills! Over 100 professional illustrations. Easy enough for an eight year old!
$ 20.00







Art of Close-Up Magic vol.1 by Lewis Ganson
Here's something really unusual... a book on close up magic that contains NO CARD TRICKS ! This timeless material finally gets the treatment it deserves! The greatest collection of close-up tricks ever assembled between two covers, and Volume one doesn't have a single card trick! Volume One's opening chapter, The Presentation of Close-Up Magic, embraces the whole approach to close-up performance. Hundreds of original illustrations by Dennis Patten. The host of internationally-famed star contributors to Volume 1 includes-Dai Vernon, Slydini, Ross Bertram, Edward Victor, Dick Zimmerman, Peter Warlock, John Ramsay, Ray Hafler, Jack Ganson, Horace Bennett, Rink, Bento, Ken de Courey, Arnold de Seiver, Fred Kaps, Eddy Taytelbaum, Alan Alan, Phoa Yan Tiong, Fred Lowe, Niberco, Al Spackman, Roger Klause, Frederica, Roger Crosthwaite, Douglas Francis, Norman Gilbreath, Glen Gravatt, Faucett Ross, Bob Ostin, Bob Driebeek, Hubert Lambert, Orlando Bagly, Elmer Deffenbaugh, Val Andrews, Norman Rhodes, Ken Brooke, John Bragoli. Hardbound, printed on acid-free paper, matching endsheets.
Volume 1 $ 39.95

Art of Close-Up Magic vol.2 by Lewis Ganson
Nearly 300 fully illustrated pages packed with the kind of magic everyone loves. Close-up with everyday items. Coin Tricks, Silk Magic, Sponge Ball Routines, Rope Tricks, Linking Rings Routine, Gambling Routines, Cut and Restored Silks, Paper Clip Tricks and its all in one very exciting book.
VOLUME 2 $ 35.00

Art of Cold Reading by Robert Nelson
You need not be the seventh son of a seventh son, or be born with a 'veil over your eyes' to be a successful clairvoyant or private reader. The art of cold reading is the learned ability to read another person 'from cradle to grave' without important error. You can soon learn to read people - giving them readings that will astound them - sensational revelations that will long linger in their minds. There is no preparation, no apparatus nor any written questions. This book reveals many of the inner secrets of the cold reader. It is a comprehensive enlightenment on the subject, meant to supliment, rather than supplant earlier works. Much of the secret information is taken from the inner sanctorums of many leading readers, based on years of successful experience. The Art of Cold Reading is a complete text, teaching the Art of Cold Reading. It should prove invaluable to the novice as well as the experienced reader.
$20.00


Art of Cold Reading Sequel by Robert Nelson
This is an excellent instructive book that presents a new approach and some interesting material heretofore unpublished. It is a re-emphasis of some of the original material, combined with new thoughts and ideas conceived by the inventive mind of Robert A. Nelson.
$15.00







The Art of Deception by Chuck Romano
THE ART OF DECEPTION chronicles the long and colorful relationship between conjuring and art. For the first time, the history of artist and the magic art they have created are profiled in detail. The magician and artist are similar in many ways. As is true of painting or drawing, magic is a visual form of expression. Seizing an inanimate substance such as paint or ink, and using a brush or pen as a magic wand, artists create worlds of fantasy on canvas and paper. magicians and artists alike strive to evoke wonder in the hearts and minds of their audience... In this remarkable book, award-winning author Chuck Romano, explores the rich tapestry of magic art and the men and women who have created it. Early examples of magic art from Bosch and Bruegel, to Daumier and Cham, are discussed. A detailed look at the lithographic process, the companies that produced magic lithos and the performers immortalized by them are featured. Romano also highlights contemporary collectors of conjuring and their preservation of magic art for generations to come. This revised and updated second edition also looks at other subjects, such as major artists of the past and present, illustrators of magic catalogs and magazines, conjuring's connection to comic books, artists who magic art is primarily fine art (painting or sculpture), and much more are included in this copiously illustrated volume. Praise for Chuck Romano's THE ART OF DECEPTION... "This book is a class act. Get yours immediately or hate yourself forever." - Michael Close, MAGIC Magazine Review "Reading this book was a thrilling and entertaining experience." -Jamy Ian Swiss, GENII Magazine Review "The Art of Deception is a gem of a book! Suffice to say that this book is one-of-a-kind and Chuck Romano has done it right." - David Goodsell, M-U-M Magazine Review Pages 424 - Hardbound w/ Dust Jacket, Photo-Illustrated
$65.00



Art of Escape #1 Handcuff Act by John Novak

The first volume deals with basics of handcuff escapes, and developes a complete modern handcuff act from bits and pieces of the old challenge acts. , as well as the authors's experiences with modern working conditions and audience expectations. It also deals with picking, shimming and the use of gimmicked cuffs. Partial list of the contents: The Fifteen Steps; In Defense of the Shim; Picking Open Takeda Cuffs; Thumbcuffs; The Cocoon; and An Easy Way to Deal With a Challenger's Handcuffs.
$20.00








Art of Escape #2 Selected Chain Escapes by John Novak

Here the author introduces you to the equipment and principles necessary to accomplish chain escapes. It investigates the various methods of positioning key rings and explains chaining configurations. Partial list of the contents: The Siberian Chain Escape; The Manacle Configuration; An Easy Underwater Escape; The Tower Circus Chain Escape; and Novak's Bike Lock Chain Escape.
$20.00








Art of Escape #3 Metamorphosis by John Novak

The Metamorphosis is covered in detail, along with variations and a complete treatise on the most modern form of police restraint - The Flex Cuffs. Also included is a basic television interview that can be used to advantage in promoting your feats of escape. Partial list of the contents: Costume Changes; the Substitution Trunk; Siegfried and Roy; Hatboxes and Elephant Stands; Houdini's 1910 Stock Escape; and An Essay in Speculation.
$20.00







Art of Escape #4 Strait Jacket Escapes by John Novak

Here is a comparison of the various forms of popular straight jackets and an evaluation of each on their merits for speed, ease and availability. You should read this book if you now own a straight jacket or if you're thinking about buying one. It is loaded with ideas on various presentations of the escape, and explains the various gaffs you can work into the jacket you own. Partial list of the contents: The Secret of the Straight Jacket; Basic Straight Jacket Moves; The Randi Ankle Stocks; Inside a Packing Box; The Burning Rope; and Ron London's Straight Jacket Routine.
$20.00






Art of Escape #5 Bohemian Torture Escape by John Novak

This volume features an escape of John Novak's own devising. The Bohemian Torture Crib is comparable to escapes in Norman Bigelow's Door of Death, Markini's Electrified Mummy Lid Torture Board, Trudel's Chinese Torture Board, and Abbott's The Ghost Walks, but its inspiration stems from Phalhinha's Australian Torture Crib. Complete in its treatment of this novel effect, this volume also covers Insane Muffs, Buzz Saw Escape, Australian Belt, leather handcuffs and the presentation of escapes.
$20.00







Art of Escape #6 Mail Bag Escape by John Novak

Here is a presentation of several variations of the Mail Bag Escape, as well as a brief history of the escape and marketed versions of the effect. Different presentation ideas are covered. Included are the basic plans for building your own escape cabinet, cabana hoop cabinet, stock escape, steam cabinet escape box and PVC torture anchor. Additional material includes The Refrigerator Escape, Slave Collar, and Zanadu Death Device, and much more.
$20.00







Art of Escape #7 Thumb Ties by John Novak

This volume begins with a discussion of the Harry Willard Thumb Tie and quickly moves on to a discussion of the various Thumb Ties and their presentations. The coverage given to the thumb tie is complete and to the point. Also covered are Dana Taylor's Upside Down Torture Stocks, the Christie Wrist Stocks, the Texas Straight Jacket (Rope Escape), a number of other rope escapes, the Poison Snake Mystery Bag, Guillotine Cuff Escape, the Perch Escape, and the Prisoner of War Escape Cage.
$20.00








Art of Escape #8 The Protege (A Full Evening of Magic & Escapes) by John Novak

The final volume in the series is concerned with programs, different methods of presentation, solo work, and working with assistants as Proteges. There is a discussion of the philosophy of escape, as well as two person thumb ties, patter and dialogues, posters, advertising and good solid advice.
$20.00










Art of Invisible Thread by John LeClair

The only book of it’s kind on the inner workings of invisible thread manipulation, The Art of Invisible Thread is a comprehensive, easy-to-read book, extensively illustrated by Tony Dunn. Contains everything you need to start performing invisible thread miracles: Premium Invisible Thread and Special Skin Colored Adhesive. 120 Pages, Hardcover with Dust Jacket
$ 29.95

 




Art of Krowd Keeping by Danny Hustle
Featuring the work of Gazzo

Through the words of author, Danny Hustle, you learn the incredible success story of Gazzo. How he came to America with 50 bucks in his pocket and a dream of warm weather and magical success. He found both shortly after arriving and built a powerful reputation as a street performer. Hustle continues to detail the strategies and routines that Gazzo uses to keep the attention of a crowd, and to persuade them to part with their money. If you want to captivate an audience and keep them amazed, this is the book for you.
$ 20.00








The Art of Magic: The Companion to the Pbs Special by Carl Waldman, Carl Waldman, Jamy Ian Swiss, Jamy Ian Swiss, Frank Coffey (Illustrator), Joe Layden
Richly informative and easily able to hold the attention of the modern-day reader while acquainting him with the fully illustrated history of this continuing marvel right up to the present day. A must for magic fanatics and historians alike. This book offers wonderful photos and a look into magic's marvelous history. Also covers the masters of the art today, such as Lance Burton, David Copperfield, and Siegfried & Roy. Highly recommended!
$ 30.00




Art of Magic by T. Nelson Downs

A classic text. Ghostwritten for Downs by John Northern Hilliard (author of Greater Magic), this is the perfect treatise for the beginning magician. Features easy to do magic and more complicated sleight of hand work as well.
$ 10.00



















Art of Mentalism by Robert Cassidy

Originally published by CW in 1984, this extraordinary book sold out quickly and has been unavailable in hardbound ever since. The Wait Is Over! Robert Cassidy's The Art Of Mentalism has long been described as one of the books comprising the 'bible of mentalism'. Ground-breaking and ageless insight, methods and effects that will not only stimulate you but increase your worth as a performer. More than 90 pages of select material in a neat 8 1/2" x 11" format. This is a bona fide find for those in the know.

$ 54.00






Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy

It has taken more than twenty years, but Bob Cassidy, a founding member of the Psychic Entertainers' Association and one of the most influential and colorful creators of modern mentalism, has finally written a worthy successor to The Art of Mentalism! When the latter was first published in 1983, it was immediately recognized as a classic in the field and is on the "top ten" lists of many leading mentalists. We predict that this volume will eclipse the acclaim as the first. The first half of the book, reprints his Art of Mentalism 2 (a complete professional performance thoroughly explained), and his four Principia Mentalia volumes. As if that were not enough, the second half gives permanent form to 3 limited distribution manuscripts: Theories and Methods for the Practical Psychic Strange Impressions But Stranger Still
$ 45.00



Art of Metal Bending by Guy Bavli

Get your hands on Guy's latest metal-bending lecture notes, giving you inside information and an expert's insight into a variety of metal-bending effects.
$ 20.00



Art of Modern Conjuring by Professor Henri Garenne
Cards, coins, rings, and even the human predilection for wonder may all be expertly manipulated with the help of this guide to favorite tricks and illusions of the magician's art. Professor Henri Garenne, the urbane author of this manual on conjuring, intended it as a "guide for amateurs and young beginners." Starting with the basics of palming objects and using props, and progressing through more than 200 tricks, this distinctive volume is a rich resource for the new magician or the armchair prestidigitator. The lessons involve cards, coins, rings, balls and handkerchiefs. They explain mesmerizing tricks like the Flying Glass of Water and To Produce Eggs from a Person's Mouth. Even more astounding are the Indian Basket trick, The Living Head in a Bottle, and - for a truly stupendous effect - A Lady Suspended in the Air Without Any Visible Support! And those looking for instruction in ventriloquism and thought reading will not be disappointed. The secrets are here. Elegant vintage engravings demonstrate the tricks and add to the charm of Professor Garenne's delightful treatise.
$ 20.00



Art of Public Squeeking by Doc Wayne
Who gives a Squeek? You do! This hilarious 48-page book by Doc Wayne will make the Squeeker the most popular comedy prank of the year! Includes gags, jokes, routines and offbeat ideas for the Squeeker in every public situation-elevators, restaurants, work, school...even at the chiropractor! The section for magicians, clowns, and mimes (or anyone who wants to squeek like one!) includes routines for Three Sponge Monte, The Squeeker Pull (hey, your hands are left squeeky clean!), a Flea Circus and more! Put the squeeze on it today!
$ 7.50 includes one squeeker



Art of Wrist Watch Steal Book by Magic Underground
Part of the fun of being a magician is entertaining the audience. This book will teach you how to steal a watch from any guest that you pull up on the stage. That is, providing they have on a watch.
$ 15.00


















Artificial Conclusions by Jim Steinmeyer
Jim’s 2003 lecture, a collection of theatrical card effects, for close-up or platform performances. It includes Jim’s variations on several classic effects, a new stage-sized Monte routine and Through the Trapdoor, a topological mystery in which a card seems to be pushed through a tiny hole. 36 pages, 8 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches, fully illustrated.
$ 20.00



Ascanio Spread by Jon Racherbaumer

Arturo De Ascanio of Madrid, Spain started the whole business. His original manuscript, dated December of 1970 and typed in Spanish, was given to Mike Rogers (through the persuasion of Del Cartier) to be published in M-U-M. Rogers realized that the move caused some excitement at the convention in Amsterdam (July -1970) and American cardmen would appreciate learning something new and different. In fact, Rogers, Pete Biro, Herb Zarrow, and others that attended the convention in Holland were instrumental in "spreading the word." This manuscript will hopefully be instrumental in the "wording of the Spread, " making it a technique that every cardman will be able to understand and do. Effects Included: The Basic Move Serpentine Aces The Homing Card ala Ascanio The Universal Card ala Ascanio The Undulating Universal The Blocked Ascanio Super Spread The Upturned One Monte Madness Ladies Sing the Blues Jackpot
$ 15.00

As the Crow Flies by Raymonde Crow
A new book of magic routines for restaurant performers by Raymonde Crow. Included here is magic with cards, coins, candy, sponges and a borrowed finger ring--17 fully routined items, carefully explained and profusely illustrated. In addition, Raymonde has included the RC Cop, an original move, and a Q&A chapter on the business of performing magic in a restaurant--valuable advice from a working restaurant magician! This book is 8.5 X 11 inches, comb bound, 99 pages with 281 clear photos. Each photo is always on the same page as the text referring to it
$ 20.00








Asher, Lee - Close Cover Before Striking

Lee's latest lecture notes contain six wonderful effects and utility sleights for the close-up card worker. Includes: * Wipe Your Ace - The magician shuffles the deck and tries to find all four of the aces. He succeeds in finding three of them but misses the fourth. He corrects the mistake by rubbing the deck against the wrong card and it visibly changes into the final ace! * Face Down Silver Surfer - A card is shown, signed and turned face-down on top of the deck. The deck is spread and the selection slowly slides down the spread from the top of the deck into the middle. With a snap of the fingers, the signed card is shown to have magically jumped back to the top. * Put Your Treys In The Upright Position - The four Threes are rotated out of the deck and remain standing on the table without any visible means of support! * Rosie Palm - An amazing way to palm a card from the center of the deck. * Resistance Is Feudal - After producing the four aces, the magician states that he would have rather produced the four jacks and proceeds to visually change all four aces into the four jacks at the same time! * That's A Wrap - A borrowed $ 100 bill is wrapped around a deck of cards. In an instant, the bill vanishes and reappears wrapped around the four aces (or selected cards) in the middle of the pack.
$ 15.00

Asher, Lee - Hands Jobs
Didn't have a chance to catch Lee Asher's 2001 lecture tour? At least you can still get the lecture notes. Hand Jobs contains the following card effects: * The Third Fastest Card Trick In The World * The Losing Control * Slap That Ace * Fan-see Meeting Both You Here * Not Impressive * Cheek to Cheek Asher Style
$ 15.00











Asher, Lee - Le Asher France 99 Lecture Notes

Lee Asher's 'Le Asher With taking on over 22 lectures across the United States, Lee Asher is ready to take over France. Learn some of Lee Asher's best routines yet in this fully detailed & illustrated instruction book. 4 Great Routines... · You Bet Your Asher · The Magic Finger Box Of Death · Diving Board Double · Making Ripples
$ 15.00







Asher, Lee - Pulp Friction

These notes were specifically written for Lee's "2000 Workshop in Paris" at the infamous Double Frond. They contain Lee's "Pulp Friction" control which he feels is a new era card control with limitless possibilities. Contains: * New Addition to the Thunderbird * Pulp Friction * Multi Peek Control * Red Black Separation * Touchez
$ 15.00










Sex Sells by Lee Asher
$ 15.00

Thinking Out Loud Book by Lee Asher
$ 15.00



Assumption Swindle by Jack Tillar
"This is precisely the type of material that every working mentalist is searching for. It is powerful, flexible and proven. It would be difficult to think of a demonstration that packed flatter or played bigger. Using Jack's Assumption Swindle, you will be able to convince every member of your audience that you can read their mind AND win the lottery!" -- Michael Weber Jack Kent Tillar, the creator of the classic Blister effect, now presents an incredible new concept that every working mentalist will find uses for in their repertoire. The Assumption Swindle is one of the most ingenious and versatile principles in mentalism. It requires no stooges, no peeks, no electronics, and no gimmicks. It enables the performer to create unforgettable miracles. Here are just a few examples: Six participants freely choose a lottery number and each writes it down on a slip of paper. A seventh participant holds the slips and serves as a judge. The performer proceeds to reveal each number that was written down and the judge verifies that each number called out is among the slips! The audience secretly writes down three unusual actions for the performer to do on stage. Using muscle reading while blindfolded, the performer is able to accomplish these tests! The performer is able to reveal the total of all the serial numbers of several bills held by audience members! Part 1 of this book explains this effect and explores a variety of other effects using this principle as it can be applied to playing cards, serial numbers on bills, coupons, drawings, words, places, trading cards, and many, many other items that are limited only by one's imagination. Part 2 explores ways to accomplish an essential technique in mentalism. Part 3 will inspire and teach you to create mental and magical originalities that will fit your audience, your abilities and your own particular personality! "I'm really enjoying your material and am savoring every word! The material is great." -- Michael Weber Pages 122 - Softbound
$45.00


Astor's Sealed Miracle No. 1 Antigravitron
Effect The magician hands a large metal ring (of approx. 18"/ 45cm in diameter) to the audience for inspection. His hands are empty. A spectator puts an object of his choice on the table. Holding the ring with both hands, the performer moves it over the object (Fig.1), and then lifts the ring. As the ring is lifted, the object is lifted along with it, floating in the centre of the ring (Fig.2). The magician can turn the ring in any direction he wishes; holding it by his mere fingertips, he can even turn the ring around the object (Fig.3) - the object is floating freely in the air. The performer explains that the ring is made of a special material capable of neutralizing gravity inside the ring, so that any object in the centre of the ring will float freely in the air. He then takes the ring back to the table, slowly lowering it along with the object and putting both on the table. The spectators may inspect all the objects. But that's not all. The magician can immediately repeat the effect with any object at all (that doesn't weigh more than 2 lbs/ 1kg). He doesn't have to pick up or palm anything, he doesn't have to touch his body (no, there are no strings stretched across the room either!) or make any new preparations! A member of the audience simply puts any object on the table (a handkerchief, a banknote, a lighter, a pack of cigarettes, a candlestick with a burning candle, a burning petroleum lamp, anything). The magician takes the ring, moves it over the chosen object - and, just like before, it floats in the middle of the ring! "Catalogue talk!" you might say, "That's just impossible!" "On the contrary", we say, "Of course it's possible. Astor performed this effect any number of times and totally amazed his audiences with it. And you might be even more amazed when we tell you: The magician's hands are always empty! He doesn't pick up any aids, so he doesn't have to secretly put any away! He can float any object as often as he likes (and, of course, not only things borrowed from the audience, but also anything of his own, such as a large ball, a glass, a bottle with liquid - in other words, anything that isn't very heavy). The ring and the objects are completely unprepared, and can be examined at any time! No wires, ring pullers, magnets or that sort of thing! This effect can be performed before surrounding audiences, at a distance of 7 feet / 2m. No training required! Can you imagine a better effect? We can't! You can use any larger ring for this effect and it can be of metal, wood, plastic or just about anything. Of course an aid is actually used; you can easily make it yourself. The richly illustrated instructions explain everything clearly, so that even a beginner can perform this amazing trick. The trick can be immediately repeated with any object (of no more than approx. 2 lbs/ 1kg in weight).
$18.95



Astor's Miracle No. 2 Supravision
A completely inexplicable mental effect. Is it real telepathy? It remains a mystery. Effect The medium (who could be your partner) is blindfolded by members of the audience in the following manner: First, two cotton-wool balls are put over his or her eyes and taped crosswise with sticking plaster. Then the eyes are further firmly blindfolded with a piece of cloth, and a second, large cloth is placed over the head. It is not a trick blindfold! The medium really can't see anything! After this is done, two members (any!) of the audience lead the medium out of the hall and make sure that he or she is completely unaware of the goings-on in the hall. You now hand somebody in the audience a simple wooden box and six silk scarves of different colors and tell him or her to choose a scarf, put it into the box, padlock the box and put the other scarves into his/her pocket. You now take a seat in the auditorium and sit motionless. You may also be led out of the hall, so as to avoid any contact with the medium at all. Brought back into the hall, the medium takes the box in his or her hand and immediately tells which scarf is locked in it! Instead of silk scarves, it may be any objects at all, such as playing cards, dice of different colors, different coins borrowed from audience members, etc.! Also, the number of objects is not limited to six, but can even be higher. Astor's Sealed Miracles is a series of some of the best creations of the famous Hungarian magician Astor. Enjoy his creating thinking and his outstanding effects!
$18.95

Miracle Paper Tear (Sealed Miracle No.3) by Astor
The trick in which a sheet of newspaper is torn to pieces and then made whole again, when performed well, has always had a great impact on the audience. That's no surprise, for how better could one convince his public of his magical powers than by VISIBLY restoring a sheet of paper which has been ripped to shreds? Psychologically, it is not easy to explain: With a rope-cutting trick, for example, which is a totally different type of restoration, it is easier to assume that the magician has secretly taken something away, hidden (palmed) or switched something, than it is to assume the same for something as big as a sheet of paper. And yet, subconsciously the viewer still thinks there is some kind of switch. There is only one way to rule out this possibility: The newspaper must be borrowed from someone and it must also be marked by someone. When a borrowed and marked piece of paper is torn up and restored, that's really a miracle. Unfortunately, there was never anything like that before! And it was exactly this fact which stimulated Astor to find a solution for this particularly difficult problem. It couldn't be just ANY solution, but one which even a stressed professional magician could do in his normal routine without any difficulties or complications. That's how this magic trick came into being, which puts all the other newspaper-tearing tricks in the shade, and with good reason! Effect The magician asks the audience if anyone happens to have a current newspaper with him. As soon as a viewer responds, the magician goes to him and takes a sheet of the newspaper from him. He holds the sheet for all to see and then goes to a second person, who marks the newspaper with a pencil. As soon as this is done the magician tears the paper in half, right before the eyes of the audience! (The marked newspaper is really torn in half, it has not been switched!) Holding up the two pieces of paper, the magician returns to the stage (podium, or whatever) and puts the two halves together to tear them through the middle again. He repeats this again and again, until there is nothing left but little pieces of paper. (And here, please note that the original marked newspaper has actually been torn up!) When he is done he shows the audience the shreds of paper, and then, without touching anything else (!) or carrying out any other manipulation, the magician begins to unfold the torn pieces! He walks back to the audience as he slowly continues to unfold the paper, and when he has reached the audience member who gave him the newspaper it is completely unfolded! It is completely restored, not a piece is missing, and the mark is still there! The marked (!) sheet of newspaper, which was torn up right before the eyes of the audience, is unharmed and whole once again! The magician returns the newspaper to the person in the audience, thanks him with a bow and goes back to the stage, walking slowly, accompanied by seemingly never-ending applause! Need more information? How about this: No sleight of hand ! No difficult practicing! A purely professional method! Aids? Yes, a small one which you can prepare yourself in just a few minutes. What else do you need? Some impudence, just a little bit of cheek, that's all Comes complete with 22, full-color page booklet explaining the trick in great detail.
$18.95



Astral Travel Workshop by Richard Webster
This is a complete system for putting on three-hour workshops to help people leave their physical bodies and astral travel. Richard has done these successfully for several years and always has a waiting list of people wanting to attend one. Richard does these in a room and rents a local community center, but you could even do them in your own home if you wished. His complete script is enclosed. A reviewer in an Australian magic magazine considers these to be "exploitative and undesireable," so you are hereby warned! However, many people have attended several of these and would not come back if they were not happy. They are obviously receiveing benefit from them. The astral travel workshops are easy to do and are extremely lucrative.
$ 35.00

Astrolingua Created by Phantomas
...just pure mindreading! Inspired by Ray Grismer's "What's my sign," (a routine in which the magician is successfully able to guess the zodiac sign of an onlooker after a few questions) Phantomas has created another practical version of the "Progressive Anagram." Very easy to remember. After a little practice, you will be able to tell your spectators their sign, simply by "reading their minds!"
$ 15.00













Astrology for the Psychic Entertainer by Richard Webster
(74 pages)
A new book telling how to capitalize on the age-old popularity of astrology. The contents include: selling horoscopes with a simple code act, determining compatability with astrology, close-up effects with an astrological theme, crystals and astrology, a complete astrology lecture, plus how to give cold readings with astrology. One chapter tells you how to predict the future with astrology, using a system that takes minutes to do. Add a new dimension to your act, or an extra string to your bow, with this material. No matter what sign you are, you’ll get useful information from this book.
$ 35.00



At the Card Table by Darwin Ortiz
From Darwin's Introduction: "If I had to summarize the material in this book I would have to say that it is professional magic, it is strong magic...The term 'audience-tested' is often used, and sometimes abused, in the literature of magic. The effects in this book have been audience-tested, not over a period of weeks of months, but over years of constant use before paying audiences, the only way one can really come to know an effect." Contents: * Foreword by Roger Klause * Introduction * Pinky Count * Card Table Artifice Jacks Open Jackpot Jacks or Better In One Deal Mexican Poker Darwin's Three Card Monte The Estimation Routine Grand Slam The Vegas Shuffle Fast Shuffle The Twofer Shuffle Greek Poker The Ultimate Card Shark * Legerdemain The Dream Card Hitchcock Aces Nine Card Location Regal Aces Slick Aces Deja Vu Jokers Modern Jazz Aces The Lucky Deck Darwin's Wild Card Darwin's Aces The Card Warp Deck The Si Stebbins Secret Do As I Did Jumping Gemini Back Off Mindbender Ultimate Interchange New Tens Routine
$ 40.00

At the Table by John Racherbaumer
A compilation of the best of Jon Racherbaumer's M.U.M. column with two bonus routines by Ed Marlo and Tom Mullica. There are 39 items devoted to coins, linking pins, mental magic and cards, with contributions from people like John Cornelius, Phil Goldstein and others. 120 photographs - 59 illustrations - 192 pages, beautifully bound.
$ 30.00















Aunt Mary's Terrible Secret A Professional Card Routine in Three Acts, created by David Williamson!

Every family has their secrets. The Williamson family has Aunt Mary. A respectable woman with a murky past, Aunt Mary has finally come clean. Revealed here for the first time as a professional card routine in three powerful acts, Aunt Mary's Terrible Secret is well within the reach of any performer. Two audience members are invited to play a simple color matching game for the chance to win fifty-two dollars. The cards are unprepared, the money is real and this incredible, easy-to-master routine builds to a devastating climax that will leave your audiences stunned. After Aunt Mary's Terrible Secret, you'll never look at little old ladies the same way again. Here's what the experts are saying... "Aunt Mary's Terrible Secret is too good to share. I have used this routine in paid performances for many years. I am as sorry to have to share it with the fraternity as I have been sorry to have to share it with the originator himself. Perhaps by buying this book, I will obtain retroactive permission for my past performances." Michael Weber "Quite simply, this is a highly commercial routine. It combines money, gambling, audience participation, and uncanny control over the cards to produce a routine that audiences love and remember." Darwin Ortiz "David has given the serious performer a truly masterful three-act professional performance piece that will leave his unwitting participants completely entertained and at a total loss as to any explanation." Roger Klause Please note: This is a 44 page manuscript professionally produced by David Williamson and illustrated by Earle Oakes. It does not use gimmicked cards or gaffs of any kind. It is a complete and powerful gambling routine, that is insanely easy to do! Approximately 8" x 5" this book contains over 40 pages. Illustrated.
$ 25.00

Aunt Mary's Cards by David Williamson
The perfect companion to the magic explained in Aunt Mary's Terrible Secret. Aunt Mary's Cards are a standard deck of playing cards printed on Gemaco card stock. Available in two vintage colors, these cards make a great gift for magic lovers, especially when paired with the book!
$7.00 each available in Gold or Blue




















Aura Readings for Fun and Profit by Richard Webster (74 pages)
This book describes a simple, yet effective way of giving cold readings. You can draw a simple aura on the back of your business card, or give a full length reading using a crayons or paints – either way it provides very effective “window-dressing” for a cold reading. A great way to have your name and work remembered.
“A veritable wealth of information for all readers.” - Masklyn ye Mage, The New Invocation
“Webster at his very best.” - Bascom Jones, Magick
$ 35.00

Autobahn by David Forrest
What if you could perform the classic ACAN effect while you were STROLLING or HOPPING TABLES and succeed every single time without fail? What if the method was simple, surefire and took up no more pocket space than a single deck of cards? What if this powerhouse effect could be performed with NO MEMORY WORK, NO MATHS and NO SLEIGHT OF HAND? What if the spectator could genuinely name ANY CARD and they, themselves could deal the cards FACE UP to the randomly selected number? What if the deck was completely un-gimmicked – just fifty two regular playing cards – nothing more? What if the reset was instant and the effect could be repeated table after table, group after group? What if the entire effect took no more than a few minutes from start to finish and each performance left the group with TWO of your own business cards, altered in such a way as to ensure they’ll be kept? Sound like a pipe dream? This is no pipe dream! This is David Forrest’s AUTOBAHN! Included in this PDF is the complete routine from start to finish as well as the special artwork required to create the AUTOBAHN props. There’s no craft or handy-work required, you won’t have to ‘make a gimmick’ - simply print out the special AUTOBAHN artwork and attach it to your existing business cards. You won’t believe how simple it is and you are provided with a lifetimes supply! AUTOBAHN is a practical and workable solution to one of magic’s greatest plots that will finally allow close up magicians to consistently and reliably unleash the awesome power of the ACAN effect on their unsuspecting audiences! Don’t putter around in the side streets any longer. Take the next exit for the AUTOBAHN and STEP ON IT! "An excellent solution to the ACAN plot. It's good to see a method that gets away from memorisation and estimation." - Peter Duffie
$20.00



Automata by R. Shane
Automata is a collection of effects based on self working magic. WAIT - I know what you’re thinking... Counting and math, OH NO!!! No Indeed!!! Yes, the principles behind most of these are based on tried and true mathematical principles which, in their original form, are not particularly performable, but take a look at what R. Shane has done with them! The subtitle of this book is Self-Working Miracles With A Sense of Humanity! That says it all. Here are simple methodologies enshrouded in awesome presentations that make the "tricks" into magic theater that entertains, amazes and inspires. R. Shane begins each effect with a treatise on the original method and effect and then explores variations on the theme. R. Shane is also a master at finding a hole and plugging it up. He finds the "flaw" in a method that prevents it from being a masterpiece, and finds a way to seal that hole so the mystery won't escape. In this book, you will find complete performable routines and literally DOZENS of variations on each one. This is NOT ONLY a book of effects ready to perform, but an exploration in creativity and adaptation. Automata takes the effort out of the method and allows you to focus everything on presentation! Pages 140
$25.00

Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius

There is no hyperbole in the title of this book, as much of the magic contained here gained its John not only accolades from his peers, but one him one of magic's highest honors-a world prize at F.I.S.M.-as well as being the only American to win the World Championship in Magic in two different categories and the only person to win the International Brotherhood of Magicians Creativity Award three times! Thomas Edison, who knew a thing or two about the subject, said that genius was “one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” In The Award Winning Magic of John Cornelius, genius is apparent at every turn of the page. John Cornelius is one of magic’s most innovative performers and inspired inventors and his effects and routines are in use by magicians the world over. In this long-anticipated book, author Lance Pierce explains John’s magic in meticulous detail, covering everything from legendary effects such as "Marked For Life," "The Fickle Nickel" and the ingenious "Shrinking Card Case" to every last nuance of John’s world-championship winning card act, “Every Card Trick In The World In Ten Minutes." More than just a magic book, The Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius is a journey into the mind of one of the foremost magical thinkers of our time, a man many have hailed as a creative genius. Hardbound with Dust Jacket, 192 pages, fully photo-illustrated.
$ 45.00

Award Winning Rope Magic of Francis Tabary
Master one great rope trick and you will have a piece of magical entertainment that will serve you well for the rest of your life under almost any performing conditions. Rope Magic is the ultimate "packs small, plays big" effect. In The Award-Winning Rope Magic of Francis Tabary, not only will you learn the rope routine that won him the title of World Champion, but you will learn enough high-quality, stunning rope magic to keep you busy for a lifetime! Tabary's beautiful rope magic is visual, clean, brilliantly structured and flawlessly executed. He has used his F.I.S.M. act to baffle and confound magicians and laymen alike all over the world. To witness the finale of his act where one rope visibly melts into another is to see magic at its highest level. It is absolutely breathtaking! The Award-Winning Rope Magic of Francis Tabary contains an incredible collection of mind-boggling original inventions. You will not find minor variations of tired old effects here. Tabary has created beautiful new effects, brilliant new methods, and even ingenious new principles. There is nothing ordinary or standard about this man's thinking! Every detail of Tabary's incredible rope magic has been painstakingly written, and is expertly illustrated by renown artist, JEFF. This book is sure to be a crown jewel in your library and will become one of your most treasured resources.
$ 65.00



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