_EF House of Cards by Chuck Romano is a unique and beautiful 320 page hardcover book with a gold-stamped cover. This book chronicles the fascinating life of Paul Rosini and explains much of the exceptional magic he performed during his career. Illustrated with rare photographs and beautiful illustrations, this entertaining book relates Rosini’s rise to …
This effect was originally invented by Sam Berland and his Spirit Sealed Envelope c. 1938. _EF An impossible-looking no-palm card to envelope. David patted himself on the back for coming up with this gimmick, then was informed that Sam Berland invented the gaff over 60 years ago. You get the gimmicked envelope, David’s routine and …
_EF This is a reprint of Edward Victors three volumes published between 1937 and 1946: Magic of Hands (1937), More Magic of Hands (1942) and Further Magic of Hands (1946) in one book. There are basic and advanced sleights using cards, coins, balls, ropes, thumbles and silks. Complete routines for cut and restored rope, linking …
This effect was first released by Fred Clark c. 1938 as Ribbon Release. This particular effect is easy to do once you have the knack, and it is particularly clever as a ribbon release because nothing is added or taken away. But you have to get the knack first. Bob Solari released a series of …
_EF His Manuscripts and Notes Edited by Carl W. Jones and Jean Hugard. Illustrations by Harlan Tarbell. This is one thick book! This is the original Greater Magic reprinted, with the addition of More Greater Magic. Greater Magic is over 1000 pages. More Greater Magic is over 300 pages of additional material and covers the …
_EF A colossal and stupendous compendium of over 60 years of tricks – brilliant and original tricks with cards, matches, dice, coins, ropes, rings, paper folds, mental magic, sugar cubes, sponge balls, business cards, cigarettes, mathematics and much more. And all are fairly easy to do! You’ll find Martin Gardner’s contributions to periodicals since 1930, …
_EF To learn more about the life and time of Dai Vernon get this book “The Vernon Chronicles, Volume 4 – He Fooled Houdini, Dai Vernon a Magical Life.” It contains many fascinating anecdote about Dai’s Life, but only a few magic tricks. This probably explains why so few copies of this book are in …
_EF Honed to perfection over nearly three decades, the Bernstein Linking Pin Routine is as sharp and mystifying an effect as you will ever see. The magician links two large safety pins together, fairly and plainly. On his command, the pins visibly and slowly melt apart. The unlinking of the pins actually looks like trick …
_EF Third in the Magical Pro-Files series. On the life of Percy Thomas Tibbles, 1881-1938. Peter Warlock and Eric Lewis teamed up to tell the fascinating story of the man that many historians will tell you was the most prolific illusion inventor of the century. 200 pages, fully illustrated with drawings, programs, playbills and rare …
They don’t make them like this anymore! Abbott’s started making high end shooting wands or Bang Wands c. 1938. I believe this one comes from c. 1987 because it has gold tips and the earlier wands had chrome plated tips. But it could be earlier. It is easily the heaviest and most substantial Bang Wand …