Abbott’s Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks Vol. 1 by Stewart James

_EF Enlarge your magic repertoire and amaze your friends with mystifying rope tricks you can easily learn from this legendary encyclopedia of rope tricks for magicians. Containing over 150 tricks, many created by masters of rope magic, this book shows you step-by-step how to perform the best rope tricks ever devised. No matter how often …

Expert Card Technique by Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue

_EF In this definitive work on card technique, step-by-step instructions teach you the correct methods for the basic manipulations and the more advanced flourishes, and only then allow you to learn tricks. Offering the most foolproof methods available, Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue explain such basic manipulation as the palm, the shuffle, the lift, the …

Modern Magic Manual by Jean Hugard, Harper & Brothers

_EF A vaudeville favorite for 35 years, Jean Hugard-born John Gerard Rodney Boyce (1873-1959)-was not only a stunning success as a stage magician but was also one of the most prolific and illuminating of writers about magic. In this classic manual-the first he wrote for people outside the inner circle of magic performers-he reveals the …

Wonder Silk Box by Klingl

This was invented by János Bartl from Hamburg in Germany c. 1934, and licensed to Davenport’s in April 1934 to sell under the name Demon Wonder Box. It was marketed in the 8th issue of the Demon Telegraph, a house-magazine from Davenport. In the early versions like this one only two sides could be opened. …

Encyclopedia of Card Tricks by Jean Hugard, Max Holden

_EF In the first decades of the twentieth century magicians filled the magic journals with articles on card tricks, giving improvements on classic tricks and inventing new ones. If you could put together a collection of these magazines you would almost have a complete course on card tricks, by some of the world’s greatest magicians. …

Crazy Stunts for Comedy Occasions by Harlan Tarbell

_EF There is a constant demand for comedy in the entertainment field, and stunts of a humorous nature are readily welcomed. Many of the hokum stunts in this collection have been handed down for years from one generation to another, or have been transmitted by hearsay or through contact with the state. Very little has …

World’s Best Book of Magic by Walter B. Gibson

_EF Six sections containing hundreds of tricks and slights, they are: Tricks without sleight of hand or apparatus, the principles and applications of sleight of hand, magic with small apparatus, Carl Brema’s exclusive mysteries, platform magic and stage illusions. B&W illustrations, 319 pages.  Contents: 7 Foreword  11 Preface  13 The Romance Of Magic 30 The …

New and Original Magic by Edward M. Massey

_EF Excerpt from New and Original Magic: Comprising a Number of Novel and Entertaining Effects, a Fund of Information for the Professional Artist and His Younger Brother, the Amateur Not since Professor Hoffmann’s Modern Magic has there appeared a book on practical mechanical magic, until Mr. Massey gave us this truly original work. The literature …

The Art of Magic by T. Nelson Downs

_EF For the magician who has learned the basic sleights of cards and coins, and who wants to make his act both mystifying and entertaining, the undisputed all-time best guide is T. Nelson Downs’ The Art of Magic. Downs was one of the greatest sleight-of-hand performers who ever lived, and his name is associated with …

The Magic Art by Donald Holmes

_EF The Magic Art is a book very much in the style of the Hoffmann books. It describes in particular the tricks invented or used by Mr. Holmes. Tarbell calls this book ‘excellent’ in the Tarbell Course. Holmes was a prolific author who wrote several other titles as well. In this volume he deals with …

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