_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 …
_EF 1999 recipient of the Psychic Entertainers Association award for creativity, and with over fifty years of professional performance behind him, Barrie Richardson has gathered together 53 of his best mental routines, many with complete presentations, for this large volume of baffling experiences. In THEATER OF THE MIND, you will find page after page, of …
_EF I want EVERY magician to buy this book…for from this Great Feast of Tricks, Methods and Stories, one will GAIN A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE and INSTRUCTION. – Dai Vernon The life and magic of one of the most extraordinary men in the entire history of magical performance. Dai Vernon, with the help of Lewis …
The Coin Wand was first exposed in Hoffman’s Modern Magic as The Half-Crown (or Florin) Wand (pg. 203), it was first used in performance c. 1872. Stanyon’s advertised their version c. 1902, Roterberg advertised there version c. 1904, and Thayer were advertising theirs at least as early 1921 but probably earlier. Thayer also had a …
The legendary British Inventor, Craftsman, and Dealer, Jack Hughes, invented many staples in magic that we take for granted today (including: TV Card Frame (1936), Coins in Glass (before Copenetro) (1939), Attaboy (early 1930s), Clatter Box (1951) and many more. I grew up in the UK dreaming of owning some Jack Hughes effects. It was clear that the House of Hughes was producing some …
The Ninth of the Dr. Albo Books limited to 1000 copies. _EF After a long wait, Volume 9 emerged as an outlet of newly discovered, old magic that Albo has come across in the past several years. This volume also marked the beginning of the “Laboratories of Legedemain” series with the “Magic of Austria” and “Magic …
The Card Sword was performed as early as 1842 by Viennese magician Ludwig Döbler in London and c. 1853 by Robert-Houdin (Bart Whaley, Encyclopedic Dictionary of Magic, pg. 166). This beautiful sword was crafted for El Duco’s Magic by master craftsman Dag Johansen (though on the handle it says Darnell – Norway – #576). The …
_EF This is a book that spans forty years of a unique friendship and a shared love of magic that take you from the halcyon days when eight young London magicians haunted the Magic Dealers, the Variety Theatres and street-corner cafes every Saturday, right up to the present day. This youthful coterie of Cagliostros was …
A small ungaffed pocket dictionary is paired with a small wire-bound notebook and a pair of dice. The participant rolls the dice to determine a page number. The performer’s notebook has a Crib for the first word on the first 66 pages _EF Another winner from ELMWOOD MAGIC … a book test for the strolling …
_EF With hundreds of tricks published in magazines over the past forty years, Jack Avis is one of the most prolific creators of modern close-up magic. Jack’s classical, thoughtful magic with cards, coins, mentalism, ring and rope, and assorted objects will impress you with its simplicity and elegance. Tricks Include: Christmas Coin Vanish Movie Coin …
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