_EF Photography by Lewis Ganson. This well produced book is a compilation of Inner Secrets of Card Magic (1959), More Inner Secrets of Card Magic (1960), and Further Inner Secrets of Card Magic (1961). Quite a few clear B&W photos help show the workings. A classic in card magic and highly recommended. (While the individual …
_EF 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 …
_EF The is a terrific book and reading it reminds me how much poorer the world [of magic] is for Mr. Parrish’s passing. There are two groups of people, though, who are going to be ecstatic over the book — those magicians who already own the props and the dealers in used magic who are …
_EF Design & Composition by Andrew Pinard. In 1990 Jim Sisti began “The Magic Menu”, a magazine geared for the restaurant and bar performer. Each issue included tips, stories, product reviews, and effects all oriented toward restaurant, bar, and strolling magic. This type of magic must pack small, easily reset, and often play for family …
_EF In this best selling book Paul’s reveals his most admired routines including his award winning FISM act featuring The Ring on the Hourglass and The Cups and Steel Balls. Written by Richard Kaufmann and Illustrated by Ton Onosaka with 48 original routines this book teaches you the magic that Paul has made a living …
_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 In the early part of 1965 my friend Don Nielsen mentioned that Don Tanner was looking for someone to take over The New Phoenix. I wrote to Tanner, saying that 1 was interested in publishing The New Phoenix through issue 400, after which I would start up a new publication. I included a copy …
_EF Originally a publication devoted to advanced sleight-of-hand material, only around 500 copies of the original Epilogue publication were ever printed. After being unavailable for nearly two decades, all 24 regular editions and the 5 special editions of Epilogue are now available in one complete hardbound volume! Comments: Drawings by Joseph K. Schmidt. Epilogue was …
_EF Jim Klein’s Mortimer’s Magic Magazine ran from 1990 through December 1992, for 13 total spiral-bound issues averaging 50 pages each and put out quarterly. Mortimer is the fictitious character created by Jim Klein and Dawn Gibb. Some issues originally came with extra props such as cards, printouts, etc. and all of these extras are …
_EF Richard’s Almanac was acclaimed as one of the finest newsletters ever devoted to close-up magic. Its publication from 1982 to 1987 was a highlight in the history of close-up magic periodicals. And now, all four hundred pages of the original newsletter, containing tricks from the greatest close-up magicians of our time, have been reprinted …