_EF Ken Brooke packed a powerful punch – not with his fist, but with his world renowned, commercial magic. Now you can learn his secrets in this new book, “Ken Brooke and Friends,” (Vol. 1) by Derek Lever, Taurus Magic. Enjoy the history of Ken’s early life and the working details of most of the apparatus …
_EF This rather large book contains lots of routines that are real gems. It covers coins, cups and balls, and cards. However, more on cards than the previous two. I won’t comment on the coins and cups and balls as I don’t have any experience with them, but I will give you an idea about …
_EF (From the Preface by Mike Hilburger) The huge hands scooped up a small pile of quarters, a deck of cards, a cigarette. No dramatic introduction was necessary. People quickly gathered ’round the legend, attired in his formal best of Banlon shirt and slacks soiled by an earlier bar clean-up. Spectator’s hands become like a …
_EF Comments: By Frances and Jay Marshall and a panel of experts Contents: 3 Introduction 7 Why This Book Was Written 12 You, the Performer 21 Formal Wear Chart 23 How to Look Your Best Under the Worst Possible Circumstances 32 How to Look Your Best Part II: Make Up ad Character Suggestions 43 The …
_EF For almost 50 years, Irving Desfor has captured the history of magic with his camera. His photos are the best! Here is your chance to catch a glimpse of moments in magic that are gone forever except in the memories of a few! See Dai Vernon perform the fabled Harlequin Act, watch Okito at …
_EF Illustrated by Richard Kaufman. An incredible collection of coin magic from David Roth, Geoffrey Latta, Sol Stone, Derek Dingle, and more! Well illustrated and explained. The David Roth section is somewhat duplicative of Kaufman/Roth’s Expert Coin Magic, but there is certainly enough here to warrant getting both volumes. Highly Recommended. This 266 page hard-bound book …
_EF If you liked the Linking Coathangers, wait till you see what else Mike has been hiding in his closet. Not a book of moves and ideas. Magicomedy represents 20 years of audience tested routines. 171 pages packed with close-up magic, cabaret routines, psychic effects, stage illusions, plus full details of Mike’s award winning Thimble …
_EF Profiles the careers and artistry of more than thirty modern-day conjurers, illusionists, mentalists, and escapists and features magic tricks explained by The Amazing Randi Photographed by Paul Levin. Contents: 3 Preface 8 Foreword 9 The World’s Greatest Magic 22 Chapter 1 Close Up Conjuring 22 Malini 24 Slydini 28 Dai Vernon 32 Albert Goshman 36 …
The Magic Magazine was a mass market monthly magic publication that was started by New York publisher Joseph Kardwell in 1974. There were 26 issues published with the first in December 1974 and the final one in September 1977. The magazine dealt with it’s fair share of publication issues and had four different publishers during …
_EF Will Goldston has been writing books on magic for many years. He is probably the most popular of magical authors, judged by the number of books he has written and the extent of their sales; for his writings on the subject now number several dozen titles, and a good many of them have run …