_EF Jim Steinmeyer’s 2003 book is a journey thorough the rich history of magicians, their creations and their quest for the impossible. Starting with Houdini’s famous and infamous illusion of making an elephant disappear, Jim traces the various inventions in “optical conjuring,” from Pepper’s Ghost to Tobin’s Proteus Cabinet and the famous wonders at Egyptian …
_EF 90 AMAZING CARD TRICKS FROM THESE GREAT MAGICIANS: David Acer, Howard Adams, Larry Becker, Eric Booth, Aldo Colombini, John Cornelius, Tom Craven, Daryl, Tom Daugherty, Ken De Courcy, Michael De Marco, Peter Duffie, John Fedko, Karl Fulves, Norman Gilbreath, Phil Goldstein, Paul Gordon, J.K. Hartman, Stephen Jones, Eddie Joseph, Stewart Judah, Marty Kane, Bob …
_EF Compiled and edited by Jim Sisti. Now you can own the second five years of The Magic Menu, the world’s only journal specifically for the walk-around magic specialties, in one volume. Whether you perform close-up magic in restaurants, bars, hospitality suites, corporate events, cocktail parties or other strolling venues, you’ll find a wealth of …
_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 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 …
_EF Continuing on in the great tradition of The Jinx, The New Jinx was a tribute to the thinking of Ted Annemann. Monthly periodical for stage mentalists and magicians that ran from May 1962 to April 1968 for 72 issues. Bill Madsen used the pen-name “Arlecchino” as the editor (information from Genii’s Magicpedia). The entire …
_EF Dust jacket rear panel notes: “The book of a lifetime by a very special man. Gene Gordon – co-founder of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, magician on the road for 20 years in over 10,000 live performances, and magic shop owner/operator for 25 more years. Gene Gordon – producer of Hen Fetsch’s many magical …
_EF Volume 4 of 8. Some Favorites: Cigarette 27, Paper Cups 39, 41, 43; Soap Pitchman 46, Koko Blocks 64, Cut & Restored Tie 69, Lesson 47 on thimbles, Snooty Snake card revelation 113, Jumping Cards 123, Red & black Transpo, Lesson 54 linking rings, Cut & Restored Ribbon 317, King Solomon’s bands 335, and …
_EF In the mid-19th Century, Angelo Lewis, a British lawyer and writer with a passion for sleight of hand, wrote a series of articles on conjuring for several boys’ magazines. In 1876, using the pseudonym “Professor Hoffmann”, Lewis expanded these articles into a book entitled Modern Magic, the first in a series of books penned …