_EF John Mulholland (9 June 1898 in Chicago, Illinois – 25 February 1970 in New York City) was an American magician, author, publisher and intelligence agent. Mulholland learned the art of magic as a teenager with John William Sargent, President of the Society of American Magicians. Mulholland was a professional magician for two decades, working …
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_EF Over 20 years in the making! The FFFF Book is a collection of routines and memories from and about the Fechter’s Finger Flicking Frolic convention. Contributors include: Paul Gertner, Steve Beam, Pit Hartling, Ray Ben, Dan Garrett, Harrison Carroll, David Lederman, Steve Dushek, Doc Eason, Phil Goldstein, Tom Craven, Ray Mertz, Bill Miesel, David …
The Ultimate Thayer is a co-production of Robert Albo, M.D. and Philip Schwartz. This beautifully designed hard bound book in 2 volumes and 10 DVDs showing the Thayer equipment in action is beyond anything that has ever been offered to the magic fraternity. Anyone who has lived through those Thayer years now has a complete …
_EF Known as The Tabman, Tabby Crabb moved through the inner circles of Close up and comedy magic for two decades both with his skill at crafting magic accessories like the famous Tabman Tables, Casino Chips, Knife through Arm, fine hardwood magicians’ Wands and much, much more and appearing onstage and backstage with Amazing Johnathan …
_EF In a hotel somewhere in the Midwest, Howard Thurston’s advance man has finished his dogged work for the day and, as dusk falls, he clicks on the lamp and slips a piece of paper into his portable typewriter. He begins to tap out descriptions of tricks for a book he’s been dreaming of writing …
_EF Ibidem, published and edited by Howard Lyons and illustrated by his pro-artist wife, Pat, was issued from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from 1955 to 1979, and was the only notable magic periodical in Canada’s history. Ibidem was so far ahead of its time in the type of material it published, much of it still feels …
_EF The book SEANCE is the re-printed complete collection of all twelve SEANCE quarterly magazines devoted to spirit magic. Here is an excerpt from the book’s introduction, written by Eugene Burger: Seance first appeared in 1988. As each new issue arrived, I was surprised at the amount of good material that was being contributed. Single …
_EF (From the introduction to Vol.1): My previous major publishing venture was Mortimer’s Magic Magazine. This was a series of 13 spiral-bound publications, averaging 50 pages each and put out quarterly. Magician’s Home Companion is using Mortimer’s, with its excellent contributors, as the base on which to build. That probably makes us the “newest old …
_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 …