_EF The Jinx is filled with incredible gems in bite sized pieces. Apart from a wealth of incredible effects, I love the commentaries by Annemann. The historical impact that The Jinx appears to have had is quite amazing. So much seems to have come from this publication. Content: October 1934 – 1941; 907 pages The …
_EF New Tricks for Amateur Performers. Illustrated by L. Vosburgh Lyons. Another good volume by Bruce Elliot. Bruce writes in a more narrative fashion, and many of the effects are “run together” in the text. This makes it more difficult to find what you are looking for, but provides for good reading. This volume seems …
_EF (Werner): Illustrated by Louis Ravielli. Published in the US as The Best in Magic, in the U.K. as Magic: 100 New Tricks. From the Cover: “One of the most popular experts writing on magic today here presents over a hundred brand-new tricks. They are subtle, easy to do, and require little or no apparatus. The …
_EF A book of magic book reviews by Paul Fleming. Second of three volumes. First volume published 1944, and the third not until 1978. Information from Magicpedia Contents (list of books reviewed, numbers are not page numbers): 1 The Art of Illusion by John Mulholland 2 Celestial Agent by Charles J. Maly 3 Patent Pending by …
5 out of 5 Review of CardsharkI had the benefit to see the reaction from a fellow magician. What shocked me is that he appeared rather less than enthusiastic about the tricks – commenting that its way too long and too difficult. I believe the large majority of magicians will feel the same. However, I …
_EF This is a very scientific approach to inventing, designing, and understanding what magic is all about. Contents include 34 chapters on Classification of effects, fundamentals, appearances of magic, vanishes, transpositions, transformations, penetrations, restorations, animation, antigravity, attraction, sympathetic reactions, invulnerability, physical anomaly, spectator failure, control, identification, thought reading, thought transference, predictions, ESP, pseudo-skill, inventing new …
_EF Tony Corinda should have been given a special award for this book. There is nothing in the world of Magic or Mentalism that comes close to this ‘essential reference’ for completeness,organization,accuracy and all around excellence. Several books have been called “The Bible of Mentalism” but there is really only one … Corinda’s 13 Steps …
_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 An outstanding collection of sixty brilliant card tricks by the leading card men of today including: Annemann, Clever, Daley, Gibson, Lyones, Horowitz, Jamison, Jordan, Vernon, Scarne, Walsh, etc Illustrated by Nelson Hahne. Republished in 1977 by Dover in a single volume along with “Annemann’s Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks”. Contents: 1 Impromptu Tricks For …
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