The Man Who Was Erdnase by Bart Whaley, Martin Gardner, Jeff Busby

_EF This electrifying book is the definite story of the life and methods of the mysterious cardsharp who called himself “Erdnase” – Milton Franklin Andrews. As exciting as a mystery novel, highly acclaimed, and winner of multiple awards, it’s the only book telling the true story! Full of fascinating information available in no other source, …

A World of Clocks by Roy Johnson

_EF Card tricks displayed as a clock face.  Contents (from book ToC): vii Introduction 1 Time Please 1 – The Roy Johnson Handling 2 – A Variation 4 Zodiaclock 4 – The Basic Principle 5 – Zodiaclock 7 Klok 11 Surprise Item 14 – The Switch 17 Mythical Princess Publisher: Jeff Busby Magic Inc. Pages: 19 …

The Success Book (Vols: 1-4) by Frances and Jay Marshall

_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 …

Shoot The Works by Ed Marlo

_EF The greatest book on dice work ever written for the magician. A complete manual of dice manipulation from the magic angle. Reputation making tricks. A wealth of content, including the Great Dice Stack in which four dice on the table are covered with a dice cup. Performer slides cup in a swinging motion, with …

The Complete Mike Rogers by Mike Rogers

_EF A Collection of the Original Material of Mike Rogers plus various contributions from magical friends. Includes Line Drawings and B&W Photos. This is an excellent book of close-up magic from Mike Rogers. It includes cards, coins, sponge rabbits and lots more. Highly recommended. Contents: 5 The Fan Turnover and Reverse (Jul 65 MUM): Card is …

The Cardician by Ed Marlo

_EF The most ambitious undertaking of this world famous card man – a big book that runs the gamut of Marlo card magic. Unusual sleights, miraculous tricks, incomparable routines, material for the student, gems for the expert. Contents by chapters: A group of ten popular tricks for anybody. Four more of the same, including Stripper …

Gambling Collectibles – A Pictorial Journey by Steve Forte

Gambling Collectibles – A Pictorial Journey presents the stories behind the evolution of dice, playing cards, chips, tables and layouts, games, cheating, and more. The informal narrative is designed to be historically interesting, not pedantic, and the research is supported with over 2,600 color photographs of the Steve Forte Gambling Collection, making the work colorful, …

Review by Andy Martin for Improbability (Phantom Penetration) by Sherms, Brian Godfrey

5 out of 5 A Super Card Penetration that was originally called Phantom Penetration and was invented by the English magician and inventor Brian “Tish” Godfrey c. 1933 and sold by Davenport’s.  Brian Godfrey also created an improved version c. 1936 called Penetrating Giant Card Mystery. This was also released by Davenport’s, who purchased the …

Butterfly Box by Kelvin Chow

This is clean, practical and well made vanishing deck effect that features some wonderful ideas and clever applications in the video trailer and on the included download, though I’m not sure how easy it will be to produce a live butterfly in your normal walk around gig 🙂  It is good to see the very …

Review by Frank Lehmann for P&L Ultra Perfect Card Box by Petrie-Lewis

5 out of 5 Dear Andy, I have both thicknesses of this card box. In my case they are made of German silver (nickel silver) which is made up of copper, nickel and zinc. It looks very much like silver but actually doesn’t have any silver in it. They are the nicest card boxes I’ve …

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