_EF This good book by Will Dexter covers many of the classics of magic, including levitations, cups and balls, and Houdini. It is not a book of tricks, but a book about tricks. Some general revelation is provided, but it is certainly not an exposure book. Interesting reading! It appears to be an expanded version …
_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 Part three of a three part series. A terrific Sixty-four Page Book . . . beautifully printed on fine art paper. Lavishly illustrated with photographs, which, together with Lewis Ganson’s superb easy to understand detailed descriptions . . . make it easy for anyone to learn, step by step,some of the world’s finest card …
_EF A fascinating showcase of many classic magic tricks including the famous Indian Rope Trick. Contents: 7 Introduction 9 That Wonderful Wand 10 This Is A Magic Wand 11 Who’s Knocking, It Must Be Spirits 12 Big Wand From Tiny Purse 13 Presto! It’s Gone 14 The Ghostly Pencil 15 The Lazy Match 16 Where …
This effect was invented by Ken Bowell and released in England by Supreme Magic Company c. 1957 and later (under license from Supreme) in the United States by Abbott’s c. 1958. This particular version does not come with the original glass and tube so in the video I had to improvise. Also notice that some …
_EF A CHANCE to secure a complete record of the Ganson Magic that took America by storm! Hundreds of magicians at the great International Convention at Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A., also in Chicago . . Pittsburgh . . New York and Buffalo . . acclaimed it as a great selection of top-class magic . . …
_EF Featuring 12 big sections, Top Secrets of Magic features complete routines with cards, coins, rings, balls, matchbooks, safety pins, and more; as well as an outstanding, multi-faceted close-up mindreading routine with blank business cards. There’s even a two-person mentalism routine you can teach a partner with a minimum of time and effort. Plus, J.B. …
_EF Part two of a three part series. A terrific card book . . . beautifully printed on fine paper. FIFTY-FIVE PHOTOGRAPHS illustrate the text by LEWIS GANSON, so that ANYONE CAN LEARN, step by step, many wonderful tricks and sleights. Cy Endfield is a film director … he “produces” each trick for you, so …
_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 Part one of a three part series. Lewis Ganson uses his supreme skill of description and SIMPLIFICATION to bring EVEN WITHIN THE RANGE OF THE BEGINNER Master Routines of one of the Worlds Outstanding Card Workers. Cy Endfield has used them to ENTERTAIN and BAFFLE magicians as well as “lay” audiences, including notables of …