_EF Excerpt from New and Original Magic: Comprising a Number of Novel and Entertaining Effects, a Fund of Information for the Professional Artist and His Younger Brother, the Amateur Not since Professor Hoffmann’s Modern Magic has there appeared a book on practical mechanical magic, until Mr. Massey gave us this truly original work. The literature …
I really like Baffo, sometimes known by it’s longer name “The Baffo Orange and Ring Box“, and was hoping to demonstrate it this weekend. Sadly, the main gimmick broke and I have been unable to fix it. The problem with 100 year old props is sometimes when you actually try to use them, they break …
_EF For the magician who has learned the basic sleights of cards and coins, and who wants to make his act both mystifying and entertaining, the undisputed all-time best guide is T. Nelson Downs’ The Art of Magic. Downs was one of the greatest sleight-of-hand performers who ever lived, and his name is associated with …
This clever item created by Floyd Thayer first appeared in the Thayer Catalog No. 5 c. 1921 and although the props can be thoroughly examined both before and after the effect this little miracle is easy to do. There is one simple switch but it is done when their guard is totally down and there …
_EF Latest Magic is the last book in Hoffmann’s series “Modern Magic”, “More Magic” and “Later Magic”. Hoffmann had quite some problem finding a publisher for this book. The reason being the quality of the contents. When “Modern Magic” came out it explained new tricks and tricks which were performed at the time. Thus it …
_EF Not a book of tricks, but Charles’ writing of his many travels around the world as a magician. A marvelous glimpse into history in the early 1900’s. Excerpt from A Magician in Many Lands: ‘O for the touch o a vanished hand, and the sound of a voice that is still!’ The poet’s words …
_EF Hoffmann’s Later Magic covers a wide range of topics from the conjurer’s dress and appliances to a variety of tricks, both simple and complex. Among the many tricks explained are tricks with hats, tricks with eggs, gloves, flags, handkerchiefs, rings, watches, the magic wand and color changing tricks. This book is a must for …
_EF This is the second volume of the Hoffmann trilogy. If you liked “Modern Magic” you will love “More Magic”. There is too much to list. Refer to the ‘Table of Contents’ below for details. This book was rated one of the ten basic books for a working library of conjuring by H. Adrian Smith, …
_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 …
5 out of 5 So here is a beauty that is rarely seen by Nick and Rich from the early days of Collector’s Workshop at Misty Morn Farm. It is the close-up version of sawing a woman in half: Paper Thin Sawing. Performer displays a small business card size portrait of a lady in a red …
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