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, …
_EF For decades people have been begging for, and have repeatedly asked me, “Where is the Charlie Miller book?” Where indeed ? It’s been under your nose for 40 years, in the pages of “Magicana” where Charlie published an enormous amount of his own repertoire. Not just stuff he noodled together the night before, but …
_EF Ten years after Approaching Magic, his top-selling book was released, now comes Interpreting Magic by David Regal. Over 60 routines for close-up, parlor & stage. Over 500 pages. Over 1,000 photographs. 30+ conversations with artists, inventors, and contributors to the magic craft. Introduction by Michael Carbonaro. “Here’s the bottom line. If this book only …
_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 …
_EF This book – compiled and edited by Martin Breese – gathers together all of Al Koran’s magazine articles from the magic Wand, the Gen, the Wizard and Pentagram. It also features virtually all of the commercial effects that Al released via the Unique Magic Studio in London. Included as well are the effects that …
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 At long last, the third and final volume of the magic magazine that was so underground, it’s just now coming up for air. From 1963-1979 Howard Lyons’ Ibidem was so far ahead of the pack in innovative card magic, we’re still catching up to it. Reprinted in this jumbo volume are the final eight …
_EF Ibidem magazine. It ran from 1955 to 1979, during which time its editor P. Howard Lyons produced 36 issues. And those issues accumulated quite a reputation. For its long unperiodic existence Ibidem became recognized as the best source for avant-garde card magic and diverse curious pursuits of Lyons and his diabolically inventive crew. In …
_EF Conjurers’ Monthly Magazine was a magic periodical by Harry Houdini that only ran for one year from September 1906 until August 1907 as a competitor to the Sphinx. The magazine touted Houdini’s importance to the world of magic, gossiped about magicians he did not like and offered criticism of his imitators. The series, “Unknown …
_EF Continuing on in the great tradition of The Jinx, The New Jinx was a tribute to the thinking of Ted Annemann. Monthly periodical for stage mentalists and magicians that ran from May 1962 to April 1968 for 72 issues. Bill Madsen used the pen-name “Arlecchino” as the editor (information from Genii’s Magicpedia). The entire …