_EF In Stanley Collins-Conjurer, Collector and Iconoclast, master historian and author Edwin A. Dawes leads you through the life of happiness and heartbreak of this brilliant magician and collector. A great character of British magic during the first half of the 20th century, Stanley Collins was unique in that his tremendous conjuring skills were allied …
_EF Having spent more than forty-five years as a professional entertainer, Mr. Collins presents more than fifty tricks which he either originated or improved so extensively as to convert them into virtually new feats. Tricks with cards, coins, and handkerchiefs, pocket tricks, mental tricks, miscellaneous tricks, tricks for children, a stage illusion and ever several …
_EF Volume IV of Mike Caveney’s acclaimed Classic Correspondence series contains 24 more historic letters that Mike has annotated using the seemingly inexhaustible files in Egyptian Hall Museum. Over the course of four years these letters appeared in Genii magazine, but in book form they have been corrected and amended with additional photographs, posters and …
_EF The Third Volume Includes some of his signature pieces like The Restless Lady, Alternating the Colors, and his legendary All-Backs routine. These routines were part of the act that Ascanio performed at the Amsterdam FISM Convention, where he won First Prize in Card Magic. Also included are his classics Sequacious Spades, and Cards Through …
_EF An essential title for every magician, The Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks is the only book of its kind. Magical genius Stewart James, over the course of 40+ years, compiled three volumes of the Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks. Now, for the first time, these classic works have been collected, newly edited, and combined in a …
_EF Annotated and with an introduction by Charles Reynolds; Edited by William Broecker and Charles Reynolds. Illustrations by Greg Webb. From the introduction, “”…the book is part of a series of books, the Secret Science, on which Sam Sharpe started writing over sixty years ago…” Other books in the series include Conjurors’ Optical Secrets; Conjurors’ …
_EF Incredible complilation of Al Baker’s works, including : Magical Ways and Means, Pet Secrets, Al Baker’s Book, Al Baker’s Second Book, Cardially Yours, and Mental Magic, plus over 200 additional effects from manuscripts, instructions, notes, and so forth. Contents: 21 Credits 25 A Teacher I Never Met (Eugene Burger) 29 Al Baker and the …
_EF Illustrated by Robert Lorayne. The Apocalypse series are bound versions of one of the top magic magazines of the 1980’s and 90’s. These volumes contain tons of close up material with cards, coins, money, and various other items. Each of the volumes is highly recommended. This is the final volume in the series of …
_EF In a hotel somewhere in the Midwest, Howard Thurston’s advance man has finished his dogged work for the day and, as dusk falls, he clicks on the lamp and slips a piece of paper into his portable typewriter. He begins to tap out descriptions of tricks for a book he’s been dreaming of writing …
_EF Sometimes More Is More! Within these volumes are meticulously described 556 tricks and routines conceived by Stewart James. Of these, 478 have not been published before. Many of the originations of this extraordinary man appearing here for the first time are brilliant, some are transcendent. And of the 148 choice variants of his inventions …