_EF A unique collection of the world’s great classics of magic – so clearly explained and so beautifully illustrated you’ll perform them to perfection in no time at all! Bill Tarr, long time magician, has devised a graduated system of learn-by-picture lessons so that anyone aged ten and up, using everyday objects found in the …
_EF Profiles the careers and artistry of more than thirty modern-day conjurers, illusionists, mentalists, and escapists and features magic tricks explained by The Amazing Randi Photographed by Paul Levin. Contents: 3 Preface 8 Foreword 9 The World’s Greatest Magic 22 Chapter 1 Close Up Conjuring 22 Malini 24 Slydini 28 Dai Vernon 32 Albert Goshman 36 …
_EF Divination, incantation, alchemy, sorcery, and all the most confounding feats of magic, both ancient and modern, are here in this comprehensive and inclusive book. How did the great masters of magic create their incredible illusions? Reaching back into the mists of history and around the globe, we see the great Dedi perform before the …
_EF Volume One has 10 chapters, covering the Story of Silk, Dyeing your own Silks, Methods of Folding Silks, Single and multiple Silk Productions with or without Apparatus, Vanishes, Changes and Transpositions. Although this is an encyclopedia of silk tricks, it also covers all types of conjuring props, making it of interest to any magician. …
_EF Illustrated by Nelson Hahne, edited by John Braun. New Modern Coin Magic includes four additional Chapters in over 150 additional pages- that are not in Modern Coin Magic. It is my understanding that when Magic Inc. renewed the copyright for The New Modern Coin Magic, they didn’t realize this didn’t include the previous version of the book, Modern …
_EF The Jinx is filled with incredible gems in bite sized pieces. Apart from a wealth of incredible effects, I love the commentaries by Annemann. The historical impact that The Jinx appears to have had is quite amazing. So much seems to have come from this publication. Contents: The Jinx – 51 – December 1938 …
_EF If you could choose just one book on magic … … I believe this would be a very worthy contender. Bruce Elliott’s Classic Secrets of Magic is a small book by modern standards: it has only twelve fairly short chapters, with each chapter focusing on a single basic effect and some variations. However, if …
_EF Okito is Theo. Bamberg who is from the famous Bamberg dynasty of seven generations of Magicians. The book is divided into two parts. Reminiscences contains invaluable advice on the theory and practice of magic. Part two contains selected tricks divided in to several chapters. B&W illustrations. Illustrated by Robert Johnstone. Contents (from book ToC): 1 …
_EF Now combined into one 250 page volume, these two books have to be some of the finest publications on magic ever! Most illustrations are actual black and white photos. Routines, moves, sleights are fully explained and patter is actually included in many of the routines. I grew up learning from these books and highly …
_EF Cyclopedia of Magic was written to provide the magician with a wide and solid background of magical knowledge. It provides definitions, descriptions, biographies and some routines on hundreds of magic topics. The “articles” are contributed by magicians such as August Roterberg, Charles Bertram, Eddie Joseph, Ellis Stanyon, John Mulholland, and many others. Contents: I …