Compleat Magick Vol. 4 by Bascom Jones

_EF Now comes the dream collection. For the past 20 years, a steadily growing and remarkably loyal band of devotees (now numbering in the thousands) has subscribed to, contributed to, but mainly related to, the late Bascom Jones’ MAGICK. The reasons are patently apparent. Not since Annemann’s Jinx did an editor serve so diligently to …

Greater Magic by John Northern Hilliard, Kaufman and Company

_EF His Manuscripts and Notes Edited by Carl W. Jones and Jean Hugard. Illustrations by Harlan Tarbell. This is one thick book! This is the original Greater Magic reprinted, with the addition of More Greater Magic. Greater Magic is over 1000 pages. More Greater Magic is over 300 pages of additional material and covers the …

Pallbearers Review (Vols. 01-04) by Karl Fulves

_EF In the early part of 1965 my friend Don Nielsen mentioned that Don Tanner was looking for someone to take over The New Phoenix. I wrote to Tanner, saying that 1 was interested in publishing The New Phoenix through issue 400, after which I would start up a new publication. I included a copy …

Pallbearers Review (Vols. 05-08) by Karl Fulves

_EF In the early part of 1965 my friend Don Nielsen mentioned that Don Tanner was looking for someone to take over The New Phoenix. I wrote to Tanner, saying that 1 was interested in publishing The New Phoenix through issue 400, after which I would start up a new publication. I included a copy …

Vernon Chronicles Vol. 4 – He Fooled Houdini by Bruce Cervon, Keith Burns

_EF To learn more about the life and time of Dai Vernon get this book “The Vernon Chronicles, Volume 4 – He Fooled Houdini, Dai Vernon a Magical Life.” It contains many fascinating anecdote about Dai’s Life, but only a few magic tricks. This probably explains why so few copies of this book are in …

The Seventh Key (Seven Keys Supreme) by David De-Val

Seven Keys Supreme was created by the master escape artist David De-Val c. 1984 and it was sold by Supreme Magic Company.  It was later re-released as The Seventh Key c. 1991 and sold directly by  David De-Val. I purchased this as The Seventh Key by David De-Val c. 2000. The Seventh Key is not …

The Best of Pentagram Card Magic by Martin Breese

_EF The best card magic from the pages of The Pentagram magazine (1946-1960) Contents: (updated Sep 2018 – only had first page of Contents!) 1 Super Speller (George Blake) 6 The Nonsuch Card Prediction (Francis Haxton) 8 A Legacy From Jordan (Francis Haxton) 10 An Ace Change (Roy Walton) 12 Double Stop (Franklin V. Taylor) …

Keyrumba (Key Box) by Carl Williams

My favorite Anverdi item is his very clever and perplexing Key Box c. 1982 from almost forty years ago!  Until recently I thought it was at the top of the food chain for effects that became known as The Seven Keys to Baldpate by Annemann and invented by Joseph Kolar c. 1927.  That is until …

Stewart James In Print by Stewart James

_EF This is one of the largest magic books ever published. It is a testament to the genius of one man. Stewart James In Print features more than 400 tricks and routines Mr. James has published or marketed over a fifty year span of incredible creativity. In addition to scores of intriguing special chapters, each …

The New Jinx by Bill Madsen

_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 …

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