This amazing book by Henry Hay (aka June Barrows Mussey) and Bruce Elliott’s Classic Secrets of Magic were by far my most read books in my early magic years. This handbook is massive and covers everything a budding young magician could ever want to learn about magic. _EF A great textbook for a college level …
_EF Dust jacket rear panel notes: “The book of a lifetime by a very special man. Gene Gordon – co-founder of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, magician on the road for 20 years in over 10,000 live performances, and magic shop owner/operator for 25 more years. Gene Gordon – producer of Hen Fetsch’s many magical …
When Jim Simon of Worth Magic (before Milson-Worth) created the Astro-Ball Cabinet c. 1965 it caused quite a stir because Jim basically took Phase 1 of Stewart James’ Sefalaljia which was a ground breaking five phase routine when it appeared in issue 69 of The Jinx December 2, 1939. As Stewart James himself said in …
When Jim Simon of Worth Magic (before Milson-Worth) created the Astro-Ball Cabinet c. 1965 it caused quite a stir because Jim basically took Phase 1 of Stewart James’ Sefalaljia which was a ground breaking five phase routine when it appeared in issue 69 of The Jinx December 2, 1939. As Stewart James himself said in …
When Jim Simon of Worth Magic (before Milson-Worth) created the Astro-Ball Cabinet c. 1965 it caused quite a stir because Jim basically took Phase 1 of Stewart James’ Sefalaljia which was a ground breaking five phase routine when it appeared in issue 69 of The Jinx December 2, 1939. As Stewart James himself said in …
_EF Once you have learned the effects in the first volume of this series you are ready for the second! Dazzle your friends with complete routines including: Cards on Ceiling Cards through Handkerchief Vanishing Salt Trick Coins through Table Okito Box Copper-Silver Transposition 4-Ace Location and many more! Illustrated by Barry Ross. This is another …
_EF This great book contains 25 of the most popular manuscripts by William Larsen Sr. (founder of Genii Magazine and owner of Thayer Magic from 1942-1947) published during the Thayer days. Contents (Chapters from web description, numbers are not page numbers): 1 The Pineal Eye 2 The Resort Hotel Psychic Business 3 Lecture for Annemann’s Pseudo-Psychometry …
Edward Victor created this effect c. 1950 and sold the rights to Ken Brooke which Ken started selling c. 1954. The main move, the EYE Count, was invented by Chris Charlton c. 1940 for his Modern Monte effect. As a teenager I purchased this from Ron MacMillan’s International Unique Magic Studio and used to perform …
_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 Ned Rutledge, Harry G. Franke. “Some Boulevards to Entertainment”. I really like J.G. Thompson’s style of writing and would recommend any of his books for that reason alone. In addition, there are lots of great effects in here. J.G. Thompson provides lots of credits and references for many of the classics in …