_EF The oldest family magic dealers in the world reveal in spectacular detail secrets gathered over their 110 years as dealers, performers and hoarders of magical memorabilia. This first volume of “The Davenport Story ” entitled “The Life and Times of a Magical Family, 1881-1939″ tells how George Ryan, a working class barrel maker but …
_EF This book could well be called The Unmasking of Harry Houdini. Was Houdini, as the long-standing myth begs us to believe, truly the world’s greatest magician? Did he communicate a secret message to his wife through a famous spirit medium? Today there exists a century’s worth of books, movies and television documentaries that contribute …
_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 …
The Sixth of the Dr. Albo Books in a strictly limited edition. _EF This is one of the largest volumes (416 pages) of the Classic Magic series of which 76 pages are in full color. Chapter one begins with flower magic including the famous Okito Redmon Square Circle flower production and various spring Botanias. “Fastest Flower Vanish” …
The first reference I was able to find concerning Vanishing and Appearing Crayons was by George Lorimer in an article called “A box of Crayons” c. 1937 in Will Goldston’s The Magician Monthly (pg. 109, Vol 33, Aug. 1937). _EF One minute the crayons are in the box- the next minute they have VANISHED! Crayons …
_EF The first volume in the Miracles Trilogy. Any time someone sets down in print their life’s work, it deserves your attention. When that person has spent some 60 years performing, writing, inventing and thinking magic, you can be sure it will be no ordinary book. Eric Lewis is just such a person, and there …
Wow what a beautiful and impressive book. This is the one that they all want, and you’ll almost never find one in this amazing condition. Filled with 240 illusions and 374 pages. I’ve filled out the full contents below (which I have not seen anywhere else) so you can appreciate all the amazing illusions in …
_EF “This is not just a biography, but an insight into Dante the Magician and also Dante the man and forms a part of theatrical history.” Dante was the stage name for Harry A. Jansen (“Dante the Magician”) 1883 – 1955. Biographical with insight into one of the worlds greatest illusionists who carried tons of …
_EF Although “The Amazing Dunninger” has never called himself “the world’s greatest magician,” he has more right to that title than any other man or woman – living or dead. It is only fitting that he – the last of the truly great magicians – should have compiled this monument to magic. As a tribute …
This style of Die box with two doors in the front and two doors in the back, is often known as the English Die Box as it was popularized by Will Goldston and others in England in the early 1900’s. This looks very similar to Die Boxes made by Davenport’s in the 1950’s and on …
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