Dunninger's Complete Encyclopedia of Magic

This astounding compendium of magic was originally published in the early 20th Century and actually doesn’t have so much to do with Joseph Dunninger the famous magician and mentalist. It’s really a collection of secrets and pseudo-secrets. Even if you filter out the ridiculous and downright silly (which is still a lot of fun to read), you will find some really cool secrets and probably have to smile as you go along, too.

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Royal Road to Card Magic

The Royal Road to Card Magic by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue. It is the classic beginners textbook on card magic, even experts shouldn’t overlook its study, however. There are many wonderful things in here!

Others say:

One of the best books written about card tricks that use an ordinary deck. This book is considered to be a "bible" of card magic! If you're looking for the best all-around book on card magic, this is it.

Royal Road To Card Magic contains instructions for sleights, tricks and routines suitable for beginners through experts. Learn about shuffles, flourishes, glimpses, key cards, palming, backslipping, lifts, passes, reverses, forces, top and bottom changes, and more. You'll refer to this book over and over!

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My Magic Life by David Devant

David Devant was a consummate magical entertainer, and we are very privileged to have his excellent autobiography. In it, you will get to study the path one of magic’s greatest exponents travelled from his early interest in magic through his struggles as he ascended to the very pinnacle of our art. In addition to the autobiography, he includes a number of histories and thoughts on magic, as well as the scripts to a number of his theatrical pieces. Anyone who has read Our Magic will know how fantastic Mr. Devant is at crafting a piece of magic and will find much to inspire them in these pages.

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Modern Conjurer and Drawing Room Entertainer

The Modern Conjurer and Drawing-Room Entertainer was written by C. Lang Neil. It explains and Illustrates Tricks by J. N. Maskelyne, Trewey, Charles Bertram, T. Nelson Downs, Mdlle. Patrice,Paul Valadon, H. De Manche, L. Graham Lewis, Frank Kennard, Ellis Stanyon and others.

It was one of the earliest magic books to use photographs, with over 500 of them. Neil was not the first to use photographs to illustrate a magic book, but he was the first to use them to convey body language and hand movements.

Charles Bertram withheld certain touches to his Four Ace trick that were later described in Expert Card Technique by Hugard and Braue, several decades later.

It was rated as one of the Ten basic books for a working library of conjuring by the historian and collector, H. Adrian Smith.

Chapters include:

• SLEIGHTS USED IN CARD TRICKS
• SIMPLE CARD TRICKS
• ADVANCED CARD TRICKS
• SLEIGHTS USED IN COIN TRICKS
• TRICKS WITH COINS
• TRICKS WITH BALLS
• HANDKERCHIEF TRICKS
• MISCELLANEOUS TRICKS
• PARLOUR TRICKS
• Plate Spinning
• Chapeaugraphy
• Paper Folding
• Shadowgraphy

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Memoirs of Robert Houdin

One of histories great autobiographies, Jean Eugene Robert Houdin who was called the father of Modern Magic, discarding flowing robes, and in it's place appearing in Evening Dress of the time period. With a scientific mind he created many new Magic feats, and on the ancient ones he so improved them as to appear new Magic feats, many of these Magic effects are performed by Magicians to this day. A genius, his many talents extended to remarkable scientific and mechanical experiments, stating with Automata, Clock Making, an early Electrician, an Ambassador for France, etc. A fledging young Ehrich Weiss so admired Robert Houdin that he added an "I" and changed his name to Houdini. A fascinating book that started many an aspiring youngster to the ranks of full time professional Magician!

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Artifice Ruse and Subterfuge at the Card Table

Artifice, Ruse and Subterfuge at the Card Table:

 A Treatise on the Science and Art of Manipulating Cards by S.W. Erdnase.

Later published as The Expert At The Card Table, it is a Card Magic Book containing a collection of sleights used, supposedly, by card cheats, including false shuffles, cuts, and deals, culling techniques, palms, and shifts. It also contained a section devoted to card tricks.

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Secrets of Conjuring & Magic

Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin (1805-71) is often called the father of modern conjuring. His name was later adopted by magician and escape artist Harry Houdini, whose highly sceptical exposé of Victorian spiritualism is also published in this series. The best-known magician of his 

time, Robert-Houdin toured France, England and Germany, performed for Queen Victoria, and was sent to French Algeria by Napoleon III to demonstrate the perceived superiority of French magic to the local shamans. This book, originally published in 1868, is devoted primarily to coin and card tricks, but Robert-Houdin also describes many other magical tricks and includes a history of conjuring. In 1877 the book appeared in this English translation by Louis Hoffmann (1839-1919). Hoffmann (real name Angelo John Lewis, a barrister) had published his own guide to magic in 1876, and both books caused controversy for revealing the secrets of stage magicians in such unprecedented detail.

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Tarbell Vol 1-5

Original Volumes 1-5

1. The History of Magic
2. The History of Sleight-of-Hand
3. Necromancy & Divination
4. Development of Superstitions
5. Magic & Religion
6. Magic & the Science of Medicine
7. The Rope & Tape Principle
8. The Relations of Magic to Other Sciences
9. The Principles of Card Effects
10. Confidence & Enthusiasm
11. The Penetrating Ring, The Jumping Rubber Band, Thumb Tie with Rubber Band
12. The Japanese Thumb Tie
13. Cards That Pass in the Night, The Cars up the Sleeve
14. The Regular Pass, The Card Stab, The Extremist-Ray Knife, The Magnetic Knife
15. The Force, Producing a Card from a Whole Orange, The Card & the Banana
16. Guide to Card Positions, Various Principles of Palming & Shifts, The Conjurer's Touch, A Mysterious Discovery, "Marvello," Cards, Envelope & Hat
17. "Tack It", New Era Version of card Through Handkerchief, Three Cards Through the Handkerchief, Rising Cards Through Handkerchief
18. "Snap It", Flash Card Production, Mystery of the Glass House
19. Rising Cards
20. The Enchanted Cards & Envelope, Bewitched Rising Cards & Envelope, Rising Cards from Book, A Book & a card, Rising Cards Through Hat, Rising Cards out of a Hat
21. How to Please Your Audience, Keeping up with the Times, Making an Impression, Maintain a Healthy Attitude Toward Magic, The Vanishing Wand, King Solomon's Marriage Bands, Arrangement of Programs
22. Sleight-of-Hand with Coins
23. The Homing Coins, Invisible Money Transit, The Coin in the Magical Envelopes
24. The Miser's Dream, The Coin, Envelope & Handkerchief, The Passé Coins & Glasses, The Passé Coins from Hand-to-Hand, the Phantom Coin
25. Humpty Dumpty Outdone, The Egg Bag
26. I am Saving You Money, Effects with Rabbits
27. Simplicity is the Key-Note of the Tarbell System of Magic, The Cut & Restored Ribbon, A card & Ribbon Mystery Ribbon, A Spirit Communication, A Wandering Ribbon
28. The Famous Needle Trick, A Thimble Act
29. Silks, The Egg, the Glass, & the Handkerchief, The Wandering Handkerchief, The Silk & the Flame, The Candle, the Silk, & the Paper Tube, The Educated Knot
30. Divisions of Modern Magic, Unlimited Opportunities in Magic, Specialization, Presentation, Creating of Effects, Experiments of Super Mentality, The Chess Knight's Tour, A Mind Reading Act, The Yogi's Prediction, The X-Ray Cards, Telepathic Pictures
31. Making Money with Magic, Wand from Pocketbook, Cigar from Pocketbook, Wand from Card Case, Silk Production from Hat, A Rabbit Traveling Bag, Deluxe Silk Production from Hat, Production of Rabbit from Silks, Chinese Box Vanish for Rabbit
32. A Modern Crystal Gazing Act, Rapid Mental Transference, A Good "One Man" Mind Reading Act, Distant Mental Communication, Blindfold Card Reading, A Mystic Discovery
33. Your Relation to Other Magicians, Ethics at a Magic Performance, Silk Handkerchief Magic, Mystic Knots, The Dissolving Single Knot, The Speedy Single Knot, The Fade-Away Double Knot, Quick Release Double Knot, Leg Tie & Release with Handkerchief, The Magical Bow Knot, Repeat Handkerchief Vanish, AN Eggs-traordinary Eggs-Plantation, A "Sucker" Handkerchief Vanish, A One-Man Handkerchief Vanish, The Sympathetic Silks, Elusive Silks
34. Cigarette Magic, The Burning Cigarette & Silk Handkerchief, The Phantom Cigarette, The Vanishing Cigarette, The Dollar Bill in the Cigarette, Catching Cigarettes in the Air, An Odd Cigarette Vanish, Cardini's Floating Cigarette, to Produce Lighted Cigarette from Box
35. Twelve Impromptu Effects with Cards
36. Sleight-of-Hand with Cards
37. More Card Magic, Production of Cards from the Mouth, Cascade Production from Boy's Nose, Easy Methods for Forcing Cards, The Circus Trick, False Counting, Four Ace Effects, Card Fountains
38. Oriental Magic, Chinese Color-Changing Coins, Chink-a-Chink, The Phantom Knot, The Mystic Knots, Chefalo's Knot, Mysterious Japanese Tie, The Chinese Burning Tapes, Hindu Cut & Restored Turban
39. Oriental Magic, Japan-O-Tie, The Mystic Smoke, The Chinese Sticks, The Climbing Balls, The Disappearing Grain, The Hindu Jar of Grain, The Productive Japanese Lantern
40. More Handkerchief Magic, The Handkerchief Ball, The Soup Plate & Handkerchiefs, Two Soup Plates & Handkerchiefs, The Twentieth Century Silks, Tarbell's Color Changing Handkerchief, Double Handkerchief Color Change, The Dyeing Handkerchiefs, The Birth of Old Glory
41. Character Analysis Related to Magic
42. Billiard Ball Manipulation
43. The "Clean Cut" Color Changing Handkerchief, The "Vice-Versa" Color Changing Handkerchiefs, Handkerchief to Billiard Ball, The Elusive Rainbow, Spot the Red, Watch the Lemon, The Magic Chocolates, Popping Corn in a Hat, Nursing Bottle from the Hat
44. Coat & Hat Productions, Comedy Egg Production, A Master Hat Production, Rabbit Productions, An Unexpected Rabbit Production, Rapid Production of Rabbit from Hat, Silks & the Rabbit, Rabbit Production from Paper Ribbon, Rabbit Production from Gentleman's Coat, A Chicken Produced from Gentleman's Coat, Production of Bottle of Milk or Liquor from Gentleman's Hip Pocket, Changing Rabbit to Box of Candy, Sausages from Boy's Coat
45. Chemical & Mechanical Magic, A Novel Transmission of Smoke, Wine & Water, The Wandering Glass & Bottle, A Magical Transformation, A Cooking Lesson, The Welsh Rarebit
46. Spiritualistic Magic, The Living & the Dead, Spirit Photography, The Psychic Paper, Spirit Slate Writing, A Parlor Séance
47. More Spiritualistic Magic, The Dark Séance at the Table, The Dark Circle, Gysel's Mysterious Lights, Dr. Bridge's Thought Projection, The Siberian Chain Escape, The Cabinet Séance, Another Good Tie, The Throw-Away Coat Tie
48. Chinese Linking Rings, Weber's Emergency Routine
49. More Oriental Magic, Tarbell's Mysterious Firecrackers, Kolar's Balloon & Silks, Ching-A-Ling Chinese Lantern Production, The Hindu Mango Tree Growth, Tarbell's Hindu Plant Growth, Comedy Flower Growth
50. Specialty Chinese Magic, Production of a Large Bowl of Water, Production of Stack of Four Bowls of Water, Chinese Production of the Four Bowls, Production of a Child, Modern Production of Bowl of Water on Table, Chinese Production of Doves, The Mysterious Self-Filling Lota, Ching Ling Foo's Magic Water Can, Mystery of the Paper Ball, Egg, Frog, & Baby Chicken
51. The Tarbell Rope Mystery
52. Illusions, The Mystery of King Tut, Who & Which
53. Building Illusions, Black Art Illusions, The Elusive Hindu, A Daughter of the Sun, The Mystery of the Girl in the Trunk, The Phantom Flight
54. Escape & Substitution Illusions, The Substitution Trunk Mystery, The Canvas Box Mystery, The Packing Box Escape, The Paper Bag Escape
55. The Black Art Table, The Treasure Chest, The Chinese Pigeon Production, Thayer's Super-Vanish of Doves
56. The Egyptian Mummy, The Mystery of the Dancing Girls, The Doll House Illusion
57. The Sward Box, The Penetrative Steel Bars, The Indestructible Girl, Sawing a Woman in Half
58. The Chinaman, The Ghost & the Cat, The Mystery of The Three Ghosts
59. The Phantom of the Circus
60. Making the Box Office Pay
61. Advertising & Publicity

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Encyclopedia of card tricks by Jean Hugard

This giant-sized collection explains how to perform over 600 professional card tricks, devised by the world's greatest magicians. The finest single compendium available, the book features a clear style that make the instructions easy to follow. An indispensable source for both professional and amateur magicians. 66 illustrations.

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The Discoverie of Witchcraft by Reginald Scot

  

Reginald Scot published The Discoverie of Witchcraft in 1584. Scot believed that the prosecution of those accused of witchcraft was irrational, so his aim was to show that witches did not exist, by exposing how feats of magic were performed. 

You won't be adding any of the tricks in this book to your repertoire, but the book makes for a great read for anyone interested in the very early days of the publication of magic tricks. Even though the book was written over five-hundred years ago, it gives an interesting glimpse into the history of the magic that we performed today. 

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How to make Glass Candy

At our meeting Richard demonstrated how he eats broken glass for his Halloween shows he even adds fake blood for effect. This was a big hit with everyone at the meeting and it tasted great too. 

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Color Conscious by Luke Jermay

This is a great ESP effect with colored paper and envelopes. 

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Styrofoam Roulette

If you have ever wanted a version of the Magic Russian Roulette effect this is a cheap & safe version.
Styrofoam Roulette is full of suspense and drama.

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Blue Crown Presents "The Classic Force"

This is a great video that teaches step by step how to perform the classic force. This  video it is concise and full of detail with almost 15 full minutes focused on this card force.

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Andrew Mayne's 8 bit bill

Learn a how to change a borrowed bill into a retro 8-bit work of art.

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Vanish Magazine issue 9

CELEBRATE OVER 100,000 READERS with our largest issue yet!!

Over 210 pages of incredible articles, reviews and more tricks than before. This is a CRACKER issue with interviews with TWO FISM magic champions who share their experience on how they create original magic, character development and how to get gigs.

The FEATURE story is on UK magician Matthew Wright. From his rise as a teenager hanging out with gangsters to his work in Spain where he works eight months a year and now books other magicians.

Here is what else is in the issue:

COMPETITION:- your chance to win FREE magic by answering a few easy questions.

Zip Your Generation Gap by Aaron Smith
Ten Little Secrets by Timothy Hyde - How to become a Speaker and increase your income
Building Magic - an interview with film maker Kal about an upcoming KickStarter project
Our Life Changing Experience - by Trevor and Lorena Watters - their time with Johnny Thompson
MARVELLOUS MATTHEW WRIGHT - exclusive interview by Paul Romhany
Mark Wilson Interview Part 2 - the story continues by Nick Lewin
A Rare Opportunity - Paul Gross on the influence of Mark Wilson
What I learned from Mark and Nani - Steve Spill shares his stories about Mark & Nani
An Adventure in Mysticism - Part 2 in a series by P. Craig Browning
Imaginary Circumstances - You're Such A Character by Joey Pipia
Magic? WHY? - Tobias Beckwith asks the age old question ...
Our Magic Revisited - essay by Ben Robinson
Don Guy - Bringing Magic to Light - Chipper Lowell interviews one of the top lighting gurus in the business
Nick Lewin Presents ---- Jason Andrews - Taking it to, and from, the competition
Back To Basics - marketing tips from Cris Johnson
BachStage - Illusions, Creativity and Performance by Charles Bach
Magic on TV - Peter Mennie on how to get on television
Child's Play - Tony Chris on competing in magic competitions
Brick & Mortar Shops - the first in a new series on magic shops around the world
Where Do You Stand? - By Keith Fields - a working pro
What REAL SECRETS? - Interview by Richard Webster with Adam Milgate

MAGIC TRICKS YOU CAN PERFORM-
The Dagger Chest by Rey Ben & Quique Marduk
Eggshell Waltzing by Diamond Jim Tyler
Sense of Touch by Steve Friedberg
The Pancake Switch by Andrew Stark
The Key to 7 Keys to Baldpate
The Liar by Christopher Taylor
Kiss Me Fate by TC Tahoe
Phoney Pad by Wayne Rogers
The Nexus Effect by Wayne Rogers
INK - Paper to Money by Wolfgang Riede

Secret Recipes with Bro Gilbert - Banachek's Cottage Pie
Tech Talk with Carl Andrews
Change Comes From Your Pocket - Bizzaro
Jason Latimer Interview from FullCircleMagic.com
The Magic Assistant - Gwyn Interviews Lorena Watters

MAGIC REVIEWS - the latest products from the world of magic

Magic In The Movies by Chipper Lowell
How To Perform and Work Internationally - Leif David
Cinematic Titanic - A review by Ben Robinson

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