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Exclusive TricksSamuel BerlandBerland and friends bring you sixteen beautiful effects using silks, balls, cards, canes, watches, cigarettes, liquid, and more in this updated and expanded edition. Long out of print, this manuscript contains a pair of mysteries by Tenkai, as well as several baffling effects by Berland, as well as some choice bits by his friends. Partial contents:
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The Miracle Floating Light EffectBurling HullGet more mileage from your floating lamp or ball effect with this outstanding ebook. The floating light is a beautiful and mysterious stage effect whereby an illuminated light bulb (that may be in a lamp) visibly detaches itself and floats across the stage, apparently under the performer's control. The performer makes mystic gestures toward himself and the lighted bulb floats toward him and lands in his palm. It may be carried to the footlights and shown all around. It can even be laid on the palm of a spectator. The magician then throws the bulb away from him several feet, and at a snap of... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list | |
15 Minutes with a Piece of RopeRalph W. HullA complete routine that will captivate your audience from start to finish. If you never buy another rope effect, experts agree, this is the one to use. To make it easier to learn this beautiful routine, Nelson Hahne, one of the best magic illustrators in the business, was commissioned to provide the 53 pen-and-ink drawings that accompany the text. Here's a partial listing of what's included:
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Wyman's Hand-Book of MagicJohn WymanThis work covers a lot of ground, from various parlor tricks, chemical tricks, card tricks, to a section on two person codes, and a section on artifices of cardsharks.
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TranscorneredJohn Blunt & Lewis GansonThe reputation-making card routine with which John Blunt won the Premier Award of the London Society of Magicians for the best magical effect. Reviewing the effect, Claude Chandler wrote: "An original version of the Torn & Restored Card plus transposition etc. It is so original as to almost entirely conceal this fact. It gives us a series of new, interesting and baffling surprises, beautifully-routined. The cleverly worked-out methods make for clean presentation. Not the least of its merits and one that is valuable for close-up performance, is the fact that all evidence is disposed of and the... | $8 to wish list | |
Zodiac OracleMichael DanielsZodiac Oracle allows you to determine a spectator's star sign and (optionally) age while giving an engaging astrological reading.
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NumberedCameron FrancisA killer predicted card at any number effect. Effect: A deck of cards is introduced. The magician claims that there is a prediction in the deck which he will reveal in a moment. The spectator then names any number between 1 and 52. Say the number is 34. The magician deals down to that number and out-jogs the card. As the magician points out that any number could have been named, other cards are shown with totally normal backs. The selected card is then removed from the deck and turned over. Drawn on the back of the card is the number 34. Simple. Direct. Powerful. This is a knockout... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish listMP4 (video) | |
Presto Press BookTommy WindsorThe smart magician's guide to advertising and promotion, with over a hundred ways to advertise and get more dates. Learn insider secrets of advertising your act at a price that won't break the bank. Includes copy for advertising pieces, folders, and sales brochures, as well as suggested slogans for advertising giveaways. One of the best pieces in the ebook is a treatise on how much to charge for your act. Undercharge and you've left money on the table, while overcharging can cost you the job. This is an ebook you won't be able to put down till you've digested every word. And you'd better... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list | |
101 Tips for Psychic EntertainersRobert A. NelsonThe owner of the Nelson Enterprises reveals his most prized performing secrets for mentalists and psychic entertainers in this revised and expanded edition. Improve your act - financially and artistically - by studying this collection of presentation tips and performing advice from this noted author, performer and expert on all things related to mentalism and the allied arts. If you attended a lecture for professional mentalists and obtained this information, you'd consider it a bargain at three times the price. Yet, here it is, updated and arranged for you in convenient digital book form,... | $8 to wish list | |
Making Tactile Readers Using Boss WorkT. HayesA new permanent tactile marking method, which is easier to feel and less visually noticeable compared to a punch. Boss work is a marking system that you read by touch, and is designed primarily for use with the punch deal. It is easy to put in and the items required are not too expensive. When compared to the punch, boss work is much easier to feel and more durable. The markings are almost impossible to see on the backs of the cards, and there is nothing to see on the fronts. This video will take you through putting in the work, teaching you the best way to mark the cards, and also showing... | $8 to wish listMP4 (video) | |
Thayer's Life Span ReadingWilliam W. Larsen & B. W. McCarronThis superb script allows a mentalist or psychic entertainer to apparently reveal any spectator's life, from the cradle to the grave. Is it mind reading? ESP? Vulcan Mind Meld? No, it's Larsen and McCarron's Life Span Reading, the psychic worker's "secret sauce" that, judiciously used, will convince most anyone that you have real psychic ability. Not a trick, but a psychological profile that fits nearly anyone who walks in the door. Life readings such as this have been jealously guarded by office mediums, who use the spiel to convince the client of the psychic's innate ability. Yet, no special... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list | |
The Dead Do Not TalkJulien J. ProskauerHere are more inside secrets of the fake mediums, in this tell-all ebook for psychic entertainers, ghost hunters and anyone who's curious to learn the scams of the fraudulent spirit worker. Picking up where Proskauer's Spook Crooks! leaves off, here are 200-plus more pages ripped from the case files of Harry Houdini and the author, from their tireless search for the truth about séance mediums. You'll learn about the investigation of so-called haunted houses, the secret of an ingenious perpetual motion machine, the spirit post office scam, and how to trap and expose spirit mediums. The mail-order psychic business... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list | |
Meanderings with a Marked DeckSteve SandersDon't tell anybody but sometimes magicians use marked cards. Apart from pick a card and tell the spectator the name of that card what else can you do with them? Here are five routines to use with any type of marked deck. What a Coincidence: A routine where unseen cards are put on the table, you go first, the spectator follows and each of the cards coincidentally match. Centre Stage: The cards are mixed, the spectator cuts, without touching the cards you can instantly announce the name of the 26th card, or centre card of the deck. Simple. Pair Enough: 'Mysterious Pairs' from Hoffmann's More Magic is put... | $8 to wish list | |
The World's Greatest Mental TestsBurling HullContains some of the most closely-held secrets for apparently reading the minds of your spectators in a clear, convincing manner. Nearly $600 worth of valuable secrets (based on the catalog values in today's money). Partial contents:
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The Balloon Party ExtraordinaireMagic GarethThis ebook is for the parent, the teacher, the entertainer, the artist. It will give you the ability to use balloons, not just as a standard decoration, but as a piece of entertainment for all ages. This ebook will turn you into the 'balloon party extraordinaire' you always dreamed you could be. It is 100 pages of games, magic tricks and jokes all together in this single downloadable PDF.
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79 Tricks and Ideas for the HolidaysWilliam W. Larsen & B. W. McCarronDo you want those extra dates between Thanksgiving and Christmas? Then update and transform your act with one or more of these sparkling suggestions for timely holiday magic. Let your agent or webmaster know that you've added something special to your act for the holiday season and watch those bookings roll in. If you're interested in earning those extra dollars, this updated ebook is for you. With 79 ideas for tricks and extra seasonal revenue with Christmas ornaments, Santa Claus, candles, holly wreathes, mistletoe, holly berries, tinsel garlands, gift-wrapped presents, etc. But don't... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list | |
Z ChangeZaw ShinnThe Spectator chooses any card from the deck. The magician rips off the corner of that card. One hand wave, and the corner changes color. The magician throws the corner on to the card, the card is restored and the whole card changes color. And that’s not the end. The magician places the card on the deck and the entire deck changes color. Four effects in one trick. (Supplies may have to be purchased in order to perform this effect.)
1st edition 2020, video 17 min. | $8 to wish listMP4 (video) | |
Instant OrigamiRobert Harbin & Ian Adair'Origami' is the Japanese name for paper folding. It is educational, skillful and certainly has beautiful results. As the folder smoothly bends and creases a piece of paper an intricate model materializes ... it's creative. Robert Harbin and Ian Adair have gone further. Instant Origami has the same pleasing result of origami folding but with an interesting magical theme. The beauty about the working is its simplicity. EFFECT - The performer explains that he would like to show the spectators 'Origami', and explains that it is an art which is most relaxing and many thousands of models can be... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list | |
GhostsAlbert M. WilsonA magazine of romance and reason: magic, mystery, spiritism and psychical research for entertainment and recreation.
1st edition 1910, 20 pages. | $8 to wish listPDF_facsimile | |
Paper MagicWill BlythTricks and amusements with a sheet of paper. From the foreword: Paper is one of the easiest materials to obtain, and to those who are interested in finding a useful means of utilizing some of the household accumulations, the present volume will undoubtedly appeal. It will be noticed that the book has been divided into two parts, and the first portion, dealing with Toys, Models, Puzzles, etc. made entirely from paper, will be found to provide a fascinating and at the same time, inexpensive form of amusement for the younger members of the home circle. The second section deals with some effective... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list | |
Thayer's Great Handcuff Escape ActWilliam W. LarsenA fast, modern escape act you can present at nightclubs, casino floor shows, and TV. It's an ever-changing world. And with these changes come new modes in everything, including show business. Houdini could be heavily shackled, then retire to a cabinet for thirty minutes, liberate himself and the audiences clamored for more. But that was then ... Paying customers today demand two things: speed and comedy. Many successful professional magicians throw good tricks away if the item won't produce at least six laughs and takes more than two minutes to perform. This act has been streamlined to appeal... | $8 to wish list | |
Still More Exclusive TricksSamuel BerlandContinuing with even more pro-quality close-up and platform effects, here's a worthy second volume of Berland's exclusive magic. Long out of print, this collection includes several miracles that Berland sold separately through magic dealers the world over. Partial contents:
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Even Stephen (used)Ken de Courcy | $8 to wish list | |
Controlled Miracles (used)William (Bill) SimonBooklet stapled in very good condition. For details on the contents see the digital edition. | $8 to wish list |