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The Impromptu Close-Up Card RiseJoseph K. Schmidt
Excerpt from the Introduction:
I have always believed that any close-up card rise, wherein the chosen card is "brought up" from the rear of the pack, loses so much of its effect because it must be ended too quickly, before the spectators see that the card did not really rise out of the middle. The effect of the trick is considerably strengthened by the appearance of the chosen card projecting from somewhere in the middle of the pack at the conclusion of the rise.
Jack McMillen's "PLUNGER" rising card trick was, to the best of my knowledge, the first method in which the chosen card rose from the middle... | $10 to wish listPDF |
Sensational Spirit Cabinet ActPercy Abbott
A modern seance, with a tie that is like lightning for speed, and yet is the most convincing of all ties. Each wrist is securely tied with a length of rope. Any number of knots may be used and knots can be sealed. The ends of the rope are made secure to the back of the chair. Feet are also tied to chair legs. All ties are thoroughly inspected and the committee is convinced that there is no slack in the ropes and that magician is really secure. The cabinet is placed around magi ready for the tests. For instance, a card is selected and shuffled back into the pack, the pack placed between the... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish listPDF |
Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks Volume 3Stewart James
This is the third of three parts. This final part is organized by publication or creator.
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter One: The Abbott Magic Company Section
- Krazy Kube (Roy Shrimplin)
- Arturo's Check-R-X
- Endless Neck Rope
- Octagoon (Lester Lake)
- Rope Thru Body (Karson)
- Embarrassing Rope
- All Fair Rope Trick
- Abbott's Wrist Tie Supreme
- Abbott's Rod Tie
- Club Performer's Spook Act
- Chapter Two: The Eddie Joseph Section
- Divorce In Zuzuland
- The Thumb Tie
- The Two-Way Cut
- "Unaccommodating Rope"
- The Tieless Tie
- "Secret Ingress"
- "Space Venture"
- "Trapped In Space"
- "Magilocks"
- Chapter Three:...
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Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks Volume 2Stewart James
This is the second of three parts. From the preface:
Several years of research and compilation by Stewart James has gone into this volume to bring the material up to date. Mr. James compiled the first volume and we are indeed indebted to him for his work in this book. The late Ted Annemann once wrote of him: "I honestly consider Stewart James as one of the best informed people in the business, bar none, and one whose tricks always have a touch of genius in their originality."
- Publisher's Foreward
- We Dedicate
- The Fable Of The Hindu Rope Trick
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter One: Knots
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Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks Volume 1Stewart James
This is the first of three parts. It is by far the most thorough compilation of rope tricks ever created. From the preface by Percy Abbott:
To those who have eagerly awaited its publication, we believe we are giving them a work that was worth waiting for. In producing this volume, we have striven to make it a real compendium of rope tricks - not merely a collection of rope effects, but rather a reference work as complete and informative as possible. This we feel confident has been achieved.
Many months have been spent in research and the compilation necessary to give workers in the realm of magic... | $19.95 $9.95 to wish listPDF |
Abbott Magic Catalog #6 1940Percy Abbott If you have never looked through one of these big magic catalogs this one is a good example. Even though WWII had already started Abbott's was offering almost 2000 magic items for sale. They had pretty much everything one can think of.
1st edition 1940, 544 pages. | $15 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
Abbott Magic Catalog #15Recil Bordner This catalog #15 was the first catalog issued after Percy Abbott's death. The exact date is not clear but most likely it appeared in 1962.
~1962, 488 pages. | $12 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
50 Kute Koin Tricks (used)Ulysses Frederick Grant Six sheets with one staple and two knotted strings that act like staples. Has a stamp of Kanter's Magic Shop and a signature of Kenneth s. Jaffrey (I assume a former owner of this manuscript). The last sheet has the ex-libris of Margaret Yates. For details on the content see the digital edition. | $10 to wish list |
Tops Treasury of IllusionsNeil Foster 60 illusions
- Artists' Dream Illusion
- Beauty and the Least
- Big Opener
- Bikini Girl Illusion
- Black Art Principles
- Book of Life
- Catch a Ghost Illusion
- Chest Escape
- Chinese Straight Jacket
- Church of Life Illusion
- Cinemagic (Motion Pictures to Life)
- Close-Up Illusion
- Club Performer's Spook Act
- David Devant's Hindu Rope Trick
- Don't Shoot, Mister!
- Double "B" (Box Ballyhoo)
- Double Exchange Illusion
- Dramatique
- Duel of the Ghosts
- Dunninger's East Indian Rope Trick
- Everything But the Kitchen Sink
- Floating a Strange Lady
- Floating Effects With Thread
- Gallows Illusion
- Gambol of the...
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Amazing Card Miracles (used)M. S. Mahendra Booklet stapled in decent condition. For details on the contents see the digital edition. | $20 to wish list |
Abbott Magic Catalog #17 1967 (used)Recil Bordner Softcover catalog in good condition. For details on the contents see the digital edition. | $10 to wish list |
Abbott Magic Catalog #18 1969 (used)Recil Bordner Softcover catalog in ok condition. Cover at spine is damaged and coming loose. For details on the contents see the digital edition. | $10 to wish list |
Abbott Magic Catalog #23 1987 (used)Recil Bordner Softcover catalog in good condition. This catalog includes a price list. | $10 to wish list |
Abbott Magic Catalog #25 1997 (used)Recil Bordner Softcover catalog in good condition. A huge catalog including index and price list. | $10 to wish list |
Abbott Magic Catalog #26 2004 (used)Greg Bordner Softcover catalog in good condition. The latest big catalog from Abbott Magic. | $10 to wish list |
Abbott Magic Catalog #16 1964 (used)Recil Bordner Softcover catalog in ok condition. For details on the contents see the digital edition. | $10 to wish list |
Abbott Magic Catalog #5 (used)Percy Abbott Stapled softcover catalog in ok condition.
This #5 catalog was a supplementary catalog to #4. It only listed the new effects Abbott could supply. | $10 to wish list |
Subtle Problems You will Do (used)Stewart Judah & John Braun  Softcover stapled. Cover torn at spine. For details on content see the digital edition. | $15 to wish list |
Super-Psychic Mental Effects (used)Howard P. Albright Softcover stapled. Published by Supreme Magic. For details on contents see the digital edition. | $8 to wish list |
Nite Club Illusions and Illusionettes (used)Percy Abbott Softcover staple bound. Staples are not the original staples. Has been restapled. Published by Abbott's Magic. For details on the contents see the digital edition. | $15 to wish list |
Illusions Illusions (used)Gordon Miller Softcover spiral bound with clear front and back protector sheet. For details on contents see the digital edition. | $30 to wish list |
Magic That Is MagicLoring Campbell From the Author's Note:
I do not claim everything in the pages following to be original, but I do say that every trick and routine in this book has been used and tried by me and that everything here is audience tested and will go over with an audience. Perhaps the thousands of Magicians all over North America who have seen my shows in the past 22 years will recall having seen me perform many of these effects.
This is not a book of card tricks or close-up pocket effects, but a collection of tricks and routines for the performing Magician who gives shows and entertains audiences. I believe... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish listPDF |
Subtle Problems You will DoStewart Judah & John Braun This is a work mostly of card magic, but not exclusively so. It has some photos and some illustrations by Sid Lorraine. From the introduction by H. Adrian Smith:
Having been one of the first to read the present material, and having seen most of it presented by the authors, I can assure the reader that he is in for a treat. However, if he simply glances through the book, he may be justified when he believes that he has not received his money’s worth. This is one book that must be read with care, for it must be borne in mind that both authors are masters in the art of minute detail, and if one does not absorb the details... | $10 to wish listPDF |
Abbott Magic Catalog #14Percy Abbott This catalog #14 is for whatever reason less common than the other Abbott catalogs. It included a tipped in sheet advertising six Robert Orben books.
86 pages. | $10 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
