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My Best (used)

J. G. Thompson Jr.
My Best (used) by J. G. Thompson Jr.

Hardcover without dust jacket in good condition. For details on the contents see the digital edition.

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Easy Card Magic (used)

Rob Roy
Easy Card Magic (used) by Rob Roy

Stapled booklet in decent condition. Some foxing of the cover. For details on the contents see the digital edition.

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Patter in Rhyme and En Rapport

Ted Annemann
Patter in Rhyme and En Rapport by Ted Annemann

This booklet features two separate titles in one bound softcover. Read one title from one side, then turn the booklet front to back and read the other title.

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The Legendary Kabbala (1971-1981) (used)

Jon Racherbaumer
The Legendary Kabbala (1971-1981) (used) by Jon Racherbaumer

Hardcover with dust jacket. Like new condition. For details on the content see the digital edition.

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3 Collected Works of Jerry Hartman (used)

(Jerry) J. K. Hartman
3 Collected Works of Jerry Hartman (used) by (Jerry) J. K. Hartman

Softcover like new. Publisher Tannen. For details on the content see the digital edition.

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Okito Coin Box Routines (used)

Leo (Mohammed Bey) Horowitz
Okito Coin Box Routines (used) by Leo (Mohammed Bey) Horowitz

Softcover stapled. Published 1963 by Tannen. For details on contents see the digital edition.

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Dice Dexterity (used)

Audley V. Walsh
Dice Dexterity (used) by Audley V. Walsh

Softcover stapled, 1953 Tannen. For details on contents see the digital edition.

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The Legendary Kabbala (1971-1981)

Jon Racherbaumer
The Legendary Kabbala (1971-1981) by Jon Racherbaumer

The meaning of Kabbala, translated from Hebrew, means something received and handed down. This definition resonates. Knowledge of magic, after all, is handed down from generation to generation, from magician to magician, and from teacher to disciple. Prior to xerography and personal computers, most magical knowledge was transmitted in this primitive, semi-private, and intimate means. Word-of-mouth reigned supreme and to a certain extent still does.

The magic scene in the Seventies was a blooming, buzzing place, atwitter with contentiousness and creativity. Close-up magic, particularly with...

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3 Collected Works

(Jerry) J. K. Hartman
3 Collected Works by (Jerry) J. K. Hartman

A compilation of three manuscripts Super Dupes, Odd Lifts, and Secret Subtractions.

  • SUPER DUPES
    • I. Informal Formulations
    • Four Sleights
    • Forgatherers
    • Foreshortenings
    • Foursomes
    • Fortuities
    • Forethoughts
    • Fore-and-afts
    • II. Guiles and Deals
    • Part One: ALL HANDS ON DECK
    • Part Two: CHEATS' FEATS
    • Part Three: MIXED TRICKS
  • ODD LIFTS
    • I. Pull-Up Lifts
    • II. Push Back Lifts
    • III. The Green Lift
    • IV. Undercover Lift
    • V. Artificial Double Lift
    • VI. Miscellaneous
  • SECRET SUBTRACTION
    • I. Preliminaries
    • II. The Flourish Count Technique
    • III. Secret Subtraction
    • IV. Applications
    • Final Notes ...
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Hierophant 7

Jon Racherbaumer
Hierophant 7 by Jon Racherbaumer
  • Introduction
  • Contributors
  • The Hamman Twist (Brother John Hamman)
  • Krenzel's Tunnel Change (Ken Krenzel)
  • Dingle's Tunnel Change (Derek Dingle)
  • No Force Vanish & Recovery (Jon Racherbaumer)
  • Off-Sho Ot (Jon Racherbaumer)
  • Jump-Jump Aces (Edward Marlo)
  • The 999 Miracle (Edward Marlo)
  • Pineapple Twist (Bruce Cervon - Dai Vernon)
  • Sober Slop Poker (Edward Marlo)
  • Breakless Curry Change (Edward Marlo)
  • The Four Ace ... Er ... Queen Trick (Edward Marlo)
  • Flash Sandwich (Jon Racherbaumer)
  • Fair On All Points (Edward Marlo)
  • The Missing Hour (Edward Marlo)
  • The Viet Nam Trick (Bruce Cervon - Dai Vernon)
  • A Quickie (Edward Marlo)
  • Exhibitionism (Edward Marlo) ...
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Magic of the Hands (softcover)

Edward Victor
Magic of the Hands (softcover) by Edward Victor

This is the second edition from 1942, published by Max Holden. Some stains on the back cover and the last pages, and some damage to the spine, otherwise in good condition.

This is a classic in sleight-of-hand magic. From the foreword:

This BOOK is mainly on the art of sleight-of-hand and it is my earnest hope that these pages will afford practical help to both the specialist and the amateur magician.

During the period of over twenty-five years of practical magic I have formed the conclusion that in all conjuring, no matter how cleanly a trick may have been worked, it is the effect that...

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More Magic of the Hands (softcover)

Edward Victor
More Magic of the Hands (softcover) by Edward Victor

This is the Max Holden edition. Book is in very good condition. Some discoloration of the cover. Golden Gate Magic Co. sticker on the inside back cover.

This is volume two in the classic sleight-of-hand trilogy. From the foreword:

Since many branches of Magic are again represented in this volume, a close study of it will, I sincerely hope, assist the reader in perhaps making some little change, addition or improvement in an existing 'move' or effect in which he may be interested.

I have included in this book my method of working and presenting "The Chinese Rings," mainly for those of...

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My Best

J. G. Thompson Jr.
My Best by J. G. Thompson Jr.

This is a classic, a wonderful book now available as PDF. It contains the best of the best from 115 well-known professionals and clever amateurs. 193 tricks and routines from all branches of magic.

Paul Fleming wrote:

This latest compilation of feats of mystery is a volume of 384 pages, which include 145 pages of card tricks, 193 of miscellaneous magic, 32 of biographical sketches, four of index, and ten of prefatory material. The reader who is familiar with the literature of magic will soon learn that the title, My Best, is not to be taken literally; for he will already have met in print better tricks...

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The Magical World of Slydini (Text & Photos)

Karl Fulves & Tony Slydini
The Magical World of Slydini (Text & Photos) by Karl Fulves & Tony Slydini

This is the continuation of Best of Slydini ... and more.

As the first volume, this ebook includes both the text and the photos of the original two volume hardcover set. Each of the more than 1300 photos is available twice. The first time the photos appear dispersed through the text close to where each photo is first mentioned. And the second time all photos are together in one place, the same way this material was originally published - text and photos separate. Having the photos included with the text avoids the constant reference to another volume. But having them also together by themselves allows for a stop-motion-like...

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Marlo Without Tears

Jon Racherbaumer
Marlo Without Tears by Jon Racherbaumer

From the Foreword:

MARLO WITHOUT TEARS began as a flip notion five years ago. My original plan was to prepare a salmagundi of previously published material by Marlo that was easy to do; to select methods which stressed subtlety and psychological cunning and required no difficult sleights. There is a neat irony here because such material is not associated with Marlo. The prevailing assumption about Marlovian magic focusses on its difficulties, complexities, and textual protraction. The look of his books are intimidating: pages of explanation, dense detail, allusions to other notes (published...

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Expert Card Chicanery

Alton C. Sharpe
Expert Card Chicanery by Alton C. Sharpe

From the Preface:

This booklet, like our other Expert Series, is not designed to be either a reference or an authority in the ordinary sense. Perhaps, at best, it might be called a tickler, a reminder, or a check list, although none of these terms would be exact. It was written and compiled to stimulate one's "thought processes" and to instill creative activity within those who have a fondness for the pasteboards.

  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part One
    • All Shook Up
    • 18-31-35 Farrow
    • 18-35 Farrow
    • Face Up Stacks
    • Turn Me Over!
    • Sandwich Surprise
    • Ultravellers
    • Emanon
    • EMANON VANISH A/K/A...
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Expert Card Conjuring

Alton C. Sharpe
Expert Card Conjuring by Alton C. Sharpe

From the introduction by Robert Parrish:

This book contains a remarkably select collection of sophisticated means for increasing and deepening the potential for "pleasant illusion" that resides in a pack of cards. These contributions range from presentation ideas such as Fred Lowe's "Second Deal Sam" to the technical refinement of standard effects, as, for example, in Ed Marlo’s "Approach to the ‘Stop’ Trick."

  • Introduction
  • Foreword
  • Part One: New And Improved Sleights
    • Cover-Up Shuffle
    • Perfect False Riffle Shuffle
    • Quadruple Undercut
    • Reverse Double Undercut
    • The Marlo Slip Cuts
    • Slip Cut Routine ...
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Expert Card Mysteries

Alton C. Sharpe
Expert Card Mysteries by Alton C. Sharpe

From the introduction by Robert Parrish:

Although much of the material in this book comes from advanced current contributors to card magic, Al has included some fascinating lore from the past. There is, for example, the first printed information on Eddie Fay's glimmer technique. I recall that the late Rufus Steele, an informed man of gamblers' dodges, simply refused to believe that Fay was using a reflector. He thought it was a put-on and that Fay was probably using a stack or a pack of marked cards. Then there is Paul LePaul's wonderful transportation of cards into a sealed envelope. Although he explained the trick...

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Expert Hocus Pocus

Alton C. Sharpe
Expert Hocus Pocus by Alton C. Sharpe

Fantastic card effects, rope magic, linking rings, vanishing bird cage, money magic, and a special chapter on "Openings".

  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Remarks By Alan Keith
  • A Word About The Author And The Book
  • A Young Man From Texas
  • Preface
  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgement
  • CHAPTER I: Magical Openings
    • The Devilish Watch
    • A Smart Opening
    • The Proverbial Opener
    • Thread It
    • Jackie Gould's Idea
    • Snap! Snap! Snap!
    • The Ring and the Rose
    • A Phantom Tube Becomes a Small Illusion
  • CHAPTER II: Money Magic
    • The Bill in Cigarette Mystery
    • An Infallible Illusion
    • Billo
    • The Modern Banker or Money and...
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Magical Mentalia and Magical Originalia

George Ernest Arrowsmith
Magical Mentalia and Magical Originalia by George Ernest Arrowsmith

Magical Mentalia

  • Introduction
  • Psychic Magic
    • Psychometrical Divination
    • The Word That Spells Itself
    • The Library Problem
    • Psychic Photography
    • A Novel Novelty
    • A Word Of Three Letters
    • Psychic Sight
    • A Silent Mental Act
    • The Key Of Knowledge
  • Miscellaneous Tricks
    • Watch The Milk!
    • The Magnetic Wand
    • A Miniature Derby
    • Wringing A Stocking
    • Baby Austin
    • The Penetrative Woman
    • Kill The Brute!
    • The Uncontrollable Doll
    • The Witch At The Stake
    • The Arrowsmith Glass Penetration
    • The Body In The Bath Illusion
Magical Originalia
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • A Letter Embodying Two Magical Ideas ...
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Loose Ends

(Jerry) J. K. Hartman
Loose Ends by (Jerry) J. K. Hartman
  • CHAPTER ONE: MANUAL CONTROLS
    • Underforce
    • Transfer Glimpse
    • Relocations and Rediscoveries
    • 1) I. S. Switch
    • 2) R. S. Switch-Drop Switch Addition
    • 3) Spread Key Glimpse
    • Bottom Double Lift
    • Cull Add-in
    • Rollover
    • Two for the Seer Saw
    • Moving Indicator
    • Rotary Force
    • 1) "Spread" version
    • Locational Guidance
    • 2) "Squared" version
    • Thoughtamatic
  • CHAPTER TWO: WILD AND WILY
    • Trick Pix
    • Wild Forces
    • Back to Backanal
    • Wile Card
    • Mirror Image
    • Lost Face
    • Twisterious
  • CHAPTER THREE: DEAL-AND-CUT-TESSEN
    • Top Draw-er
    • Easy Reader
    • Rused Card Dealer
  • CHAPTER FOUR: THINK-A-MA-GICKS
    • To Spell...
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Means and Ends

(Jerry) J. K. Hartman
Means and Ends by (Jerry) J. K. Hartman

PART I: MEANS

  • Chapter I: Riffle Selection Controls
    • R. S. Switch
    • R. S. Key Glimpse
    • R. S. Jog Control
    • R. S. Glimpse
    • R. S. Bluff Controls
    • R. S. Throw Forces
  • Chapter II: A-D Multiple Control
  • Chapter III: Variety Pack
    • Push Up Force
    • Underturn
    • Underturn Force
    • The Catch Switch
    • Swing Slip Cut
    • Packet Palm
    • Turnover Glide
    • Friction Jog
    • Knuckle Jog
    • Plunger Top Shift
    • New Wave Change
    • Bluff Cull
PART II: ENDS
  • Chapter I: More With Four
    • A La Card
    • Four Downs
    • PersuACEive
    • Four For All
    • One Good Turn
    • About Face I
    • About Face II
    • A Common Mistake
    • Invisible Cut
    • Over and...
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Card Fare

(Jerry) J. K. Hartman
Card Fare by (Jerry) J. K. Hartman

Get ready for a firework of card magic starting where a card just vanishes, a pair of cards mysteriously rise, another shoots out of the deck as soon as named, and two others change locations. Jerry also presents his spin on prior work by by Trost, Krenzel, Corin, Dingle, Fulves, and others.

  • I. Short Subjects 6
    • Easy Go 6
    • Bi-rise 9
    • Shootout 10
    • Changed Changeling 11
  • II. Selected Subjects 13
    • Trap-ease 13
    • Go-llectors 15
  • III. Subjects under Control 17
    • Twist on the Aces 17
    • A New Twist 19
    • Ace Backwards 22
    • An Impact on Impact 24
    • Poker Face-to-Face 26
  • IV. Subject to Changes 28 ...
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Further Magic of the Hands

Edward Victor
Further Magic of the Hands by Edward Victor

This is volume three in the classic sleight-of-hand trilogy. From the foreword by Douglas Craggs:

In this volume the reader will find a valuable and varied collection of magical effects with something to appeal to all tastes and styles. Whatever selection the reader ultimately makes from the book to enlarge his programme, may I express the hope that he will pay the author the compliment of thorough rehearsal before public presentation. Good tricks, cunning subtleties, need to be learned with care; otherwise the author's time and the reader's money are wasted, and the public is disappointed....

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