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Displaying 1 to 24 (of 205 products) $7.95 Rubber CircusDon Alan This was one of the first books on the making of balloon animals. These are the big animals, each one made from several balloons. Suitable for stage, floor shows, outdoor work, TV, and more. Teaches you how to make them quickly, right in front of the audience, and includes bits of business. 1st edition 1958, 15 pages; PDF 16 pages. $9.95 Thurston's Floating BallHerman Hanson The greatest of all Floating Ball routines, developed and used by Howard Thurston during his long and illustrious career. A magnificent display of super showmanship for the stage. Effect: With cabinet doors wide open, you see the ball materialize and float out of the cabinet to the performer standing several feet away. After a number of spectacular moves, the unique highlight comes when the performer, with the ball suspended between his hands, steps off the stage among the spectators. Standing in the aisle facing the footlights, he causes the ball to travel back to the stage over the footlights, high... $9.50 Marlo in SpadesEdward Marlo This ebook is packed with amazing card magic. Intended for advanced card workers, this is expert material for the person who wants top-notch, subtle work. It contains 45 great tricks.
★★★★★ $4.95 Bongo's Bazaar: an evening of pongolian rubbishAli Bongo These are lecture notes that provide a quick summary of effects that were presented at the lecture. While the descriptions are brief, most provide enough details for the average magician to get the idea.
$9.95 Don't Look Now! The Smart Slant on MisdirectionAl Leech Al Leech wrote this classic text on the presentation of magic in 1948, and it has been essential reading ever since. The ebook goes into depth on the application of psychology to magic, misdirection, how best to fool people, how to make them like you, and similar topics. ... $10 ESP Handbook and Workshop KitBert Allerton & Tony Corinda & Ulysses Frederick Grant & Arthur Hastings & Edward Marlo & Joseph White This ebook includes a nice introduction to Extra Sensory Perception (ESP) and a range of tricks from quick effects to longer routines. Note that many of the effects described require some double-face ESP cards.
$24.95 Build Your Own IllusionsJim Sommers 20 practical illusions that you can build yourself. Jim Sommers was a full-time professional magician who specialized in illusions. Throughout his career, he always used a few illusions in the show that he built himself. His philosophy in designing, building, and thinking about illusions is based on the presupposition that many magicians live in small apartments, drive small cars, and have to handle their props by themselves. The tricks in this ebook are designed to fit into the lifestyle of these magicians.
$10 3 Ball JugglingKen Benge A very good primer on ball juggling explaining more than 40 tricks.
$9.95 Dynamite MentalismGeorge B. Anderson This is a 15-minute one-man routine with no props or gimmicks, an act that can baffle and stun your audiences because they can't have the faintest idea of how it's done. No questions are written down, nothing is said by the spectator, and yet you answer the question or problem of which he's thinking. You do it without any obvious "fishing" of any kind. And you do this not with just one person but with as many as ten, as time allows, regardless of the makeup of any particular audience. George Anderson developed a unique "no questions written" approach to the Q&A act which he developed to... ★★★★★ $9.95 You, Too, Can Read MindsGeorge B. Anderson The sequel to It Must Be Mindreading, this ebook reads like a novel - fast-paced, exciting, and with powerful effects. Excerpt from the introduction: And I suddenly realized that here was another book - a book with a different and daring concept of mental magic - workable mental magic. Again, as in my first book, these are all one-man effects - but the emphasis is on audience participation. The general premise is, "You, too, can read minds," and you prove the statement. In each case, the volunteer from the audience will know how you conveyed information to him, but he shouldn't have any idea how you got... $15 Ireland's Year Book 1960Frances Marshall & Jay Marshall
$15 Ireland's Year Book 1959Frances Marshall & Jay Marshall
$29.50 Ireland's Trick TalkFrances Marshall & Jay Marshall This was the house organ of Ireland Magic Co. which later became Magic Inc. It started in 1957 with a regular bimonthly publishing schedule but then became irregular. The last of 45 issues, volume 4 number 9 was published in 1988. Being a house organ there are of course lots of product advertisements but it also includes news, interesting photos, comments, trick patter and presentations, reviews, quips, tips, and other things about tricks and magicians. In the first issue, Frances and Jay wrote: It has been our desire, for many years, to convert the Newsletter into a small company magazine,... $15 Ireland's Year Book 1958Frances Marshall & Jay Marshall
$15 Ireland's Year Book 1957Frances Marshall & Jay Marshall
$15 Ireland's Year Book 1956Frances Marshall & Jay Marshall
$12 Magic Inc. Book Catalog 2 (1984)Frances Marshall The "Magic Ink" line of book catalogs. This catalog has the same title, Book Catalog No. 2, the "magic ink" line of book catalogs, as this one but was issued likely a few years earlier around 1984. 1st edition 1984; PDF 287 pages. $15 Ireland's Year Book 1955Frances Marshall & Jay Marshall
$9.95 Bernstein Center Tear TechniqueBruce Bernstein Imagine a technique that is totally impromptu, can be done surrounded with borrowed materials, and no evidence of trickery can be found. Imagine having someone print any piece of information on a borrowed slip of paper, which is then folded and torn to shreds. Yet you can instantly announce just what was written on it. 1st edition 1980, 18 pages; PDF 20 pages. $5.95 50 Methods of Producing a SilkUlysses Frederick Grant A useful little handbook full of ways to produce a silk - fifty of them in all. Easy ways to obtain a silk magically. Methods that can be blended into the silk effect you desire to do. 1st edition 1943, 8 pages; PDF 5 pages. $15 Ireland's Year Book 1954Laurie Ireland
$9.95 Deck DeceptionEdward Marlo A potpourri of great Marlo tricks. All kinds of magic good for close-up or parlor, comedy or drama, technique or presentation. Excerpt from the conclusion: We'd like to call your attention to the fact that we have given you a fine variety of card material. Four card discoveries that are novel and off the beaten path, especially the Divining Hanky. For the fellow who has a speck of larceny in his soul, we gave away our pet - a system of culling and stacking - to be used, of course, for entertainment purposes only. Another tidbit was a flourish that was easy to do. The remaining five... ★★★★★ $9.95 Card Fan ProductionsEdward Marlo A complete treatise on the continuous production of fans of cards from the fingertips. Illustrated with many sketches, front and back views. One of the greatest applause-getters in the business, and you can easily learn how to do it from this ebook. Includes work with gloves, descriptions of performances, ... Illustrated by Eugene Gloye.
1st edition 1941; PDF 20 pages. $25 The Life and Times of Augustus Rapp the Small Town ShowmanAugustus Rapp Excerpt from the introduction by Robert Parrish: It appears that there have always been roving showmen: minstrels, montebanks, travelling players. Being such a trouper is a bit different from being an actor, or performing artist per se. You are not booked, your coming is not arranged for. You do not depend upon any of the machinery that makes the showman an organization man. You just take to the road and keep moving. Such showmen differ from pure vagabonds in that they have a calling; to perform. This distinguishes them from the great American character the Confidence Man, although the Confidence... Displaying 1 to 24 (of 205 products)
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