(Benalla, Australia: 8th December 1879 - 30th May 1960)
Inspired at age 11 seeing George Heller show. Businessman in Melbourne. Highly creative amateur magician. Invented Harlequin Cigarette Holder (1923); Wonder Frame (by 1928); Hop, Skip and Jump (by 1928); Screen of Life (by 1936); Amazia (by 1936); and Mystery of the Telephone Booth (by 1936).
Wrote Up His Sleeve (1920, 86pp); For Magicians Only (1923, 145pp); Waller's Wonders (1926, 94pp); Magic from Below (1929, 160pp); Happy Magic (1932); and Magical Nights at the Theatre (1980, 256pp), a major history of 295 magicians who played Melbourne theaters from 1854 through 1947. Tricks in Magic Mirror, Magic Wand, Sphinx, Linking Ring, and Genii.
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Happy Magic (used)Charles Waller![]() | 2021 / 1 / 30 | $20.00 to wish list | ||
Magic From Below (used)Charles Waller![]() | 2021 / 1 / 29 | $20.00 to wish list | ||
Waller's WondersCharles Waller![]()
| 2020 / 9 / 28 | $9.50 to wish list | ||
Magic From BelowCharles Waller![]() Let the reader not misunderstand the title of this book - the term "below" has reference to the Antipodes, where the writer has his dwelling, and not to those regions whence an earlier and more credulous people imagined the magician to derive his powers.
| 2020 / 8 / 9 | $7.50 to wish list | ||
Happy Magic Part 2Charles Waller | 2020 / 4 / 17 | $6.00 to wish list | ||
Happy Magic Part 1Charles Waller![]() Here, as always, I have assembled a varied lot of material in the hope that all tastes will be satisfied. It is all original; or as much so as conjuring creations usually are. I am particular in this regard, for I am almost morbidly sensitive to any charge of "piracy." This is strange when one considers that mine is the honour of having introduced the Jolly Roger as a conjuring property.
| 2020 / 4 / 17 | $6.00 to wish list | ||
For Magicians OnlyCharles Waller![]() Part 1 is devoted to the purpose and presentation of magic in all its phases - comprising the complete analysis of Magic from the beginning to the end: What Magic Is, Apparatus and Sleights, Dress, Environment, Plot, Silence, Speech, Dramatic, Humorous, Music, Settings, Program Material, Introductions, The Magic Sketch, etc. etc. Part 2 deals with an abundance of remarkable examples of patter, adaptable... | 2019 / 10 / 13 | $8.00 to wish list | ||
Up His SleeveCharles Waller![]()
| 2018 / 9 / 3 | $5.00 to wish list |
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