These are not second hand items. They are new, sometimes still shrink wrapped, ready to be retailed. The pricing largely reflects the amount of books we have left as well as the exclusivity and quality of the contents in them. I am sure you will find a number of incredible deals here.
We also do print some of our ebooks and those will not so quickly vanish from our catalog. But it might very well be the case that at some point we decide to discontinue the printed version and only offer the digital one. Don't wait too long if you want the printed version.
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Amazing Unfaked Book TestVal Andrews
This is an unbelievable book test. Just imagine taking a modern book; perhaps a best seller in the bookshops right now. The book is genuine and is completely unfaked in any way. You can even ask a member of the audience or perhaps someone on a radio show that you will be talking to, to bring along a copy of the Da Vinci Code or whatever you choose to use. Or you could do this impromptu with any book as long as you have a couple of minutes private time with the book. You have the book examined and you... | $15 to wish listsoftcover | |
Boromian LinkTerri RogersThis booklet details Terri Rogers' Boromian Link an incredible linking card effect based on Paul Harris' Immaculate Connection. The Harris original is a great impromptu effect but if you are not working impromptu and can use your own cards then you'll find Terri Rogers' method even better. The linking effect looks excellent and in fact fools those familiar with the Harris original. The effect can be performed with any size cards and looks quite spectacular if done with Jumbo cards. 1st edition 1986, 1st digital edition 2013, 12 pages. | ★★★★★ $7 more than onetype to choose from softcover PDF & EPUB | |
Star GateTerri RogersAn incredible effect based on a topological principle. Two cards are shown glued back to back. The spectator may examine them as there is nothing to find. The performer takes the cards, gives them a few deft folds and then hands them back to the spectator ... but now the cards are face to face. It looks impossible because the cards are still glued together. What's more, they are the same cards that the spectator handled earlier. There is no switch of any kind. You won't believe it yourself the first time you perform it. [Note: Originally this booklet was supplied with a Jumbo cards already prepared and glued together. This ebook comes without a set of glued cards. However, the ebook has clear explanation of the construction. You can prepare a set from regular cards with a knife and tape in a few minutes. 1st edition 1985, 1st digital edition 2013, 11 pages. [Below is a demonstration where the two cards are oriented in the same direction and not 90 degree rotated like Terri has originally designed it. The advantage of a 90 degree offset is that the card that is folded can at one time be seen partly from the front and partly from the back which is a very magical moment. This moment is missing from this version.] ... | ★★★★★ $7 more than onetype to choose from softcover PDF & EPUB | |
The Master Key: book testTerri RogersThis is probably the finest book test using special books that has ever been released. This is a remarkable set of three books which allow you to do four different book tests:
The Master Key book test runs like this: A spectator has a completely free choice of any of the three different books. Then they can also... | $150 to wish list | |
The Incorporated Strange SecretsTed AnnemannAnnemann teaches thirteen commercial mentalism pieces with slates, cards, dollar bills, telephone books and cigarettes. The majority of routines involves cards. Annemann's unique direct style is felt in each one of these effects. Paul Fleming wrote: This little collection of Annemann material, which was published in 1939, measures up to the high standard of excellence that has made Annemann's name synonymous with magical feats of great ingenuity. The thirteen items presented here may be described briefly as follows:
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Sh-h-h--! it's a secretTed AnnemannAnnemann describes a wealth of forty pieces in this wonderful booklet. The first, "Call me up sometime" is a beautifully direct telephone miracle. This is a prime example of Annemann's mantra of 'effect before method'. I found the following line from Annemann's introduction funny: I like to do these things so well that someday I'm going to write a twenty page introduction and follow it with one trick! Trouble is, however, that after that harangue the trick will HAVE to be good. 1st edition 1934; 50 pages.
| ★★★★★ $5 more than onetype to choose from softcover | |
Patter in Rhyme and En RapportTed Annemann | $8 to wish listsoftcover | |
The Best of Spell-Binder Collection OneStephen TuckerEighty-five tricks and routines from the pages of Spell-Binder Magazine. Everything from card and coin magic to the bizarre and the weird. Effects explained are:
| ★★★★★ $15 more than onetype to choose from softcover PDF & EPUB | |
Spell-Binder Volume 1Stephen TuckerThis is volume 1 of the reprint of Spell-Binder Magazine. Each volume is a half-letter size softcover with a color cover and black and white print throughout. Volume one includes issues 1-12. Spell-Binder Magazine was a fascinating publication edited by Stephen Tucker which focused on close-up magic featuring an eclectic list of contributors. Spell-Binder started in 1981. Reprint in 2004 by Martin Breese. | $18 to wish listsoftcover | |
Spell-Binder Volume 3Stephen TuckerThis is volume 3 of the reprint of Spell-Binder Magazine. It is a half-letter size softcover with a color cover and black and white print throughout. Volume three includes issues 25-36. Spell-Binder Magazine was a fascinating publication edited by Stephen Tucker which focused on close-up magic featuring an eclectic list of contributors. Spell-Binder started in 1981. Reprint in 2004 by Martin Breese. | $18 to wish listsoftcover | |
50 Tricks You Can Do You Will Do Easy To DoRufus SteeleThis ebook is a compilation of three booklets Rufus Steele released:
You will encounter contributions from people like Bert Allerton, Arthur Buckley, Paul Rosini, Ed Marlo, Dai Vernon, Dorny, Harry Blackstone and many more.
| ★★★★★ $7 more than onetype to choose from softcover | |
Telepathy PersonifiedRon and Nancy SpencerFor years Ron and Nancy have fooled audiences worldwide with their Minds in Harmony act. Here, for the first time, they reveal all of their treasured secrets - secrets that will enable the reader to recreate this act in its entirety. In his foreword to this book Edwin Dawes says: Despite the numerous times I have seen Ron and Nancy Spencer present their act it has never palled, the freshness and apparent spontaneity of their interaction (not to mention the challenge for the magician of endeavouring to detect their methods!) has captured the imagination. For much of the second half of the... | ★★★★★ $25 more than onetype to choose from hardcover | |
Ask Roberto GiobbiRoberto GiobbiThis is a totally unique book. 52 reader supplied questions. 52 opinionated, informed, expert answers by Roberto Giobbi. Roberto spent often several days to thoroughly answer each of the 52 questions. It is no wonder that this ebook has more than 330 regular sized pages. It is a publication unlike any other, where the readers gave the direction which the author followed. Download a free extract. The 52 questions asked and answered:
| ★★★★★ $22 more than onetype to choose from softcover PDF & softcover | |
You'd Be SurprisedRobert Parrish & John GoodrumA mix of cards, mentalism, and quite unusual manipulation with glasses and thimbles. 1st edition 1937, reprinted 1963; 65 pages.
| ★★★★★ $9 more than onetype to choose from softcover | |
InspirationsPeter Duffie & Jerry SadowitzMore early card and coin creations from Peter Duffie and Jerry Sadowitz. Martin Breese was called the "Card Magic Publisher Of the Year" due the various publications by these two gentlemen. Table of Contents
| ★★★★★ $19.90 more than onetype to choose from softcover PDF & softcover | |
The Magic of Fred RobinsonPeter DuffieNow available as a PDF ready for immediate download. "Peter Duffie's The Magic Of Fred Robinson is a wonderful book containing a gold-mine of ideas, subtleties and secrets from one of magic's finest exponents and thinkers. ... The Magic Of Fred Robinson is an excellent book full of wonderful ideas, useful sleights, and powerful effects. More than that, it's a great read and takes me back to the feeling I had when I first read Vernon's Inner Secrets books." - R. Paul Wilson from his 2009 review in Genii. | ★★★★★ $69 more than onetype to choose from hardcover | |
ApplicationsPeter DuffieThese are almost all effects based upon magic that can be performed without faked or gaffed cards. 1st edition 1993; original 60 pages; PDF 48 pages; illustrated
| ★★★★★ $15 more than onetype to choose from hardcover | |
Close-Up to the PointPeter DuffieThis was Peter Duffie's first solo book published on the heels of his hugely successful Alternative Card Magic and Contemporary Card Magic. It includes mostly card routines with a couple of coin routines sprinkled in for good measure. The effects are not difficult to do and can be classified as intermediate. Some routines require palms, half passes and riffle passes. It is a joy if one can study the early creative output of one of the most accomplished card magician alive today. 1st edition 1984; original 30 pages; PDF 37 pages.
| ★★★★★ $9 more than onetype to choose from softcover | |
Subtle MiraclesPeter DuffiePeter Duffie is one of the world's most creative cardmen and Subtle Miracles gathers together some of his most inventive work. Many of these effects were marketed as exclusive manuscripts (Solo, Duet, Trio, Quartet, Double Indemnity) and are now brought together for the first time, together with a selection of brand new routines using equally clever methods. David Britland contributed a routine called 'Red Alert' as well as added notes commenting on Peter's routines. An appendix teaches a couple of important sleights.
| $30 more than onetype to choose from softcover | |
Paul Harris in Las Vegas Close-UpPaul HarrisThis book has long become a classic for close-up magicians. I have acquired a box as part of a larger deal and am pricing it ridiculously low. If you already have this book buy three more copies and hand them out as gifts. Your friends will love you. (Please note that while these are not used books, they are not necessarily in pristine condition. Some rubbing and chaffing on the covers, and the cover print is at times not perfect.) 1st edition 1978; 150 pages. Table of Contents
| ★★★★★ $7 to wish listsoftcover | |
Paul Diamond EntertainsPaul DiamondAnyone who has seen Paul work will know that he is first and foremost an entertainer. This book contains commercial routines he has used professionally for many years. Includes:
1st edition 1986, 38 pages. | $11 to wish listsoftcover | |
Floating Golden StickMike DanataA golden stick floats in the air without any means of support. A hoop is passed across and around the stick yet it still floats until finally at the command of the magician it travels away from him, at least six feet, and gently comes to rest upon a table. This effect can be performed in a large drawing room or whilst completely surrounded. It is a one man floating effect and no assistants are required. It should not be confused with the Finn Jon Floating Stick which uses an entirely different method. With this routine the stick actually floats away from the magician and if performed on a... | ★★★★★ $10 more than onetype to choose from softcover PDF & EPUB | |
Routined Manipulation FinaleLewis GansonThe final book of the Routined Manipulation series. (Click here for Part 1 and Part 2.) More great hand magic for both close up and stage by some of the greatest magicians of all times.
| ★★★★★ $12 more than onetype to choose from softcover | |
Close-up FrameworkLawrence FrameA small book that's big on entertainment. Clean, novel methods are used to produce effects that are clear and uncluttered. Taking as an example the first effect in the book, 'Spellbound Climax': you show a 2p coin and magically transform it into a 10p. After repeating this a couple of times you are surprised to find that the coin has changed into a button! Looking down, you discover that the coin is attached to your jacket where the button should be. To paraphrase Gordon Bruce's introduction, these aren't just tricks but lessons in presentation. With illustrations by Roy Johnson. Contents: | $15 to wish listsoftcover | |
Big Ring on StringL. C. CollierA parlor sized ring with a stage sized routine. This is a compact ring and string routine which uses some of the most visual moves one can do with these props. For many years I have performed a very similar routine. I used a red cotton ribbon instead of the standard white rope, because a ribbon lies flat on the ring and is wider than a rope allowing for some sequences a stronger illusion. 1st edition 2003; 10 pages. | ★★★★★ $5 more than onetype to choose from softcover | |
Three Way Coloring Book RoutineL. C. CollierColoring books are one of the easiest tricks on the market to master. Due to this fact, you can concentrate on the presentation. You can do a six to seven minute routine with this wonderful item. This is a routine that can be chopped down to whatever time frame you need, simply by eliminating portions of it. The routine has mime, participation, animation and imagination, all the elements it takes to perform for children as young as three or as much as ten years old. The more energy you add to the presentation the better it will be received. Don't do the old lame presentation everybody else... | ★★★★★ $5 more than onetype to choose from softcover | |
How to Perform for Kids & Stay Out of TroubleL. C. CollierKnow their traits and what to expect. Learn routines that work. 1st edition 2003; 21 pages.
| ★★★★★ $5 more than onetype to choose from softcover | |
Full Circle Rope RoutineL. C. CollierThe magician pulls out a six foot piece of rope, pulls it up in the center and clearly cuts the rope into two pieces. He then picks up the bottom ends, brings them to the top and the rope fully restores. He then grabs the rope by the middle and cuts it in half again. He trims off the pieces at the top and the rope restores a second time. He folds the rope into thirds and cuts it at the top and bottom. He clearly counts off the three separate and equal pieces from one hand to the other. With all the pieces held in one hand he brings the bottom ends to the top and individually pulls out three... | ★★★★★ $5 more than onetype to choose from softcover | |
Throwing the SwitchJohn MendozaThe purpose of the switch is to secretly exchange two packets of four cards. For example, to show four aces and then turn them face down and deal them onto the table for an assembly effect. The cards dealt onto the table, of course, are not the aces after the switch has been done.
| $10 more than onetype to choose from softcover | |
Silken SorceryJean HugardYou will find 143 magnificent and entertaining uses of silks and handkerchiefs. Sleights, tricks, and the famous Stillwell Silk Act are explained in detail with 90 illustrations. Jean Hugard details vanishing methods, production techniques, color changes, knots, and flourishes. He also describes how to care for your silks to keep them in great shape for a long time. Paul Fleming wrote: Tricks with silk handkerchiefs have been very popular ever since their introduction by Bautier de Kolta more than a half-century ago. There is a sound basis for this popularity, for handkerchief tricks are colorful... | ★★★★★ $3 more than onetype to choose from softcover | |
Money MagicJean HugardThe manipulation of money is fascinating to everyone and probably always will be. Bills are common, pack small, and easy to borrow. This booklet describes in detail all the important moves, gimmicks and tricks with paper money. Great effects are taught, spanning the impromptu situation to the prepared performance from close-up to parlor or stage. This is a great book with very practical and strong effects. 1st edition, 1937 Max Holden, New York; 62 pages.
| ★★★★★ $6 more than onetype to choose from softcover | |
Clue and other MysteriesJack YatesJack Yates is renowned as a creative innovator as evidenced by his many contributions to magical literature. This work contains nine first-class routines with a mental flavour including Clue which is worth its weight in gold and the P&S System. Contents
| ★★★★★ $20 more than onetype to choose from hardcover | |
Artifice, Ruse & ErdnaseHurt McDermottThe search for one who may not want to be found. In 1902 under the pseudonym S.W. Erdnase and the title Artifice, Ruse and Subterfuge at the Card Table a book on sleight-of-hand with cards was published. This book became the bible for card magicians. To this date it remains arguably the single most important book on sleight-of-hand card magic. Some of the most respected masters of card magic,... | ★★★★★ $45 more than onetype to choose from hardcover PDF & hardcover | |
Al Koran's LegacyHugh MillerThis is a completely new, revised, expanded and updated edition. The ebook contains most of the original material but virtually everything has been re-written and benefits from the skill of an expert editor. There is a host of additional material written by Lewis Ganson and previously published in the Routined Manipulation series published by Harry Stanley. Along with Graham Jolley, Martin Breese has always been a follower of Al Koran and his amazing material. Al Koran’s name appeared on almost every page of the Gen. And thanks to Harry Stanley his material has been preserved for future generations to study and use. Graham Jolley... | ★★★★★ $35 more than onetype to choose from hardcover | |
Al Koran Professional PresentationsHugh MillerAl Koran Professional Presentations is a magical classic and was first published in 1967 by Harry Stanley at the Unique Magic Studio. The original publication was marred by poor photographic reproduction so this new edition from Martin Breese has illustrations by Paul Griffin based on the original photographs. Hugh Miller has contributed a fascinating and lengthy introduction which explains a great deal about the background of this book which is a 'must' for every performer's library. Each effect is a stunner and the original Koran Medallion and many other now classic effects, are explained in detail. 1st edition... | ★★★★★ $30 to wish listhardcover | |
The Fine Art of Magic, 2nd EditionGeorge G. Kaplan & Warren J. KapsSome have argued that George Kaplan's Fine Art of Magic is the best magic book ever published. Juan Tamariz, who wrote a foreword to this second edition, says: "Hardly a performance where I do not include an effect from this book. It's the only book that contains only good and excellent tricks." This magic treatise has stood the test of time. It has become a standard magic reference work. The First Edition is one of the most sought after magic books and is now available in its Second Edition, which incorporates additions and corrections from Kaplan's own notes, as well as adds more than 25% new and... | ★★★★★ $59.50 more than onetype to choose from hardcover PDF & hardcover | |
Chan Canasta: A Remarkable Man Volume 2David BritlandThis is the long-awaited follow up to the first volume. It is a quality soft back publication, perfect bound. It contains a lot of information that arrived too late for inclusion in the first volume. We are grateful to all those who have helped us produce this set of books on the Remarkable Chan Canasta.
The first volume can be found here: Chan Canasta: A Remarkable Man Volume 1 1st edition 2001, 45 pages. | $22 to wish listsoftcover | |
The Color Change: the arcane art of transfiguration with playing cardsCrispin Sartwell
| ★★★★★ $30 more than onetype to choose from color softcover |