Magic & Conjuring: page 25

• The Black Hood
• The Wizard
• Fran Frazer
• Keith Kornell West Pointer
• The Firefly
• The St. Louis Kid
• Wings Johnson of the Air Patrol
• Bob Phantom
• Kardak the Mystic Magician

68 pages

• The Black Hood
• The Wizard
• Snoop McGook the Soupy Sleuth
• Keith Kornell West Pointer
• The Firefly
• The St. Louis Kid
• Wings Johnson of the Air Patrol
• Benvenuto Cellini
• Kardak the Mystic Magician

68 pages

Friendly Fire is an exciting collection of almost 30 effects, routines and essays from the contributors to Ben Harris' New Directions Magazine published between 1985-87.

What exciting times these were. The masters like Marlo, Andrus, and Lorayne where at the top of their game and the new faces like Sankey, Sanders and Harkey were just emerging. And, New Directions captured a lovely slice of these changing times. We've even got Mike Gallo's ORIGINAL NO GAFF REVERSE MATRIX! Do you remember the excitement and torrent of creativity that spurned?

Exciting card, coin and dice magic awaits you inside. Full routines,...

• John Bannon - Twisted Sisters (performance only) - one of the most popular small packet tricks ever.
• Dave Neighbors - Pocket Coins - unique presentation and diabolical handling make this coin routine a real fooler.
• Allan & Debbie Ackerman - A New Game - (performed by Michael Maxwell) an easy to do card miracle.
• Michael Maxwell - The Lazyman's Prediction - a Marlo classic within the reach of everyone.
• John Cornelius - Coin Falling Up - John's signature piece, a coin actually appears to fall UP.
• Darwin Ortiz - Darwin's Aces - an incredible ace routine from a master cardman. The Lucky Deck - a gem of card magic.
• Larry Jennings...

• Paul Harris - Lysdexia: A word on the page of a book travels from one part of the page to another. Totally weird and magical. - Window of Opportunity: a signed business card vanishes and reappears inside a sealed piece of junk mail. No palming.
• John Cornelius - Oh, Calcutta Shuffle: a useful, deceptive, easy-to-do false shuffle from one of magic's most creative minds.
• Daryl - Ring, Rope & Wand: from the "magician's magician" a borrowed ring magically penetrates a solid wand.
• Gary Kurtz - Remember & Forget: a killer card routine revealing multiple selections. - Fingertip Longitudinal Steal: a...

• Juan Tamariz - Routine in Major D: a complete lesson in routining from one of the greatest magical thinkers in the world. Learn an amazing 20-minute routine featuring Juan's memorized stack.
• Darwin Ortiz - New Tens Routine: cardmen rejoice. One of Darwin's classic routines - improved. The black tens repeatedly and magically change places with the red tens and vice-versa.
• Rafael Benatar - The Spread Change: a treat from Spain's master cardman. Rafael's new twist on this classic move from Ed Marlo elevates it to new heights. Also featured is Rafael's Slippery Double Drop.
• Mark Strivings -...

• Tom Mullica - 3 Impromptu Miracles: a mini act for the real world - use borrowed objects to amaze and amuse. These three anywhere anytime effects come from Tom's repertoir.
• Allan Ackerman - Double Duke Poker: an absolute killer poker routine for the gambler in everyone.
• Lee Earle - Deja-vu-ing: mental magic at its best. An amazing triple prediction, climaxing with today's newspaper headlines.
• Darwin Ortiz - Blind Aces: one of Darwin's classic impossible routines. Find the four aces from a borrowed, shuffled deck while a spectator is covering your eyes.
• Rafael Benatar - Original Sleights: Rafael describes three...

• Michael Skinner - Ten Peeks: Michael's most cherished card effect, the incredible ten-card location. The ace through ten of diamonds are found in extremely magical ways. - Cut & Restored Rope: Michael's routine for this time-honored classic of magic. - Interview Segment: Roger Klause hosts this magical moment in time with Michael Skinner.
• Paul Wilson - Wild With The Ladies: "Wildcard" Scottish style. Paul's personal method for this card classic. Four jokers magically change into a spectator's selection. For the finale, they change into the four queens.
• Jack Carpenter - Three-In-One: a selection is revealed in...

A symposium of material from John Shirley, Maurice Blackman, Brian LeSlie, Eric Lewis, Rupert Gilbert, Stuart Leith, Joe Zering.

Contains over fifty tricks and routines with parakeets, including many ideas for building special small illusions featuring the birds. Sections by several different experts on training and teaching the parakeets the first simple tricks which start them off to stardom. A complete section on the care, feeding and handling of parakeets.

Parakeet Magic is inexpensive to get started with - all it takes is a few dollars investment plus your time and enthusiasm. But...

Learn to escape from handcuffs, sacks, straight jackets, boxes, chains, and many more.

• Publisher's Foreword
• Foreword
• Suggestions for Handcuff Escapes
• Publicity Handcuff Escape

• CHAIN EFFECTS
• - Outstanding Chain Escape
• - Always Ready Chain Act
• - Siberian Chain Escape
• - Extraordinary Chain Release
• - Lightning Shackle Chain Escape
• - Chain Handcuffs
• - Neck and Wrist Cuffs

• WRIST TIES AND PADLOCKS
• - Abbott's Rod Tie
• - Wire Wrist Ties
• - How to Open Padlocks

• SACK ESCAPES
• - Improved Sack Escape
• - Cloth Sack Escape
• - Triple Tied Sack Escape
• - Mail Bag

• ESCAPES FOR STAGE,...

One of the biggest bargains in magic. Over 80 years in the making. Abbott's Dark Matter Secrets is simply the greatest compilation of "spooky and bizarre" magic and mentalism effects ever assembled. Some date back to Abbott's beginning back in 1934. The ultimate spooky magic book, Abbott's Dark Matter Secrets has 142 effects and includes stage illusions (complete with workshop plans), sideshow illusions (again, complete with workshop plans), parlor effects, escape effects, mentalism effects, etc. Dark Matter Secrets is Abbott Magic's expression of spooky magic that it has sold in one form or...

Someone once commented that "If you want to hide a magic secret, put it in a book or magazine!" There is probably some truth to that statement, as there is "buried treasure" on each and every page of this work. Tricks, ideas, gags, presentations, suggestions and routines from a full complement of magical authors. Bag-O-Trix is a collection. It contains the complete texts of many books previously issued separately. Some of these volumes are (and have been) out of print. Some others are in short supply. None will be reprinted as a separate item again. This massive ebook will be the only source...

This ebook is a "Panorama of Professional Prose Palaver and Polished Poetical Patter". It is a collection of six previous Abbott publications:

• Practical Patter by Percy Abbot
• Patter Punches by Sol Stone
• Routines In Rhyme by Bill West
• Merrier Magical Chatter by Don Rogers
• 202 Ways To Stop Hecklers by Otis Manning
• Punch And Judy by Sydney de Hempsey

PDF 127 pages

A collection of stories of the supernatural. These are great starting points to develop your patter for bizarre or otherwise weird and scary plot lines.

• The Guide (Irene Amesbury)
• Call of the Pool Goddess (John C. Craig)
• The Room without Windows (W. P. Cockcroft)
• The Bride of Yum-Chac (Henry Rawle)
• The Fulfilment (Alexander O. Pearson)
• Sir Rodney keeps a Date (Andrew Ringwood)
• The Window (Winfred M. Carnegie)
• Binker's Ghost (A. C. Bailey)

PDF 58 pages

Softcover stapled in good condition. For details on contents see the {lp=922655 digital edition].

This is a fundraiser ebook. 100% of the proceeds of this ebook will go to Kennard Chandler and his wife Bean to help them in their personal and financial struggles.

A Who's Who of mentalism has contributed routines from their performing repertoire to make this fundraiser ebook worth your money and time. Not only is it a worthy cause to help support a member of our community, but it is also a great ebook to read, including some routines that were never published before. In other words, it is material you can only learn from this ebook.

• Introduction by Chandler
• "Hey Rube!"
• Act One: Make...

Everything you need to know: vanishes, appearances, changes, multiplying, producing, explanation of various props to glamorize your cigarette work, etc. Carefully explained with pictures so that even the beginner can easily understand and do these tricks. A great little handbook of cigarette work, with tricks you will use.

1st edition 1957, 20 pages; digital edition 2012, 27 pages.

Table of Contents

1. Cigarette Vanisher (Pull)
7. The Professional Vanish
8. The Squeeze Vanish
9. Thumb Tip Vanish
10. Ireland Simplex Cigarette Production Act
13. Cigarettes-Cigars-Pipe
17. The Invisible Cigarette
19. Cigarette...

On November 2012 the first European Close-up Magic Symposium brought 20 magicians from all over the world to Milan for 2 days of non-stop close-up magic, with lectures and performances, private sessions and gala shows. The routines in this issue selects among the best routines. Expect some knuckle busters as most of the contributors in this issue are some of the best names in the close-up magic. All routines are complete with performance and explanation.

DANI DAORTIZ: "Forcing card"
One of the best cardicians of our time shows us and explains a beautiful routine with detailed explanation teaching every...

FRANCIS TABARY: "Rope Routine"
A beautiful routine, taken from his live act presented at the Symposium. Tabary amazes you with his original style, true magic from someone who is worldwide considered the most famous ropes magician of all time. In this routine explained in detail during his lecture at the symposium, Tabary gives you new moves and magic effects never been published before. Standing ovation at the end of his live performance at the symposium.

HENRY EVANS: "Total control"
An amazing routine with cards: the 4 aces are lost in a shuffled deck by two spectators. The deck is put...

BEBEL: "Ambition Colorè"
One of the greatest in the world of card magic. The next "Guest of Honor" edition 2013 symposium presents its own unique effect. One of his beautiful versions of the ambitious card, which in this case becomes a routine that is very original and has a surprise ending. Needless to say that everything is executed with his masterful touch that made him popular in the magic universe. The detailed explanation is another show within the show, with a lot of details and variations on the theme.

HENRY EVANS: "Three Predictions"
Another beautiful and inexplicable effect with...

The more episode bundles you buy the cheaper they get. For each additional bundle you add to the cart you get a 6% discount on the total. If you buy two bundles you get 6% discount. If you buy three bundles you get 12% discount, four bundles 18% a.s.o. If you would put all 11 episodes into your shopping cart you would get a whooping 60% discount or a total of merely $17.56.

These two episodes have been digitally restored and remastered. Each episode has had the major clicks, pops and distortions removed while preserving the vintage sound.

The Black Steps
In this thrilling episode, the...

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These two episodes have been digitally restored and remastered. Each episode has had the major clicks, pops and distortions removed while preserving the vintage sound.

Photographic Memory
Princess Nadji invites her...

The more episode bundles you buy the cheaper they get. For each additional bundle you add to the cart you get a 6% discount on the total. If you buy two bundles you get 6% discount. If you buy three bundles you get 12% discount, four bundles 18% a.s.o. If you would put all 11 episodes into your shopping cart you would get a whooping 60% discount or a total of merely $17.56.

These two episodes have been digitally restored and remastered. Each episode has had the major clicks, pops and distortions removed while preserving the vintage sound.

The Spell of Dimitri
Chandler, Dot and the kids...

The more episode bundles you buy the cheaper they get. For each additional bundle you add to the cart you get a 6% discount on the total. If you buy two bundles you get 6% discount. If you buy three bundles you get 12% discount, four bundles 18% a.s.o. If you would put all 11 episodes into your shopping cart you would get a whooping 60% discount or a total of merely $17.56.

These two episodes have been digitally restored and remastered. Each episode has had the major clicks, pops and distortions removed while preserving the vintage sound.

The Temple at Karnak
When the infamous Nazi chemist...