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The Modern MagicianJames McKnightThis periodical ran from October 1932 to April 1934 and saw 8 numbers published. Complete files are uncommon. In this digital form, it can be enjoyed by a much wider group of readers. Volume 1, Number 1, October 1932
Volume 1, Number 2, November 1932
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Practical ConjuringJames Carl
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Practical Conjuring (used)James CarlBound like a softcover but with hard boards. Binding loose. For details on content see the digital edition. | $10 to wish list | |
Rub the LampJames BreedonJames Breedon, or as the kiddies affectionately call him, Uncle Jim, was one of the busiest children's entertainers on the South Coast, and author of this delightful book in which, with meticulous care, and in detail, he describes the effects and routines developed over the many years he has been entertaining Children. In the pages of this book, the student will find the recipe for handling youngsters, and the development of the skills required; humour, tolerance, patience and inventiveness. The art of encouraging the shy, and of coping firmly with the over boisterous, without loss of temper.... | ★★★★★ $15 to wish list | |
How's Your Library?James B. FindlayAn authoritative ebook on collecting for collectors. Written by one of the world's foremost collectors. Covers the whole subject of the care and arrangement of the magical library, data on the books themselves, bookplates with pages of examples, plus the Mulholland article on same. Other bits by well known collectors. Highly recommended to all who are building up their magic libraries, no matter how small at present. Preface by John Mulholland. 1st edition 1952 (self); 2nd edition 1958 (Ireland Magic); 1st digital edition, 44 pages. | ★★★★★ $5.95 to wish listPDF & EPUB | |
How's Your Library? (used)James B. FindlayBooklet stapled is in excellent condition. An authoritative ebook on collecting for collectors. Written by one of the world's foremost collectors. Covers the whole subject of the care and arrangement of the magical library, data on the books themselves, bookplates with pages of examples, plus the Mulholland article on same. Other bits by well-known collectors. Highly recommended to all who are building up their magic libraries, no matter how small at present. Preface by John Mulholland. 2nd edition 1958 (Ireland Magic). | $7 to wish listsoftcover | |
The Spirit is WillingJames AuerWell written ebook of mental effects, designed to form a completely routined show. Good variety, suitable for most occasions. Presentation, routining, patter and full instructions for Conundrum in Crystal, Numbers Game, Ultimate Miracle, Spirit is Willing, Extra ESPecial, 6th Columnist, Two for TV, American Tel & Tel-epathy. Plus opening lecture, bibliography. All one man routines. 1st edition 1961; 1st digital edition 2013, 49 pages. | $7.95 to wish listPDF & EPUB | |
Ninety Nine Fabrications: the ultimate collectionJames Alan & Dr. Sammy JakubowiczRumors have long persisted of an "other" IBM Ring in the city of Toronto. This motley crew of magicians, mentalists, gamblers, jugglers, psychics, university students and general dilettantes met regularly at a secret place known only as "the usual place and time" and adhered vigorously to its vague objectives of advancing the art of magic, trading gossip and exploring techniques for the vanishment and disappearance of pub foods in a collegial environment. This is Ring 99 and these are their stories. Includes the official Ring 99 membership oath, the Ring 99 induction lecture, "Hail to... | $3 to wish list | |
Seventeen Secrets Volume 1James Alan[Seventeen refers to "IBM Ring 17". There are nine items in the ebook.] Released to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the Club (founded in 1942), this ebook contains contributions from the lecturers and speakers who presented at the club during the 2011-12 season. Material varies from simple to advanced, impromptu, close-up, mentalism and stage including cards, coins, iPads and band-aids.
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Seventeen Secrets Volume 2James Alan[Seventeen refers to "IBM Ring 17". There are eleven items in the ebook.] Seventeen Secrets Volume 2 includes a mixture of close up and stand-up, magic and mentalism with cards, money, cell phones and markers as well as previously unpublished stories from the road. The material is suitable for formal and impromptu performances and covers a range of difficulty.
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Balloon Animals and how to make themJames A. PayneFrom the preface: This book has been written with the idea of presenting some different types of balloon items and to give some ideas to the walk-around clown. All of them have been audience-tested. In the past I have read where one must be able to turn out a set number of balloon animals per hour or they will be in trouble. Nothing could be further from the truth. For years I have clowned at Shopping Centers and Picnics and, although I don't turn out more than sixty balloon animals per hour at my fastest pace, I still please the crowds at the places I appear and worked at one shopping... | $12 to wish list | |
The Problem of Cell 13Jacques FutrelleThe premise of this locked-room story is wonderful. The protagonist is Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen who is in a scientific debate with Dr. Charles Ransom and Alfred Fielding. Augustus, also known as "The Thinking Machine", claims that nothing is impossible when logic and clear thinking are applied. To prove his point, they conduct an experiment where Van Dusen is locked up in a prison for one week with the challenge to escape, which of course he does. But the real fun is in how he does it. It is a tour de force of logic and deductive thinking. Highly recommended to all locked room crime lovers. ... | $3.99 to wish list | |
Aerei di cartaJacopo Furci & Simone BiancoGuida pratica alla costruzione di aerei di carta. Esistono passioni alle quali è difficile avvicinarsi in quanto talvolta poco conosciute e proprio per questo è difficile trovare chi le può insegnare e trovare materiale che ci aiuti ad imparare in modo semplice e divertente. Questo ebook scritto da Jacorpo Furci e Simone Bianco, due veri appassionati dell’arte di costruire aerei di carta va incontro proprio all’esigenza degli appassionati di imparare autonomamente a realizzare tanti stupendi aerei di carta divertendosi e ottenendo un oggetto che può essere collezionato, usato per... | $4 to wish listPDF & EPUB | |
Illustrierte Zauber-SoireeJacoby HarmsPrivat-Aufführungen im Salon. Nebst zugehörigen Erklärungen. Auszug aus der Einleitung: Die Reihe der im gegenwärtigen Büchlein dargestellten Zauberunterhaltungen gibt dem Laien eine ansprechende Auswahl zur Zusammenstellung eines wechselnden Programms für zwei oder drei Abende. Hierbei hat der Verfasser im Interesse mancher Liebhaber zugleich darauf Bedacht genommen, einige durch den modernen Spiritismus eingeführte Täuschungsstücke, nämlich eine Geistersoiree und eine Bindeproduktion, einzuflechten. Desgleichen hält der Verfasser die am Schluß des Werkes gegebene Anweisung... | $10 to wish list | |
The Doc and His DeckJacob TaubThis ebook's purpose is to teach something about the art of close-up card magic; not just to describe some card effects. Each chapter consists of three parts:
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AccusationJack Yates & Ken de CourcyFrom the introduction: "Accusation" is a court-room drama, not exactly legal, of course, but realistic enough to cause the accused to lie and the witnesses to commit perjury! If the trick does not have impact, it will be your own doing. The Effect: From a list of criminals a spectator mentally selects a name and, from then on, 'becomes' this person. He also selects the crimes he will be accused of in the course of the examination. He also selects one, two or three witnesses who are put in the 'witness-box'. Despite the lack of clues, the performer reveals the criminal's name and his crimes. ... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list | |
ForeshadowedJack Yates & Ken de CourcyForeshadowed is an impromptu triple prediction that would play well for a few people or a full theater. As a bonus Yates describe another incredible prediction that can be done over the phone. Jack Yates really needs no introduction; his name usually comes up wherever subtle magic is discussed. He tends to produce devious principles, then simplifies them down so anyone can use them. Foreshadowed is an interesting twist (literally!) on the well-known three objects prediction (a la Mental Epic). What makes this version different is that the predictions are written on blank pieces of cardboard... | $10 to wish list | |
Accusation (used)Jack Yates & Ken de CourcyStapled booklet in like-new condition. For details on the contents see the digital edition. | $8 to wish list | |
Card CapriceJack Yates"Jack's Wallet" is an ingenious way of predicting a freely-chosen card using an unfaked wallet, the sort you probably possess already. It is a 'stand-up' trick without the need for a table, the type that is becoming more and more popular. The second effect, "Jack's Line-Up", is a mental masterpiece that, properly performed, will stagger an audience whether it's done impromptu or as part of a regular cabaret act. Here are the more detailed effects: JACK's WALLET: Briefly, a spectator selects a card. It is not forced. The performer allows another spectator to remove a sealed envelope... | ★★★★★ $5 to wish list | |
Jack's PackJack YatesJack Yates was a very clever and innovative magician who has somehow stayed below the radar and is completely unknown - undeservedly so - to many particularly in the US. Jack's Pack is a clever stacking method for finding any card in a deck by way of using numbers, names, words, etc. Edited and with additional notes by Ken de Courcy. 1st edition 1978, 8 pages; 1st digital edition 2017, PDF 10 pages. | $7 to wish list | |
Minds in DuplicateJack YatesMinds in Duplicate contains a number of routines designed to be presented as telepathic demonstrations between the performer and his partner. Each effect carries conviction, and not one of them calls for the long rehearsal and extensive memorisation of codes common to this class of work. Maximum effect is secured with minimum trouble. With the material in this book alone, thought-reading reputations can be made.
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Minds in Close-UpJack Yates | ★★★★★ $10 to wish list | |
Miracle Mix-UpJack YatesIt's uncanny; you don't touch the pack; you don't see the pack. Yet you are able to reveal in a novel fashion a freely selected card. Write the simple instructions in the form of a letter to the "customer". You can do it over the phone, over the radio, on television, via SMS, Zoom, or any other communication channel. Or, if you prefer, you can do it close-up with a spectator. They do it at their leisure over and over again and still it works. The card is revealed by your own name thus gaining publicity, or you can use your own phrase or a number to reveal the card! EFFECT: (There are different... | ★★★★★ $8.50 to wish list | |
Above SuspicionJack YatesA self-working principle which determined a person's thoughts . . . Listen to this bewildering effect. A pack of cards is shuffled and a spectator merely thinks of a card. The pack is then dealt once, twice and finally a third time into two piles. Before completing the last dealing the spectator may, if he so wishes, shuffle both halves. Despite all this, when the spectator deals through the pack he finds there are only 51 cards; the thought-of card has vanished! The performer produces the card from his pocket before the spectator names his chosen card. An astounding climax which completely... | ★★★★★ $6 to wish list |