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The Bonnie and Clyde MelodramaDave ArchTransform the classic close-up version of The Thieves and Sheep to an audience-pleasing platform melodrama utilizing those notorious bank robbers of years gone by Bonnie and Clyde. While the audience supplies the sound effects, you can be the narrator (the author's choice) or another member of the audience could read the story as a volunteer from the audience stands behind the table and acts out the story with two paper sacks and some coins (up to silver dollar size for visibility). The colorful placemats setting on the table in front of your volunteer gives him/her additional prompts - supplementing... | ★★★★★ $10 to wish listPDF & MP4 | |
Exquisite ConjuringFriedrich W. Conradi-HorsterConradi was the largest manufacturer of magic apparatus in Germany in the early 20th century. He wrote and published several major magic books and his magazine Zauberspiegel (Magic Mirror) predates Mahatma, the first American magic magazine. We should not forget that around 1900 Germany was dominating the magic market. Some of the largest magic retailers in the US, such as Roterberg, built their entire business on importing goods from various German manufacturers, such as Conrad-Horster, and then reselling them in the US. Roterberg's most successful book New Era Card Tricks was little more than a translation of effects taken from various... | $8 to wish list | |
Some More Exquisite ConjuringFriedrich W. Conradi-HorsterFrom the Foreword: When publishing my first book in the English language, Exquisite Conjuring, I was led by the thoughts, that perhaps, after having edited over 30 books about Magic in German, it may be an interesting experiment to see, what the English speaking fraternity would have to say, if I would publish a book in the English language and if the praise, I received from all sides as an author of books on Magic since these last 20 years and more, would really warrant such a new venture! Well, I must say, that my expectations have not only been realised, but they have in fact been surpassed by far in... | $8 to wish list | |
FavesDale A. HildebrandtSome of Dale's favorite creations collected/reprinted into one place. A retrospective introspective perspective. A PDF eBook containing some of Dale's favorite pieces including but not limited to: Hypnohole, Alien Amazement, Caveman Catalog, Without Reservation, and Homage to Huffman.
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Look At MeGregg WebbFrom the Foreword: This is a celebration of our art of getting people to look at us! Hopefully they'll be mystified or entertained or both ... but first they have to watch. The format follows Gregg's established style of illustrations and hand-lettered text.
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Magic at Your FingertipsMilbourne Christopher & Hen FetschA top-flight collection of 33 tested tricks and performance suggestions by two of America's greatest magicians and magic inventors, Milbourne Christopher and 'Hen' Fetsch. We can't remember the last time we had so much fun enjoying a book on magic. No stuffy prose or verbose instructions here, Christopher and Fetsch reveal the inner workings just as if you're discussing them over a beer or burger at your favorite hangout. Magic at Your Fingertips features chapters on close-up conjuring, mental magic, card feats, sorcery with silks and a wide assortment of unusual variety magic. It contains... | ★★★★★ $6 to wish list | |
Latest ConjuringWill GoldstonThis is an early publication by Will Goldston. It is a kind of smorgasbord of tricks, illusions, apparatus, hand shadows, plays, and advertisements for his Gamage Ltd.
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23Dale A. HildebrandtA small collection of items previously published elsewhere, plus the images/templates for Tarot De Stick, the Stick Tarot. Includes:
1st edition 2019, 20 pages. | ★★★★★ $5 to wish list | |
Simple Conjuring TricksWill GoldstonAs the title suggests, this is a collection of simple magic tricks, stunts, and experiments separated in two parts. The first part teaches tricks which require no special apparatus, the second part teaches tricks which require some gimmick or apparatus.
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Power PlaysMike PowersThis ebook contains a large collection of visual magic including 20 impromptu card mysteries, 12 mathematical mysteries, 10 prepared card mysteries, 11 coin mysteries, and 6 miscellaneous mysteries. The focus is on card magic but you will also find mentalism, coins, rubber bands, drinking straws, paper money and other types of magic. Illustrated by Tony Dunn with a foreword by Allan Ackerman. A couple of highlights are: ITH Triumph: An in the hands triumph effect with three distinct phases. Impromptu Terror: An impromptu moving hole effect with a card signed by the spectator on both sides. A hole... | ★★★★★ $19.95 to wish list | |
Will Goldston's Card System of Exclusive Magical SecretsWill GoldstonContents:
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The Magic of Louis S. HistedLouis Shelvy HistedIn this ebook is to be found the cream of the tricks, ideas and principles which have gone, over the years, into Histed's monster note-book. Here is the life-time's harvest of one man's brilliant thought and patient experimentation. And as every harvest carries the seeds of the next, we are confident that the principles which the author here discloses for the first time, and the new presentations he has devised for other effects, will bear further fruit in the work of amateur and professional magical entertainers all over the world. The Magic of Louis S. Histed contains magic to suit every... | $10 to wish list | |
Al Baker's BookAl BakerFrom the introduction: Showing a trick is comparatively easy to putting it clearly in print, and I want to thank Anneman for his judicious use of the blue pencil, finding spots where I could write less and tell more, and in general, being a marvelous deleter and paraphraser. To John Northern Hilliard, whom I consider the greatest writer on Magic as an Art, I want to extend my sincere thanks for the encouragement that caused me to start and finally finish my maiden effort, to wit: Al Baker's Book.
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Al Baker's Second BookAl BakerFrom the introduction: In presenting my "second" book to the magical fraternity I have kept in mind the old saw, "Brevity is the soul, not only of wit, but applies to many magical tricks". I have tried to make the text brief and, by giving plenty of illustrations, cut down on too much solid type. I give no patter as I feel that every entertainer should be himself and develop a style of his own. Fred Keating rose to stardom. "The Bird Cage", "Sympathetic Silks" and "Card in the Cigarette" were marvellous in his hands; others copied, but Keating's name still lives. "Be a magician, not... | ★★★★★ $7 to wish list | |
The L. W. Pocket and Parlor MysteriesWilliam W. Larsen & T. Page WrightLong out of print, we're pleased to bring you this collection of baffling close-up and small group effects for magicians and psychic entertainers, from the minds of Larsen and Wright. The material in this ebook was chosen for its entertainment value, its suitability for small audiences, and to ensure that the methods are new and novel. Not a rehash of old content, this is magic that your audiences will enjoy as much as you will enjoy performing it. You get: The Magic Mail - The magician forgets to stamp a letter. A spectator chooses a denomination from among 16 choices and holds the... | $6 to wish list | |
Webb ManiaGregg WebbFrom the Foreword: Magic is changing and a lot of the reason for this is that people's attention spans are shorter because of the pace of life today and more distractions. We don't have the luxury of people dying for entertainment. There is too much entertainment and to compete, we have to get to the point quicker. If you look at my magic a certain way, it is a direct result of chipping away at long tricks trying to distill them down. The format follows Gregg's established style of illustrations and hand-lettered text.
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California Lecture 2006Alexander de CovaFrom the introduction: You will find that most of my mterial is suitable for the stand-up performer. This is due to the fact that in Europe there aren't too many opportunities to work restaurants, bars and other close-up situations. We have to deal with small stand-up shows, birthday parties, wedding parties, smaller theatres and cabarets, and the like. Naturally, if you want to survive as a performer, you will have to adapt to this situation and develop suitable material. Above all, the material must be direct and to the point, because the European audiences generally don't have too much... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list | |
Deceptive Conceptions in MagicStanley CollinsFrom the Foreword: Written entirely during my service in the Army and the major part of it whilst under shellfire at Ypres and on the Somme, this book was ready for the press save the sketches, early in 1919. Anticipating almost immediate demobilisation, I determined to post to my home the manuscript that had been such a labour of love to me, with some small magical apparatus that had accompanied me during the campaign. I am still awaiting the arrival of that parcel. Considerably lightened by the possession of an exceptional memory, my task of re-writing is now finished and I confidently... | $5 to wish list | |
The Noodle TrickBrick TilleyThe performer extends his arm and a paper streamer appears. This is gathered up, placed in a bowl. Water is added. Using chopsticks the water is stirred, and the paper streamer transforms into real noddles you can eat. A Chinese classic. Everything is explained in a PDF and a video. 1st edition 2019, 4 pages, video length 2:12. | $10 to wish listPDF & MP4 | |
On With the Show: Part IJ. F. Orrin | $5 to wish list | |
On With the Show: Part IIJ. F. OrrinPrimarily stage and parlor effects with mechanical apparatus.
1st edition 1943, 47 pages; PDF 36 pages. | $5 to wish list | |
A Lifetime in Magic 1Devin KnightA selection of some of the best creations by Devin Knight. (Please note that all effects have been released earlier as standalone products and are available individually on Lybrary.com. See product links throughout the product description.) Improved Tri-Epic Deluxe - this is a clever three or even four way newspaper prediction effect reminiscent of David Copperfield's Graffiti Wall, but more portable and totally suitable for a one man act. Psychic Money Sense - designed for an intimate close up show, this experiment apparently shows that a spectator has an excellent psychic sense as he achieves an impossible outcome using three... | ★★★★★ $20 to wish list | |
A Lifetime in Magic 2Devin KnightVolume 2 continues where A Lifetime in Magic Volume 1 left off with detailed explanations for over 20 Devin Knight masterpieces. (Note that this is a compilation of items that were released earlier. All of them are available individually on Lybrary.com. See links throughout the product description.) It starts with three stunning effects that appear to be as near to real mindreading as you can get - Almost Real Mindreading Feats. Devin explains little known principles which will enable you to reveal repeatedly which hand a spectator is merely thinking of, to remove the card a spectator simply looked at in a fan, and to name a mentally chosen card... | ★★★★★ $20 to wish list | |
Magical Notes and NotionsPercy Naldrett
1st edition 1913, 2nd edition 1920, 36 pages; PDF 23 pages. | $6 to wish list |