Magic & Conjuring: page 19

This collection features lots of little tricks, stunts, science experiments and games. It also has an extensive advertisement section in the back.

• The Disappearing Egg
• "Ghost Rings": A Pretty Party Trick
• The Invisible Candle
• Home-made Ping-Pong
• Animal Magnetism
• A Curious Illusion
• The Dancing Skeleton
• The Floating Corks
• Restoring the Cut Thread
• Invisible Photographs
• A Laughmaker
• The Magic Coin Box
• A Match Trick
• The Balanced Coin
• The Disappearing Coin
• A Peculiar Number
• To Name all the Cards in the Pack in Succession
• The Indian Duck Trick
• The Latest Cigarette Vanish
• The Balanced...

This book covers a mix of stage illusions, manipulations, and parlor tricks. It is very nicely illustrated even featuring a couple of photos.

Paul Fleming wrote:

• Introduction
• I: Tricks Without Sleight-Of-Hand
  • Discovery Of A Card
  • Gathering The Kings
  • Naming The Pack
  • The Magic Pairs
  • The Turned Card
  • The Magic Square
  • The Royal Court
  • The Assembly
  • Discovery Of Four
  • Discovery Of Two
  • The Permanent Card
• II: Sleight-Of-Hand With Cards
  • Shifting The Cut
  • Forcing A Card
  • The False Shuffle
  • The Indicated Card
  • The Faced Card
  • Palming A Card
  • Changing A Card
  • Springing The Cards
• III: Tricks With Coins, Watches, Dominoes, Etc.
  • Tricks With Coins
  • The Pass
  • The Change
  • The Joining Of The Coins
  • The Handkerchief Wrapper
  • The Vanishing Quarters ...

W. H. J. Shaw was a magic dealer and apparatus manufacturer in Chicago. Like his magic dealer competitor August Roterberg he decided to write a magic book almost at the same time.

• Preface
• The Mystic Percolator
• Water Into Ice
• The National Ball Transformation
• New Spirit Ghost Seance
• Spirit Bell On Glass Top Table
• The Spiritual Ring Test
• The Extinguished Cigar
• The Charmed Organ Pipes
• D’Alvini’s Album Trick
• Lightning, Slate And Blackboard Test
• The Egyptian Cremation
• New Hat Fake
• The Diamond Mystery
• The Spirit Scribe
• A Live Hat
• Changing Decapitation
• The Wonderful Lager-Beer Glass And Paper...

• Introduction
• The Watch, Handkerchief, And Bran
• The Egg And Handkerchief
• The Flying Glass, Watch, And Flag
• The Lamp-Chimney Color Change
• The Twentieth Century Trick
• Quadruple Flag And Handkerchief Trick
• The Phantom Handkerchiefs
• The Wedding Ring Trick
• Invisible Flight Of Handkerchiefs
• Another "Invisible Flight"
• The Latest Handkerchief "Flight"
• Handkerchief And Paper Tube
• "Primary And Compound"
• A "Changing Tube" Suggestion
• Handkerchiefs And Flag
• Loading The Paper Cone
• Numbered Cards
• The "Invisible" Charlier Pass
• The Transformed Handkerchiefs
• The Flag, Bran, And Orange Trick ...

• Chapter I: Introduction
• Chapter II: Dress, Table, Wand, Apparatus, And Stage
• Chapter III: Tricks With Handkerchiefs
• Chapter IV: Palming, Passing, And Changing Coins, Rings, And Small Articles
• Chapter V: Tricks With Coins Not Requiring Apparatus
• Chapter VI: Coin Tricks Requiring Apparatus
• Chapter VII: Tricks With Cups And Balls
• Chapter VIII: Tricks With Rings
• Chapter IX: Tricks With Hats
• Chapter X: Tricks With Watches
• Chapter XI: Tricks With Dice And Dominoes
• Chapter XII: Tricks With Electricity
• Chapter XIII: Miscellaneous Tricks
• Chapter XIV: Spiritualism And Mesmerism

1st edition...

This series of Openers & Closers (#1 and #2) have been selling like wildfire. Openers & Closers 1 sat at #1...and now, Openers & Closers 2 is #1 on the Hot List.

Now...Openers & Closers 3 is the last e-book in this series...and probably the best one! The easiest to perform "magician-foolers" and ESP effects ever. What an arsenal. There are many photos and 3 videos included.

Openers & Closers are so crucial to every magician's repertoire, that they, literally, dictate how your audiences will perceive you as an entertainer.

1) The 21 Card ESP Trick - This effect will fool all magicians...guaranteed. It begins with a clever...

• Card Tricks
  • The Four Burglars
  • Divination
  • An Exhibition of Thought-Reading
  • The Disappearing Ace
  • Another Thought-Reading Trick
  • Hypnotic Selection
  • The Four Burglars Again
• Tricks with Ordinary Handkerchiefs
  • Parachute
  • Doubling the Allotment
  • The Puzzle Knot
  • The Stretched Handkerchief
  • The Salamandic Handkerchief
  • The Flash Handkerchief
  • The Acrobatic Handkerchief
  • Handkerchief Knotting Act
  • The Instantaneous Knot
  • One-Handed Knot
  • Double Instantaneous Knot
• Paper Magic
  • Trough
  • Easy Aeroplane Fold
  • Chrysalis Beads
  • Christmas Crackers
  • Slap Bang
  • Doorway Scoring Game
• Conjuring...

Here's a terrific book for those who wish to entertain their friends or business associates with clever magic that leaves a lasting impression.

Until now, this hard to find, limited edition book has been available only to collectors, selling for up to 150 times its original price. Now introduced as a convenient, digital ebook, Lustig's work will baffle a new generation of audiences with feats of magic and mindreading.

Over 50 excellent, impromptu effects to show friends, family and others. While most of the effects require practice, the instructions are clear enough that even younger magicians...

An autobiographical history of magic, profusely illustrated with diagrams of magic tricks and photographs of Goldston's career.

From the foreword by J. C. Cannell:

No matter if you're an amateur, semi-pro, or make your living from magic, there's gold in this ebook for performers of every ilk. Seventeen effects in all are included, ranging from card tricks to mental tests, to geek magic (such as you'd find in a carnival sideshow) and even a full-fledged illusion!

In the "Hammered Nails" effect, members of the audience are invited to drive several spikes or large nails into a trio of wooden boards with a sledgehammer. One of the boards is selected, and the performer - with his bare hands - pulls out the spike. This is "geek" magic at its best and an effect...

One of New York's busiest magic and psychic entertainers reveals the best of his audience-tested effects in this fascinating ebook.

This is not just a book for magicians. Several outstanding mentalism demonstrations are also included. These are effects that work and will get you repeat dates! This popular performer explains the effects and methods, just as if he was providing you with personal instruction. Ed Mishell's pen and ink illustrations distill the methods even further, ensuring that the workings of these audience-pleasing miracles are easy to understand and perform.

Here's what's...

• Introduction
• A Few Hints
• Hearing With The Teeth
• To Cause A Coin To Vanish
• The Vanishing Ring
• Another Ring Trick
• The Penetrating Pennies
• The Vanishing Handkerchief
• A Thought-Reading Trick
• More Thought-Reading
• The Vanishing Cigarette
• A Hole In The Sleeve
• The Four Coins
• String Magic
• The Latest Disappearing Sixpence
• Three Hypnotic Tricks
• The Candle And Flag Trick
• Keda
• "Figaro," Monday, 21st, 1930
• Your Future Foretold

1st edition 1930, 34 pages; PDF 36 pages.

The best simple methods for the following 12 great effects:

• No. 1 - To Vanish or Transport A Live Dove Through Space while Surrounded, Without Special Boxes, Bags or Body Work
• No. 2 - To Predict, In Black Crayon On Large Cardboard, The Names Of Three FREELY SELECTED cards
• No. 3 - To Cause A Person's Fingers To Slowly Draw Together, Without Touching Them Or Their Fingers
• No. 4 - To Predict In Bold Letters On A Large Card The Word A Person Will Select In Any Magazine
• No. 5 - To Create The Effect Of Little Invisible Men From Outer Space Dancing On A Sheet Of Paper. Close-up Or Stage
• No....

• Introduction
• Foreword
• Mecca
• Hindoo Rope And Rising Card
• Grant’s Super Rope Trick
• Pearls Of Persia
• Magic Hand And Mystic Rings
• Grant’s Super Die Box
• A Bedtime Story
• Sambo The Human Hen
• Mah Jong Mystery Sticks
• Super Prediction
• Vanishing Die And Appearing Girl
• Dr. Jeykell And Mr. Hyde

PDF 20 pages

65 tricks, gags, tips and ideas with money, cards, wands, cigarettes, watches, rings and more.

• Greetings
• Comedy Ice Cream Cone
• A Comedy Wand
• The Leaky Wand
• Another Pen Idea
• The Vanishing Pen
• Magical Extraction
• Sucker Laugh
• The Egg Cup
• An Old Timer
• Grant's Repeat Watch Idea
• A Timely Trick
• Cigarette Pull Idea
• W. R. Williston Idea
• The Greatest Miracle Of All
• The Matchless Match Trick
• A Long Time
• The Comedy Watch Chain
• Tips On Tips
• E. E. Hammil's Tip
• Gene Gloye Gag
• Pardon Me
• An Eye Popper
• Bowl Of Water Production
• A Tip By Swabi
• A Gag By Swabi
• Snake And Can Trick
• Sure...

Jimmy Ray, a top-flight pro, reveals nearly two dozen of his favorite effects and routines for close-up and TV workers.

This ebook is often referred to in other books for professional magicians, but has long been unavailable. Now revised and updated, this great work is now available in a convenient digital format. Inside, you'll find beautifully routined magic with coins, cards, dice, and even doves - all clearly explained, along with 25 photographs.

These is commercial magic at its best, suitable for performance on TV, in bars, casinos, night clubs, and corporate events.

CONTENTS ...

Joseffy, Josef P. Freud, was a magician from Vienna, Austria. He came to the US when he was 19 years old, and initially worked as manufacturer of props and apparatus for a magic shop in Chicago. Eventually he designed and built his own unexplainable creations, several of which are described in this ebook. However, only the effects are given, no methods are described. Abbott briefly outlines old methods for similar effects, but does not provide the methods Joseffy uses. This book is therefore a promotional item rather than a traditional magic book. It includes many staged photos of Joseffy presenting...

It's Not Just About the Cards is a brief look at performance skills for the magician.

It covers:

• The types of performing areas commonly used and how to utilise that space and engage the audience.
• The Physical and Vocal side of performing.
• An approach of how to build a 'stage' or 'performing' character.

1st edition 2017, 28 pages.

A wonderful selection of tricks illustrated by Harlan Tarbell with an introduction by John Mulholland. For each author a short biographical sketch is included at the end of the book.

THE FINGER KNOWS—AND TELLS (Al Baker) A truly amazing example of mind reading.

THE GLASS TRICK (Roy Benson) An instantaneous, and seemingly impossible, disappearance of a handkerchief.

SEVEN COINS (Al Flosso) A clever sleight to cause several coins to go from one hand to the other.

THE PIERCED CARDS (Robert Harbin) An excellent manipulative method by which selected cards are caused to appear on a ribbon.

DUO-FLIGHT (Leo Hartz;...

A pro stage performer opens his vault of treasured miracles, revealing his favorite magic and psychic effects, plus secrets to get your act booked.

As Nelmar, the author entertained thousands with his stage hypnotism, magic and psychic act. He reveals his favorite effects, ranging from mentalism to card effects to sleights with coins. But that's not all! Nelmar also reveals important business aspects, including how to get booked, how to make "cold" calls, and even two samples of letters he used to get more gigs.

Here's a look at what's included in this ebook:

Chapter I (MENTAL MAGIC)....

You will get both a PDF and a video (download from your digital shelf).

PDF
3 Disk Monte is a variation of the street hustle often played with cards. Three black face down disks, one with a white dot, are mixed. The spectator tries to guess which disk is the one with the white dot. The disks have increasingly gained popularity due to their visibility and handling. This PDF illustrates and describes the various sleights that can be used while performing this effect. Topics include the basics plus some of the more advanced moves that can be used.

• The Disks
• The Mat
• Working Height
• The...

Many effects from famous magicians such as Dai Vernon, Charlie Miller, Fred Keating, David Devant, T. Nelson Downs, Ross Horwitz, Nate Leipzig and of course Faucett Ross himself.

• PREFACE
• A Magician and his Magic
  • Faucett Ross
  • Letters to Charlie Miller
  • The Beginning
  • The Business Side
  • Rules and Common Sense
  • Practice
  • The Magician
  • Showmanship
  • A Bargain
  • Advice on Programmes
• Section One: HANDKERCHIEF MAGIC
  • A Glass and a Silk
  • The Colour Change
  • Handkerchief Box Routine
  • Cut, Burnt and Restored Handkerchief
  • Novel Addition
  • Handkerchief Cane
  • Producing a Silk
  • Fountain of Silks
• Section Two: AN ORIENTAL FLAVOUR
  • Snowstorm in...

This is a two book series teaching principles and philosophy to bring you magic to the next level.

The first book analyzes secrets of Derren Brown, David Blaine and Penn & Teller's success and breaks them down into 13 powerful principles you can start applying to your magic now.

Here's what you'll learn in Secrets of Superstar Magic:

• How Derren Brown completely screwed up my magic for years
• The one true secret to magic and learning hidden inside Dani DaOrtiz quote
• How to use the power of Colliding
• The Louis CK method of creating material that will make you stand out from other magicians
• David...