Magic & Conjuring: page 29

This is Martin's continuation of After the Dessert with more impromptu tricks you can do at the lunch or dinner table. You will learn tricks with sugar cubes, silverware, paper matches, napkins, cigars, cigarettes, coins and glasses. There is also a section on folding money.

One unique feature of this particular ebook is that all line drawings are not merely raster images but vector graphics. This means you can zoom into any of the illustrations and you will never run into a resolution limit where individual pixels will prevent you from further zooming.

1st edition 1949, 43 pages....

Tenkai was a legendary magician from Japan. As his gift for achieving the 'living legend' status in Japan he asked to meet Dai Vernon - which he did, but that is a story for another time.

In this manuscript Robert Parrish describes several wonderful effects created by Tenkai. All illustrations are drawn by Tenkai himself.

20 pages.

5. Tenkai Dye Tube Technique
7. Knots Supreme - Tenkai Silk and Tapes
11. Tenkai Three Dice Trick
13. Tenkai Two Penny Trick
15. Two Coin Moves
17. Tenkai Card Flight

Enjoy some new tricks — pocket tricks that you can make yourself, card tricks you can do with anyone's deck of cards, stage routines with various magic props that you can make.

This is the first of a series of writings by U. F. (Gen) Grant and Frank Lane, who formed a partnership in the writing magic books.

1st edition 1935, PDF 31 pages.

4. THIS IS A GOOD BOOK
5. THE BOOMERANGS
6. READING CARDS
7. A NEW IMPROMPTU NUMBER TRICK
8. ANOTHER IMPROMPTU TABLE TRICK
8. A HANDKERCHIEF VANISH
8. THE LINDBERGH KIDNAP LADDER
11. A COMEDY HANDKERCHIEF ROUTINE
13. THE CARD AND THE CIGARETTE
13. NOW BACK TO THE CARDS ...

This in combination with Routined Manipulation Part Two and Routined Manipulation Finale is one of the best magic books ever published. Each routine is clearly explained mostly with photos and some illustrations. Many classic effects are described in detail. And the essay "Presentation of Manipulation" is a must read for any magician. It includes presentation, dress and appearance, care of the hands, make up, stage setting, music, personality, lighting, a.s.o.

Paul Fleming wrote:

This is the second part of the masterfully written classic work on magic. Together with Routined Manipulation Part One and Routined Manipulation Finale it is an excellent work on sleight-of-hand magic. The effects taught are suitable from stage and parlor to intimate settings of close-up magic.

This volume has a large section on billiard ball manipulation. Barrows Mussey calls it 'the best thing in print on the subject'. And Al Koran's Blindfold Card Act is a beauty on its own.

Paul Fleming wrote:

This is an obscure but extremely fine lesson in conjuring. It is true that it was written as an introduction for the neophyte, but it is a gem of a book of great value to absolutely anyone regardless of their experience.

The text is very modest - no 'latest novelty' or 'top secret'. Just solid sensible counsel about standard, albeit classic, items from Devant's repertoire. Devant is not simply saying what you might want to hear, he is telling you what he has found to be important. He is treating you the way he would treat a private student. For a book this is quite unusual. Most authors hold...

Right before your very eyes, this ebook shows you all the secret trick and sleight-of-hand effects you need to perform mystifying feats of magic. These are under-your-nose, how-did-you-do-that tricks that will entertain your audience and confound your friends - from an arm's length away!

These tricks are simplicity itself, they use items found in your pocket or around the house. Even better, you can perform many of the tricks without any preparation. No matter what your skill level, with this ebook you can master telepathic and mind-reading magic, spectacular illusions and other baffling...

Harry Baron performed magic for over sixty years and was a Member of the Inner Magic Circle with the coveted Gold Star. His books have sold around the world and have been translated into many languages. Apart from writing Magic for Beginners he produced instructions for hundreds of other tricks. He owned his own magic studio and manufactured apparatus for amateurs and professionals. As a result of managing the conjuring department of the famous Gamages store for nearly thirty years, he met most of the world's leading magicians. He lectured and taught conjuring to professional groups, as well...

Glass through table is a classic of magic that is at least a hundred years old. You can even find it described in children magic books. The key to this effect is misdirection which requires a good amount of showmanship and spectator handling. Otherwise it is pure simplicity. With the tips and presentation by J.C. Wagner you will turn this classic into a modern and entertaining miracle.

runtime 6min 30s

Practical effects with cards, flowers and silks. Here is Verrall Wass in his own words about the motivation of this book:

• What happened to that pretty girl in Boggart's Inn?
• Why is a novel discovery of a forced card the ultimate in magical entertainment?
• Who was responsible for the bad vibes emanating from that little box?
• When can an ordinary spectator predict the past, present and future?
• How does the confidential message always get to the correct secret agent?
• Where does Kung-Fu; King of Karate, go after his mission is accomplished?

1st edition 1974, 128 pages; 1st digital edition 2013, 109 pages.

Table of Contents

6. Foreword ...

A classic effect from the past, now revised with a new and improved method. Imagine showing your hand to be empty, front and back, then forming it into a finger gun and shooting at an object. Much to the surprise of the audience, they hear an actual bang!

Devin Knight's new Invisible Gun will allow you to do just that, and do it without the use of any caps, explosives or hidden shooting devices. A new method that is 100% safe and has never been used in this type of effect. No chemicals or thumb tips needed. No expensive gadgets to buy either. You can do this within minutes of reading the...

This is a silent film of Slydini performing some of his feature effects including

• Paper Balls in the Hat
• Cigarette Miracle
• Two Cigarettes from One
• Coin Magic
• The Paper Cone
• Slydini shows his "Knotted Silks" to Remo Inzani
• A Symphony in Silk

[Note that in the lower right corner is a constant 0.00.00 time code which occasionally obstructs the view, but is in general not an issue.]

From the 1950s, length 9 min 38 s

There is quite some confusion about this book, because there are American editions and British editions, some only with card magic, others with additional chapters on cups and balls and other non-card magic effects. The book we have reproduced was printed in London and it does include non-card items. We are reproducing the complete table of contents below.

This book was edited by W. H. Cremer as noted in the preface of Hanky Panky.

PRELIMINARY

PART I. - GENERAL TRICKS

• The Landlord and the Merrymakers
• To Show that an Egg contains a
• To Tell beforehand what Cards will be Chosen ...

From the introduction:

"I pause my magic show to bring you a special public service announcement. It has come to my attention that someone has regretfully become his own grandpa. Needless to say he has become the laughing stock of all far and wide. This should never happen to anyone. Consequently, through the help of this diagram, I am going to explain how it happened so you may not ever find yourself in this unfortunate situation."

For forty years this interlude has proven itself an enjoyable diversion for the middle of my magic show - demonstrating the versatility of the performer. No singing ability is required...

A compilation of effects by magic notable H. Adrian Smith including Modern Card Miracle, Magic Square, Twentieth Century Billiard Ball Trick, and an Effective Handkerchief stretch. 16 effects in all plus a introduction from Percy Abbott.

• Introduction
• Twentieth Century Billiard Ball Trick
• New Card to the Pocket
• A Modern Card Miracle
• A Different Conclusion
• Sympathetic Aces
• Matching the Aces
• A Sucker Mental Effect
• A New Click Pass
• The Coins Up the Sleeve
• Passing Four Coins to a Glass
• A Further Variation of the Passing of the Four Coins
• An Effective Handkerchief Stretch
• Untying a...

• Foreword
• Introduction
• Coin Section
  • Single-Handed Vanish of Four Coins: especially for use with the Hughes' Coin Tray
  • Disappearance by Misdirection: of a single coin
  • Flying Coins: coins are dropped into a folded handkerchief and vanish
• Card Section
  • Something New in Top Changes
  • Leading Them up the Garden Path: using the Top Change
  • Everybody's Card: top change and dealing 2nds
  • All Change: Card A is placed on the table, Card B inserted to middle of deck. Card B is found on top of the deck, Card A in the middle, and the card on the table is a 3rd card
  • Vanishing Faces: cards appear...

Most productions are usually from some kind of suspicious looking box that screams magic prop. This is the old-fashion way, time to step into modern times and do away with fake looking boxes that look like something only a magician would have.

With this method, the performer enters with an everyday magazine, such as People magazine. It is held carelessly in his right hand. He flips the pages showing it is an unprepared copy of Time, People or any other publication.

In truth, it IS absolutely unprepared! He tears off the cover and shows it on both sides using just his left hand. He then...

Highlight Magic contains top flight routines for close-up, parlor, and stage. While not every effect requires some knowledge of sleights, some require mid-level skill. Nelson Hahne did the pen and ink illustrations, and as usual, his work is top notch, too.

Contents

• Foreword.
• From the Publisher. Introductory comments from John Snyder, Jr., magic dealer and past president of the IBM.
• THE SPIRIT OF THE COBRA. Three cards selected and returned to deck are tossed into a lidless box. Patter about a Cobra and a card peeps over the edge of the box and rises. Other cards are seen to be surprisingly...

U. F. Grant contributed some of his best material to the Tarbell Course in magic. Most of this material is unique to the Tarbell Course and does not appear elsewhere. Before Grant died, he compiled a manuscript containing all of the material he contributed. It ranges from close up to stage illusions. A lot of magicians don't have the original Tarbell Course, so here is your chance to get all of the tricks he created and contributed in one place. Fully illustrated and one of the best buys in magic. This is stuff you will use and do and as Harlan Tarbell said, some of the best magic in his course.

One of the best tricks that Grant created was Ghost...

• Preface
• The Penny And Box Lids
• Another Coin Trick
• Thought-Reading With Cards
• Sense Of Touch
• Card Changes To A Rose
• The Fountain Of Cards
• The Ribbons And Flag
• One From Fifty-Two
• A Thought-Reading Trick
• Passing A Thimble Through A Borrowed Silk Handkerchief
• The Deceptive Half-Crown

PDF 16 pages

From the introduction:

• to My Friends, Magic Lovers
• Al Baker's Pack That Cuts Itself
• The One Man "Lights Up" Seance
• A Card And A Number ...

From the introduction: