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Exclusive Problems in MagicEdward BagshaweFrom the introduction: This book has been primarily written for the Drawing-Room and Concert Artist who will, I trust, find the material offered for his perusal, sufficiently away from the "beaten track" to be of practical value. The majority of the effects described have been thoroughly "tried out" - and therefore they can be relied upon to "work." I have endeavoured to set forth a selection of original ideas that are not only (to the best of my belief) new in effect, but, to some extent, in method also - thus checkmaking the spectator who knows just a little too much.
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Exclusive TricksSamuel BerlandBerland and friends bring you sixteen beautiful effects using silks, balls, cards, canes, watches, cigarettes, liquid, and more in this updated and expanded edition. Long out of print, this manuscript contains a pair of mysteries by Tenkai, as well as several baffling effects by Berland, as well as some choice bits by his friends. Partial contents:
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Expert Hocus PocusAlton C. SharpeFantastic card effects, rope magic, linking rings, vanishing bird cage, money magic, and a special chapter on "Openings".
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Expert Magic: Collected Magic Series Volume 3Percy Naldrett
1st edition 1922, 93 pages; PDF 50 pages. | $10 to wish list | |
Expert Manipulative MagicCharles C. EastmanA great manuscript describing manipulative magic with cards, coins, and balls. Included are several moves and effects by legendary trade show magician Tommy Tucker, including the first release of his classic "Six Card Repeat". Excerpt from the foreword: In answer to their numerous requests for the latest sleights, tips and "dodges" used by the up-to-date card manipulator, I'm giving them a selection of forty items to choose from. All of them have been used by the writer, so therefore will be found practical. Every reader, be he "an expert" or a young enthusiast, should find something... | ★★★★★ $9 to wish list | |
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 | |
Fabian's Magic NotesWill AylingFrom the preface: Fabian's contributions to the Supreme House Journal The MAGIGRAM, the items edited and photographed by the Late Lewis Ganson, will be well known to so many magicians throughout the World. Acknowledged for their novelty, routine and presentation, the tradition is continued within these pages, the effects forming the lecture notes of Colombini. The items are described and photographed in detail so that the reader may be able to duplicate the tricks etc., without actual recourse to the lecture itself.
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Fantastic FiveSupreme-Magic-CompanyFive effects with simple objects. All of the effects are easy to do . . . are varied in effect. None of them requires elaborate properties. Effect No. 1. Invisible Dice. A clever novelty. A prediction with a box of matches and invisible dice. No matter what number a spectator "throws," you show your prediction to be correct. A trick that will become one of your favorite pocket tricks. Effect No. 2. Fire! A gag - but an unusual one you can use in many ways. Any time you need a light, i.e. in the Dove Pan routine, Burnt and Restored note, etc., you say you will show the Magician's way of... | ★★★★★ $6 to wish list | |
Fantastic Tricks with Plastic CupsEugene E. GloyeMany magicians get their greatest pleasure out of making their own tricks - and there is no form of construction easier or less costly than working with plastic cups. For the man who likes to make his own - no workshop is needed for these easy to construct effects. Over thirty tricks you can make for pennies each. Good magic, low cost. Illustrated.
1st edition 1976, 52 pages; digital edition 2012, 42 pages. | ★★★★★ $6.95 to wish list | |
Farewell PerformancePunx & Bill Palmer MIMC
These routines are taken from Punx's full evening show. This material is not only audience-tested, it is the material that one of the greatest magicians of the twentieth century used to earn a living. It is not a book for beginners. Some of the routines have only partial explanations. This is because most of this material consists only of presentations, many of them for... | ★★★★★ $25 to wish list | |
Fast OnesJoseph OvetteExcerpt from the foreword: This little manuscript of choice effects I fondly dedicate to my dear friend, Louis Lam of Holland, a magician, gentleman, and writer. I am indebted to him for many of the fine effects contained herein. Effects which magicians will find choice magical morsels for immediate introduction into their programs.
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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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Festive HamperGraham HeyOnly for a limited time ... Here's a fabulous collection of magic, mentalism, and comedy bits for close-up and cabaret - all at a bargain festive price of $12! Around 100 pages of cool stuff including: TRAVEL CHAOS: A series of effects revolving around travel and holidays. MENTAL MOVIES: A self-working mentalism killer effect for cabaret or close-up. SUPERSTARS-R-US: A great mentalism effect that plays big. BOOK HIM DANNO! A comedy book test with a twist... WHERE'S MY DOVE? An ultra-clever mentalism effect... WHO'S GOT THE SNOW? - A 'just chance' routine with an adult... | $12 to wish list | |
Fifth-Business Monkey BusinessJon RacherbaumerEight select bits of rascality from Harry the Hat. From the Introduction: When Harry Anderson lived in New Orleans, we regularly discussed tricks, scams, and what Harry liked to call "throwaways that are keepers." These are tricks that symbolically serve the same purpose as Mardi Gras beads and doubloons tossed from floats during carnival season. The following 8 things in this booklet are stunts and tricks Harry performed in his inimitable, fast-and-loose way when he held court in barrooms, poolrooms, or at his night club called Oswald's. In the right time and place they are worth knowing... | ★★★★★ $12 to wish list | |
Fifty FakesGeorge JohnsonHints, aids and appliances for the professional and amateur magician. These small "aids" to the magician appeared in early numbers of The Magic Wand. Covering many branches of the art, it is hoped that the various gadgets may prove of service. The publisher again expresses his thanks to the contributors who devised, and used, the appliances.
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Final SelectionGlenn G. GravattExcerpt from the Preface: No skill, no sleights, no manipulation is required to perform the following effects. Many are impromptu, making use of anyone's cards, and needing no preparation or make-ready. Others admittedly depend upon such chicanery as cards with double faces and blank faces, double backs and blank backs, roughing fluid and other aides, all available from magic shops. Many skilled manipulators have not hesitated to use such artifices, so the reader should not scorn them. Aside from whatever merit these tricks may possess, it is believed their greatest value lies in the... | $12 to wish list | |
First ImpressionsAldo ColombiniThese are the notes to Aldo Colombini's lecture from 1999.
1st edition 1999, PDF 33 pages. | ★★★★★ $10 to wish list | |
Flash MagicUlysses Frederick Grant & B. W. McCarronThere are eight excellent effects in this updated ebook - plus a few variations - that you and your audiences will enjoy. Best of all, most can be made from materials found at discount and dollar stores. For example, Visible Silk Flight is a brilliant routine with a toy pop gun rifle and a colorful silk handkerchief that you can make up yourself. Just as good as a $150 dealer item. Or how about Lantern of the Air, a beautiful floating effect with a candle-lit Chinese paper lantern? You get two methods explained: one using an assistant and a second one for the one-person show. Or if it's comedy... | ★★★★★ $4 to wish list | |
Flea BusinessTroy MurphieIn this 2018 Revised Edition is a host of information to successfully perform a humbug flea circus. Also included are two easy build routines allowing readers to get started immediately with minimal expense. Contents:
1st edition 2015, 2nd edition 2018 31 pages. | ★★★★★ $15 to wish list | |
Flea CircusDave ArchWhether you choose to use this as another act in Dave Arch's One Man Circus Sideshow or as a stand-alone twenty-minute act or merely take some of its effects and insert them into a show you currently do; you'll be using a routined collection of flea circus acts with complete scripts refined over ten years of performance. No mechanical contrivances to go wrong. Minimalistic in props and yet believable in the effects it produces - causing an audience to enter that world of fun where reality blurs with fantasy. Comes complete with its own specially-commissioned poster for advertising your next appearance.... | ★★★★★ $10 to wish list | |
Floating Chopsticks MysteriumRalf (Fairmagic) RudolphInspired by famous magician Cyril Takayama. After eating some noodles you make the chopsticks levitate above the cup!
1st edition 2017, length 38min | ★★★★★ $12 to wish listMP4 (video) | |
Floating StrawRalf (Fairmagic) RudolphA straw floats from a cup or can into your hand. The method goes back to Joseph Dunninger. Ralf explains the gimmick, setup and performance in detail in his video. 1st edition 2019, length 15min | ★★★★★ $7 to wish listMP4 (video) | |
For Magicians OnlyRobert ParrishThis was a very successful book on magic when it originally appeared in 1944. Even the sophisticated New Yorker put at the top of its list of recommended books for servicemen. Here's the book for every one who ever dreamed of pulling rabbits out of a hat or sawing a woman in two (and putting her back together again). The author, who has had a long experience in platform magic and two previous books... | ★★★★★ $12 to wish list | |
For Magicians OnlyCharles WallerOnce in a lifetime, there comes a book - a volume that will stand in magical history as a lasting monument, and tribute to the Magic Art. This, according to Floyd Thayer, is such a book. Part 1 is devoted to the purpose and presentation of magic in all its phases - comprising the complete analysis of Magic from the beginning to the end: What Magic Is, Apparatus and Sleights, Dress, Environment, Plot, Silence, Speech, Dramatic, Humorous, Music, Settings, Program Material, Introductions, The Magic Sketch, etc. etc. Part 2 deals with an abundance of remarkable examples of patter, adaptable... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list |