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Novel Mysteries Part 6: More Miscellaneous MagicEdward Bagshawe | $10 to wish list | |
The Magic of HaskellBob HaskellBob Haskell's genius for brilliant story plots and well-thought-out mechanics made him a master of cabaret and platform magic. The inventor of such masterpieces as the Split Deck and the X-Salted Shaker digs deep into his performing repertoire to give you 17 of his favorites. Ranging from effects with cards, rope, a beautifully animated silk mystery, and a pair of mysteries using the "tap-it" principle, there's something within these pages for almost any necromancer worth his (or her) salt. Here's magic for the performer who's up on basic card sleights and/or who can handle an effect using... | $10 to wish list | |
The Magic of TomorrowH. C. Mole & Arthur Charles P. Medrington & Ernest HammondFrom the Foreword by David Devant: Having read the proofs of some of the items in this book, I am eager to read the rest and add the completed volume to my bookcase.
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Elevate Your TipistryHal SaxonThis is an intermediate to advanced thumb tip workshop for my friends at Lybrary.com. I want us to reimagine and revolutionize our tipistry. Tipistry means breathtaking thumb tip handling ability, competence, proficiency, and mastery. If we can pull this off, you'll skyrocket your confidence with a thumb tip. In our thumb tip magic, objections create skeptics and I don't want to create skeptics, I want to create awe. In this 29-minute workshop, I will discuss the misconceptions and no no's of thumb tip magic and how to correct these flaws. I will show you how to elevate your Tipistry and... | ★★★★★ $19 $10 to wish listMP4 (video) | |
Intriguing Magical IdeasHarry ReeveFrom the introduction: I think Edwin has been a little presumptuous in billing this lecture as 'Originalities'. Most new ideas and twists spring from something that has gone before so I lay no claim to the basics but enjoy playing around with them to produce 'new' material etc. to entertain. Time is short so let's get on. Descriptions are brief and condensed mainly printed here to serve as memory joggers to the demonstrations in the lecture. I hope they help you to make up and perform something that you have found to your personality. You have my permission to make a 'one-off' for your own... | $10 to wish list | |
Colourful MagicPavelA collection of some 15 effects with silks, ribbons, rings, balls, glasses, tubes, paper, dice, and other objects.
1st edition 1980, 34 pages; PDF 33 pages. | $10 to wish list | |
Pavel's 15 Micro TricksPavel
For the German edition see Pavel's 15 Mikro Tricks (German). 1st edition 1971; PDF 32 pages. | $10 to wish list | |
McCombical Millennium MiraclesBilly McCombFrom the introduction by Terry Seabrooke: Billy is my longest standing magical mate - although we have been known to fall over now and again!!! We have shared so much in our lives, but the overall love we all have for Billy, is his help on all things magical, and his readiness to share with all of us his most creative ideas on new tricks and particularly on amazing and entertaining presentation. Give Billy, what to most of us is just an ordinary trick, and after thought and work, he will come up with a real commercial presentation which is above all - ENTERTAINMENT.
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UniqueRoy JohnsonA superb selection of items from the professional repertoire of Roy Johnson. Mentalism, comedy and visual magic with cards, books, rope, keys, shoe laces, music, fire and razor. Revealed are some of Roy's most closely guarded secret methods. Much of Roy's own patter is included for you to use, or adapt to your own style. The methods given are simple and effective, leaving you to concentrate on the "job in hand" ... entertainment!
1st edition 1995,... | $10 to wish list | |
Magic in Cabaret LandKen de CourcyFrom the introduction: The word itself, "Cabaret", carries overtones that conjure exotic pictures of nude dancers, the "Moulin Rouge" and German Beer Cellars; a sort of high-class iniquitous entertainment enjoyed by the lucky few. But that is all changed. It's been brought down to the level of the man-in-the-street. Now he can have a ringside seat for dining, dancing, drinking, a show ... and gambling. Yet he won't take advantage of all this 'loose-living' unless there is also a "SHOW", as the proprietors of these establishments well know. There is a plethora of singers and 'groups', and... | $10 to wish list | |
Right Under Your NoseDouglas FrancisFrom the preface by John Ramsay: The author, my friend Douglas Francis, has handed me part of the manuscript of this book, and he has also given me a personal demonstration of some of the effects described therein. Every trick proved entertaining and convincing in his capable hands, and, consequently, I can recommend them with every confidence to all exponents of "Close-up" Magic. From the foreword: As the title suggests, the contents of this book are confined to that type of effect that can be literally performed right under the nose of the spectator, in other words - Close Quarter... | ★★★★★ $10 to wish list | |
Magic Made EasyDavid DevantAn excellent selection of tricks by no other than David Devant. From his introduction: I have always maintained that the art of the conjurer is closely allied to that of the actor, but with this difference: the actor selects a character and impersonates it. He has all the advantages of a proper dress, suitable to the character he is playing, of beautiful scenery, and music, and lighting, and the various other little things which are comprised in the theatrical word “effects.” The actor has all these aids to assist him in persuading people that the man they see is not the actor, but... | $10 to wish list | |
Still More HummersBob HummerHere are 12 more mind-blowing Bob Hummer close-up and parlor puzzlers that will entertain most any audience. From the brilliant mind of Bob Hummer comes this tasty helping of magic and mental mysteries using cards, a spoon, and even a 6 x 6 checkerboard. Some of these offerings were originally sold as separate manuscripts and are now out of print. Also included in this volume are the effects that made up Hummer's 3 Trix booklet in 1947, which has been out of print for decades. Now you can add these great tricks to your performing arsenal before the other magicians in your area get them.... | $10 to wish list | |
How To Do TricksA. Anderson
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Moments of MysteryPercy NaldrettExcerpt from the foreword: The section contributed by Mr. H. C. MOLE, an enthusiastic amateur of Aintree, Liverpool, is a complete programme in itself, being a practical explanation of an illustrated Lecture delivered by Mr. Mole before the Northern Magical Society at Liverpool, in October, 1914. The programme is unique in that it consists of acceptable items not requiring executive skill or manipulative practice. My own section consists of various useful ideas and suggestions of such a variety calculated to interest every performer whether amateur or professional.
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How To Do The Black ArtA. AndersonContaining a complete description of the mysteries of magic and sleight of hand, together with many wonderful experiments. Excerpt from the introduction: The chief requisites for success in the performance of the black art is manual dexterity and self-confidence; nimble fingers and a cool temper. Any one who exhibits feats of legerdemain, will do well to remember that one of the best methods of diverting the attention of the audience from the action of your fingers, is to keep talking; the more diverting your talk, the less attention will the audience give to your manipulation of the object... | $10 to wish list | |
Dove Pan-OramaBruce PosgateA comprehensive survey of amusing ideas and ways to use a dove pan in an entertaining manner. Excerpt from the Foreword by Sid Lorraine: In this assembly of D. P. uses, Bruce Posgate has discovered how it can be effectively used in a variety of ways. I am sure the reader will wonder why he never thought of these things himself and how he could have been so stupid as to consider it a one-trick prop—strictly for the birds. Coins, cards, beads, colored liquids, clocks, cigarettes, balloons and even mathematical magic may seem too wide a range of lid-loading stuff to please some, but I am sure the... | $10 to wish list | |
More Miscellaneous MagicPercy Naldrett
1st edition 1919; PDF 36 pages. | $10 to wish list | |
Herrmann's Book of MagicAlexander HerrmannA complete and practical guide to drawing-room and stage magic for professionals and amateurs, including a complete exposure of the black art. Excerpt from the introduction: Do not cultivate quick movements; at the same time it will never do to be painfully slow; but endeavor to present your tricks in an easy-going, quiet, graceful manner. It is generally understood that “the quickness of the hand deceives the eye,” but this is entirely erroneous. It is impossible for the hand to move quicker than the eye can follow, as can be proved by experiment. The deception really lies in the... | $10 to wish list | |
Collected Magic Series Volume 8Percy NaldrettExcerpt from the introduction: No, my ever so constant and indefatigable readers, this book contains no marvels, but merely the practical effects of men who conjure, men who think and men who achieve, in contradistinction to the dreamers who dream. I said just now that there was nothing startling in this book; but there is some very good Magic. The "Snowman" takes my fancy. True, it makes use of plaguey and never-sufficiently-damned tubes. The peculiar stringing of a pack of cards which you will find on page - (How can I tell on which page it will eventually appear!) is alone worth the... | ★★★★★ $10 to wish list | |
The Magical Miscellany: Collected Magic Series Volume 7Percy Naldrett
1st edition 1926, 96 pages; PDF 63 pages. | $10 to wish list | |
Collected Magic Series Volume 6Percy NaldrettExcerpt from the introduction: Remember, I beg of you, as you read this book, that one man’s meat is another man’s poison, and have hope within you, that you may discover herein the very item your frousty programme lacks. Believe me, the age of miracles has not ceased. And you, critics, reviewers and turnip-munchers, bestir your jaded parrots in praise of this book, but whether you boom it or burst it, consider also this: that all the secret subtleties, the cute little, quaint little moves, the tricks of affectation and of style, all the glory and delight of accidental discovery,... | $10 to wish list | |
More Magical Experiments: Collected Magic Series Volume 5Percy NaldrettExcerpt from the Preamble: The first volume of this never-to-be-too-much-praised series of pragmatical, pneumatical and windy problems I published for love; the second for fame, the third for a wager, the fourth from habit and this present one which you now hold in your much too shaky hands, for money. Alas, it is so with all enthusiasm and desire: something fades. But, I promise you, this is not the last you will hear of me. Be frolic then, and delve into and dig out from herein the information you so much desire; but I pray that you may not discover from whom I borrow my preliminary thunder. ... | $10 to wish list | |
Original Mysteries for MagiciansBrunel WhiteExcerpt from the introduction: Every effect is practical, for each one has been "tried out," and works.
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