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Sharp SorceryLes SharpsRoutines for the stand-up magician. From the introduction by Wm. G. Stickland: If necessity is the Mother of Invention, we have the answer to the volume of offbeat magical effects which have emanated from the brains of these two enthusiasts in recent years, for living so far from magic activities (except those they have themselves organised) and magic dealers, they have been forced, in their desire to keep up-to-date, to originate their own effects. For several years the contribution of Les Sharps have been features of the British Ring Parade in each Christmas "Linking Ring", and in addition... | $10 to wish list | |
Optical OpenerDavid DevlinA good opener that is intriguing, has a huge visual impact, quick, easy, and can be performed regardless of the size or the style of the show is not always easy to come by. The Optical Opener from David Devlin fits all of those conditions. It is an opener that requires no technical skills, is visually mystifying, entertaining, and will have even you saying, "Whoa! That is so cool!" This routine employs an optical illusion that creates a photo that visually changes as it is turned over. David has created not one, but nine different illusion photos that you can use to perform this routine.... | ★★★★★ $10 to wish list | |
Spirit GlassBrick Tilley | ★★★★★ $10 to wish listPDF & MP4 | |
Presidential Optical OpenerDavid DevlinWhen David released The Optical Opener he had no idea that it would be so wildly popular. It is an effect that David has used for quite a long time, but it is not his first application for the Thatcher Illusion. David released the effect as he did because it is a great opening effect for any show. But that is kind of the issue. It is for a show. It is not something that can be apparently done impromptu (unless, of course, you put the images on your electronic device). This is the original application that David came up with for this great optical illusion: The magician removes a Dollar bill from his wallet.... | ★★★★★ $10 to wish list | |
Stay!Ralf (Fairmagic) RudolphBorrow a pen, write with it, and then casually remove your hand, while the pen remains standing unsupported. This is best performed as an off-beat effect where folks do not expect a trick, but the magic just happens. The pen is unprepared. The notebook hides the gimmick which is for all practical purposes invisible. Bonus routine is a rubber band ring linking effect. A borrowed ring is linked into two rubber bands. This can be performed impromptu.
1st edition 2018, length 40 min | $10 to wish listMP4 (video) | |
The Le Walke MysteriesEdward BagshaweHere's an amazing ebook of new effects and improvements to magic and mentalism classics, from the fertile mind of a master craftsman. Long off the market, this updated and expanded edition brings to life 16 miracles from the workshop of George Le Walke, the genius and craftsman who created effects for several well-known magic dealers. These miracles of magic and thought-reading will get your mind to thinking of ways to add one or more of them to your own act. While some of the described effects do require workshop skills, they can be constructed in most anyone's home shop. If you're not mechanically... | ★★★★★ $10 to wish list | |
What Is In A Name?Flip
1st edition 1988, 15 pages; 1st digital edition 2018, 25 pages. | $10 to wish list | |
The ClassicsAldo ColombiniLecture notes with great advice and eight wonderful routines by master entertainer Aldo Colombini.
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Hanky PankyWiljalba FrikellThis is a substantial collection of magic tricks in a wide variety of categories, including puzzles, stunts, and science experiments.
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Quality MagicOkitoFrom the Foreword: This is my first book on Magic, and it will probably be my last, because its contents are the result of my life’s work. All the sleights and tricks explained in this book have been worked by me; therefore I know they are practical. One often hears of tricks which seem to be very good theoretically, but which turn out to be anything but good when one tests them by a private rehearsal.
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Inexhaustible BagBrick Tilley | $10 to wish listPDF & MP4 | |
Plans For DeceptionPeter WarlockFrom the Foreword: The welcome accorded to Design for Magic has given me the necessary encouragement to present this present volume. I hope that among the score of original ideas and effects, there may be something of use for every type of magician. Some of the effects rely in part upon mechanism for their accomplishment. My views on mechanism in Magic agree with those well expressed by John Mulholland, who a few years ago wrote the following in The Sphinx. "When mechanics are used in Magic, they must be so designed and constructed that they are infallible. When a trick depends on mechanism and the mechanism fails... | $10 to wish list | |
Puzzling PlacematsDave ArchThe next time you perform at or host a dinner (Thanksgiving?) consider making copies of these three different placemats - setting them out on the tables for people to play with during the dinner or prior to your show. The magic works for them, and they won't even be sure how it worked! They'll take the placemats with them to show their friends. While you're at it, why not put your contact information on the back? Includes a Bermuda Triangle Mystery based on a Jim Steinmeyer idea and a Terri Rogers' concept of using patterned borders for a fun pencil race. Designed by a professional graphic artist, these... | ★★★★★ $10 to wish list | |
Leaves From My NotebookJohn Northern HilliardThis is a compilation of Hilliard's contributions to Floyd Thayer's magazine The Magical Bulletin. A few sporadic contributions to magical journals here and abroad followed The Art of Magic. The most important of these stray papers was the first account, in The Sphinx, of a thought-reading card trick of my own invention that has since enjoyed considerable popularity. I refer to the experiment commonly known as "The Telephone Trick." No one was more surprised than myself at the immediate and widespread popularity of this trick. That its success was not ephemeral, I judge from the fact that Mr. Thayer still keeps it in stock, and that many writers,... | $10 to wish list | |
Will Goldston's Easy Road to Magic: in seven lessonsWill GoldstonFrom the introduction: The ideal way of learning magic is, it almost goes without saying, to obtain lessons from a magician who is not only a skilful performer but who has also the gift of teaching. The number of such magicians is small. Skilful performers there are in plenty; but the gift of teaching is a rare one. Many a man knows his subject thoroughly, yet cannot impart his knowledge to others. This ideal way is therefore a difficult one. The learner has first to find an efficient instructor. He may be able to do so if he lives in or near one of the great cities. But if not he will... | $10 to wish list | |
The Magic TrunkBrian T. Lees | $10 to wish list | |
Water WizardryDave ArchThis offering represents a small part of my passionate journey to document just how much entertaining magic can be created with two paper sacks, a bottle of water, and a paper cup. I would feel badly having simple ideas like this one get lost over time under a growing pile of more expensive gimmicks, books, and DVD's. In furtherance of this quest of mine, please also visit my new monthly column Craft Store Magic in The Linking Ring magazine where I document ideas for turning your local craft store into your very own local brick and mortar magic store. 1st edition 2019, length 7 min | ★★★★★ $10 to wish listMP4 (video) | |
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 | |
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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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 | |
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 | |
Anything You SayLen BelcherAn unusual magical murder game. All the necessary cards are enclosed in the PDF and you can immediately print them and perform the trick. An unusual and exciting effect for your mental act or magic show. It has much audience participation. Each of three spectators, invited up, plays a part in the enactment of an 'Orrible Murder, one being the body, one the witness and one the murderer. Each "chooses a weapon" - printed on large cards. (But you could use real articles: rope, dagger, gun, poison bottle, hammer). Cards or weapons are hidden. While this is afoot you have your back turned or... | ★★★★★ $10 to wish list | |
Vanishing DollBrick TilleyAlso known as "Ne Plus Ultra" and "Bonus Genus", this was a favorite pocket trick at the turn of the century. Even Houdini was known to have fashioned a crude version of this out of a scrap of wood. Modern day toy companies create small dolls that make handcrafted ones a thing of the past. We located an ideal version at a local 99¢ store, it's a small figurine of a cherub playing on a flute. EFFECT: A small doll is covered with a cloth. The cloth has a hole in the center, out of it protrudes the doll's head. The head is allowed to drop into the folds of the cloth. Immediately the cloth is shaken... | $10 to wish list | |
Another Dozen HummersBob HummerHere are 12 more unique, mind-blowing Bob Hummer stunts for magicians and mentalists. Includes four separate effects and manuscripts, edited into a single compilation. From the brilliant mind of Bob Hummer comes this tasty second helping of mental and magic effects using cards, coins, a magazine and even an ungimmicked Bible. These offerings were originally sold in manuscript form and are now out of print. Now you can get them all in this updated and corrected compilation. Each of these miracles seems utterly impossible, yet they work every time. CONTENTS
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