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Ireland Magic Catalog No. 17Frances MarshallThe Ireland Magic Company was founded in 1926 by the late Laurie Lowell Ireland. The first retail advertisement appeared in The Sphinx and The Linking Ring for March 1929. The first trick was the clever Ireland Button Trick. 1st edition 1962, 224 pages. | ★★★★★ $8 to wish listPDF_facsimile | |
Thayer Catalog #8Floyd Gerald Thayer | ★★★★★ $10 to wish listPDF_facsimile | |
Ellisdons CatalogEllisdon Bros. Ltd. | ★★★★★ $4 to wish listPDF_facsimile | |
Supreme Catalog No. 1Edwin Hooper | $8 to wish listPDF_facsimile | |
Supreme Catalog No. 4 Part 1 (1966)Edwin Hooper | $10 to wish listPDF_facsimile | |
Supreme Catalog No. 4 Part 2 (1967)Edwin Hooper | $4 to wish listPDF_facsimile | |
Supreme Catalog No. 4 Part 3 (1969)Edwin Hooper | $4 to wish listPDF_facsimile | |
Supreme Catalog No. 38Edwin HooperThis catalog has four color plates in the middle and a price list at the very end.
1st edition 1989, 613 pages. | ★★★★★ $10 to wish listPDF_facsimile | |
Supreme Catalog No. 39Edwin HooperI believe this is the largest magic catalog ever published. It clocks in at more than 620 pages and is bursting full with products. A unique lovely feature of this catalog is that each section is introduced by a famous magician: Mentalism by David Berglas, Ropes by Pavel, Comedy by Karrel Fox etc.
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H. C. Evans Catalog 1909-1910Edwin C. HoodH. C. Evans was a company specializing in the manufacture and sale of gambling and carnival equipment. They also sold sporting goods like baseball gloves, various balls, hunting and fishing gear. Particularly noteworthy are their offerings for cheating purposes such as hold-outs, or dice which have been altered in a number of ways, or marked cards, etc. 1st edition 1909, 64 pages. | $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile | |
H. C. Evans Catalog 1929Edwin C. Hood | $10 to wish listPDF_facsimile | |
E. M. Vernelo Catalog 1901Edward M. VerneloVernelo, another Chicago magic dealer, not only sold a good selection of magic tricks but also novelties, puzzles and a large selection of non-magic books. About half of this catalog is dedicated to books in all kinds of fields of interests including letter writing, public speaking, jokes, stories, bookkeeping, photography, calculations, and many more. 1st edition 1901, 192 pages. | $20 to wish listPDF_facsimile | |
Magic From India Catalog: Ed Harris editionEd Harris | ★★★★★ $0 to wish listPDF_facsimile | |
Donald Holmes Catalog 6Donald Holmes | $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile | |
Supplementary Catalogue of New Conjuring Tricks 1916Donald Holmes | $8 to wish listPDF_facsimile | |
The Nelson Enterprises Master Catalog IndexB. W. McCarronRobert Nelson and his brother Larry ("Alla Rageh") started the Nelson Enterprises in 1921. This Master Index cross-references by title, catalog issue and page number every effect, book and manuscript issued by Nelson from 1927 through the last catalog in 1972. This Master Index represents a summary of:
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Roterberg Catalog 15August RoterbergAugust Roterberg was a very successfull magic dealer working from Chicago in the 19th century. His catalogs and books are collector items. One of his catalogs, number 15, is reproduced in this ebook. Catalogs help collectors identify and date pieces in their collection. Reading through catalogs is for me an exercise in creativity. When I read an effect description I try to think of a method to achieve it, not knowing the secret behind the trick sold. I am sure you will enjoy browsing through this beautiful catalog with lots of illustrations. 1st edition 1913, 216 pages. | ★★★★★ $12 to wish listPDF & EPUB | |
Roterberg Catalog 1August RoterbergThis is the first catalog Roterberg issued, titled: "Descriptive Catalogue of the Latest European Novelties in Magic, Second Sight, Anti-Spiritualism". Noteworthy here is that Roterberg states that he corresponds not only in English but also German, French and Volapük - a universal language created by the German catholic priest Johann Martin Schleyer in 1880. 1st edition ca. 1894, 20 pages. | $10 to wish listPDF_facsimile | |
Roterberg Catalog 5August RoterbergThe title page reads: "Superior, New and Standard Conjuring Tricks, Spiritualistic Manifestations and Books on Conjuring." Particularly noteworthy are the pages in the back where he reprints quotes and praises from customers who have read his books including John Northern Hilliard and Harry Kellar. 1st edition ca. 1898, 76 pages. | $10 to wish listPDF_facsimile | |
Roterberg Catalog 7August Roterberg | $10 to wish listPDF_facsimile | |
Roterberg Catalog 8August RoterbergA huge jump in size from catalog 7 to this catalog 8. Includes a separate section on books where he writes about Expert at the Card Table: Without doubt the very best and most up-to-date treatise on the numerous sleights used by gamblers, concluding with a thoroughly interesting chapter on Card Sleights and Tricks with Cards. Among the various new gambler’s sleights will be found many which will prove of excellent service to the progressive conjurer. 205 pages; 101 illustrations. The last section is for: Practical Jokes, Puzzles and Novelties. 1st edition 1904 (date stamped on front 15th July 1904), 170... | $10 to wish listPDF_facsimile | |
1911 Supplementary Catalogue of New TricksAugust RoterbergFrom the introduction: The splendid array of tricks offered in the following pages is the result of a most careful selection from several hundred new ideas. Of these new tricks, I have embodied in this catalogue only those which I consider to be the very best, this being practically the first time that the majority of these tricks have been offered for sale. All descriptive matter is original with me and the illustrations have been made from my own ideas, under my personal supervision, great care having been taken to neither exaggerate nor misrepresent the effects in either the reading matter... | $10 to wish listPDF_facsimile | |
Catalogue of New Card MiraclesAugust RoterbergFrom the introduction: The clever creations in the following pages are the result of the great demand for card tricks which has swept the magical world. A few years ago practically all card tricks depended upon skill in sleight of hand. There were few, if any, real good tricks which the inexperienced could successfully perform without previous practice. The sudden demand of tricks for this nature has resulted in the invention of many clever and puzzling effects by some of the masterminds of the Magical Profession. In the following pages are offered, for the first time, a collection... | $10 to wish listPDF_facsimile | |
Felsman Catalog No. 17Arthur P. FelsmanArthur P. Felsman took over August Roterberg's business. His catalog looks very similar to the Roterberg catalog with beautiful illustrations and detailed product descriptions. Compare for example with Roterberg Catalog No. 15. 1st edition 1919, 189 pages. | $10 to wish listPDF_facsimile |