Illusions, Escape & Stage in Magic & Conjuring: page 3

The following illusions and apparatus are described in this volume:

• Auto-Rise
• Break-A Way Box
• Buttons
• Sydney Sterk's Patter Routine For Buttons
• Camera Dove
• Can Can Polka
• The Cardometer
• Card - Ring
• Card Rising Box
• Change-Over Ring
• Jack Hughes Clatter Box
• The Comedy Clock
• The Crown Jewel
• Jack Hughes' Crystal Screen
• More Crystal Screen Suggestions
• Dolls House Illusion
• Dovenus
• Doves To Dog
• Doves: Training and Breeding
• Drooping Daisy
• Evacuee Doll
• Fantastic Figures Of Foo
• Four Wrongs - Make A Right
• Ghost Glass
• Giant Dwarf
• Gloves To Dove
• Hats Off! The King!
• Improved Tele-Flash ...

The following illusions and apparatus are described in this volume:

• The Chinese Rising Cards
• The Wrist Spiker Illusion
• Needle Thru' Body
• Doves To Poodle
• The Sword Maiden Illusion
• Visibly Sawing Thru' A Person
• The Girl Through Glass Illusion
• The Buzz Saw Illusion
• The Card Target
• Edwin's Sponge Ball Routine 'Roger The, Lodger'
• Beado
• Knife Thru' Girl Illusion
• The Middle For Diddle Illusion
• The Modern Cabinet Illusion
• The Vanishing Cage And Girl Illusion
• Slicing A Slave Illusion
• Cabaret Girl Vanish
• The Striptease Illusion
• The Girl's Gone Illusion
• The Revolving Broomstick Suspension ...

The trilogy contains all of Jack Hughes creations, a staggering amount of illusions, apparatus and props. Each illusion comes with drawings that depict its construction and its main dimensions. While the drawings and sketches do show all the pertinent details, these are not blueprints that have every little dimension spelled out. Nevertheless, anybody who has built a box before will have no problem in building any of these apparatus. It is a tremendous source book for ideas for any prop builder and illusion builder.

Labyrinth - The Illusionary journey of a lady through ever changing narrow pathways within a small elevated structure ending with a surprising vanish.

This is the first published illusion design from Jon Gower. Jon has collaborated with his good friend Mark Parker, author of illusion books Vivify and 4E illusion Design.

Labyrinth came into existence in 2007 and was born out of the many "puzzle" illusions performed. Wanting get away from the usual "girl in a box" routine this effect has the premise of a girl contained within and travelling through ever changing narrow pathways created within...

This booklet covers a good selection of Houdini-style escape illusions. Among others you will learn how to escape from a safe or vault or trunk. It teaches several rope ties, how to pick locks and how to escape from handcuffs. This is a worthwhile addition to your escapology library.

24 pages.

1. Preface
3. No 1: A Great Handcuff Trick
5. No 2: Escape From A Safe Or Vault
6. No 3: The Vanishing Assistant
7. No 4: The Crack Marksman
8. No 5: The Marvelous Levitation Act
9. No 6: The Excelsior Rope Tie
11. No 7: The Wonderful Trunk Escape
12. No 8: Escape From 75 Feet Of Rope
13. No 9: The Siberian Chain Escape ...

This is not an ebook of illusion blueprints, and it is not intended to be complete. As the title suggests, it is a book of "secrets", illustrating how each levitation is performed. The illustrations and descriptions are sufficient for an experienced builder to translate into finished illusions. This ebook also satisfies the merely curious who would like to know how some of these illusions are accomplished.

Featured are:

• INDIAN LEVITATION
• FLOATING GIRL
• MYSTERY OF LHASA
• AGA
• SWORD AERIAL
• BED OF ARROWS
• FAN ILLUSION
• WALKING ON SWORDS
• FLYING CARPET
• ONE MAN LEVITATION
• CHAIR SUSPENSION ...

The house is packed. Standing room only! Your music starts and you walk out to begin the show and everything goes wrong. The music fails, you forgot to load some of the magic. Your favorite routine comes apart and you are standing in front of a large audience with no clue what do to next.

Speak with any entertainer and they will confirm that mistakes and problems are part of the performance. These situations are not reserved for any specific magician. Young or old, just beginning or seasoned veteran, we all experience problems at some time or another.

This ebook helps identify ways to...

This is one of the most important books on stage illusions. Many experts consider it among the best 10 illusion books ever published - some even have it in their top three. Besides describing a list of startling illusions Guy Jarrett mixes in stories about show business and there in particular his opinion about some of the big names in magic. Particular Howard Thurston receives a lashing from Jarrett. This book has a refreshing honesty and directness that is missing from most other magic books. Jarrett even describes a few card effects and other parlor tricks he has performed.

Unfortunately...

This is the only all magic issue of Science and Mechanics magazine. It includes a cross section of magic effects from illusions with building instructions, to various close-up effects and mentalism. The emphasis with this magazine was to encourage readers to build their own. It therefore has a distinct DIY feel. The magic consultants for this issue were William B. Gibson, Sidney H. Radner, Litzka Raymond, and Victor D. Dressner.

• COVER STORY: Famous Knife Box Illusion
• EXCLUSIVE FEATURE: Escapes—Special Form of Magic
• GENERAL FEATURES
  • About Magic
  • Magic Black-Art Table
  • Magical Appliances ...

A massive collection of information with a huge amount of beautiful illustrations mostly compiled from the pages of Scientific American magazine. The introduction is by Henry Ridgely Evans.

During the 1890s, Scientific American magazine published detailed explanations of magic illusions. The informant for the magazine was no other than William E. Robinson, aka Chung Ling Soo, who at that time was the stage manager for Harry Kellar. Kellar was upset once he found out that he had a mole in his company who would feed the descriptions of some of his most popular illusions to the magazine, including the rope tie that formed the basis of his Spirit...

This is one of the best books by Houdini, because here he writes about something he really knows a lot about. With many of his escapes he had to be very familiar with the knots he was tied up. This book has many good illustrations and several photos where Houdini himself demonstrates certain ties. It is a great collector item as well as source of information. If you can only buy one book by Houdini, by this one.

1st edition, 1920, Will Goldston Limited, London; 80 pages.

4. Photograph - Ira E. Davenport and "Houdini".
5. Foreword
8. For Opening of Rope Act
11. A Simple Release
12. The Kellar Tie ...

NOTICE: This is an expanded version of an illusion described in Grant's Lost Illusion Files. It gives you far more information.

Although this illusion can be done year-round, this makes a great illusion for spook shows or Halloween shows. For those affairs, it is the perfect illusion and it would be hard to find an illusion more suited for those occasions.

EFFECT: The magician shows a three-fold screen with a black interior. He forms the screen into a three-sided cabinet with opening at the front. The performer says that he is going spook hunting. As the saying goes, it takes a thief to catch a thief.

The performer...

For entertainment purposes only!

This ebook is divided into three sections: how to make tools, how locks operate, and the secrets behind lock picking.

1st edition 1988, 26 pages.

This is called the Marvelous Devil Illusion because you will marvel at its cleverness. Imagine producing the Devil, surrounded by a committee from the audiences, under test conditions. This is an almost forgotten U. F. Grant idea that has been revised and updated for today's magicians by Devin Knight.

Here is the original Grant ad copy:

Do it yourself plans, patter, and complete routine.

Seven times a trophy winner at conventions. Invented, designed and routined by the famous professional, The Great Leon, this is not just a trick - it is a complete act - a show in itself. In fully illustrated building plan form, with every detail of the many brilliant effects, patter, presentation, plus many photographs showing the "House" in action. Large detailed Eugene Gloye drawings, all to make it simple to create your own "Haunted House." Act can run to 30 minutes. No assistants. Use anywhere; has been done before 7500 people. Sets...

Although published anonymously, this was very likely written by U. F. Grant. 19 easy to build illusions.

4. Atomic Sight
5. The Bunny Girl Illusion
7. Chen Lee’s Laundry Bag Illusion
9. Flat Model Head Vanish
11. The Gate - Way Illusion
13. Ghost & Witch
16. Resista
18. The Miracle Dove Act
20. Modern Sawing Thru A Girl
22. Nu-Way Doll House
24. Nu-Tronic Spirit Cabinet
26. Shooting Thru A Girl
28. Spot-Lite Girl Vanish
30. Superior Dove Vanish
32. The Girl In The Balloon Illusion
34. Torture Of A Princess
38. The Victory Girl Production
40. Witch's Broom & Rope Illusion
42. The Zig Zag

The important thing about these most practical and usable illusions is that they were created with the idea that the modern performer had to carry them in his car, use them on small platforms and stages, or in clubs, and yet had to give the impression of doing a big show. Here you have eleven easy to build illusions which fit all the above requirements, and they are mysterious, exciting and applause getting, to boot. Plenty of good illustrations will help you build these good, practical tricks. A minimum of carpenter work is required. Light and easy is the motto for this line of tricks.Large...

Five easy to build and practical levitations by the creative master of thrift, U.F. Grant. One could even be called an impromptu levitation because most supplies are available in a typical household. Every levitation is illustrated.

Paul Fleming wrote:

• Abbott's Chinese Chopper
• The Chinese Straight Jacket
• Cutting A Woman In Half
• Walking Through A Ribbon
• Spikes Through The Wrist
• The Girl With The Pincushion Head
• The Doni Rose Miniature Doll House
• Abbott's Rod Through Girl
• The Hindu Basket Trick
• Nite-Club Girl Vanish
• The Sword Box
• The Cane Cabinet
• Sword Cabinet Illusion
• The Golem Illusion
• Modernistic Amputation

1966 edition; PDF 31 pages

Have you ever been asked, "Hey, can you float like that guy on TV?" Well you finally can with On Thin Air. This is a very practical method of levitating. This self levitation can be preformed indoors as well as on the street. Imagine being able to levitate anywhere and anytime. Levitate at parties, on the sidewalk and even at the mall.

You will be able to walk up to a group of people and levitate! After you are done levitating you can stay and talk or just walk away. The levitation is completely under your control.

This is a great way to cause a sensation at your next walk around magic...

This is NOT a complete account of optical illusions created by Jerry Andrus. We are collecting here explanations and instructions for a few of Jerry's optical illusions. We simply do not want to have these things get lost. If you do have other instruction sheets of this kind, please contact us.

Illusions described are:

• Tri-Zonal Space Warper
• Nut and Bolt Optical Illusion
• Box Impossible

1st edition 2015, 8 pages.

This is a very clear description of how to build a Houdini-style Sub Trunk from readily available parts. Matt added several clear photos to illustrate various stages and subassemblies. If you have never built an illusion or if you don't know the secret of this classic trick, you will find this ebook very useful.

1st edition, 2004

This is not your typical grandma's (ala Grandma's necklace) version of rope through body. Instead, this is ropes through body on steroids. It uses no gimmick rope either and everything can be examined. This is an illusion that fits into a briefcase and yet fills the stage with three spectators and yourself. Talk about playing big and packing small, this is the ultimate. It's based on an historical fact that pirates use to torture people for both information and for the entertainment of the crew. This is a historical fact that makes this version of the trick not only logical, but historically...

Two volumes and amongst the most valuable to the young performer who wants really practical professional advice right from the start. Alan Alan is one of the world's most highly paid escapologists and without revealing his very closest secrets he explains how the simplest stunt or effect can be built up into a great money-making act.

An extract from Alan Alan's death defying escape from a burning rope hanging over a cage of fierce lions is also included and completely analysed detail by detail by Alan Alan. Slightly muffled sound quality but the content is worth its weight in gold for anyone...