January 1943 - December 1943
Abbott's Magic Novelty Company
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor
Howard Melson "Mel", Editor
393 pages
January 1942 - December 1942
Abbott's Magic Novelty Company
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor
Howard Melson "Mel", Editor
413 pages
January 1941 - December 1941
Abbott's Magic Novelty Company
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor
Howard Melson "Mel", Editor
638 pages
January 1940 - December 1940
Abbott's Magic Novelty Company
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor
Howard Melson "Mel", Editor
636 pages
January 1939 - December 1939
Abbott's Magic Novelty Company
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor
621 pages
January 1938 - December 1938
Abbott's Magic Novelty Company
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor
659 pages
January 1937 - December 1937
Abbott's Magic Novelty Company
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor
649 pages
January 1936 - December 1936
Abbott's Magic Novelty Company
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor
585 pages
A practical parlor routine. Three different value marked coins are dropped by a spectator into a tall thin glass of water and one is then selected. Without sleights or difficult moves, the marked coin vanishes from the glass and ends up inside a sealed envelope.
A new and novel platform coin trick that is a real fooler! Not just for close-up, but an actual coin effect that plays big and fills the stage as they say. There are no gimmicks or difficult sleights. A totally impossible appearing coin flight under impossible conditions. All it takes is a bit of practice, then you will have a masterpiece...
My e-book, Osmosis, was #1 on the "Hot List" for quite a while and prompted this second e-book!.
Osmosis II is an even greater eclectic collection of many routines, ideas, illusions, and fun. This e-book is loaded. Plus many pix and five videos are included to best understand every nuance. Look at what is included...plus many more routines below.
1) Marlo's Poker Deal - Mike Skinner has his own rendition of this amazing Poker Deal that even fooled Larry Jennings. The spectator shuffles the deck and then deals out a 5-handed game of Poker...the spectator has dealt himself the four Aces.
2) Comedy Card 'Mis-call' - The...
A treatise on the Gozinta Boxes
The Box Goes-In-Da Box. A treatise on the Gozinta Boxes. Magicians have been captivated by the Gozinta Box since it was first introduced to the magic world by Lubor Fiedler in 1970. The essence of the gozinta plot in magic is that an object fits into itself - a topological anomaly.
The word gozinta (also spelt 'gazinta') is a form of eye dialect, just like words such as fella for fellow or helluva instead of "hell of a". The word gozinta was introduced by primary school teachers to explain long division using the gozinta method: 2 gozinta 4, 3 gozinta 6 and so on. ...
Every effect in the L. W. Card Mysteries is an apparent miracle. None of the effects requires long practice or more than a modicum of sleight of hand. Many require little skill at all. Just a rehearsal or two and you'll be all set to amaze and, most of all, entertain.
Just think!
You'll learn how to make two selected cards turn over in the pack without the use of skill and no false moves of any sort; to make a selected card vanish from the hands of the spectator and be found elsewhere; to make two cards change places - the positions of the cards being seen up to the moment of the change;...
The amazing principle of Kolossal Kisser is taken to a whole new level in this Kolossal Kicker. An already fantastic principle is further expanded into an unconventional and totally unexplored territory with immense possibilities. There are significant additions to the basic method which add many layers of deception and make the routines all the more baffling and entertaining.
Kolossal Kicker contains the following four routines.
Routine One - WORDS
Right in the beginning the performer keeps in full view his prediction in a sealed envelope. A participant is given a list of about 80-90 words in which...
A short piece of interactive fun suitable for any audience.
"Hi Timothy, Made up the gimmick, no problem and works like a dream!!! Many thanks for the idea!!" - Terry Hickman USA"I love it. I'm sure it serves you well. I'm going to have to make one. I'll be using it. Thanks again!" - Jon Stetson America's Master Mentalist
Timothy Hyde has taken an old verbal gag and added a visual prop making it suitable for most audience types from children to corporate. The addition of the visual element means it grabs the attention of the audience, it focuses them on the performer and gets a...
Magicians do the same basic show over and over. This text will help you prepare for a second, third or fourth show that same day. It covers the need to decompress from the first performance, relax, and reset. Then it identifies ways to pump yourself back up.
Every time you step on stage the audience should feel they are experiencing a premier performance. They don't care if we have done the same magic 100 times already. They want to see a fresh, energetic show each and every time.
This text will cover some of the things professionals do between shows. They follow steps that help them...
A collection of four ace tricks.
1st edition 1995, 3rd edition 2013, 1st digital edition 2016, 20 pages.
These are just the instruction sheets that came with the trick for those who may have lost the instructions or curious how the trick is done. These instructions DO NOT TELL YOU HOW TO MAKE UP THE TRICK, just the secret behind the trick.
EFFECT: A board is shown and two paint cans; one can containing Polka-dot Paint and the other Striped Paint. Magician remarks that he often wondered how polka dots were made. He found out they use Polka-dot paint. He dips a brush in the proper can and proceeds to paint the board with polka dots! Turning the board over he says he has also found some striped...
This manuscript is a compilation of methods in order to identify and track its history. In the process, it hopes to show how a given trick evolves, sometimes devolves, and ultimately reflects the periods of time this process has occurred.
The trick in this case is the "Red-Hot Mama" or "The Chicago Opener," a presentation that has been around for almost 60 years and has been a useful, dependable and enduring workhorse.
In its basic form it is an effect where a card is selected. Its back changes color and is set aside. A second card is selected, lost in the deck, and the initial selection...
Hurry! Hurry! Step right up, folks! See Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Boy, the Wild Man of Borneo, the Fire-Breathing Man, and that's just for starters! Learn the inner secrets of the sideshow including fire walking, animal training, ventriloquism, juggling, geek stunts, special stage effects, and even the inside secrets of the professional card sharp.
Teach your dog to be a "magician!" Several effects and methods are described. Amaze your friends by carrying on a conversation with your "talking cat!" When you learn how easy it is to "throw your voice," you'll have more fun than a person has a right...
A brand new take on the classic ACAAN effect that will leave your spectators stunned. This is more than a trick. It's an experience. This effect is powerful with a good presentation and there are so many places you can take the ideas within this short ebook. For $4, you can't go wrong. If you don't like something, feel free to shoot me an email letting me know. I'm very open to new ideas and I'm excited to share this one with you. Oh and if you don't like it at all, it's a money back guarantee. This is Thoughtless ACAAN.
Effect as perceived by the audience: The performer gives a single envelope containing a single playing card as a prediction to a member of the audience. Then another random member of the audience is asked to freely name any playing card. Any one from among 52 cards which the spectator does. The performer's prediction is then proved to be correct, that too in a stunning manner.
Presentation Options: Several interesting presentational approaches are described, one of which deals with the losing participant giving a kiss to the performer. After handing over the prediction envelope to the audience...
In this issue:
1st edition 2016, 12 pages.
Available again after being off the market for over 50 years! One of the great effects in magic has been a production of a bowl of fire; but, most of the methods were not sure-fire and were too mechanical or worked with acid and other dangerous methods. Plus the fact that they were always small flat bowls that had to be carried under the magician's coat, etc.
Here is a sure fire non-mechanical or chemical method where the performer does not have to carry a body load and produces a large massive bowl of fire from beneath an unprepared foulard with no secret pockets.
The perfect sensational...
Important: These are not directions for making this yourself. These are the directions that came with this trick when sold by magic dealers. This PDF is designed for collectors who may have the props, but no directions, magic historians, and those simply curious as to how this trick was done. This trick sometimes shows up on eBay with no instructions.
Effect: Golf club swings, floats, reverses, and apparently gets away from the performer. Then when broken into three sections, it automatically restores itself to its original shape. It may also be produced from a silk or other cover. Full instructions...