Fun with paper, coins, matches, handkerchiefs, and other homely articles.
Excerpt from the preface:
In this book, Mr. David Devine takes the reader into his confidence, and divulges some of his best secrets. He has chosen a number of mysterious tricks and described them in the simplest manner, so that the merest amateur will be able to perform them himself. There is a splendid variety of items, but none is difficult to understand.
The reason for this bundle is to help raise funds for a fellow magician's family member who is suffering from a recently diagnosed cancer. This offer will be available only during October. All portions of the author's sales will be given to the Unnamed Magician.
About the Sweat Palm.
The basic idea goes back to Scot's Discovery of Witchcraft. Jon traces the principle, as much as possible, through the conjuring literature.
1st edition 2025, PDF 10 pages.
Looking for commercial, practical, and unforgettable material you'll actually use? Four Real Workers delivers exactly that - four powerful, practical, audience-tested routines that belong in every magician's arsenal.
Inside you'll discover:
MYSTERIOUS BOILING WATER - a startling impromptu effect with nothing more than a glass, water, a handkerchief, and a rubber band. The water boils mysteriously.
ULTIMATE IMPROMPTU DIE DIVINATION - a clean, fooling way to divine any thought-of number on a die.
INTO THIN AIR - a brilliant, overlooked handling of Theodore DeLand's Phantom Card...
without apparatus, preparation or sleight of hand.
Excerpt from the introduction:
To be able to perform a trick at any time and anywhere is an important qualification for a magician. Indeed, the status of many an amateur performer is judged, not so much by a conjuring entertainment given after careful preparation and arrangement of divers properties, but by his ability to provide an impromptu entertainment. It is important at this juncture to emphasize the word ENTERTAINMENT. The invariable response of many an amateur performer when asked at a festive gathering to "show a few tricks" is...
Stop digging through countless books looking for practical routines for your shows! Discover fourteen powerful routines designed to captivate any platform or parlor audience. Blending classic principles with clever innovations, this collection offers practical, audience-tested magic that is both visual and memorable. Whether you're a professional seeking new material or a student of magic eager to grow, these routines provide everything you need to turn simple tricks into unforgettable performances.
1. THREE CARDS TO POCKET
The magician shows three cards that vanish from his hand, one...
Step into the private workshop of Jack Chanin - Philadelphia's "Man With the Magic Hands" - with From the Private Files of Chanin, a curated collection of some of his most ingenious, deceptive, and surprisingly simple magical miracles. This isn't just another magic book - it's a vault of forgotten treasures, meticulously transcribed from Chanin's original instruction sheets, many of which baffled even his fellow magicians. Inside, you'll find 27 astonishing effects with cards, silks, ropes, eggs, coins, and everyday objects - including his legendary "Rip-It" (torn-and-restored bill), the mind-bending...
Twenty-five ideas.
Ventriloquism, conjuring, shadowgraphy, mimicry, comedy, reciting.
Excerpt from the preface:
It is not intended that this volume should pretend to the nature of a manual of Magic, but that it be a compilation of new effects, most of which have been introduced within the last few months. All the problems included have been performed by the Author, and have invariably proved successful. The best and simplest method has in each case been described.
Excerpt from the preface:
Where illustrations taken from actual photographs could tell the story more concisely than would pages of print, the former have been included, the latter excluded. Quality rather than quantity has been the standard to which the writers have tried to attain. Most of the following tricks are original but one or two are only original adaptations of old principles; all however will be found practicable.
Excerpt from the introduction:
In writing this present book, I have had three aims in view; to present a series of practical routines ranging from sleight-of-hand to the mechanical; to describe various gadgets and hints and tips in the construction of magical apparatus; and finally, to make the book entertaining to read by incorporating views and discussions which, though probably controversial in parts, will amuse as well as stimulate constructive thought.
The word 'stooge' evokes all sorts of emotions from magicians. Whenever we, as magicians, hear that a stooge is involved in an effect, often we're disappointed or angry. Many magicians have never even used a stooge as part of a routine. There are several reasons for this. Some magicians think that using stooges is dishonest, as if there are moral limits to trickery. Other magicians think that using stooges is too obvious, in the sense that an observing spectator will easily figure out that a stooge is involved.
In this PDF I would like to offer some ways of using a stooge that are not at...
Excerpt from the Editorial:
There is valuable material in this book - but it is only valuable to you if you put it into practice. Do that and you will agree with me that this book is of abiding worth, and the money you have parted with will have been invested in something sound.
Cristian has performed his original Hot Rod routine thousands of times in a strolling magic environment, amazing spectators with this unique blend of visual and mental magic. He now shares his time-tested routine with the magic community. He also includes two other variations as well as other practical tips. The last variation is a very strong mentalism routine, suitable for close-up or stand-up, and which can even be incorporated in a hypnosis or pseudo-hypnosis show.
Excerpt from the introduction:
Some of the tricks herein are old tricks, but with neat twists in presentation; some are old principles in new dresses; while others are quite new tricks with new principles. We commend to the reader, however, the introduction by Max Sterling and the article by The Great Levante, which should be carefully studied before any one trick is attempted.
For too long, the color-changing knife has lived in the pockets of polite close-up magicians, flicked back and forth like a novelty toy. But in the right hands ... it is something else entirely. In Whispers in Steel Mystic Alexandre unlocks the hidden potential of one of magic's most popular tools, offering three unusual and unique presentations that linger long after the performance is over.
You will not learn how the knife changes color, you will learn why it matters that it does.
Also included: The Psychology of The Color...
To compile this work, Derek Lever approached a number of Las Vegas resident magicians and visiting performers to contribute. Many have participated offering tricks, essays, and advice, including Rick Thomas, Jeff McBride, Aaron Fisher, John Bannon, Dan Garrett, Joshua Jay, Ed Ellis, Tony Chapek, Dirk Losander, Luna Shimada, Craig Dickson, Daryl, and Banachek.
This was Eric C. Lewis's first publication, a start to what would become a series of excellent magic books.
Excerpt from the introduction:
The contents of this book are not intended for the work-dodging tyro, neither can the effects explained be performed "immediately upon receipt of the instructions." Real Magic needs careful planning and every small detail taken into consideration. Throughout this book I have endeavoured to explain fully every point of "misdirection" (which to my mind is most important to the success of any experiment), and yet to explain the working of each effect clearly. ...
Also known as the "K" Book of Magic.
This material originally appeared in the booklet, Close Up Deceptions and in The New Tops magic magazine under the headings, Kardyro's Klose-up Konjuring and Klever Kardyro Kapers.
Tricks with magical accessories.
Edited by Roy Fromer and illustrated by "Doc" Tony Shiels. From the introduction by Roy Fromer:
Filled with creative, imaginative brain children . . . some with standard magicians' props . . . others utilizing such diverse equipment as licorice rope, fortune cookies, toy footballs, fluorescent bulbs . . . properties seldom, if ever considered "tools of magic". Mercurio grows hair on a billiard ball, out-Svengal is a Svengali deck, and even rediscovers (for our benefit) the age-old "Coin Slide".
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This is a fascinating compilation of apparatus magic explained in text and photos.
Excerpt from the foreword:
'The World's Most Ingenious Magical Apparatus' was the title of a Lecture which I have presented all over the world including the famous 'Magic Castle' in Hollywood. Many of the items in this book were used in the Lecture but I have added some recently acquired items which have never before seen the light of day.
Excerpt from the preface:
The title was chosen partly for want of a better one, but more especially because the only items mentioned are those which have now formed the major part of my regular programme for a number of years.
1st edition 1924, reprinted...