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A brand new lecture for 2022. This set of notes brings the live lecture footage directly to you with nearly 20 video clips and live performances.

• 140 pages
• Access to 17 video clips and performance footage
• Access to a secret website with bonus content.
• 12 effects
• 12 rapid-fire ideas / effects
• A total of 24 items!

Bermuda Box: A fun way to use a Gozinta Box set as something more magical than a mere puzzle.

The Man with the two Dollar Hands: An easy two in the hand, one in the pocket presentation.

Money to Burn: Make a drawing of a chosen coin turn into a real coin with no...

A New Year, and new set of lecture notes from Jeff Stone. Dive into 14 effects and ideas ranging everywhere from gags to stunts to powerful, baffling, and visual magic. Everything in this set of lecture notes has been in Jeff's repertoire for several years, and in most cases, over two full decades.

Included is access to over a dozen video clips to create (as closely as possible) that in-person live lecture experience, plus multiple QR codes / links to other resources along with nearly 50 footnotes to get your history and resource juices flowing. It's time for you to "attend" the 2024 Stone...

In February-March 2020, Pascal Marc sent Michael P. Lair on a 13-city magic lecture tour of Europe. Michael created his lecture notes Journey for this tour. They include 10 of Michael's standup magic routines featuring a mix of old favorites and brand-new effects.

If you enjoy standup magic with a poker chip, sponge ball, Red Bulls, a Jack in the Box, Fantasio candles, matches, a Fortune Teller Fish, rope, a ring, dimes, big coins, and a torn and restored 24 x 36" map, then you will love Journey. The notes are fully color photo illustrated.

• Sponge Poker
• Red Cola
• Jack in the Box
• Candle...

87 Tricks, routines, ideas, developments and bits that will help you get the most out of the magic you now own. Lee Snyder is a "thinking magician" and you can easily apply the magical thoughts he has come up with.

• Lee-gerdemain
• Portable Hole Made Portable
• The Disappearing Cane
• Business Card Business
• A Rainbow Fantasy
• Training Your Balloon Dog
• The Memory Stick
• Yogurt of the Yogi
• The Weaving of the Rings
• Balancing the Budget
• Star Trick
• Instant Rabbit
• Pest Control
• Magic Greeting Card
• Balloon Transplant
• Balloon Bazooka
• Cold Cuts
• Handcuffs
• Tatooed
• Simple Manipulative Routine ...

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.

• T.K.'S Brain Dazzler Supreme
• The Ambitious Card
• T.K.'S Count Move
• Mentally Select One Card, Please
• T.K.'S Magapaddle
• T.K.'S Copper & Silver Routine Supreme
• T.K.'S Three Shell Game Supreme
• The Punch Ending Supreme
• Kardyro's Klose-Up Konjuring Rules
• Close Up Views
• T.K.'S Reverso-Nap Routine
• I'll Do It Again
• Deception With Sponges
• T.K.'S Magic Dust
• Keep Your Eye On My Hand ...

Karl Fulves' legendary magazine The Chronicles was limited to 36 issues, from 1978 to 1988, during those ten years some of the finest close-up magic of the period was explained in its pages. From the magazines, with permission from Karl, Aldo has selected ten routines; just a small portion of that outstanding collection.

CONTENTS:

• COIN ENTRAPPED (Mike Skinner): Two coins are on a card box. One is selected by a spectator and penetrates the cellophane.
• ROYAL BACKS (Jeff Busby): Five cards with backs on both sides change into a Royal Flush in Spades.
• THE SPECTRUM EFFECT (Fr. Cyprian): You select two cards, the spectator...

This is an excellent cross-section of some of Karl Norman's best routines.

From the introduction:

• Foreword (Doc Eason)
• Introduction (Mike Porstmann)
• Autobiography (Karl Norman)
• Card Routine...

The Professional Worker Series is a selection of targeted and focused eooks which offer professional, sound advice on a number of key magical areas. The eooks are written in an easy-to-understand style which cuts out all the waffle and padding, and instead gets right to the core of each subject.

Volume 5 sets out to discover whether there is one key element that contributes more than any other to making a performer a success. The conclusion is that CONTROL is a factor that if properly harnessed can exert a huge influence on the life of any performing magician.

With this in mind, I examine...

Kellar's Wonder Book was a booklet that Kellar published for his audiences. It is full of magic tricks, games, optical illusions, stunts, and other useful knowledge such as how to turn a pocket knife into a compass or how to draw a spiral.

1st edition 1903, 1st digital edition 2013, 54 pages.

This ebook is filled with classic routines and effects performed by Ken Brooke.

From the introduction:

A new look at some favorite topics in mentalism. From the favorite confabulation done with a phone, but needing no app all the way to a game of Russian roulette with a paintball gun and another with a glass of liquid!

Scott Xavier will take you through several mentalism effects he's added into his new resort show in key west.

1st edition 2016, 18 pages.

The Effect: The magi removes his house key from his key chain and entrusts the spectator with the remainder of his keys. The magus then promptly causes the house key to vanish and reappear on the key ring in the spectator's hand. Sleeves up, no holding out, completely clean vanish. Watch the Demo. This was another big hit of Jeff's on Underground Jam. The particular vanish (a Richard Ross idea) used for the key is the big killer that really inspired a lot of magicians. You don't want to miss this one!

Fun Side Note by Jeff: This effect was actually a dream that I had. I needed five effects...

One of America's finest close-up men has written a fine book on his work. Illustrated with excellent line drawings by Steranko. Makes all the tricks clear and easy to follow. Additionally there are a couple of photos of Milt demonstrating certain moves.

You will enjoy:

• Kortially Yours (card revealment)
• Homing Pigeon (a boomerang card)
• You Got Nothin' Poker Deal
• Cup Hola (paper cup and coin routine)
• Sheer Brute Strength (bending a penny by magic)
• Half From One (bill routine)
• Miser's Dream in Reverse
• Kort Coin Star
• Gone Again Coin Routine
• Miniature Cups and Balls
• Chromo Cups and...

Clever, quirky, original, commercial, funny, different, practical - these are just some of the words that you can use to describe the magic of Nathan Kranzo.

In this collection of his ideas for stand-up and close-up, you will find magic to suit a wide spectrum of tastes and audience types. With effects ranging from visibly sliding a tan line up your arm, right through to enabling a spectator to cut to the four Aces, Nathan combines raw cunning with extensive magical knowledge to produce magic that is always interesting and usually totally baffling.

Running through all the material is...

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.

• Foreword
• Ten Tips For Serious Magicians
• Here Is My Secret To My Success
• The Magician's Magician Daryl
• Untouched
• Magic Competitions - "The Will To Win!"
• Luna Shimada The Feminine Force Of Magic
• The Union Of Magic & Performance Art "Is It Magical Drama Or...

It is the third volume of the Hoffmann trilogy. The 1911 edition was expanded by almost 200 pages with the chapters 'New Miscellaneous Tricks' and 'Recollections of Hartz the Wizard'. This expanded 1911 edition is what you will get here. This book was rated one of the ten basic books for a working library of conjuring by H. Adrian Smith, historian, collector and owner of the largest private magic library in his time. Other books in this top 10 list are

• Magicians' Tricks by Henry Hatton and Adrian Plate
• The Expert at the Card Table by S.W. Erdnase
• The Art of Magic by T. Nelson Downs
• Modern Magic by Prof. Hoffmann
• More Magic by Prof. Hoffmann
• The Modern Conjurer by C. Lang Neil
• Our Magic by Maskelyne and Devant ...

This 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.

• PREFACE
• CHAPTER I
  • Latest Method For Performing Soup Plate And Handkerchief Trick
  • The Egg, Card, And Wand Balance
  • A Novel Trick
  • A Good Slate Trick
  • The Wine Bottle And Card Trick
  • The Latest Pip Card Trick
  • A Neat Handkerchief Trick
  • Mystic Canteen And Birdcage
  • The Egg And Straw Balance
  • Handkerchief Spinning Trick
  • The Table Lifting
  • A New Slate Trick
  • Slate Writing
  • Twenty-Five Balloons Produced From A Hat
  • Rifle And...

Latest Magic is the last book in Hoffmann's series Modern Magic, More Magic and Later Magic. Hoffmann had quite some problem finding a publisher for this book. The reason being the quality of the contents. When Modern Magic came out it explained new tricks and tricks which were performed at the time. Thus it was indeed 'modern'. It is also without a doubt the best book in the series. Latest Magic describes Hoffmann's own creations and dealt with a magic which was already considered old fashioned. From a historical perspective it still makes quite an interesting read.

1st edition, 1918, Spon & Chamberlain, New York; 2nd edition, 1919; 222...

From the preface:

• PREFACE TO NEW EDITION
• INTRODUCTION
  • The Wizard's Table
  • The Wizard's Dress
• THE LATEST SLEIGHTS
  • The Latest Methods employed in the Money Trick, explaining the Improved System of Palming, the Bamboo Stick, and other New Inventions.
  • A Dozen Half-Crowns Produced...

This book is the continuation of The Modern Wizard; same format almost same number of pages and same style. For example the 'handkerchief productions' are continued with methods twelve, thirteen fourteen, fifteen and sixteen. You will find many interesting plots with eggs, glasses, coins, silks, tubes, plates, flowers, nest of boxes, ...

1st edition, 1896; 112 pages.

5. Robinson's Flying Handkerchiefs
9. The Improved Soup Plate and Handkerchief Trick
10. First Method
10. Second Method
11. Third Method
12. Fourth Method
13. The Four Soup Plates and Handkerchiefs
15. The Handkerchief Coloring Trick
16. Handkerchief Productions,...

This download DVD features over 40 simple, easy-to-learn magic tricks that you can master in minutes and perform for your family and friends. It is easy to start with any tricks you want to learn and with close-up shots you will see all the special moves. You'll be performing these trick in no-time.

This feature is suitable for both adults and children. All the effects require items found around the home and include magic such as the pen through a banknote which can be seen below.

The effects you will learn include:

• Pencil Through Banknote
• Crazy Compass
• Paddle Sticks
• Amazing Colour...

Learn Magic is a classic magic book for serious beginners. It teaches 20 lessons and focuses not just on effects, tricks and moves, but also on the 'how to learn magic' aspect. Beautifully illustrated by Hans Jelinek.

Henry Hay's larger magic book for beginners, The Amateur Magician's Handbook is broader in scope and already assumes some basic knowledge about magic.

Paul Fleming wrote:

This is a compilation of Hilliard's contributions to Floyd Thayer's magazine The Magical Bulletin.

Three of Mark's previously published lecture books in one convenient download:

• The Mark Leveridge Lecture Experience
• Solutions
• The Serial Thriller Lecture Book

The Mark Leveridge Lecture Experience

In this 82 page ebook there are some tremendous practical close up and mental items using cards, coins, rings, matches, envelopes and bank notes, with virtually no specialist equipment required. By using a subtle blend of good routining and some sleight of hand, many interesting and novel effects are created for you to use.

Some of Mark's best work is here - items such as 'It Pays To...