[Second Hand]

This is a Max Holden edition from 1946. Book is in very good condition. A small stain on the cover.

This is volume three in the classic sleight-of-hand trilogy. From the foreword by Douglas Craggs:

In this volume the reader will find a valuable and varied collection of magical effects with something to appeal to all tastes and styles. Whatever selection the reader ultimately makes from the book to enlarge his programme, may I express the hope that he will pay the author the compliment of thorough rehearsal before public presentation. Good tricks, cunning subtleties, need to be learned...

This edition is from Hurst & Co. Cover some damage on the upper left corner. Dust jacket is falling apart. Otherwise, including binding, in very good condition.

Amusing Experiments in Physics, Chemistry and Geometry

The title is a little bit misleading, because there are no real magic tricks in this book, at least not the kind that a magician would assume. It is essentially a book of 'kitchen' science experiments. Some of these experiments can of course be presented like a magic trick. But the majority of them are simply interesting or surprising science experiments which can be done at...

This is an 1892 edition in good condition.

The original description read:

A history of the vice in ancient and modern times, and in both hemispheres; an exposition of its alarming prevalence and destructive effects; with an unreserved and exhaustive disclosure of such frauds, tricks and devices as are practiced by "professional" gamblers, "confidence men" and "bunko steerers."

This is a massive tome on gambling, the largest one at that time, describing gambling locations, games, scams, fraud and how they are operated, as well as many personal stories from the author. Makes for fascinating...

Book is in good condition. Some discoloration of cover. Stamp (Oliver Kendall, Prince of Wizards), markings and sticker (Vernon E. Lux) on cover. Also has a pink return postage note pasted on the flyleaf, and envelope with library card on the inside back cover.

• Introduction
• Opening Patter
• The Chinese Rice Bowls
• Coffee, Milk and Sugar Trick
• The Enchanted Bird Cage
• The Aerial Treasury
• The Magic Duck Pan
• The Flying Bird Gage
• The Mysterious Clock Dial
• The Traveling Bottle and Glass
• The Rising Cards
• The Multiplying Billiard Ball
• The Floating Ball
• The Ten Ichi Thumb Tie
• The Mysterious...

This is a first edition in excellent condition, with gilded edges.

The best way of learning new things is doing them. Magical Experiments or Science in Play is a fascinating collection of kitchen table top experiments with every day household goods. Many of which have a 'magical' twist to them, in the sense that it is for the unfamiliar observer not quite clear how these tricks are performed, or what the physical mechanisms behind them are. More than 150 experiments are described with gorgeous lithographs. This book was originally written in French and later translated to English. This in...

This booklet is in very good condition. A nice collector item as well as reading copy.

Enjoy some new tricks — pocket tricks that you can make yourself, card tricks you can do with anyone's deck of cards, stage routines with various magic props that you can make.

This is the first of a series of writings by U. F. (Gen) Grant and Frank Lane, who formed a partnership in the writing magic books.

39 pages.

Table of Contents

4. This Is A Good Book
5. The Boomerangs
6. Reading Cards
7. A New Impromptu Number Trick
8. Another Impromptu Table Trick
8. A Handkerchief Vanish
8. The Lindbergh Kidnap...

This copy is in pristine condition. It is a reprint from D. Robbins and Co in NY. 48 pages with color softcover.

This is a treatise on the sucker effects of the Three Card Monte. It starts with an intro by Nate Leipzig, includes a definition of gambling terms and goes on to explain moves, routines and schemes to work the Three Card Monte. John Scarne was a master in performing and demonstrating this sucker effect. Learn everything about it in this digital reproduction, either to be aware of the various ways this can be played and thus be protected, or to learn to perform it for entertainment...

Dustjacket and book in very good condition.

More than a book, David Copperfield's Tales of the Impossible, is a dazzling display of artists at work. Arguably the greatest stage illusionist of all time, David Copperfield has invited today's most accomplished authors to share his stage and do what they, and he, do best - bring the impossible to life before our very eyes.

Dean Koontz has written a discerning and artful preface. Several authors besides David himself have contributed original stories: Eric Lustbader, Larry Bond, Ray Bradbury, Joyce Carol Oates, Raymond E. Feist.