Martin Breese
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(London, England: 13th September 1937 – 23rd Feb 2012.)
Martin Breese was born in Streatham, South London. His father was a pharmacist. At the age of 11 the family moved to South Africa where he was educated until the age of 26 when he returned to the UK. Martin was passionate about magic from early childhood.
Martin had his first success in magic with his line of Magicassettes starting in 1976. The first one was an interview with Bobby Bernard and the second one with David Berglas. Over the years he released more than 80 such tapes and later offered them on Audio CDs. (You can find all of the Martin Breese recordings among the MP3s offered in the Magic Audio category.)
In 1982 Martin published his first magic book Alternative Card Magic written by at that time two completely unknown magicians - Peter Duffie and Jerry Sadowitz. Of course today we know these names as two of the most creative and influential card magicians alive. Martin continued to publish dozens of great magic books, DVDs and digital magazines. He also acquired other magic publishers such as Harry Stanley's Unique Magic Studio, Magic Wand, Supreme, and others.
Magic was Martin's life. He continued to enthusiastically perform for family and friends, collected magic books and tricks, and diligently built his magic business and created new product ideas constantly.
Many of his products are still available and can be found here, or directly at Martin Breese International.
Coauthors: Graham Jolley
Martin Breese products
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Florentin Hold-Out InstructionsMartin Breese These are the instructions, including several photos, of the Florentin Hold-Out Martin Breese sold.
1st edition 2010, 8 pages. | 2017 / 6 / 1 | $5.00 £3.92 €4.46 Ca$6.66 Au$7.17 ¥573.43 | to wish list | ||
Instructions for Martin Breese's Reel CollectionMartin Breese
1st digital edition 2017, 8 pages photo illustrated. | 2017 / 5 / 20 | $4.00 £3.13 €3.56 Ca$5.33 Au$5.74 ¥458.74 | to wish list | ||
The Key to Borley RectoryMartin Breese These are the instructions Martin Breese sent with the key. It includes the story how Martin managed to have the perfect keys manufactured. (No key included.)
1st edition 1983, 3 pages. | 2017 / 5 / 15 | $4.00 £3.13 €3.56 Ca$5.33 Au$5.74 ¥458.74 | to wish list | ||
Routines for the Bendix Bombshell WalletMartin Breese This is a compilation of routines for the Bendix Bombshell Wallet contributed by some of the most recognized performers. The printed version of this booklet comes with every Bendix Bombshell Wallet produce by Martin Breese. A good place to get the wallet is directly from the manufacturer on the Martin Breese website.
| 2017 / 5 / 1 | $20.00 £15.67 €17.82 Ca$26.63 Au$28.69 ¥2293.70 | to wish list | ||
Al Koran's SecretsGraham Jolley & Martin Breese Performed and explained by Graham Jolley in conversation with Martin Breese
This download DVD is the final work of Martin Breese’s long career in magic. So determined was he to see this produced that whilst ill he forced the hospital to send him home for the filming. He had a great passion for the work of Al Koran and great respect for Graham Jolley – ‘Britain’s most baffling mind reader’. Martin had spent many years trying to bring these together and the passion and humor is evident as they talk about their hero. The two discuss the life of Al Koran and Graham Jolley demonstrates and... | 2015 / 11 / 1 | $20.00 £15.67 €17.82 Ca$26.63 Au$28.69 ¥2293.70 | more than one type to choose from DVD WMV + MP4 | ||
Al Koran's Secrets (for resale)Graham Jolley & Martin BreesePerformed and explained by Graham Jolley in conversation with Martin Breese
The DVD is the final work of Martin Breese’s long career in magic. So determined was he to see this produced that whilst ill he forced the hospital to send him home for the filming. He had a great passion for the work of Al Koran and great respect for Graham Jolley – ‘Britain’s most baffling mind reader’. Martin had spent many years trying to bring these together and the passion and humor is evident as they talk about their hero. The two discuss the life of Al Koran and Graham Jolley demonstrates and explains... | 2015 / 11 / 1 | ||||
Classic Indian Street Magic (for resale)Martin Breese 1920's film footage plus booklet revealing the closely-guarded secrets of the Indian Cups and Balls, the Mango Tree effect and much more. Together with attempts at the Indian Rope Trick plus bonus footage of Kuda Bux doing the Fire Walk.
Here is some amazing 1920's film footage capturing street magicians at work with some of the great Indian classics that are so rarely seen by Westerners. Much of the material on this download DVD (it is accompanied by an exciting musical track) is explained in the 40-page PDF (to download it see your digital shelf). You will see great performances of the... | 2015 / 10 / 23 | DVD | |||
New SorcererMartin Breese This is quite an unusual magic magazine. It ran from March 1992 to January 1994 with only 6 issues, but it was from the start planned that way. Each issue was formatted along the lines of another famous magazine from the past.
Martin Breese writes in his introduction: This will be unlike any other magical magazine ever published, in that each issue will reproduce the format, some of the contents, and the covers of a different magical magazine from the past.Included in the lineup are Pentagram, The Magic Wand, Wizard, Max Andrews' Magic Magazine, Routine, The Wizard (Selbit). Contents:
| 2013 / 7 / 2 | $15.00 £11.75 €13.37 Ca$19.98 Au$21.52 ¥1720.28 | to wish list PDF_facsimile | ||
The Magic of Al KoranMartin Breese Martin Breese spent a substantial amount of time to piece together routines and information about Al Koran with the help of many of his friends, people who worked with Al Koran in some form or another, information on audio recordings, magazine articles and many other bits and pieces of information. Originally published in 1983, but revised by Martin Breese before his untimely death in 2012.
The ebook contains virtually every Al Koran effect as performed on TV. It analysis the effect and the method, then provides the exact words of patter as used by Al Koran. There is a listing of all... | 2013 / 4 / 2 | $25.00 £19.58 €22.28 Ca$33.29 Au$35.87 ¥2867.13 | to wish list PDF & EPUB | ||
Classic Indian Street MagicMartin Breese1920's film footage plus booklet revealing the closely-guarded secrets of the Indian Cups and Balls, the Mango Tree effect and much more. Together with attempts at the Indian Rope Trick plus bonus footage of Kuda Bux doing the Fire Walk.
Here is some amazing 1920's film footage capturing street magicians at work with some of the great Indian classics that are so rarely seen by Westerners. Much of the material on this download DVD (it is accompanied by an exciting musical track) is explained in the 40-page PDF (to download it see your digital shelf). You will see great performances of the... | 2012 / 12 / 31 | $25.00 £19.58 €22.28 Ca$33.29 Au$35.87 ¥2867.13 | to wish list PDF & WMV & MP4 | ||
Al Koran: The Unique YearsMartin Breese This new book – compiled and edited by Martin Breese - gathers together all of Al Koran's magazine articles from The Magic Wand, The Gen, The Wizard and Pentagram. It also features virtually all of the commercial effects that Al released via the Unique magic Studio in London. Included as well are the effects that Al released himself whilst living in the USA.
The book includes a great introduction and article about Al Koran by the amazing mentalist Peter Zenner. Al Koran: The Unique Years is illustrated throughout by Phil Shaw and has a fantastic dustjacket designed by Paul Griffin. This 200 page, hardback book has countless... | 2012 / 5 / 6 | $44.00 £34.47 €39.21 Ca$58.59 Au$63.13 ¥5046.14 | to wish list hardcover | ||
The Best of Pentagram Card MagicMartin Breese Fabulous collection of card magic culled from the pages of The Pentagram, including an excellent chapter by Graham Adams.
| 2012 / 5 / 6 | $20.00 £15.67 €17.82 Ca$26.63 Au$28.69 ¥2293.70 | to wish list | ||
SorcererMartin Breese Back in the 1980's when Martin Breese was a fledgling Magic Dealer advertising regularly in Abracadabra he decided to create a little free house magazine to keep his clients in touch with magic that he was releasing and information about the magic scene for those who were not living in London or within easy reach of London. The Newsletter grew until one day it was so successful that he decided to turn it into a proper magic magazine and so Sorcerer Magazine was born.
Now in this digital edition we have combined all the issues of The Newsletter and Sorcerer Magazine. It is a window on the... | 2012 / 4 / 1 | $30.00 £23.50 €26.73 Ca$39.95 Au$43.04 ¥3440.55 | to wish list PDF_facsimile | ||
Magicassette CatalogMartin Breese This is the catalog of Martin's Magicassettes from 1986. It describes about 70 of his tapes and includes price list and ordering instructions at the end.
All of these recordings are available here at the Lybrary as MP3 downloads for your iPod. Please check the Audio section for more details. 1st edition 1986; 26 pages. | 2007 / 10 / 14 | $5.00 £3.92 €4.46 Ca$6.66 Au$7.17 ¥573.43 | to wish list |
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