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Fleming Catalog: Books on MagicPaul FlemingThis catalog includes a great article on why magic literature is so important (article can also be found in The Sphinx from March 1936). It should be mandatory reading for today's YouTube generation.
- A Plea for Magical Literature
- Recent and Standard Works on Magic
- Classified Guide to Current Magical Literature
- Fleming Book Company Publications
- Arcas Publications
1st edition 1949, 59 pages. | $8 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
Supreme Catalog No. 1Edwin HooperThe start of a legendary business.
1st edition 1956, 57 pages. | $8 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
Supreme Catalog No. 4 Part 1 (1966)Edwin HooperA long list of unbelievable variety, depth and breadth of magic tricks, illusions, apparatus, accessories and more. So much in fact that this catalog required three parts.
1st edition 1966, 432 pages. | $10 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
Supreme Catalog No. 4 Part 2 (1967)Edwin HooperMore tricks, books and accessories for the magician. There are no duplicates from part 1.
1st edition 1967, 167 pages. | $4 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
Supreme Catalog No. 4 Part 3 (1969)Edwin HooperEven more tricks, books and accessories for the magician. There are no duplicates from part 1 or 2.
1st edition 1969, 94 pages. | $4 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
Abbott Magic Catalog #26 2004Greg BordnerThe latest big catalog from Abbott Magic.
1st edition 2004, 472 pages. | $10 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
Supreme Catalog No. 38Edwin HooperThis catalog has four color plates in the middle and a price list at the very end.
- Accessories
- Canes and Candles
- Cards
- Changing Bags and Egg Bags
- Children's Magic
- Close-Up Magic
- Comedy Magic
- Escapology
- Flowers and Plumes
- General Magic
- Illusionettes
- Liquid Magic
- Livestock Magic
- Manipulation
- Mentalism
- Money Magic
- Production Items
- Puppets and Ventriloquial Characters
- Rope Magic
- Silks and Ribbons
1st edition 1989, 613 pages. | ★★★★★ $10 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
Supreme Catalog No. 39Edwin HooperI believe this is the largest magic catalog ever published. It clocks in at more than 620 pages and is bursting full with products. A unique lovely feature of this catalog is that each section is introduced by a famous magician: Mentalism by David Berglas, Ropes by Pavel, Comedy by Karrel Fox etc.
- Introduction (Paul Daniels)
- Accessories (Keith Churcher)
- Balloon Modeling (Bob Wooding)
- Books and Publications (Edwin A. Dawes)
- Canes and Candles (Jeff Atkins)
- Cards (Francis Haxton)
- Changing Bags and Egg Bags (Mark Raffles)
- Children's Magic (Terry Herbert)
- Close-Up Magic (Bobby Bernard)
- Comedy Magic (Karrell Fox)
- Escapology (David De-Val)
...
| ★★★★★ $12 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
Thayer Catalog #8Floyd Gerald ThayerThis is a beautiful catalog with an introduction that includes photos of Thayer's residence. This catalog was published in 1936 and as the title page correctly states: "The Finest, Largest, And Most Comprehensive Compilation of Magical Goods Ever Published."
1st edition 1936; 311 pages. | ★★★★★ $10 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
Roterberg Catalog 1August RoterbergThis is the first catalog Roterberg issued, titled: "Descriptive Catalogue of the Latest European Novelties in Magic, Second Sight, Anti-Spiritualism".
Noteworthy here is that Roterberg states that he corresponds not only in English but also German, French and Volapük - a universal language created by the German catholic priest Johann Martin Schleyer in 1880.
1st edition ca. 1894, 20 pages. | $10 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
Roterberg Catalog 5August RoterbergThe title page reads: "Superior, New and Standard Conjuring Tricks, Spiritualistic Manifestations and Books on Conjuring."
Particularly noteworthy are the pages in the back where he reprints quotes and praises from customers who have read his books including John Northern Hilliard and Harry Kellar.
1st edition ca. 1898, 76 pages. | $10 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
Roterberg Catalog 7August RoterbergBeautifully illustrated catalog (prior catalogs had no illustrations) with a one page list of books at the back.
1st edition 1904 (date stamped on front 18th March 1904), 45 pages. | $10 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
Roterberg Catalog 8August RoterbergA huge jump in size from catalog 7 to this catalog 8. Includes a separate section on books where he writes about Expert at the Card Table:
Without doubt the very best and most up-to-date treatise on the numerous sleights used by gamblers, concluding with a thoroughly interesting chapter on Card Sleights and Tricks with Cards. Among the various new gambler’s sleights will be found many which will prove of excellent service to the progressive conjurer. 205 pages; 101 illustrations.
The last section is for: Practical Jokes, Puzzles and Novelties.
1st edition 1904 (date stamped on front 15th July 1904), 170... | $10 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
Nelson Enterprises Catalog 6Robert A. NelsonRobert Nelson and his brother Larry ("Alla Rageh") started the Nelson Enterprises in 1921. Their first "catalogs" were printed on thin, onion-skin paper. By 1927, their catalog boasted over a hundred effects and books, catering almost exclusively to the mental fraternity.
This catalog is nearly impossible to find, being jealously hoarded by mentalists and collectors. Now reprinted in convenient eBook format, the Nelson Enterprises Catalogue Number Six is once again available to expand the mind of performers of every ilk.
Because catalog printing techniques of the 1920s were not meant to... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
Abbott Magic Catalog #9 1947Percy AbbottMore than 800 pages of tricks, books, illusions, and other magic products.
1st edition 1947, 832 pages. | ★★★★★ $10 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
Abbott Magic Catalog #20 1972Recil BordnerIncludes a historical sketch about Abbott Magic, how it came to be, and why it was started in Colon, MI.
1st edition 1972, 464 pages. | ★★★★★ $10 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
Abbott Magic Catalog #22Recil BordnerThe catalog gives a date of 1976, but that is the same date as #21, which means they probably forgot to change it. Most likely this catalog was published in the early 1980s. The latest date mentioned anywhere in the catalog is 1981. My best guess therefore is that this catalog was released in 1981 or 1982.
1st edition 198?, 448 pages. | $10 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
Abbott Magic Catalog #16 1964Recil BordnerMagic products are being offered in the following categories:
- Accessories
- Advertising Section
- Ball Magic
- Bird Cages
- Block Tricks
- Bottle Tricks
- Candle Tricks
- Canes
- Card Magic
- Change Bags
- Cigarette Tricks
- Close-Up and Pocket Tricks
- Coin and Money Magic
- Comedy Effects
- Cups and Balls
- Dice
- Egg
- Escapes
- Flower Magic
- Trick Glasses
- Illusions
- Kid-Show Magic
- Light Bulbs
- Linking Rings
- Liquid Magic
- Water Lotas
- Milk Tricks
- Tricks with Livestock
- Mental magic
- Paper Magic
- Production Magic
- Rice Bowls
- Rope Tricks
- Silk Magic
- Spook and Spirit Material
- Modern Tables
- Thimbles
...
| ★★★★★ $10 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
Abbott Magic Catalog #13 1952Percy AbbottIn this catalog Eddie Joseph and all his publications and separately sold tricks received a separate section. Abbott is also operating their own printing presses and advertises to print business cards, letterheads, handbills and show cards for magicians. A price list is included at the very end.
- Accessories
- Balls
- Bottles
- Cages
- Canes
- Cards
- Change Bags
- Cigarettes
- Club
- Comedy
- Dice
- Eggs
- Escapes
- Fish
- Flowers
- Glasses
- Illusions
- Joseph
- Light Bulbs
- Linking Rings
- Liquid
- Livestock
- Lotas
- Mental
- Milk
- Money
- Novelties
- Paper
- Parasols
- Pocket
- Printing
- Reels
- Rice Bowls
- Rising...
| $10 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
Abbott Magic Catalog #5Percy AbbottThis #5 catalog was a supplementary catalog to #4. It only listed the new effects Abbott could supply.
1st edition ?, 94 pages. | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
A1-MagicalMedia Catalog Fall 2000Michael MaxwellFull color catalog advertising videos and books.
1st edition 2000; 16 pages. | $2 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
W. H. J. Shaw Catalog 1893William Henry James ShawA Chicago dealer who did manufacture his own apparatus.
1st edition 1893, 24 pages. | $10 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
M. Inez Catalog 1904Inez VerneloThis catalog describes mostly magic tricks, some magic books and a list of acting plays. Madame Inez, or just M. Inez, was married to E. M. Vernelo and she was very involved in the early years of The Sphinx mostly as editor.
1st edition 1904, 76 pages. | $10 to wish listPDF_facsimile |
E. M. Vernelo Catalog 1901Edward M. VerneloVernelo, another Chicago magic dealer, not only sold a good selection of magic tricks but also novelties, puzzles and a large selection of non-magic books. About half of this catalog is dedicated to books in all kinds of fields of interests including letter writing, public speaking, jokes, stories, bookkeeping, photography, calculations, and many more.
1st edition 1901, 192 pages. | $20 to wish listPDF_facsimile |