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26. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 6, Part 7 - Robert E. Olson
    • The Million Dollar Mystery - Invented by Walter Jeans
28. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • The Discoverie of Witchcraft by Reginald Scot - Dover reprint
30. Magic Market Report - Frances Marshall
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34. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
36. ... and Now a Book - poem - A sequel to The Collector or The Collector's Wife by Esther F. Olson
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the Road with Paul Wilson and Lee Asher - DVD
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42. In His Words: David Sandy - Interview by Rory Johnston
52. Cover - A Joe Stevens Story - Ed Parrish
58. A Couple of pages from The Stevens Scrapbook
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    • Magic, Magic, Magic
64. Phantoms of the Card Table - David Britland ...

This is the 3rd edition which includes an additional chapter by Dai Vernon and another one by Dr. Daley. (The popular Dover version is a reprint of the 2nd edition and is lacking these two interesting chapters.) This book describes serious stuff. Card moves and tricks for the advanced card man. (For an excellent introduction to card magic see The Royal Road to Card Magic or the Card College series.) Expert Card Technique lists and explains in detail a large quantity of card moves. Card moves are abundant and any good card man will come up with his own variations and twists due to his constant use of cards and tireless perfection of...

This material was collected from JINX magazine after Annemann's suicide. Ted Annemann's Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks 1st edition, 1943, Max Holden, New York; reprint, 1977, Dover Publications, New York; Annemann's Miracles of Card Magic 1st edition, 1948, Max Holden, New York; reprint, 1977, Dover Publications, New York; original 188 pages in total; PDF 177 pages.

Ted Annemann's Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks

• EXTEMPORANEOUS MAGIC
  1. The Card on the Ceiling
  2. The Undercover...

- Supreme
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• Shag and Charlie's Comedy Card Thru Ear - The Property Masters
• Multum in Parvo - Karrell Priest
• Cards as Weapons Poster - Lee Jacobs Productions
54. Light from the Lamp - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    • The Magic Mirror - Dover
    • Self-Working Mental Magic - Karl Fulves
    • Troublewit Simplified - Morrissey Magic
    • A Ray of Magic - Jimmy Ray
    • The Demonstrator's Dream, Number 3 - Lex Zaleta
    • The Art of Stage Hypnotism - Ormond McGill - reprint
    • Ascano [sic] Spread - Jon Racherbaumer
    • Legerdemain - periodical
    • Calliope...

(You might also be interested in the Annotated Royal Road to Card Magic.)

1st edition 1949, several reprints, ex. Dover 1999; 292 pages

• Introduction by Paul Fleming
• Preface

  Part One

• I. The Overhand Shuffle, I
  • Position of the Pack in the Hands
  • Execution of the Overhand Shuffle
  • Using the Overhand Shuffle
  • Controlling the Top Card
  • Controlling the Bottom Card
  • Retaining the Top and Bottom Cards in Position ...

Translated by Sam Sharpe.

Translation of Kartenkünste by Ottokar Fischer; 1st edition, 1931, George Johnson, London; reprint, 1973, Karl Fulves; reprint, 1986, Dover Publications, New York; 188 pages.

• Foreword
• Editor's Preface
• Preface
• Biography of J. N. Hofzinser
• Guide to Performance
• Experiments with Unprepared Cards
  • The Sympathetic Numbers
  • Synonymous Thoughts (First Method)
  • Association of Thoughts
  • The Four Eights
• Experiments with Duplicate...

[Note that the hardcover edition has a different cover than the one shown here.]

1st edition, 1937, Max Holden, New York; reprint, 1974, Dover Publications, New York; reprint, D. Robbins & Co., New York; 403 pages. PDF 379 pages.

Table of Contents (items in bold were added by Hugard and are not found in the prior volumes by Deusen and Gravatt)

5. INTRODUCTION by Theo. Annemann

17. Twin Souls
17. The Magic Breath
18. Reversed Court Card
19. The Sagacious Joker No. 1 ...

This book is a collection of five little booklets. Each booklet typically has a section with sleights and a section with tricks using these sleights. The name Hugard guarantees for first rate material and so it is no surprise that Card Manipulations and the follow up More Card Manipulations includes some of the very best tricks and routines one can do with cards.

1st edition, 1934-1936, Max Holden, New York; reprint, 1973, Dover Publications, New York; 163 pages.

• CARD MANIPULATIONS - No. 1
  • The one Hand Top Card Palm
  • The Hindu Shuffle or Running Cut
  • The Hindu Shuffle as a Substitute for the Pass
  • And yet...

This is the sequel to Card Manipulations. It is a collection of four booklets. Emphasis is put on practical methods without any apparatus.

1st edition, 1938-1941, Max Holden, New York; reprint, 1974, Dover Publications, New York; 205 pages.

• No. 1.
  • Part I. - TRICKS
    7. The Three Musketeers and D'Artagnan
    8. The Sheep and the Goats
    11. Snap - A Quick Trick
    13. Crime Club Detection - Dr. H. Walter Grote
    15. Infallible Prediction - Audley V. Walsh and Hal Haber
    16. The Continuous Spelling Trick - Jack McMillen
    17. The Burglars - Orville W. Meyer
    18. The Magic Thrust - Orville W. Meyer
    19. The Two Jokers - P. W. Miller
    20. The Ladies'...

Sachs' articles on sleights were first serialized in the Exchange & Mart magazine and later reprinted as the book Sleight of Hand.

2nd edition, 1885, L. Upcott Gill, London; reprint, 1980, Dover Publications, New York; 399 pages.

5. Preface to the Second Edition
1. Introduction
5. Chapter I - Palming
9. Chapter II - Tricks with Coins
39. Chapter III - Tricks with Common Objects
54. Chapter IV - Tricks with Cups and Balls
62. Chapter V - Tricks with Handkerchiefs
70. Chapter VI - Chinese Tricks
77. Chapter...

[Note that the softcover version is the D. Robbins reprint which has a different cover than shown here.]

1st edition, 1944, Holden's Magic Shop, New York; reprinted 1983 with new title "Practical Mental Magic", by Dover Publications, New York; 310 pages.

• CHAPTER I: EFFECTS WITH BILLETS AND PELLETS
  7. Bert Reese Secrets
  11. Billet Switching
  13. A Question and the Answer
  15. The Al Baker 3 Billet Trick
  16. A Day in Your Life
  18. The Germain Gem
  20. Tervil
  22. Mental Hat Pin
  24. Devil Device
  26. The O. M. Billet Switching Box
  28. The Ghost of a Chance
  29. Crystal Clear
• CHAPTER II: PUBLICITY EFFECTS
  30. Mindreading Publicity Effect
  31. News Event...

by Prof. Hoffmann
• More Magic by Prof. Hoffmann
• Later Magic by Prof. Hoffmann
• The Modern Conjurer by C. Lang Neil
• Our Magic by Maskelyne and Devant
• Tarbell Course by Harlan Tarbell
• Greater Magic by John Northern Hilliard

1st edition, 1909, Downs-Edwards Company, New York; 2nd edition, 1921; 1980 reprinted by Dover Publications, New York; 348 pages.

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CHAPTER I.
FLOURISHES AND FANCY SLEIGHTS WITH CARDS.
19. The Card Fan
23. Card Balancing
24. To Tear a Pack of Cards
26. The Fan and Ruffle
27. The Downs Fan
28. Springing the Cards
30. Second Method
32. Third Method
32. The One-Hand Drop
33. Second Method
34. The Cards on the Arm
35. A Series...

Learn coin magic from the best coin manipulator ever - the "King of Koins". T. Nelson Downs' original "Miser's Dream" is still unsurpassed. He invented many other new and innovative moves. The unique feature of this book is that it includes many photos of the hands of Downs detailing every important sequence in a move. He also offers helpful tips on presentation, patter, and other techniques. Another excellent book by T. Nelson Downs is The Art of Magic.

1st edition, 1900?, Hamley Brothers, London?; 1999 reprinted under the title "Classic Coin Tricks" by Dover Publishing, New York; 244 pages.

• CHAPTER...

The revised and greatly expanded edition of this book is The New Modern Coin Magic.

1st. edition, 1952, Carl W. Jones, Minneapolis; reprint, 1982, Dover Publications, New York; 353 pages.

5. Dedication
7. Preface
11. J. B. Bobo
12. Acknowledgments
13. Prologue-Of Coins and Conjuring
14. Scot On Monie, 1584
15. I: Coin Concealments
    1. The Classic Palm
    2. The Edge Palm
    3. The Thumb Palm
    3. The Downs Palm
    4. The Finger Palm
    5. The Front Finger Hold
    5. The Back Palm
    7. The Back...

1st edition, 1946, Arthur Buckley; reprint, 1993, Dover Publications, New York; 219 pages.

• Sleights
  12. The Strip
  12. A Blind Riffle Shuffle
  14. "The Force That Couldn't Be"
  15. Domico Double Lift
  16. The Exchange
  17. Greek Shift
  19. Greek Shift - Buckley's Method
  19. Hindu Shift
  20. Vernon's Multiple Shift
  22. Multiple Shift - Buckley's Method
  23. Buckley's Slap Shift
  25. Buckley's...

1st edition, 1937 Max Holden, New York; reprint, 1974, Dover Publications, New York; 85 pages.

5. Introduction
5. Chapter I. Methods of Folding Silks for Production
10. Chapter II. Sleights for Manipulating Silks Without Accessories
13. Chapter III. Methods for Producing a Single Silk
25. Chapter IV. The Production of a Number of Silks
31. Chapter V. Various Methods...

1st UK edition, 1859, Chapman & Hall, London; 1st edition US edition, 1859, Geo. G. Evans, Philadelphia; reprint, circa 1880, Porter & Coates, Philadelphia; reprint, 1942, Laurie, London; reprint, 1944, Jones; reprint, 1964, Dover; 436 pages.

3. Editor's Preface
13. The Author's Overture
    
17. CHAPTER I
    My Birth and Parentage
    My Home
    The Lessons of Colonel Bernard
    Paternal Ambition
    My first Mechanical Attempts
    Had I but a Rat!
    A Prisoner's Industry
    The Abbé Larivière
    My Word of Honor
    Farewell to my darling Tools. ...

Twenty card tricks from the inventive Scotsman.

1st edition, 1992.

THOSE ENIGMATIC ROYALS: A simple idea based on the Vernon 'Card Puzzle' and inspired by Peter Kane's 'Royal Families' from his booklet A Further Card Session, plus Roy Walton's "Split Up" from The Complete Walton, Vol.1.

A SENSE OF FREEDOM: This is based on a number prediction by Shigeo Futagawa using four pieces of cardboard (See "Stunumbers" in Karl Fulves' Self-Working Number Magic, Dover). The only weak point was that the prediction couldn't be written until an advanced stage in the proceedings. The following effect uses playing cards and there is no need to worry about the prediction because...

Parents can use this book to amuse their youngsters, or to teach them to recognize the various animals and other objects pictured here. A distinctly Victorian flavor adds considerable period charm to this collection of original designs.

1st edition, 1859, Griffith and Farran; reprint, 1967, Dover Publications, New York; 18 pages.

1. Camel
2. The Goose a Prisoner
3. Deer
4. Grandpapa
5. Bunny
6. A Bird in Flight
7. Goat
8. Dog Toby
9. An Elephant
10. Greyhound
11. Pig
12. Bruin
13. A Portrait
14. Old Growler
15. Fright
16. A Tortoise
17. Boy
18. Head of a Camel

1st edition, 1860, Griffith and Farran, London; reprint, 1971, Dover Publications, New York; 16 pages.

1. A Relic of Waterloo
2. Wellington
3. Shakespeare
4. Hare
5. Mike
6. Mike's Pig
7. Cockatoo
8. Sage
9. Bull's Head
10. Squirrel
11. Eagle
12. Mrs. Gamp
13. Sheep
14. Wild Indian
15. Mr. Punch
16. Black Swan

The purpose of this compilation is to give you many tricks of an assorted variety with...

"Finalmente!" Dirà qualcuno, "Finalmente!" Facciamo eco noi , si infine un libro sulla magia per bambini ! Ma l'attesa sarà ricompensata in quanto in questo libro Billy Benbo ( alias BilllLainsbury ) ci spiega nei dettagli ben 16 routines professionali di successo ( il meglio, possiamo dire) del suo repertorio!

Routines preziose per tutti coloro che si trovano a dover lavorare con i bambini ( cioè quasi tutti...). Ecco alcuni esempi delle routines ( molte delle quali dettagliatissime e tutte con una completa e divertentissima presentazione) che troverai in questo libro:

IL FORZIERE...

Sia che tu ti trovi a dover presentare degli spettacoli magici e di altro genere oppure no, questo manuale ti sarà utilissimo per portare un tocco di magica comicità nel tuo spettacolo. Consigli utilissimi sull'arte della scena sono seguiti da una serie esilarante di trucchi, gags e routines che è possibile inserire in qualunque spettacolo, facendo sganasciare dalle risate il tuo pubblico.

Un solo esempio : esilarante il trucco in cui uno spettatore sceglie una carta, la mescola nel mazzo e le carte vengono messe tra i suoi denti. Il comico con con una martellata assestata sulla testa...

Un intero numero (anzi 2) di straordinario Mentalismo subito pronto senza preparazione sul luogo dello spettacolo e con oggetti comuni.

Il sogno del Mentalista : un numero da fare senza dover fare ore di preparazione. Bastano pochi minuti e pochi oggetti per stupire il tuo pubblico. Non devi trasportare pesanti attrezzature. Praticamente porti tutto addosso !

"Veramente incredibile" ecco l'esclamazione di molti che leggeranno questo volumetto pubblicato per la prima volta in Italiano

Abbiamo scelto questo classico del grande Maestro del Mentalismo perché lo troverai assolutamente...