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(England: 4th October 1906 - 1st December 1987)
Born Philip Craggs, brother of Douglas Craggs. Pro dealer (Witchcraft Magic, then Paul Clive & Co Ltd.) in, successively, London, Andover, and Blackpool 1935-1956-?
Wrote Card Tricks without Skill (1946, with 5,000 copies printed; 2nd ed 1949, 200pp; 3rd ed 1959, 264pp), a minor classic. | |
... Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups (1974), Methods with Cards (3 vols, 1975), The Magic Book (1977, 195pp), Transpo Trix (1978, 80pp), Curioser (1980), Color Quick (1980, 50pp), A History of the Brainwave Principle (1983), etc.
Also, having been introduced by Martin Gardner, wrote 10 popular magic books for Dover Press. Also wrote or edited books on Daley, Finnell, Hummer, Jordan, Maze, and Slydini. Trick in Swami. | |
... familiar jargon terms under a layer of their newly coined terms.
Wrote "London Notes" column for Sphinx since 1930. Wrote Mr. Smith's Guide to Sleight of Hand (1945, 95pp), But Not to Play (1946, 120pp), Conjuring (1950, 96pp), Card Conjuring (1950, 92pp), the last two being reprinted in USA by Dover as Wilfrid Johnson's Magic Tricks (1953, 100pp) and Wilfrid Johnson's Card Tricks (1953, 96pp) that were and finally in combined volume as Magic Tricks and Card Tricks (1954, 100+96pp; repr 1957). Tricks in Magic Wand. | |
Silken SorceryJean Hugard... tricks by Wilfrid Jonson, Ladson Butler, William Larsen, and others. Ninety drawings add to the attractiveness and clarity of the 83 pages of well-written text. It is a book that no lover of handkerchief magic can afford to miss.
1st edition, 1937 Max Holden, New York; reprint, 1974, Dover Publications, New York; 85 pages.
- Introduction
- Chapter I. Methods of Folding Silks for Production
- Chapter II. Sleights for Manipulating Silks Without Accessories
- Chapter III. Methods for Producing a Single Silk
- Chapter IV. The Production of a Number of Silks
- Chapter V. Various Methods...
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Hand ShadowsHenry Bursill...
But figuring out the exact finger positioning is not a simple matter; some shapes are quite difficult to obtain. The author of this delightful picture book of hand shadows spent long hours working out the figures in this book. By following his clear visual instruction (each of the 18 figures in the book is explained by a full-page illustration that shows you the precise positioning for fingers and hands), you can create a boy, camel, goose, deer, grandpa, bunny, bird in flight, ... After you have mastered these, it will be a simple matter to invent shadows of your own.
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.
- Camel
- The Goose a Prisoner
- Deer
- Grandpapa
- Bunny
- A Bird in Flight
- Goat
- Dog Toby
- An Elephant
- Greyhound
- Pig
- Bruin
- A Portrait
- Old Growler
- Fright
- A Tortoise
- Boy
- Head of a Camel
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Hand Shadows Second SeriesHenry Bursill... Wellington, a hare, Mike, Mike's pig, a cockatoo, a bull's head, a squirrel, Mrs. Gamp, Mr. Punch, and other people and animals. After you have mastered these, you will have the skill and be challenged to develop some of your own.
1st edition, 1860, Griffith and Farran, London; reprint, 1971, Dover Publications, New York; 16 pages.
- A Relic of Waterloo
- Wellington
- Shakespeare
- Hare
- Mike
- Mike's Pig
- Cockatoo
- Sage
- Bull's Head
- Squirrel
- Eagle
- Mrs. Gamp
- Sheep
- Wild Indian
- Mr. Punch
- Black Swan
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42 Amazing Tricks and Stunts with RopeSam Dalal... others, where knots magically appear or vanish from a length of rope, rings or handkerchiefs penetrate through a length of rope, or a rope penetrates through your knee or neck. There are two Encyclopedias of Rope tricks for Magicians published by Abotts, with 100s of Rope tricks of all varieties. Dover publications has an excellent book of Self Working Rope Tricks by Karl Fulves. You will also find many Rope tricks in any book of Conjuring tricks, like the Tarbell Course, or Mark Wilson Course in Magic.
The purpose of this compilation is to give you many tricks of an assorted variety with... | ★★★★★ $3 to wish listPDF |
Assolo MentaleTed AnnemannUn 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... | ★★★★★ $3.50 to wish listPDF |
Annemann's Card MagicTed Annemann... not appear in the text as it was printed in The Jinx, and which add definitely to the clarity of the exposition.
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
- The Card on the Ceiling
- The Undercover...
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Card ManipulationsJean HugardThis 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...
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New Tops Volume 14 (1974)Neil Foster... - ... Views - Colonel Bill Boley
- Laughing Matter - John J. Bogorae
- A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 6, Part 7 - Robert E. Olson
- The Million Dollar Mystery - Invented by Walter Jeans
- Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
- The Discoverie of Witchcraft by Reginald Scot - Dover reprint
- Magic Market Report - Frances Marshall
- On The Spot - Ed Mishell
- Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
- ... and Now a Book - poem - A sequel to The Collector or The Collector's Wife by Esther F. Olson
- Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
- Etiquette Decrees - re: calls after hours - Neil Foster
- The World Has Lost its Greatest Magician...
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New Tops Volume 30 (1990)Gordon Miller... - ...
- ... Secrets - Stanton Carlisle
- Bob Solari - listings
- Chip-tastic - Bob Solari
- The Solari Wallet - Bob Solari
- Cut Rate - Bob Solari
- Confidential Booking Report #2 - Dick Ryan
- Club 71 - periodical
- Collectors Workshop - lists
- Easy-To-Do Card Tricks for Children - Karl Fulves
- Dover Books - listings
- The Randy Wakeman Video - Volume One
- Flora & Co. - mailing list
- Psychic Magic - Ormond McGill
- Magigram - periodical
- Close-Up Illusion - Gary Ouellet
- Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
- Vent Views - Bill Boley
- Tom and Danny - Tom Ladshaw
- Magic-Up-Date - Richard & Nancy Greeno
- Invitation to Mystery, Third Series - Stewart James
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New Tops Volume 32 (1992)Gordon Miller... - ...
- ... Daugherty
- Quintimental - Tom Daugherty
- Ghostmasters - Mark Walker
- Ghostmasters Video - Mark Walker
- Wild Card Kit - Jon Racherbaumer
- Cabaret Collection - John Penrose
- Little Egypt Card Tricks - Steve Bryant
- Magic with Credit Cards - Jerry Mentzer
- Magic A Picture History - Dover reprint of Panorama of Magic - Milbourne Christopher
- Master Notebook of Magic - Bob Wagner
- Sticks & Stones - Jon Racherbaumer
- Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
- Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
- Subject: Illusions - David Seebach
- cartoon strip - Ed Harris
- Magic-Up-Date...
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Modern Coin ManipulationThomas Nelson DownsLearn 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.
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The Royal Road to Card MagicJean Hugard & Fred Braue ... by Frank Rigney, and bound in dark blue cloth with gold-stamping on the spine. It will doubtless be, as it deserves to be, a standard work on the subject for years to come.
(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
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More Card ManipulationsJean HugardThis 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
- The Three Musketeers and D'Artagnan
- The Sheep and the Goats
- Snap - A Quick Trick
- Crime Club Detection - Dr. H. Walter Grote
- Infallible Prediction - Audley V. Walsh and Hal Haber
- The Continuous Spelling Trick - Jack McMillen
- The Burglars - Orville W. Meyer
- The Magic Thrust - Orville W. Meyer
- The Two Jokers - P. W. Miller
- The Ladies'...
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Sleight of HandEdwin Sachs... large collection of books on magic, but none has a cover so worn as Sleight-of-Hand, by Edwin Sachs."
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.
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Introduction
- Chapter I - Palming
- Chapter II - Tricks with Coins
- Chapter III - Tricks with Common Objects
- Chapter IV - Tricks with Cups and Balls
- Chapter V - Tricks with Handkerchiefs
- Chapter VI - Chinese Tricks
- Chapter...
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Card ControlArthur Buckley... to bring joy to the hearts of card conjurers. It is hard to believe that anyone who does sleight-of-hand tricks with cards could fail to benefit greatly by the information found in this latest treatise on the technique of advanced card magic.
1st edition, 1946, Arthur Buckley; reprint, 1993, Dover Publications, New York; 219 pages.
- Sleights
- The Strip
- A Blind Riffle Shuffle
- "The Force That Couldn't Be"
- Domico Double Lift
- The Exchange
- Greek Shift
- Greek Shift - Buckley's Method
- Hindu Shift
- Vernon's Multiple Shift
- Multiple Shift - Buckley's Method
- Buckley's Slap Shift
- Buckley's...
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The Art of MagicThomas Nelson Downs...
1st edition, 1909, Downs-Edwards Company, New York; 2nd edition, 1921; 1980 reprinted by Dover Publications, New York; 348 pages.
CHAPTER I.
FLOURISHES AND FANCY SLEIGHTS WITH CARDS.
- The Card Fan
- Card Balancing
- To Tear a Pack of Cards
- The Fan and Ruffle
- The Downs Fan
- Springing the Cards
- Second Method
- Third Method
- The One-Hand Drop
- Second Method
- The Cards on the Arm
- A Series...
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Expert Card TechniqueJean Hugard & Fred Braue 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... | ★★★★★ $6 to wish listPDF |
Hofzinser's Card ConjuringJohann Nepomuk Hofzinser & Ottokar Fischer & Sam Sharpe ... and invented many great pieces of deception. Anybody who wants to call himself a serious card man must study Hofzinser's material.
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...
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Encyclopedia of Card TricksJean Hugard... by Deusen and Gravatt. These items are bolded in the table of contents below. He also left out some of the material that was in the original volumes.
[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)
- INTRODUCTION by Theo. Annemann
CHAPTER I: MISCELLANEOUS IMPROMPTU CARD TRICKS
- Twin Souls
- The Magic Breath
- Reversed Court Card
- The Sagacious Joker No. 1
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Practical Mental EffectsTed Annemann... Effects will hold first place as the outstanding work on mental magic.
[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
- Bert Reese Secrets
- Billet Switching
- A Question and the Answer
- The Al Baker 3 Billet Trick
- A Day in Your Life
- The Germain Gem
- Tervil
- Mental Hat Pin
- Devil Device
- The O. M. Billet Switching Box
- The Ghost of a Chance
- Crystal Clear
- CHAPTER II: PUBLICITY EFFECTS
- Mindreading Publicity Effect
- News Event...
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Memoirs of Robert-HoudinJean Eugene Robert-Houdin... d'un Prestidigiteur. The translation was done by Lascelles Wraxall.
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.
- Editor's Preface
- The Author's Overture
- 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.
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