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You will find 143 magnificent and entertaining uses of silks and handkerchiefs. Sleights, tricks and the famous Stillwell Silk Act are explained in detail with 90 illustrations. Jean Hugard details vanishing methods, production techniques, color changes, knots, and flourishes. He also describes how to care for your silks to keep them in great shape for a long time.

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 ...

... 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.

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

... 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.

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

... 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...

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...

... masters of card magic as Dai Vernon, Dr. Daley, Jean Hugard, Al Baker, Audley Walsh, Stewart Judah, and many others.

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...

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.

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

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Views - Colonel Bill Boley
• Laughing Matter - John J. Bogorae
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
33. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
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
37. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
38. Etiquette Decrees - re: calls after hours - Neil Foster
39. The World Has Lost its Greatest Magician...

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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
13. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • The Secret Grove
      • Penta-Psi
15. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • Tom and Danny - Tom Ladshaw
18. Magic-Up-Date - Richard & Nancy Greeno
19. Invitation to Mystery, Third Series - Stewart James
    • The Peek...

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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
15. Sticks & Stones - Jon Racherbaumer
    • Scries & Whispers
17. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • Mystic Reflections
19. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
21. Subject: Illusions - David Seebach
24. cartoon strip - Ed Harris
29. Magic-Up-Date...

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.

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CHAPTER...

... was originally published in the 40s, Hugard and Braue wrote The Royal Road to Card Magic to provide a stepping stone to the much harder and less accessible Expert Card Technique.

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

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

11. Introduction by Paul Fleming
12. Preface

    Part One
    

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

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.

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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'...

... with apparatus for amateur and professional conjurers, and for both parlor and stage performance.

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...

This is not a book for beginners. But it is a book that will lift up the devoted student by two or three levels of proviciency in card handling. Buckley, born in Australia, was one of the masters and innovators of card magic. He studied the card gamblers as well as the top magic performers. This book with over 300 photos, of which most have been enhanced by drawing lines over them to increase contrast, and 40 outstanding routines, is a gold mine and challenge for any card worker.

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

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Sleights
12. The Strip ...

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Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Baker
286. A New Act Is Born! - We Went To The Coronation [Marvyn Roy and Carol] - WWL (Jr.)
287. Light from the Lamp - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
     • Handle with Care - Robin Robertson
     • Memoirs of Robert-Houdin, King of the Conjurors - Dover Books
288. Kalanag - An Autobiography - translated by Irene Larsen
     • Chapter 15 - The Rebirth Of The Kalanag Show In Hamburg
290. 1965 For Enthusiasm - Ed Dart, Publicity Chairman, M.D.A.

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293. Genii - Volume 29, Number 6 - February 1965 - 44 pages - page numbering repeated four page numbers
293. Cover - Keith Lawrence &...

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- A Review of the Show of Kovari - by Pete Biro
477. Magi-Clips - newspaper clippings
     • Star May Switch Careers - 'The Magician' Learns Own Tricks for TV & Loves 'em
478. Light from the Lamp - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
     • The Discoverie of Witchcraft - Reginald Scot (Dover Publications)
     • Witchcraft - Walter B. Gibson
     • The Secret World of Witchcraft - A. S Barnes
     • Testing of Tertius - novel - Robert Newman
     • Sid Lorraine, The Early Stuff - Magic Collectors
     • Forty-Four Foolers - Clettis V. Musson
     • Double Double Magic with Cards - Nine Great Card Feats & Double Magic with Cards - Burling Hull
     • Centennial Magic Book of the...

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coin effects
• Kangaroo Coins
• Baby Kangaroo Coins
• Crystal Prison
• Coin Stack
• Paul Curry Presents - book
38. The Magic Castle - Afloat - Wm. C. Strickland
39. Concert In Magic - Lucy Gonzalez
40. Light from the Lamp - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    • Dover Publications
      • Panorama of Magic - Milbourne Christopher
      • Discovery of Witchcraft - Scot
      • Magic and Showmanship - Henning Nelms
      • Mathematics Magic and Mystery - Martin Gardner
      • Card Manipulation (Series 1-5) - Jean Hugard
      • More Card Manipulations (Series 1-4) - Jean...

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- Supreme
• Quazy Quick Change - Supreme
• 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...

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From All Over the World - Bill Larsen
666. Light from the Lamp - Magic Castle Members
     • Meir Yedid's Stage Stuff - Steven Schneiderman - reviewed by Max Abrams
     • Tips on Table-Hopping - Kirk Charles
     • The LeClair Animator - Jack LeClair - reviewed by Billy McComb
     • Hofzinser's Card Conjuring - Dover edition - reviewed by Max Abrams
     • Here's How - Karl Norman - reviewed by Max Abrams
     • Comedy Clubs for All Magicians - John Ferrentino - reviewed by Max Abrams
     • Mirage - Modern Card Magic - John A. Bannon - reviewed by Max Abrams
     • How to Build Up a Psychic Practice with Full Length Cold Readings - Richard Webster - reviewed by Max Abrams
     • Quick and Effective Cold Redding - Richard...

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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...

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...

... 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.

3. Foreword
8. Editor's Preface
11. Preface
14. Biography of J. N. Hofzinser
19. Guide to Performance
    

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    Experiments with Unprepared Cards
23. The Sympathetic Numbers
25. Synonymous Thoughts (First Method)
29. Association of Thoughts
33. The Four Eights
    

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    Experiments with Duplicate...

... 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)

5. INTRODUCTION by Theo. Annemann

CHAPTER I: MISCELLANEOUS IMPROMPTU CARD TRICKS

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

This book packs almost 200 mental miracles, many of which are creations of one of the masters of mental magic - Ted Annemann. You will find the best book tests, psychic codes, tricks with slates, blindfold reading, publicity effects, and much more. This book together with Annemann's Card Magic covers a good part of the famous Jinx magazine, of which Annemann was editor.

[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.

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CHAPTER I: EFFECTS WITH BILLETS AND PELLETS
7. Bert Reese Secrets
11. Billet Switching
13. A Question...