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Stage name of Ian Sutz. Dealer (Ian's Magic Factory) in Florida. Authored 3 booklets, including The Best Dam Tricks (1980), a monograph on the "dental dam" as magic prop, and books on the stripper and svengali decks.

When I attend a magic convention, I enjoy the dealer's show very much. It sends me hurrying to the dealer room to see up-close what I just witnessed. After all, maybe it's something I should add to my show?

I also enjoy all that magic did for me as a child and the contribution it has made to my life as an adult. Magic put me in front of people, increased my confidence, built creativity, encouraged my ability to read and comprehend oftentimes cryptic directions, expanded my memory and many more skills that I still leverage in my career today.

So ... I began to design a show that I would...

These are effects you can do with a jumbo deck of cards preferably on stage or in a parlor setting.

Many standard playing card 'moves' are possible with Jumbos, though, obviously, because of their size, the accent must be on subtlety rather than manipulation.

The performer should make the most of the many opportunities for comedy, inherent in the very use of cards of such an unusual size. The very fact of asking a spectator to 'shuffle' such a pack, is funny in itself ... and, where it suits the performer’s style, no opportunity should be lost, to allow the spectators to 'mix' the cards. ...

July-September 1947
Irv Feldman and David Robbins, editors

1. Magic Is Fun, Number 6 - July-September 1947 - 20 pages
1. cartoon - Art Ross
2. The Editor Says:
2. Magic Gags
3. Don't be a Sucker! - Mickey MavcDougal
4. E-Z Cut and Restored Rope Trick - Charles Green
5. Showmanship - Tommy Windsor
6. E-Z Tricks with Cigars - Wm. C. Turtle
   • The Magnetized Cigar
   • The Acrobatic Cigar
7. E-Z Book Test - Lee Henneberry
7. Sensitive Fingers - Jimmy Soltis
8. Coins from Candle - James Rhodes
8. Inflated Money - Hubert Lambert
9. Where There's Life - There's Hope - Billy McComb
10. Houdini - Article 6 - Final Chapter...

If you encounter something called the Magic Omnibook, then these are simply repackaged issues of Magic is Fun. I have found one where issues #1 and #2, without their covers, were stapled into one new bluish-violet cover with the title "Magic Omnibook" and a price of 25c.

The Svengali Deck is an ingenious magic deck of cards. You can learn over 110 amazing tricks and routines. Some of the tricks you will be able to do:

• Show a normal deck - then change all the cards to the previously selected card.
• Seal a card in an envelope - then have spectator pick the card in the envelope.
• Spectator stabs the deck - the selected card is where the person inserts the blade.
• The selected card appears in your pocket or anywhere else.
• The card that was selected appears anyplace where the spectator cuts into the deck.
• and much more

• The Abominylon Snowman
• Milk Go
• Three Blind Mice
• Hopping Hen Fruit
• Thread It
• Silk Blow - Silk Go
• The Cow With The Crumpled Horn
• Self - Service
• Peni - Sponge
• "Crash Thru" Production Box
• The Choice Of Cash
• Fantastrick

PDF 24 pages

W. H. J. Shaw was a magic dealer and apparatus manufacturer in Chicago. Like his magic dealer competitor August Roterberg he decided to write a magic book almost at the same time.

• Preface
• The Mystic Percolator
• Water Into Ice
• The National Ball Transformation
• New Spirit Ghost Seance
• Spirit Bell On Glass Top Table
• The Spiritual Ring Test
• The Extinguished Cigar
• The Charmed Organ Pipes
• D’Alvini’s Album Trick
• Lightning, Slate And Blackboard Test
• The Egyptian Cremation
• New Hat Fake
• The Diamond Mystery
• The Spirit Scribe
• A Live Hat
• Changing Decapitation
• The Wonderful Lager-Beer Glass And Paper...

Magic Info Pool war eine Hauszeitschrift für Kunden der Zauber-Butike. Sie finden darin Routinen, Tips, Anregungen, hin und wieder Sonderangebote und Informationen. Die Zeitschrift erschien immer gleichzeitig mit einem Zauber-Brief oder einem Zauber-Programm.

Diese digitale Reproduktion beinhaltet alle 18 Ausgaben des Magic Info Pool.

Erstausgabe 1994 - 1997, 216 Seiten.

From the Foreword by Ali Bongo:

Differentiating your show in the magic market on something other than price can be a constant challenge. Here's one strategy Dave Arch has used successfully throughout his career. Imagine being able to offer a free Magic Kit for everyone in your audience and then teaching them three magic tricks they can use to amaze and amuse their family and friends. In this fifteen minute video, Dave shares with you how he builds his kits for around fifteen cents apiece, the three tricks he teaches, as well as how he routines and presents those tricks in his show.

1st edition 2018, length 15 minutes 53...

Val Andrews sent this booklet to his customers during the 1988 Christmas season. It features stories and recollections involving Christmas and magic.

• It's the Thought that Counts!
• The Christmas when 'Pimpo' came to Brighton
• Christmas Day in the Workhouse
• A Gathering of Greats
• Abanazer

1st edition 1988, 12 pages; PDF 14 pages.

Ever wished you could gain some media coverage for your magic shows while making a substantial contribution to others' lives? Consider teaching magic tricks to the blind. No doubt there's an organization in your area that already serves as a hub for services to the visually impaired. The very concept of blind people and magic catches most people (and the media) off-guard. Yet it's very workable as Dave Arch's experience shows. When you consider the tricks you already know, there are three categories of tricks that work for the visually impaired. There are tricks that the blind can perform for...

Sam Sharpe reprinted three of his books under one title called Magic Artistry.

This is the final issue of Magic Magazine in excellent condition.

From the introduction:

A handbook on the virtual magic show for family entertainers.

I was working as a successful kids entertainer when Covid-19 hit. Like everyone else I saw all of my live work vanish and my income dwindle. I took my kids show online, and it has been pretty successful. I have now performed over 200 online shows and learned lots along the way. So, I wrote an ebook and now I am talking about it.

Now is the time to get online for the future of family entertainment!

• INTRODUCTION
• PART 1: THE AUDITION
• PART 2: REHEARSALS
  • The Initial Setup
  • The Backdrop
  • Webcam
  • Lighting
  • The Internet ...

Magic on a Shoelace is an exploration of the use of the common bow knot for creating new rope and string effects.

"There’s some fun stuff in there!" - Dan Harlan

• Untie a shoe instantly
• Put a finger ring on a shoelace without sleight of hand
• Take a ring off a shoelace without sleight of hand
• Pull a ribbon or streamer through a magic wand
• Put a large ring on a rope without using the ends
• Turn the standard “Magic Shoelaces” into a four phase presentation piece
• Learn how to pull tied shoelaces apart effortlessly
• Plus additional tips and secrets!

• Rubber Band Quarantine - Tutorial
• Pandemic - A Very Scary Effect - Jim Canaday
• 5 Mind Reading Magic Tricks - Video Tutorial
• Which Hand - Video Tutorial
• "ACE" - Sleight of Hand by Noel Heath - Video
• Penn and Teller FOOL ME Reveals
• Self Working Card Trick That Fools Everyone - Video
• Spidey's Version of Vernon's 'Out of Sight - Out of Mind'
• Invisible ACAAN - Tutorial
• Comprehensive "ACAAN" - A Thorough Study - Video
• Joe Navarro Poker Tells - Videos
• A LETTER TO SANTA! by George Iglesias - A Review
• The Vault - Matrix Mix by Patricio Teran - A Review
• Houdini's Last Trick - Peter Eggink...

Hardcover book in fair condition, no dust-jacket. Harry Stanley edition. Top edges of front and back cover have a larger nick. Has name and address of prior owner handwritten on front fly-leaf. For details on the contents see the digital edition.

This is the July 2007 issue of Magic Magazine with Anthony Reed on the cover. Issue is in excellent condition.

This is the March 1994 issue of Magic Magazine with Rudy Coby on the cover. Issue is in excellent condition.

This is the July 1995 issue of Magic Magazine with Carter the Great on the cover. Issue is in excellent condition.

Magic Unsquare is a physical product that will be shipped to you and comes with PDF instructions that can be downloaded immediately from your digital shelf.

What you get: Along with the instructions PDF, you also get a specially designed and beautifully produced plastic wallet card which is about the size of a regular bank card. With reasonable care, this card should last you many, many years, if not a lifetime.

Magic Unsquare is based on a beautiful reverse engineered principle. It is a self-working multipurpose tool. The participant makes all free choices and yet you are able to divine...