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Master Key and Run-Up Systemsunknown & S. W. Erdnase This is a compilation of two booklets that gambling house supply companies sold. The first part, Master Key, describes various ways playing cards can be marked. Illustrations of many marking methods and systems are included. Some of these methods go under the names of shade, glaze, block-out, line, build-up, trim, sorts, etch, swell natural or edge work, and others. The author of this section is unknown. It appears to be culled from various gambling house supply catalogs. The second part, Run-Up Systems, was culled without credit from S. W. Erdnase's famous book The Expert at the Card Table. It explains several methods of stacking... | $8 to wish list | ||
A Grand Exposé of the Science of Gamblingunknown Containing a complete disclosure of the secrets of the art, as practiced by professional gamblers. The author only identifies themselves as 'An Adept'. It covers a wide range of gambling scams, and crooked card games, including card table artifice. The information is relevant today and describes the multivarious ways marks are separated from their money.
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Prestidigitation or Magic Made Easyunknown A complete handbook of legerdemain, containing all the latest optical, chemical, mechanical, and magical tricks and deceptions, amusing transmutations, astonishing sleights and subtleties, together with all the noted tricks of modern magicians and prestidigitators. If you always wanted to make a mouse come out of a pack of cards, change salt to sugar, or make fire burn under water, this may be just the book for you. The author only identifies himself as 'An Old Conjuror'. Excerpt from the publisher's preface: The following pages are not intended to make the reader either a cheat or... | $8 to wish list | ||
The Champion Pig of Englandunknown This is a lovely old-school children's story about a pig named Grunter Growler, his life on a farm, his animal as well as human friends, and his success winning 1st prize as the most beautiful pig in the country. The interesting part for conjurers is that Grunter meets Toby the Learned Pig which includes a description of a typical performance of Toby. Those who study and research learned pigs might find it interesting. All learned pigs in England were named Toby. It is therefore not clear which Toby was the model for this description.
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After Dinner Tricks and Puzzles with your Seal Brand Coffee (used)unknown Small format softcover booklet stapled. Mostly puzzles, brainteasers, and some which could be performed as magic tricks. In total there are 36 problems. Solutions are provided for all of them. | $10 to wish list | ||
Scientific Mysteries (used)unknown Hardcover book without dustjacket in good condition. For the content see the digital edition. | $25 to wish list | ||
Games of Skill and Conjuringunknown Instructions for games, magic tricks, model building, giving shows, and more.
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Houdini Takes Magic Secrets to His Graveunknown This is the article that ran in The Sun on November 1st, 1926 after Harry Houdini's untimely passing.
1st edition November 1st, 1926, PDF 5 pages. | $3 to wish list | ||
Delphos Kleeblatt Conjuring Articles 1892 - 1904unknown The Delphos Kleeblatt, a German newspaper, was established by Carl Jettinger in December 1889 on a suggestion by Edward Gallaway. It ran until 1905. Gallaway approached Jettinger with the idea, having just returned to Delphos from a stint as a typesetter at a German newspaper in Indiana, and convinced him to partner with him in this newspaper startup. However, before the newspaper was launched Gallaway changed his mind, left Delphos, moved to Ft. Payne in Alabama and started there the Payne Weekly People. Carl Jettinger, a bit miffed by first being convinced of the great idea, and then Edward bailing out... | $12 to wish list | ||
Card Cheating Exposedunknown A complete revelation of the cheaters' work at Bridge, Nap, Solo, Bluff, Banker, Baccarat, Faro, etc. Published by Coe & Co. A rare booklet offered at the first 2023 Ricky Jay auction with an estimated price of $500-$800. Excerpt from the introduction: In introducing this little book to the public it is my intention and desire to expose the multiplicity of ways by which cheating at cards is accomplished. The average honest player is little suspicious of the enormous amount of cheating that is done, but what would astonish him still more would be to learn the simple tricks used by even the... | $15 to wish list | ||
Scientific MysteriesunknownA collection of simple and effective experiments illustrating chemical, physical, and optical wonders. Published by the Offices of the Chemist and Druggist. 42 Cannon Street, London.
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Card and Conjuring Tricks and Book of Riddlesunknown
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The New Conjuror's Museum and Magical Magazineunknown For magicians most interesting is a section with arithmetic tricks and another with legerdemain featuring effects such as letting a pen-knife jump out of a goblet, some card tricks, coin tricks, and chemical tricks.
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The Magic Oracle or Conjuror's Guideunknown This work reveals a mix of card tricks and other small magic effects, science tricks, and in particular chemical stunts and experiments. It also covers the making of fireworks in some depth including how to make an artificial volcano. Interesting was that even in 1850 it was clear that experimenting with mercury (quicksilver) was risky as the following quote from the book shows: Feats performed through the medium of quicksilver should be executed with the greatest caution, as there is some danger attending them. (Obviously, nobody should be casually experimenting with mercury. It is... | $10 to wish list | ||
After Dinner Tricks and Puzzles with your Seal Brand CoffeeunknownA nicely produced collection of mostly puzzles, brainteasers, and some which could be performed as magic tricks. In total there are 36 problems. Solutions are provided for all of them. 1st edition 1896, 12 pages of problems, 2 pages of answers. | $10 to wish listPDF_facsimile | ||
Bunte Streichholz Etiketten (gebraucht)unknown Große Hochglanzbroschüre mit vielen Streichholz Etiketten Reproduktionen. Herausgeber Druckfarbenfabriken Gebr. Schmidt GmbH. | $25 to wish list | ||
The Real New London Conjuror or the Art of Legerdemainunknown Showing the various ways of performing tricks by sleight-of-hand on dice, cards, etc., together with many surprising deceptions.
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Scientific Betting (used)unknown Softcover book in decent condition. For details on the contents see the digital edition. | $15 to wish list | ||
Revelations of a Spirit Mediumunknown Spiritualistic mysteries exposed by a medium. A detailed explanation of the methods used by fraudulent mediums. From the preface: The author of this book does not consider it a "literary gem," by any means, but claims that it accomplishes the object for which it was written, viz.: gives the reader an expose of the methods pursued by the "spiritual medium" in the various deceptions they practice in their "circles," "sittings," and "seances," which does expose. The author has been a working "medium" for the past twenty years, and is not guessing or theorizing in what he has written. He will... | $5 to wish list | ||
Perfecto One-Man Psychic Actunknown Now you can perform a sealed message reading psychic act, without the use of paid accomplices of any kind. Not just one, but two complete presentations are thoroughly and patiently explained. The Question-and-Answer or "Q&A" Act is one of the most riveting that the psychic entertainer can present. Your audiences will be amazed to find that the psychic performer is able to discern their thoughts ... even though their questions remain sealed and in view in a glass bowl upon the stage. And yes, their questions can be returned after the performance. This act is the result of years of successful... | $6 to wish list | ||
Within the Dark Circleunknown This hard-to-find text on trumpet mediumship and fraudulent spiritism is now updated and better than ever. Audiences enjoy seeing the psychic entertainer reveal the inside secrets of fraudulent mediums. And now, thanks to this rare old manuscript, you can. We love the title, for it really sets the mood, as the manifestations described take place in the dark, around the séance table. This is just the ticket for hosting a regular series of entertaining séances at your home, or that of your client. And that's not all. Only in this edition is revealed a modern-day source for obtaining a... | ★★★★★ $15 to wish list | ||
Magic For the Millionsunknown How to do magic easily and quickly, including illusions, stage magic, parlor magic, sleight-of-hand, and party stunts. From the Foreword: The Author of Magic For the Millions is a retired magician of many years experience as a professional showman, entertainer, writer, compiler and creator of humor. He lets us peek into the mysteries of magic; he regales us with a lot of new party stunts; he tells us what to do to amuse guests at the dinner table.
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Saturday Reviewunknown This is the review of Robert-Houdin's The Sharper Detected and Exposed that appeared in Saturday Review on May 9th, 1863. 1st edition 1863; PDF 5 pages. | ★★★★★ $2 to wish list | ||
The Play Roomunknown This is an interesting book with beautifully weird games, stunts, experiments, puzzles and magic, some of which I have not seen described anywhere else.
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Scientific BettingunknownThis is an exceptionally good ebook on odds and percentages of various popular games including horse races.
1st edition 1947, 120 pages; PDF 87 pages. | $10 to wish list | ||
The Black Art or Magic Made Easyunknown
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The Mysteries of the Seanceunknown The "tell-all" book that reveals the innermost secrets of "office" and seance mediums! These are the very methods used by fraudulent spirit mediums to bilk the innocent public. Because this ebook lays bare the actual methods, the author chose to be anonymous, for fear of reprisals by crooked mediums and their followers. You'll learn the secrets of "Blood writing" (as sold by The Nelson Enterprises), ghostly apparitions, spirit slate writing, seance exhibitions, ballot tests, and many, many other pseudo-mediumistic stunts. The author, a member of the Spiritualist religious movement, finally... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish list | ||
Conjuring Contretempsunknown This is a fun and informative article by an anonymous amateur magician detailing various mishaps of magic performances. Along the way we learn the modus operandi of all kinds of illusions, from Buatier de Kolta's vanishing cage all the way to the bullet catch. This article was originally published in Chamber's Journal of December 16th, 1882. 1st edition 1882, 5 pages; digital edition 8 pages. | ★★★★★ $2 to wish list | ||
Monte Carlounknown This manual exposes cheating at gambling of all kinds including more than 100 methods of rigged machines, tables, dice, marked cards, sleight of hand and more. It is unclear when this book was originally published, but it does reprint some illustrations from The Expert at the Card Table which means it must be after 1902. Our best guess is that this was published during the 1920s. From the preface: The lack of knowledge on any one subject is not ignorance. You may be the smartest lawyer, the most brilliant doctor, a captain of finance, an intelligent banker, an educated scholar, and a gentleman in every walk of... | $6 to wish list | ||
La Sedia Elettrica e la Moneta Bollenteunknown Uno spettatore viene chiamato a sedersi su una sedia . Dopo un po’ sobbalza dalla sedia come se fosse stato colpito da una scossa elettrica. La cosa si ripete varie volte durante il corso della presentazione...un bambino viene chiamato a tenere una moneta che l'esecutore può tenere tranquillamente in mano ma lui non ci riesce, perchè nelle sue mani la moneta diventa bollente e la deve ripetutamente gettare a terra...poi... Questa è una breve descrizione degli effetti che si possono eseguire , senza spesa e in poco tempo, conoscendo questo segreto gelosamente custodito e ora spiegato... | ★★★★★ $10 to wish list | ||
The Book of Forbidden Knowledgeunknown This is a weird book that mixes black magic, superstitions, charms, divination, signs, omens, hypnosis ... and conjuring. You can find next to each other things like "how to make persons at a distance think of you" and "how to perform the Davenport Brothers' Spirit Mysteries". Probably it is most useful for finding interesting story lines. 1st digital edition 2012, 63 pages. | ★★★★★ $5 to wish list | ||
Pseudo Ipnosi Animaleunknown I metodi per ipnotizzare apparentemente un animale, qualunque animale, sono stati tenuti SEGRETI per lungo tempo. Ora questi segreti sono resi disponibili ad un ristretto numero di persone. Le informazioni contenute in questo volumetto infatti ti insegneranno ad ipnotizzare in maniera apparente : conigli, rospi, rane, maiali, galline, galli, crostacei, aragoste, gamberi, porcellini d'india, camaleonti, lucertole, oche, rettili, serpenti , coccodrilli e animali di grossa taglia. Ovviamente l'ipnosi non c'entra niente, ma ti verranno spiegati metodi , "trucchi”, per porre in un apparente... | $10 to wish list | ||
Mentalism Unleashedunknown MOVE OVER 13 STEPS... Easy to learn with full color photos and embedded Quicktime video clips! There's no fluff in this manuscript. It was written by a collaboration of mind reading experts. You'll learn to:
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Manual de Magica Blancaunknown This is a Spanish 19th century magic manual describing mostly effects based on clever mechanical, chemical, optical, acoustic and physical principles. It also contains earlier versions of card and coin tricks based upon simple sleight of hand and mathematical principles. You will notice the ebook is not written in modern Spanish. A great work for historians, collectors or simply if you feel curious about bizarre magic methods of the 19th century. 1st edition 1881; 339 pages. | ★★★★★ $9 to wish listPDF_facsimile | ||
Practical Hypnotism - How to Hypnotizeunknown Aside from some archaic word usage this ebook gives you all the fundamentals to perform hypnosis. No need to buy a high priced course. All the basics are here as well as hypnotism's historic background. 62 pages.
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The Adventures of Ajeeb - The Wonderful Chess Automatonunknown From an old description: Ajeeb, who recently completed a tour across the United States, meeting all state champions and whose record remains undefeated, is now at the Steel Pier, Atlantic City, meeting all comers at checkers. Ajeeb's wizardry at chess and checkers is world renowned, and its secret mechanism has baffled mankind since 1769, the year in which it was devised. During its career, this marvelous automaton has humbled in chess not only the masters of the world, but the greatest soldier of them all - Napoleon Bonaparte. Ajeeb's mysterious mechanism, its uncanny ability to... | ★★★★★ $5 to wish list | ||
25 Lessons in Hypnotismunknown Shades of the Manchurian Candidate...this book teaches how to put someone into a hypnotic trance by showing them a playing card. This is a great starter book from the depression years with all kinds of diverse hypnotic information. There are even a few "politically incorrect" statements in the book. But, after all, it was the 1930s. You will be taught ways to hypnotize yourself or a room full of people, how to hypnotize someone instantaneously, and even how to hypnotize animals. It also covers mesmerism, magnet healing and other closely related subjects. 1st edition 1930s; 35 pages | ★★★★★ $5 to wish list | ||
Learn How to be a Handcuff King and Mystery Manunknown This booklet covers a good selection of Houdini-style escape illusions. Among others you will learn how to escape from a safe or vault or trunk. It teaches several rope ties, how to pick locks and how to escape from handcuffs. This is a worthwhile addition to your escapology library. 24 pages.
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Hocus Pocus Juniorunknown This book includes detailed work on the "Cups and Balls," and the first version of the "Stack of Pence" (i.e., "Stack of Quarters"). It is probably the first English book written from the viewpoint of a performing magician. Any serious magician should read this book, not to learn a lot of new tricks, but to realize how much has been known for a long time. This book is part of our history. I understand that $60 or more for a paper reprint is hard to justify, but now for a few bucks there should be no excuse to not read this wonderful little treasure. 1st edition, 1634; 52 pages.
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Five Mind Reading Acts Exposedunknown Five Mind Reading Acts Exposed was written prior to 1940 and upon reading the 12 pages of instruction you realize that everything old is new again. Although all the routines are designed for a two person act some of the ideas contained can be adapted for a single performer. No author is credited and it is a compilation of secrets of acts of that era. Act No. 1 is the reading of dates on coins sealed in envelopes. Today’s mentalists could combine this with Psychometry and Cold Reading to use as a feature in their act. Act No. 2 is a preamble to the question answering act of Falkenstein.... | ★★★★★ $5 to wish list | ||
The Art of Modern Conjuringunknown Today we have the Masked Magician exposing magic secrets. Eighty years ago it probably was done by writing a book without the author's name given. I do not know if this book falls in the category 'exposure'. It certainly is a book that clearly reveals a lot of interesting tricks. One is the bullet catch. It has nearly 200 excellent photographs. Card and coin manipulation is dealt with in great detail. Overall a very good book. The photographs are the outstanding part. A review in the March 1909 Sphinx states: "The Art of Modern Conjuring" is an anonymously written work on "Drawing Room... | ★★★★★ $5 to wish list |
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