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Dr. Q not only tells you how to describe objects in detail after having been heavily blindfolded with cotton pads and heavy adhesive tapes, but he also tells you how to present the act in its most effective fashion and what to say while presenting it.

Yes, here is the whole secret of this act, described in detail, plus complete patter and presentation. Half dollars (borrowed and unprepared) may first be placed over the eyelids. Then more than half a dozen strips of adhesive tape are placed over the eyes and pressed down tightly at all points. (Tape is also unprepared and may be borrowed.)...

This is number 8 from volume 56, with Jonathan Pendragon on the cover. Issue is in very good condition with one small crease on the lower right corner of the cover.

A captivating 45- to 60-minute lecture-demonstration about Harry and Bess Houdini's pact to find a means of communicating with each other after Harry's death. A complete lecture script with suggested effects. Perform it any time of year, but especially during the month of October (since Houdini died on Halloween). This is sure-fire entertainment for adult, college, and high school audiences. Earn money by performing this lecture-demonstration for civic group luncheons, college campus special events, at libraries, haunted houses, spook shows, and more.

This presentation revives the age-old...

Learn what and what not to do when presenting magic for a TV audience. In no other field is it as easy to go wrong, or as easy to do right - if you're prepared with the proper information. Discover why these tricks are not good for television broadcasts: Twentieth Century Silks, Sucker Sliding Die Box, Zombie, Sympathetic Silks, Gloves to Dove, Cigarette Manipulations. Do you know the answers to why the above - and scores more like them - are so often performed poorly on TV? If not, you need this ebook, which gives you all the answers.

Written by a former television artist, Tricks for Television...

With this method, you can cause a girl to vanish from a nightclub floor.

When this was first introduced, Thayer claimed it was the dream of every magician. We agree. It seems impossible. Perform it on a regular nightclub floor. No stage traps, wings, flies or other conveniences that you'd find in a theater environment. That's what makes this illusion seem so utterly convincing. You even invite a committee of spectators (not stooges) to supervise and ensure that all's fair.

The girl enters a box, sitting atop a four-legged table. The box is lifted from the table and falls to the floor,...

This is number 9 from volume 39, with U. F. Grant on the cover. Issue is in very good condition with one pressure mark running across from top to bottom.

A fast, modern escape act you can present at nightclubs, casino floor shows, and TV.

It's an ever-changing world. And with these changes come new modes in everything, including show business. Houdini could be heavily shackled, then retire to a cabinet for thirty minutes, liberate himself and the audiences clamored for more. But that was then ... Paying customers today demand two things: speed and comedy. Many successful professional magicians throw good tricks away if the item won't produce at least six laughs and takes more than two minutes to perform.

This act has been streamlined to appeal...

Here's a rare opportunity to obtain 50 of Thayer's ideas for tricks that they planned to release in the 1940s, but due to wartime restrictions, were unable to produce in large quantities. Back in the day, hundreds of magicians said: "Thayer, I wish I could go through your files. You must have hundreds of ideas stored away: tricks that magicians have sent you for sale and manufacture." And Thayer listened. In their files and desk drawers were literally hundreds of ideas. Some they sought out and paid for. Others were given to them. But because of wartime government priorities, it was impossible...

Do you want those extra dates between Thanksgiving and Christmas? Then update and transform your act with one or more of these sparkling suggestions for timely holiday magic. Let your agent or webmaster know that you've added something special to your act for the holiday season and watch those bookings roll in.

If you're interested in earning those extra dollars, this updated ebook is for you. With 79 ideas for tricks and extra seasonal revenue with Christmas ornaments, Santa Claus, candles, holly wreathes, mistletoe, holly berries, tinsel garlands, gift-wrapped presents, etc.

But don't...

This superb script allows a mentalist or psychic entertainer to apparently reveal any spectator's life, from the cradle to the grave. Is it mind reading? ESP? Vulcan Mind Meld? No, it's Larsen and McCarron's Life Span Reading, the psychic worker's "secret sauce" that, judiciously used, will convince most anyone that you have real psychic ability.

Not a trick, but a psychological profile that fits nearly anyone who walks in the door. Life readings such as this have been jealously guarded by office mediums, who use the spiel to convince the client of the psychic's innate ability. Yet, no special...

A nice collection of five more entertaining effects for psychic entertainers that will leave audiences thinking that they have just witnessed genuine mind reading. You get:

Musical Mindreading - A spectator selects one of twelve songs, without revealing it to anyone else - and the medium (seated at the piano or CD player) is somehow able to play that very selection. Most musical mindreading acts have required long study. This can be learned in less than fifteen minutes. Little or no expense. An excellent, apparently impromptu item for the home, club or stage.

Distant Card Reading - A number...

Add variety and comedy to any act with this delightful presentation, based on the outlandish medicine pitches of yesteryear.

Entertain your pitch with magic
Interspersed throughout the comedy pitch are honest-to-goodness magic effects that you likely already own. In this revised edition, you are given several examples that will give you additional ideas. There's no need to go out and buy new tricks.

This lecture is different
Not a magic show in the strict sense, this is a humorous act in itself, which is how you present it to potential clients. This talk is just the ticket for corporate...

Here's an entertaining, 40-60 minute lecture that you, the magical performer, can present on the topic of paying attention to avoid getting taken in by scams, cons and crooked politicians. And it's a money-maker, too.

Entertain your talk with magic: Your audience will not only be informed, but entertained with magic effects that you likely already have, or modestly priced items easily obtained from most any dealer. This newly revised edition also includes three effects recommended by Larsen, that you would previously have had to buy separately.

This lecture is in demand: Not a magic show...

Bill Larsen reveals the inside secrets for performing magic to children in this newly revised ebook.

Aside from the author's sage and practical advice, garnered from hundreds of shows for youngsters, you get twelve entertaining routines using standard equipment you likely already own. Now you, too, can crack this lucrative field and beat out the local competition. Included are tricks using toys, animals, rings, coins, handkerchiefs, silks, etc. Most of the described effects include full patter.

Best of all, this edition has been newly revised and updated with performance suggestions and...

Long out of print, we're pleased to bring you this nice collection of sleight of hand card work from the team of Larsen and Wright. These clever card miracles are written in a relaxed, personal style, just as if Larsen and Wright were sharing the various moves in the back room of your local magic shop.

You'd expect to pay a king's ransom for the original, single broadside sheet manuscript. Luckily, Magic World has reissued this hard to find manuscript in a revised, easy-to-read digital format. Unlike the original, the individual effects now even have titles, making it easier than ever before...

(Larsen is writing as Rev. Dr. Richard Straussberg)

Whether you want to haunt a house, perform a parlor seance, or entertain a private audience with a series of ghostly mysteries, this book shows you how to do it. Long out of print, this limited edition manuscript is now available to a new generation of house haunters, spirit mediums and practitioners of bizarre magick. Use these spine-chilling effects to scare the yell out of your victims. If you're a storyteller, use one or more of these macabre stunts to accentuate a horror story.

Use an effect or two to spice up your existing act....

Long out of print, we're pleased to bring you this collection of baffling close-up and small group effects for magicians and psychic entertainers, from the minds of Larsen and Wright.

The material in this ebook was chosen for its entertainment value, its suitability for small audiences, and to ensure that the methods are new and novel. Not a rehash of old content, this is magic that your audiences will enjoy as much as you will enjoy performing it.

You get:

The Magic Mail - The magician forgets to stamp a letter. A spectator chooses a denomination from among 16 choices and holds the...

Here's the perfect "one man" comedy mentalism act that's great for those occasions when you aren't able to perform your regular show. Or add it as a feature to your regular act.

Don't confuse this with the old "two person" comedy mindreading act. This hilarious routine can be performed by you, alone, without assistants, stage hands or stooges. Using a crystal ball, a jumbo electric light bulb, or even a swirly-painted bowling ball, you cause a laugh riot by apparently answering questions which have been merely "thought of" by your audience. There's no mystery to it. All you need is this clever...

Host your own entertaining séance or year-round haunted house with these frightfully spooky stunts.

Not just for Halloween, you'll be the life of the party any time with more than a devil's dozen effects and stunts that take place around the séance table or darkened room. They won't break the (blood) bank, either.

Newly revised, with over 20 pages of added content, including new methods, attractions and ideas to make yours the most talked-about event in your city or town. Don't just perform magic . . . live it in your own house of spooks and ghosts.

Here's a partial look at the contents: ...

1. Thayer's Magical Bulletin - Volume 13, Number 1 - June, 1948 - 16 pages
1. cover photo - Charles Kirkham
3. Inside the Cabinet - Bill Larsen, Jr.
3. Pipe Lines - Bill Larsen, Jr.
4. Suggested Routines - Edw. W. Myers
4. Why Doesn't Someone ...? - Bill Larsen, Jr.
5. Interesting Combinations - Bowman and Clark
5. So You Want to Play Casuals - Dale Williams
6. Be Careful What You Say! - Pat Fitzgerald
6. Whispers - Bascom Jones, Jr.
7. Old Timer Recalls - Jerome Isaacs
7. Put Your Act to Work - Bill Larsen, Jr.
8. Talk for Tricks
   • Patter for Multiplying Golf Balls - Pat Fitzgerald
   • Patter for Mutilated Parasol...

Here's an entertaining, 25- to 60-minute lecture that you, the magician or mentalist, can present on the topic of scams and cons. And it's a money-maker.

Become an Expert on Cons and Swindles...
Or just talk like one. This is a new field for most magicians and mentalists, allowing you to give your lecture to civic groups, security seminars, government agencies, corporations -- anywhere people gather. And these organizations have deep pockets, too, able to pay you well for your time.

Fabled Bunco Games of History...
Now become practical, effective tricks in the magician's hands, each...

Here are six stunning mental and spirit-flavored effects from the creative minds of Larsen and Wright.

From the authors of The L. W. Card Mysteries comes this great ebook of effects for psychic entertainers that will leave audiences thinking that they have just witnessed genuine thought stealing!

You get:

• Psychic Vision - An ingenious method of answering a single question.
• The Quick or the Dead - Perhaps the best method ever for performing this great billet test. Put your thinking cap on and you'll find many uses for this, aside from the original premise.
• From a Shuffled Pack - A great test feature. ...

Every effect in the L. W. Card Mysteries is an apparent miracle. None of the effects requires long practice or more than a modicum of sleight of hand. Many require little skill at all. Just a rehearsal or two and you'll be all set to amaze and, most of all, entertain.

Just think!

You'll learn how to make two selected cards turn over in the pack without the use of skill and no false moves of any sort; to make a selected card vanish from the hands of the spectator and be found elsewhere; to make two cards change places - the positions of the cards being seen up to the moment of the change;...

November 1997 - September 1998
Irene Larsen, Publisher and Erika Larsen, Editor This Volume has only 5 Issues

372 pages

1. Genii - Volume 61, Number 1 - November 1997 - 76 pages
1. Cover - Jack Kodell
5. Contents
11. The Genii Speaks - Erika Larsen
14. Letters
    • Exposure Blues - John Holveck
    • Pete C. Matsuka
    • Hand it to You - Bob Loomis
    • An Ex"swain"ation - James Swain
    • Attention Readers!
15. Guide to Advertisers
18. A Word From Our Publisher - Irene Larsen
    • Greetings, Friends - poem - Steve Bryant
22. Genii News - Magic News - compiled by Erika Larsen
    • Round & About ...

November 1996 - October 1997
Irene Larsen, Publisher and Erika Larsen, Editor

1024 pages Each issue starts with page number one - therefore, each page has an issue number and a page number.

1. Genii - Volume 60, Number 1 - November 1996 - 92 pages
1. Cover - Joel Hodgson
5. Contents
11. The Genii Speaks - Erika Larsen
16. Letters
    • Anniversary Waltz - Stanley Blumenthal
    • Richard Cohn
    • Anniversary Faults - Eugene Poinc
    • Plans for the Future - Molly Meyer
    • Wherever - Eugene Burger
    • T.M.W.K.T.M. - Max Maven
    • Artist Currently Known As - Hamlet Gervorkian
    • Sitting on a Barbed Wire...

November 1995 - October 1996
Irene Larsen, Publisher and Erika Larsen, Editor

1028 pages

1. Genii - Volume 59, Number 1 - November 1995 - 80 pages
1. Cover - Bob Markwood's Perfect Birthday Party?
5. Contents
9. The Genii Speaks - Erika Larsen
12. Letters
    • Isn't Life Wonderful? - Roger Thompson
    • Puttin' on the Ritz - Mike Rogers
    • Get Back - Tom Zell
    • Trend of Truth - Bruce Meyers
    • Monumental - Peter D. Blanchard
    • Incidental - Ed Warren
13. Guide to Advertisers
14. A Word From Our Publisher - Irene Larsen
18. Genii News - Magic News - compiled by Erika Larsen
    • "Two" of a Kind ...

November 1994 - October 1995
Irene Larsen, Publisher and Dante and Erika Larsen, Editors

944 pages

1. Genii - Volume 58, Number 1 - November 1994 - 68 pages
1. Cover - NBC's "World's Greatest Magic"
5. Contents
9. The Genii Speaks - Erika Larsen
10. Letters Department
    • Pat Hennessy
    • Nathan Jenkins
    • Al Portwood
    • Erika Larsen
11. A Word From Our Publisher - Irene Larsen
11. Genii Guide to Advertisers
14. Genii News - Magic News - compiled by Erika Larsen
    • Credit Card Carney
    • Impressive Numbers
    • Gathering Magic
    • Library of Congress
    • More Vegas
    • Thanks for the Memories

November 1993 - October 1994
Irene Larsen, Publisher and Dante and Erika Larsen, Editors

844 pages

1. Genii - Volume 57, Number 1 - November 1993 - 68 pages
1. Cover - Patrick Culliton and T.L. Williams Conjure Up the Spirit of Houdini
5. In This Issue - contents
20. The Genii Speaks - Erika Larsen
21. Houdini - A Special Issue - Patrick Culliton and T.L. Williams
    21. Houdini, A Magician for the Ages - Patrick Culliton
    23. Outline - Society Sketch - by Harry Houdini
    24. Bahl Yahn and the Strong Man - by Harry Houdini
    26. Manny - Patrick Culliton
    27. Flight and Magic - Harry Houdini
    29. Buried Alive...

November 1992 - October 1993
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Editor then, Irene Larsen, Publisher and Dante Larsen, Editor

816 pages

1. Genii - Volume 56, Number 1 - November 1992 - 76 pages
1. Cover - Theo Annemann
5. In This Issue - contents
22. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
23. Annemann
    23. Vamp Till Ready - Bob Weill
    24. Early Annemann and How He Thought - Robert Parrish
    25. Bill Larsen, Sr. on Ted Annemann
    26. The Annemann Story - Bob Weill
    26. Annemann's Foibles
        26. The Story of The Fox & The Goobers
        26. The Story of The Missing Marksman
        27. The Story of Wheels That Turn
        27. The...

November 1991 - October 1992
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Editor

856 pages

1. Genii - Volume 55, Number 1 - November 1991 - 76 pages
1. Cover - Doc Eason
5. In This Issue - contents
25. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
26. Doc Eason Feature - The Rocky Mountain Magic of Doc Eason
    26. My First Visit to The Tower - Michael Ammar
    27. Doc Eason Interviewed by Eric Mead
    28. The Tower Magic Bar
    29. Have Card Trick ... Will Travel - Doc Eason
    31. Jamy Ian Swiss on: Magic Bar
        • The Legend Lives
        • The Texture of the Weave
    32. Some Words about Doc from Ray Mertz and Karl Norman
    33. Mertz's...

November 1990 - October 1991
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Editor

852 pages

1. Genii - Volume 54, Number 1 - November 1990 - 80 pages
1. Cover - Jay Scott Berry
5. In This Issue - contents
22. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
23. The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
24. Celestial Sorcery, Inc. Presents A Special Issue - Jay Scott Berry
    26. Son of a Son of a Sorcerer
    40. The Fog Goblet - Jay Scott Berry
    41. The Mist Primer - Jay Scott Berry
    41. The Fog Hat - Jay Scott Berry
    42. The TM Primer - Jay Scott Berry
    42. Wacky Wand - Jay Scott Berry
    43. The Aero System - Jay Scott Berry
44. Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates ...

July 1989 - June 1990
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Editor

848 pages

845. Genii - Volume 53, Number 1 - July 1989 - 76 pages
845. Cover - Siegfried and Roy
849. In This Issue - contents
868. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
869. The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
870. Siegfried & Roy World Tour - Bill and Irene Larsen
876. Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
     • The Fabulous Frosty Guy
878. Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - James Patton, editor
     878. Proxy Stab - Phil Goldstein
     880. Intermission - James Patton
881. Absolutely Ogden - Tom Ogden
     • The Linking Nightmare - Tom Ogden
882. Tripp's...

July 1988 - June 1989
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Editor

843 pages (1 double page)

1. Genii - Volume 52, Number 1 - July 1988 - 60 pages
1. Cover - Dr. Robert Albo
5. In This Issue - contents
16. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
17. The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
18. Custodian of a million legends preserves health of antique magic - re: Dr. Robert Albo - Amy Stevens
    21. The Albo Books: Keeping the history of magic alive
    24. The Albo Collection: Home to magic's history
26. Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
    • Santazamm!
28. Cigarette Magic and Manipulation - Geoffrey Buckingham ...

July 1987 - June 1988
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Editor

864 pages

1. Genii - Volume 51, Number 1 - July 1987 - 72 pages
1. Cover - The Absolons
5. In This Issue - contents
18. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
19. The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
20. Czechoslovakian Magic Section
    20. A Short History of Czechoslovakian Conjuroring - Karel Absolon
    21. Karel and Blanka Absolon - AN Autobiography
    23. Double Wine Production - Karel Absolon
    24. Meet the Czechoslovakian Magicians
        24. The Family Kellner
        24. Oklama
        25. Joss Kaiser
        26. Duo Valer
        27. Karel Vaverka
        28. Zdenek Seeman
        29. Duo Dlabal ...

July 1986 - June 1987
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Editor

900 pages

1. Genii - Volume 50, Number 1 - July 1986 - 116 pages
1. Cover - Fiftieth Anniversary Issue
7. In This Issue - contents
34. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
35. The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
36. Fifty Years With Genii - Gerrie Larsen Baker Jaffe
37. How Can Anyone 58 Years Old Remember 50 Years of Genii? - William Walter Larsen, Jr.
41. Reprint of Genii, Issue 1, September 1936 [36 pages]
    44. A Love Poem - T. Page Wright
    45. The Genii Speaks
    46. The Error Aces - T. Page Wright & William W. Larsen
    46. Nothing New in Parasols - Dale Williams
    47. Felix,...

July 1985 - June 1986
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Editor

844 pages

1. Genii - Volume 49, Number 1 - July 1985 - 64 pages
1. Cover - Dan Fleshman
5. In This Issue - contents
19. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
20. The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
21. The Magic of Dan Fleshman
    21. Dan Fleshman - by Gene DeVoe
    22. Reverse Matrix - Dan Fleshman
    24. A Twist On An Ending - Dan Fleshman
    25. Coins to the Purse - Dan Fleshman
    27. PDQ Aces In Case the Aces Leave - Dan Fleshman
    29. Back and Forth Sandwich - Dan Fleshman
    29. Two Card Switch - Dan Fleshman
24. Remember, Be Kind To Your Animals - WWL (Jr)
30. The Johnny...