Stage Flying surveys the long history of simulated human flight - from religious plays to church celebrations to a host of theatrical forms - opera, vaudeville, pantomime and spectacle - all the way to David Copperfield's famous stage flying. Pages: 112 - 7 x 10 - Hardcover - Dust jacket - Black and...
This book is meant to teach you how the Monte was performed on the street where there is no room for error. This is not a book on how to hustle people out of their hard earned money. Instead, it is intended to teach you thereal Three Card Monte as it is meant to be performed. Table of Contents: Hist...
Lecture Notes III (Has he Really Lost his Mind?) is from Terry's most recent lecture tour. This set of notes includes 5 complete routines, most of which can be done on an impromptu basis. The notes include the Mentally Selected Card, which Terry considers a reputation maker in and of itself!...
Catalog Instruction Sheets They don't make 'em like that any more, is an oft heard expression. This could well apply to the magical apparatus made by Floyd Thayer in the 20's and 30's. The Thayer slogan Quality Magic was no idle boast. The workmanship was equal if not superior to the best including ...
This book contains on 20 pages 6 more mentalism routines most of it completely impromptu! All the routines are audience tested and comes from Martin's repertoire! Sweet: Several spectators (8-10) attempt to guess how many candies are in a jar. Only one will guess the exact amount correctly and an en...
This is a biography of John Henry Anderson, better known as The Great Wizard of the North. According to Anderson, the chief requisites for success in the performance of fears of legerdemain are manual dexterity and self-possession. The former by practice, the latter by well-grounded confidence. Houd...
The Secret is mentalism and does take some guts. Some will want to use an occasional out. Bob Sheets, Allen Zingg and Kenton all have made reputations on this material. We supply some no-miss methods as well as the more bold approaches. This is POWERFUL stuff - some of the most valuab...
From the introduction: Bob Chesbro is a true tipnician and has the uncanny ability to work sheer sorcery using tips. Bob's plots and routines are not only novel, but are constructed and performed with great skill. As John Ruskin (1819-1900) once put it, All books are divided into two classes: T...
Vivify contains ten original stage illusions fully described and illustrated in glorious full colour. Also included are two thought provoking essays. Foreword by Brett Daniels. VIVIFY - Etymology: Middle English: to nourish, to give life. Latin: vivificus - enlivening. 1. To endow with life or renew...
Docc Hilford's Top Shelf includes everything you need to get started in performing at Top End night clubs, restaurants, and bistros - a special report and three of Docc Hilford's Acts: - The Invisible Stranger (Book) - Frustrated with complicated Billet peeks that are cleverer on the page than in th...