The Méliés playing cards were printed at the United States Playing Card Company. The cards have an air cushion finish; this will make the cards appealing to both card collectors and card...
These are the most popular Cresey mouth coils. The bright colors show up great even from a distance. Each coil is 60 feet long and has been tightly wound into a tiny bundle. Easy to conceal. Reach...
The magician borrows a tie from a member of the audience. The tie is placed into a wicker basket. The magician casts a sell upon the tie... then, slowly and magically the tie starts to rise out of...
A coloring book is shown to have all blank pages. Suddenly, with a wave of the magicians hand, pictures of clowns appear in the book, outlined in black. With audience participation, the magician takes...
The magician shows a bag that looks similar to any change bag, but a fraction of the size. He shows it's empty and then he produces some silks or whatever he wants! You will also be able to use th...
There are effects in this book that you won’t find anywhere else. Where else would you find a trick with a Jack in the Box, perfect for a children’s show? Or a routine with four coins and a pickle bot...
This book is fascinating, and it has photographs, making it one of the first magic books to have them. Inside are effects with coins, cards, billiard balls, and thimbles (including a new way of palmin...
For boys and girls who would like to stage these little plays and their parent and friends who would like to help them. A collection of short plays for children....
This book is an introduction to building physical strength. Strongmen were very popular as performance artists in circuses, sideshows, and later vaudeville performing seemingly impossible feats of su...
The Invention of Printing has always been recognized by educated men as a subject of importance: there is no mechanical art, nor are there any of the fine arts, about whose early history so many books...
The Red Demons were two young Americans who performed an incredible act all surrounding the use of heat and fire. Discover some of the secrets of swallowing fire, spitting fireballs, lighting lamps w...
The purpose of this book is to explain how the rich world of Folk Literature may be used as material by children from which to create plays for puppets, pantomimes, pageants, ballets, tableaux, and sh...
How would you describe the perfect magic trick? I would describe it as: self working, impromptu, gimmick free, no set-up, uses all borrowed objects, visually stunning, start completely clean, end co...
The worst thing that can happen at a party is for the guests to sit round waiting while the host and hostess are trying to think of something for them all to do. The question “What shall we do next?”...