“My professional life has been a constant record of disillusion, and many things that seem wonderful to most men are the every-day commonplaces of my business.” – Harry Houdini In Miracle Mongers and Their Methods: A Complete Expose, the legendary Houdini turns a critical eye to the astonishing clai...
This is a collection of practical magic effects that can all be performed with various objects found in the home. There are effects with cards, nails, eggs, handkerchiefs, rings, straw hats, and more. The first half of the book describes the effects, and the second half of the book explains them....
Mr. White invented some amazing and ingenious magic effects, mostly for the stage, and this book details the construction of props that allow magic with rabbits, hats, dice, and a very convincing sucker effect with a bouquet of flowers....
A Complete Encyclopedia of the Magic Art for Professional and Amateur Entertainers. Sections include: The Art of Juggling The Balanced Coins, The Balancing Billiard Balls and Cue, Ball Spinning, Blindfold Jugglery, The Card Candlestick and Cigar Balance, The Centre of Gravity, A Complicated Balance,...
Will Goldston teaches Modern Card Tricks without Apparatus. Nothing other than a pack of playing cards is required to perform every trick explained. Goldston has compiled some of the most iconic pieces of card magic of all time: Cut the Cards Telling the Number of Cards in the Hand by Weight Odd or ...
The standard on Modern Card Manipulation by C. Lang Neil. C. Lang Neil wrote what would become a standard in the magic world for card manipulations. The first section of the book deals with the principal of naturalness in magic, the manners and gestures that are natural to a magician, the clothing o...
Here is a complete two person mind reading act, with everything you need to know, including a coding system that will allow you to perform effects such as revealing the date on a coin you have never seen, how to tell the time shown by any watch, how to give the birthday of anyone in the room, and ho...
Jasper Maskelyne, the famous illusionist, presents a practical book that enables the curious to become expert entertainers in the art of magic. Tricks with cards, coins, handkerchiefs, pieces of paper, rope and other common objects are described in detail. Chapters are also provided on stage managem...
Reminiscing on 60 years of magic and deception. A look into a magician’s life from learning his first magic trick, through to his eventual career. A great, funny, and personal read....