David Devant was one of England’s greatest magicians, and this book offers a varied selection of magic effects. There is a chapter on impromptu magic that can be performed anytime, anywhere, as well as chapters on card magic, mental magic, dinner table magic, and even hand shadows. There is also a v...
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 bottle? Or what about an effect with a plate, a spoon, and a bottomless paper bag? This book has them. ...
William Henry Cremer shares some of magic’s secrets. Contents Part I. Tricks Executed without Confederates, and by Simple Means, with Startling Effects Parlour Diversions Miscellaneous Tricks with Articles Easily Obtained Egg Tricks The Magic of Acoustics Bottle Tricks Fortune Telling Second Sight P...
Here is a booklet full of anecdotes, jokes, one liners, and straight comedy routines, all having to do with magic. Some of the material is dated, and some is corny, but a lot of the lines and bits are still funny....
This is actually a catalogue of all the wooden props manufactured by F.G.Thayer in the 1920’s, and they are beautiful. Exquisite examples of hand turned ball and vases, tables, wands, billiard balls, pedestals, card boxes, houlettes, sand frames, and much more. And there are photographs of all these...
The following pages contain practical ties that possess an entertainment value, and the majority of them may be acquired with but little practice. Houdini hugely advocates rope escapes in this book for other magicians. One of the reasons is that locks, handcuffs, trunks, chains and other apparatus a...
Here is a book with nineteen original effects or improvements on existing effects. There is a chapter on card magic, then a section on mind reading, and the last part contains miscellaneous magic, including a slate effect with “magnetic peas”....
Louis Nikola was a magical genius, and after reading this book you will understand why. He devised ingenious methods for impossible effects, and goes into great detail explaining them. Dyeing silks, a vanishing cane, a display table for card tricks that folds up at the end of the show with the cards...