Another winner from Bruce Elliott, author of Classic Secrets of Magic. Chapters on coin and paper money magic, rings, rope, handkerchiefs, mind reading, and a chapter on self-working card tricks, all described in his wonderful writing style. Recommended by David Roth, Conjuring Arts Research Center’...
Translated from the French, this was the definitive work on pantomime in 1927. An impressive table of contents includes chapters on facial muscles, hand movements, passive expressions, accessories, music, and much more....
During the war years the following simple card tricks were shown and taught to men in military hospitals. Because many of the men were physically handicapped, sleight-of-hand was purposely avoided. Patient participation was encouraged and the degree of elaboration given to each trick depended on the...
An amazing look into early 20th Century Magic! Issued by Thomas Worthington from 1929 to 1943. It includes indexes printed at the time and, of course, is fully text searchable....
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 supernatural strength. Some strongmen, such as Steve Reeves and Reg Park (later known as bodybuilders) ...
Super Magical Miracles: A Collection of Exclusive Magical Secrets Invented by John Booth John Booth was a magician with a lot of original ideas. Here are some off-beat effects with a variety of objects. Magic with pencils, cigarettes, watches, pocket dictionaries, poker chips, crayons, slates, and t...
Here is the complete patter as used by Mr. DeLawrence for several classic card effects, including the slap aces, the card stab, and the twenty card trick. There is also his patter for some non-card effects, such as the egg bag, the torn and restored card, the nest of boxes, the twentieth-century han...
Sleights: Being a Number of Incidental Effects, Tricks, Sleights, Moves and Passes for Purposes Ranging from Impromptu to Platform Performances. The title says it all. A collection of sleights, devised by Hull, for an assortment of different effects. A new way of performing the magnetized cards, a c...