The Complete Ganson Magic Teach-In Series
Beginning in the late 1970s, Lewis Ganson, one of magic's most respected writers of that era, produced a series of booklets that featured comprehensive, photo-illustrated instruction in many classic, time-honored effects.
Now, for the first time, L&L Publishing has collected all 17 of these remarkable booklets into an amazing new volume-The Complete Ganson Magic Teach-In Series. The Complete Ganson Magic Teach-In Series gathers together the following titles:
- Matching the Cards
- Rovi Reveals
- The Three Card Monte as Entertainment
- Bernard's Lesson On Coin Magic
- A New Look At the Okito Box
- Colombini's Cups and Balls
- Two in the Hand and One In The Pocket
- Bernard's Lesson On Dice Stacking
- The Hindu Thread Trick A New Look at Card Fans
- A Fantasy In Thimbles
- Three Chinese Rings
- Weston's Continuous Cigarette Production
- The Floating and Dancing Cane
- The Sympathetic Silks
- Zombie: The Floating Ball
- Colombini's Rings Supreme
You'll find magic from such luminaries as:
- Lewis Ganson
- Dai Vernon
- Faucett Ross
- Fred Lowe
- Rovi
- Ian Adair
- Alex Elmsley
- Aldo Colombini
- Bobby Bernard
- Eddie Joseph
- Gerald Kosky
- Ken de Courcy
- Ali Bongo
- Will Ayling
- R. C. Buff
- Werry
...and many more!
Whether you're a close-up magic enthusiast or a stage performer, you'll find an almost unbelievable wealth of ideas, routines, presentations and sleights in The Complete Ganson Magic Teach-In Series to spark your imagination for many years to come.
You'll find clear instruction in card and coin magic, stage and manipulative effects and much, much more. Plus, in many cases, the original photography was rescreened, making this collection the best these booklets have ever looked. And, even if you could find them all, you would spend much more than the price of this book, particularly at collector's prices. (Even at their original cover price, this new volume represents a savings of almost 70%!)
Hardcover, 570 pages, cloth binding with gold-foil stamping, matching end sheets and full-color dust jacket.
Customer reviews for The Complete Ganson Magic Teach-In Series
I always enjoyed the individual booklets published by Supreme Magic featuring legends and their magic. This omnibus presents them in a beautiful way - making the teachings both accessible and easy to read.
I was bought this by my partner for Christmas and recently bought another copy for a dear friend who was celebrating a milestone (60 years in showbiz!) - I hope he enjoys it as much as I do!
Ganson selected a set of very popular magic effects, provided a history of the effects, an instruction of the effect and then, variations of the effect developed to tailor it to more performing venues. It is illustrated with a few drawings and a lot of photos. In this way, it is acknowledging the change to visual more than written learning.
During the era in which this series was introduced, I subscribed to The Magigram and purchased a few of these works. When the series was collected into this form in 2010, I was not seeking expansion of my magic library or act. Seeing this available now caused me to feel the thrill I had when Ganson introduced them.
I found the clear instruction I remembered, I found sections I had not seen and I found some new ideas about things I still do. Seldom in my many years of reading magic have I found books so clearly intended to produce working items for many skill levels. It is humbling to look at this and realize the wisdom so readily offered. It is a book to move one’s magical knowledge to higher levels.
The book was quickly delivered and in new condition.
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Eduardo George asks: Is Malini book inside as well?
- 1. Vanishing Inc. Magic responds:No. That is a different series.
Leigh asks: Dear Sirs Please may I ask for a bit of help in finding a particular book? Could this possibly be the one? I don't have the title or author which I know would help a lot (!?!) but I really do know it's out there somewhere because I once owned the book. There are 3 tricks in the book I remember. Six Card Repeat, Marked coin in matchbox and the one special one, Out of this World. In the books I now have (52 so far) I've seen all 3 tricks in various forms but not the OOTW that I remember. It was in the book with coloured pictures throughout about 2/3 in and printed on the right even numbered page. It had a quite different set up than the ones I have now seen but the clincher that sets it apart from the others was a complete scripted running order with all of the patter needed to make the trick even more believable. I do look forward to your reply. Many thanks Leigh Fraser
- 1. Vanishing Inc. Magic responds:I looked at the book, and sadly, I don't think this is the one you are looking for.
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