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...
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...
This book is an introduction to building physical strength. Strongmen were very popular as performance artists in circuses, sideshows, and later...
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...
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...
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Translated from the French, this was the definitive work on pantomime in 1927. An impressive table of contents includes chapters on facial muscles,...
Another winner from Bruce Elliott, author of Classic Secrets of Magic. Chapters on coin and paper money magic, rings, rope, handkerchiefs, mind...
David Devant was the David Copperfield of his day, and this is a book containing some of his favorite effects. Inside you will find chapters on card...
The Bobo Lecture is interesting because it does not contain a single coin effect, for which Bobo was known. Despite this, Bobo produced a great...
Walford Bodie takes you into his world to share his views on: Hypnotism and Mesmerism Stage Hypnotism Face to Face with the Public The Occult...
The Book of Magic: Being a Simple Description of Some Good Tricks and How to Do Them, With Patter. A book from 1916 that covers a lot of ground....
The basic trick is this: a dime and a penny are placed on the palm of a spectator’s hand, which is closed over the coins. When the hand is re-opened,...
3rd Edition. Printing information on title page is as follows: Printed for A. Clark, and are to be sold by Dixy Page at the Turks-Head in Cornhill...
The Drawing-Room Entertainer: A Practical Guide to the Art of Amateur and Semi-Professional Entertaining, With Instruction in Conjuring,...
Flat out one of the greatest magic books ever written, and one of the first magic books to have photographs. This new edition contains magic with...
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was an ardent spiritualist, and in this book he explains his reasons why. There are many examples of apparent psychic...
A collection of Tudor and early Stuart tracts and ballads telling of the lives and misdoings of vagabonds, thieves, rogues and cozeners, and giving...
This is a digital version of an edition of Dai Vernon’s famous “Twenty Dollar Manuscript” that was put out without authorization in the 40s and 50s....
A wonderful magician and great showman, Billy was adored by everyone, and was also a very clever performer. This little booklet contains 20 items...
Charles Jordan was a genius, and this book contains some of his most ingenious material. There is a section on impromptu card effects with a baffling...
A historical look at The Heroes of The Puppet Stage. The Play Bill I. Prologue II. At the puppet show III. Behind the scenes IV. The celebrated Punch...
Arthur Ford was a Spiritualist minister who like a vulture swooped in on Beatrice Houdini after Harry Houdini passed away. Taking advantage of her in...
A collection of secrets and magical effects from the mind of Annemann. Insto-Transpo Stop The Dollar – Cigarette Challenge Remote Control...