Rare Magic Ebooks - page 6

Here is a collection of card effects all based on the rough and smooth principle, or adhesive cards. The idea of roughing only one half of the card...

The Second edition of this classic is larger and has more material than the original. Sleight of Hand is one of the classic introductions to the art,...

Mr. Boyar presented this lecture to the Magicians Guild Of America in 1953, and these are his lecture notes. Effects with cards, billiard balls,...

While anyone with an interest in classic manipulation acts will find inspiration in Louis Haley’s concise but extremely clear explanations of...

Masterpieces of Magic No. 1 : Advanced Conjuring for Practical Performers. Douglas Craggs had the good judgment to select very good effects from very...

In The Adventurous Life of a Versatile Artist, Harry Houdini gives you a very personal guided tour into his amazing life and career. Houdini leads...

Very much ahead of his time, Arthur Buckley wrote a classic treatise on the art of sleight of hand with cards. This first book in Buckley’s trilogy...

Conjurers’ Monthly Magazine was a magic periodical by Harry Houdini that only ran for one year from September 1906 until August 1907 as a competitor...

This astounding compendium of magic was originally published in the early 20th century and actually doesn’t have so much to do with Joseph Dunninger...

Includes contributions from Bert Allerton, Tony Corinda, U. F. Grant, Arhtur Hastings, Edward Marlo and Joseph White.

They say that the best way to hide something is to put it in print. Expert Card Technique proves this rule. While at first glance it might seem like...

A new method for the second deal from Vynn Boyar. Using a new principle that Boyar calls the 'Shutter' method, in which the left thumb never moves of...

Houdini spent years of his life investigating the afterlife. All he found were fraudulent mediums who were taking advantage of vulnerable people in...

Many of Houdini’s real secrets were published for the first time in this book. The author, an escape artist by the name of “Oudini” seems to have had...

During the last twenty or so years of his life, Houdini recorded his life, innermost thoughts and feelings in the form of diaries. After Houdini’s...

Arthur Buckley was a master manipulator of cards, coins, and billiard balls, and this booklet contains 30 effects with cards. There are spelling...

From 1934 comes a collection of 12 varied effects, ranging from magic with cards, handkerchiefs, a thimble, and one trick Mr. Eastman admits he...

Anything by Jack Chanin is always good, and this short routine is no exception. What gives this the “Chanin touch” is that both hands are seen to be...

A complete 12-minute act including a clever coin fold and reproduction, and ending with the coin in a ball of wool and nest of boxes. Mr. Bowen...

Hardeen, the brother of the famous Harry Houdini, was also known throughout the world as being able to escape from the strongest handcuffs and bonds...

This pamphlet contains six original card effects including mind reading, impossible locations, predictions, reversals, and spelling routines. All of...

Here is a collection of bar bets you can’t possibly lose, as well as simple coin effects, easy card tricks, mathematical stunts and jokes. There is...

This is a very interesting book with a large amount of biographical material on Robert Houdin, followed by various magic effects from an impressive...

From the same author who wrote Classic Secrets of Magic comes a book that many people think is even better. Magic As A Hobby has so many great...