BOOKS
DIVERSIONS by RAND WOODBURY
Rand Woodbury has produced this unusual book especially for those who perform illusions. In this volume that measures 8 1/2" x 11", you will learn how to improve on the illusions you now perform, and how to create new illusion ideas. If you have never performed illusions, this book may be your inspiration.
ITEM # BK0113 PRICE $65.00
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MAGICIAN AMONG THE SPIRITS from THE CHRISTOPHER COLLECTION
HOUDINI'S HIDDEN TREASURE, THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT
In 1924, Houdini's prized effort, A Magician Among the Spirits, was published. Much to his dismay, the editors at Harper & Brothers rearranged, rewrote, and above all cut out huge portions of the text. The original typed manuscript for A Magician Among The Spirits survives in Milbourne Christopher's collection, unread except by a few people, for nearly half a century.
Now Richard Kaufman and Maurine Christopher are proud to release the original typed manuscript in facsimile, with handwritten corrections, in a limited edition of 1,000 copies. This 400 page oversize hardcover is adorned with the same sepia-toned, rare photograph of Houdini that accompanies the manuscript. Covered in black cloth and housed in a matching slipcase, it will be published in facsimile only once.
ITEM # BK0246 PRICE $125.00
YOU may not believe it; I didn't believe it; even Harry Lorayne didn't believe it! Could he write another magic book as good as his other great magic books? Close-Up Card Magic, Personal Secrets, and My Favorite Card Tricks brought the biggest response in our publishing history. Well, you'd better believe it - Harry Lorayne's new 144-page hard covered book, Deck-Sterity, not only matches his other books -but, we believe, TOPS them!
We guarantee that it will keep you occupied, happy and enthralled for a long, long time. "1-2-3 Aces," "Foursome," "Favorite Aces & Kings," "The Indicator," "Flying Aces" and others, are destined to become classics. As an extra bonus, you will find within the pages of this book three of Harry's pets that are not card tricks, and we are sure you will like these quickies: "Cointrol," "Double Billema," and his pet cigarette trick, "That Burns Me Up." Dozens of illustrations (160) that simplify the workings of each trick and explain to you as though you are getting personal instructions from Harry Lorayne himself
ITEM # BK0830 PRICE $15.00
by UWE SCHENK & MICHAEL SONDERMEYER
Most
books on performing magic for children center on the question: what can we do to
entertain children? This book approaches the problem from the opposite end: what
do children need to be entertained? By centering on the children's requirements
rather than on our own, an understanding is created from which all questions
about performing magic for children are easily answered.
In
this landmark book, the authors - both specialists in early childhood education
and professional magicians - provide expert guidance on how to develop a
performing persona and an act suitable for children. In addition, they provide
an enormous amount of practical advice on topics ranging from how to pace an act
to how to prevent children from storming the stage.
To
illustrate how the concepts work in practice, the authors provide a description
of two successful acts from their own repertoires. Here tricks and routines are
fully described, including all handling details, complete presentations and,
most importantly, the reason for every action as it pertains to the children's
needs, abilities and reactions.
This
book belongs on every performer's bookshelf as both an introduction and a
standard reference for all aspects of performing magic for children.
ITEM # BK0092 PRICE $30.00
While a sizable literature devoted to mentalism was produced in the past hundred years, little has stood the test of time. Among the scant amount that has is that of MAX MAVEN.
Writing under the name of Phil Goldstein, MAVEN has created one of the largest, cleverest and most influential bodies of work in the field, stretching from the latter part of the twentieth century into the twenty-first. His star rose early, with the publication of five slim collections, each packed with innovative and performance-caliber mentalism. These booklets, which have become widely known as "The Color Series," contained items such as "Desire", "The Spirit is Willing (to Write)" and "Four-sided Triangle"-items that have become modern classics in the field.
MAVEN produced the Color booklets in small quantities and, despite ongoing popular request, refused to reprint them. They have become highly sought after, fetching prices in the hundreds of dollars. At last, after a quarter of a century, the entire Color Series is again available; all 53 effects, newly illustrated by Ton Onosaka, 240 pages in hardcover. Welcome to a classic reborn-Prism.
ITEM # BK1134 PRICE $40.00
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