BOOKS
"TOPS" TREASURY OF DOVE MAGIC by FOSTER
From the pages of TOPS MAGAZINE comes this comprehensive selection of the best in tricks and illusions with doves. Includes plans for building many unique illusions such as "Golden Spike Cabinet illusion", "The Cage of Fiji", and "New Master Dove Vanish".
Many other routines and apparatus are described that audiences will love to see. The book is 28 pages in length.
ITEM # BK0570 PRICE $6.00
COMPLETE BOOK OF MAGIC TRICKS by USBORNE
This book is a must for any young magician. It covers every kind of magic, with masses of tricks explained in step-by-step detail. More than this, it includes the skills of showmanship which put the sparkle into every magic act.
Cheryl Evans, Rebecca Heddle and Ian Keable-Elliott wrote this book. Jane Felstead and Susie McCaffrey designed it.
Contents include About magic, Kinds of magic, Props, Acting and the magician, Misdirection, Patter, Silent acts, Costume, Rehearsing, Assistants, volunteers and stooges, When things go wrong, Planning an act, Being a professional, The story of magic, Famous names, Cards: first handling skills, Close-up cards Close-up cards 2 and Close-up coins.
Also includes Close-up with other props, Silent magic: card manipulation, Silent magic: coin manipulation, Manipulating billiard balls, Manipulating thimbles, Cabaret magic, Cabaret magic 2, Mentalism, Children's magic, Escapology, Illusions, Quick effects, Props to make, Magic variations, Snapshots from the life of Houdini, String tricks, More magic tricks and Magic information.
Paul Sullivan, Kim Blundell, Kim Raymond, John Davey, Chris Lyon, Ian Thompson and Joseph MeEwan illustrate the book.
ITEM # BK0975 PRICE $18.00
EXPERT CARD MYSTERIES by ALTON SHARPE
This second book by Alton Sharpe contains more superb card magic from MarIo, Sharpe, Parrish, Jonson, Fechter, Buckley, Jennings, Swinford, and many more. It is all top notch material.
ITEM # BK0173 PRICE $15.00
AWARD-WINNING MAGIC OF JOHN CORNELIUS
There is no hyperbole in the title of this book, as much of the magic contained here gained its John not only accolades from his peers, but one him one of magic's highest honors-a world prize at F.I.S.M.-as well as being the only American to win the World Championship in Magic in two different categories and the only person to win the International Brotherhood of Magicians Creativity Award three times!
Thomas Edison, who knew a thing or two about the subject, said that genius was "one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration." In The Award Winning Magic of John Cornelius, genius is apparent at every turn of the page.
John Cornelius is one of magic's most innovative performers and inspired inventors and his effects and routines are in use by magicians the world over. In this long-anticipated book, author Lance Pierce explains John's magic in meticulous detail, covering everything from legendary effects such as "Marked For Life," "The Fickle Nickel" and the ingenious "Shrinking Card Case" to every last nuance of John's world-championship winning card act, "Every Card Trick In The World In ten Minutes."
More than just a magic book, The Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius is a journey into the mind of one of the foremost magical thinkers of our time, a man many have hailed as a creative genius. Hardbound with Dust Jacket, 192 pages, fully photo-illustrated.
ITEM # BK1073 PRICE $45.00
FORTY-TWO AMAZING TRICKS & STUNTS WITH ROPE by ASSORTED AUTHORS
You can carry a piece of rope in your pocket, and use it to perform some amazing magic for an audience of a few, or on a stage for an audience of hundreds. There are hundreds of tricks you can perform with a piece of rope. The most famous of these is the Cut & Restored Rope trick, where a piece of rope is cut into two or more pieces, and magically restored. But there are many others, where knots magically appear or vanish from a length of rope, rings or handkerchiefs penetrate through a length of rope, or a rope penetrates through your knee or neck.
There are two Encyclopedias of Rope tricks for Magicians published by Abbotts, with 100s of rope tricks of all varieties. Dover publications have an excellent book of Self Working Rope Tricks by Karl Fulves. You will also find many rope tricks in any book of Conjuring tricks, like the Tarbell Course, or Mark Wilson Course in Magic. The purpose of this compilation is to give you many tricks of an assorted variety with ropes, enough to get you started on one of the easiest, most effective, and most economical types of magic you can perform. A piece of rope costs less than a good deck of cards, and a good rope trick can make a much bigger impact on a much larger audience.
The best rope for magic tricks is a soft cotton rope about a quarter inch in diameter. It is easy to handle, knots well, and is easy to cut when an effect requires this. It is also very visible to a large audience, at a considerable distance. Many of the tricks in this book can be easily adapted to a borrowed necktie, a muffler or even a piece of cord or string, making them impromptu in nature.
After you learn the tricks that catch your fancy, and with a piece of rope in your pocket, you will be ready to entertain and mystify any size of audience, any time, any place, and under any performing conditions.
ITEM # BK1079 PRICE $5.00
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