BOOKS
TOWN HOUSE MAGIC by BEV TAYLOR
Bev Taylor wrote the original routines for many of the best-known tricks in magic's past. Tricks like Forgetful Freddie, Mutilated Parasol, and Sword Thru Neck are among the many tricks that he routined.
This nostalgic book has hundreds of trick routines and original workshop plans for you.
ITEM # BK0884 PRICE $45.00
HOCUS POCUS by MAUREEN REDMOND SCURA
This book has 32 pages, is written in two colors, and is well illustrated. It has a real neat billfold in it that's worth the price of the book.
ITEM # BK0235 PRICE $2.50
SECRETS OF HOUDINI by J. C. CANNELL
World-famous illusionist, master deluder, showman; Harry Houdini (alias of Ehrich Weiss) is one of the most legendary figures of the modern stage, and probably the most controversial and misunderstood magician of all times. So fantastic were his tricks that many thought him to be supernatural, a mystic, and an amazing spiritualist. Exposing his closely kept professional secrets, and revealing in general terms the whole art of stage magic, this book is now considered a classic study of Houdini's strange deceptions.
J. C. Cannell, professional magician, friend, and colleague of Houdini in the Magician's Club, was the first to explain rationally how Houdini achieved his tricks. These include the famous challenges to death, escapes from bank vaults and from a Russian prison van lined with zinc, walking through brick walls, escapes from crates under water, disappearing ladies, women floating in mid-air, vanishing elephants, ghostly manifestations, seances, card tricks, rope tricks, mind reading, spirit messages, and miracles. All of these and much more are discussed in clear, simple language, and for better understanding, the author has included numerous line drawings of Houdini's ingenious escape devices, with diagrams of the more complicated tricks. Twenty-four new photographs have been added to the twenty-three in the original edition, illustrating scenes from the magician's life as well as his performance.
When this book was published shortly after Houdini's death in 1926, it caused such a controversy that many people refused to believe the author. Yet if you are interested in magic, the stage, or the fabulous life of Harry Houdini, you are certain to find this book a fascinating experience. Perhaps the only way to really understand Houdini is to read this book and judge for yourself. Don't be surprised if the author keeps you glued to each page as you follow step by step some of the most incredible stunts of the century!
This is an unabridged republication of the first (1931) edition. It includes 47 photographic illustrations, 51 line drawings, in 279 pages. The book is paperbound.
ITEM # BK0481 PRICE $10.00
SILVER 1 & 2 by MICHAEL P. LAIR
Coin effects have always been the niche of Michael Lair in the world of magic.
Silver 1 is a compilation of twenty-five coin effects using...
Invisiblair: a holdout (a gambling device that has been used for nearly 100 years) that Michael has modified specifically for coins.
Folding Half: A gimmicked coin.
Double stick Tape: Providing an inexpensive means to vanish a coin from either hand.
Silver #2 is packed with bizarre and common stuff left out of Silver #1.
Included with the books is the thread. This is truly fun stuff with coins.
ITEM # BK0497 PRICE $10.00
EAST COAST SUPER SESSIONS #1 by DOC DOCHERTY
Featuring a unique group of reclusive guests, the East Coast Super Session close-up convention is one of the finest ever assembled. So they had an advantage when publishing the official convention notebook, boasting super-cool super sessions, and killer close-up magic spiral bound!
More than a book, it's steep adventure! Flip through the pages and that's about all it takes before you perform the effects. Wet your tongue with tasty treats abundant in audience reaction and fool the pants off magicians!
Shrink and Drink by Joel Givens is a special effect, TV meets real life! The spectator's card visibly shrinks twice! Ending up nearly microscopic. Stick it down a straw into a glass bottle, shake it up, and the tiny card grows into the original size! Plus twelve more effects performed LIVE in Hickory, North Carolina by an all-star cast:
This material is incredible all valuable, practical, working routines that you can do. The Dousing Card by Don England for instance, an audience killer, armed to the nines with surprise. Buildup to the impossible, and sucker punch the amazement center of every frontal lobe!
Treat yourself to something first hand. An adventure of limited edition copies on the breath of the East Coast Super Session. There stands goliath, big books that swamp you with material. Calculated aim lands a fatal distinction between overkill and the perfect comfort zone in Book One.
Compiled and written by Doc Docherty, Lee Asher, Steve Beam, Kostya Kimlat, Jason Mauney, Steve Beam, and Rich Aviles. It lays flat; a full plate to consume. The hearty menu plus fifty pictures in only 40 pages. Read it in an evening, perform for a lifetime!
ITEM # BK0010 PRICE $25.00
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