BOOKS
NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON'T by BILL TARR
Bill Tarr along with admirable illustrations by Barry Ross present the basics of sleight of hand using cards, balls, thimbles, cigarettes, and other common items. This fresh large format of this book is perfect for the new student of magic. Professionals will do well to review the material shown as well. Tricks include Three-Card Monte, Cups and Balls, and much, much more. This is a highly recommended book that contains 224 pages.
ITEM # BK0402 PRICE $20.00
THE MAGIC OF EDWARD VICTOR'S HANDS by RAE HAMMOND
Edward Victor was one of the greatest magicians who ever lived. He has affected the work of almost every close-up magician working today. Dai Vernon and Ed Marlo, among many others, owed a major debt to the work of Edward Victor. His creations include the famous Eleven-Card Trick, which inspired Vernon's Spellbound and Coins and Champagne Glass. Victor's sleights inspired Tilt, Convincing Control and many others.
He was one of the most influential forces in magic in the 20th century. His story and magic are fascinating. The book was written over a twenty-year period. This enormous book brings together a fascinating collection of magic and biography. It contains most of Edward Victor's many tricks that he contributed to periodicals and other books, his marketed items as well as unpublished routines from his private notebooks. It traces the story of his life with many unique photographs and other bits of memorabilia that recall the glory of a golden age. There is even a chapter on his Shadowgraphy. There are over 250 drawings by Joseph K. Schmidt and almost 100 photographs. The book contains 250 pages and is hardbound.
ITEM # BK0914 PRICE $40.00
There are twenty-one different clown gags explained in this book. They are The Expanding Spoon, The Expanding Fork, The Exploding Knife, Circle To Square, The Growing Ball & Tube, The Hat and Matching Growing Tie, The Growing Glove, The Electric Light Socket, The Pill Box, The Coughing Ashtray, Three to One, The Mosquito Whistle, The Balloon Bag, The Majestic Needle in a Wand Holder, Don't Blink, The Jester Pickle over Bag with Zipper, The Superman Tube, The Zig-Zag Lady, The Flipper Half, The Baffling Four Canister and A Bonus Routine.
ITEM # BK0706 PRICE $5.00
MYSTERIOUS STRANGER by DAVID BLAINE
David Blaine's Secrets Will Become Yours
David Blaine-he's been buried alive for seven days and nights, became the only living ice cube in Times Square and stood as still as a statue 10 stories above Manhattan. Millions of people around the world have witnessed the magic of David Blaine, but who is David, where did he come from and how does he do it?
In Mysterious Stranger, Blaine's brand-new hardbound book, you'll learn the
answers to all of these questions and many more. Plus, David even tips his hat
on a few secrets you can use to impress your friends and family!
Hardbound, 214 pages.
Chapters:
"A latter-day Houdini." -The New York Times
"The hottest name in magic." -USA Today
ITEM # BK1078 PRICE $25.00
Here’s a great novelty on a classic theme. Discovering a chosen card by tearing the pips out of a piece of newspaper has always been interesting to an audience. Here is a unique variation by Ken. This item is great for parlor, stage and even for close-up. A deck of cards is shuffled and cut, then two spectators choose a card each. You fold and tear a piece of newspaper. When it is opened, the pips of both cards have been torn out! In booklet form (use any piece of paper). It is suitable for close-up, stage or parlor. Includes many comedy news brief to be read with the newspaper.
Pages 8 - Saddle-stitched
ITEM # BK1298 PRICE $10.00
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