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STEEL AND SILVER by PAUL GERTNER
In this best selling book Paul's reveals his most admired routines including his award winning FISM act featuring The Ring on the Hourglass and The Cups and Steel Balls. Written by Richard Kaufmann and Illustrated by Ton Onosaka with 48 original routines this book teaches you the magic that Paul has made a living with in the corporate market for the past 30 years.
Pages 213 - Hardbound
ITEM # BK1256 PRICE $45.00
MAGICIAN AND THE CARDSHARP (SOFT COVER) by KARL JOHNSON
A famous magician's journey to find the greatest cardsharp ever evokes the forgotten world of magic where Americans found escape during the Great Depression
It has the nostalgic quality of an old-fashioned fable, but Karl Johnson's The Magician and the Cardsharp is a true story that lovingly re-creates the sparkle of a vanished world. Here, set against the backdrop of America struggling through the Depression, is the world of magic, a realm of stars, sleight of hand, and sin where dreams could be realized-or stolen away.
Following the Crash of '29, Dai Vernon, known by magicians as "the man who fooled Houdini," is tramping down Midwestern back roads, barely making ends meet. While swapping secrets with a Mexican gambler, he hears of a guy he doesn't quite believe is reala legendary mystery man who deals perfectly from the center of the deck and who locals call the greatest cardsharp of all time. Determined to find the reclusive genius, Vernon sets out on a journey through America's shady, slick, and sinful side-from mob-run Kansas City through railroad towns that looked sleepy only in the daytime. Does he find the sharp?
Well, Karl Johnson didafter years of research into Vernon's colorful quest, research that led him to places he never knew existed. Johnson takes us to the cardsharp's doorstep and shows us how he bestowed on Vernon the greatest secret in magic. The Magician And The Cardsharp is a unique and endlessly entertaining piece of history that reveals the artistry and obsession of a special breed of American showmen.
Pages 336 - Softcover
ITEM # BK1257 PRICE $15.00
TREVOR LEWIS UNCUT by TREVOR LEWIS
A remarkable collection of Trevor Lewis' professional children's magic and comedy, TREVOR LEWIS UNCUT: THE COMPLETE PARTY PIECES contains an incredible eighty-five routines.
This material is perfect for schools, libraries, and parties. Each routine is carefully worked out for the most effective presentation. You will learn how to create laughs at the right places, include educational points at strategic moments, and bring each effect to the most amazing and satisfying conclusion. In short, this is magic which delights, educates, and amazes children.
Starting in 1978 and continuing for over twenty years, Trevor Lewis released his unique brand of kid-show magic in a series of books which included Party Pieces, More Party Pieces, Still More Party Pieces, Further Party Pieces, Favorite Party Pieces, and Final Party Pieces.
This volume contains the complete contents of all of his books, plus new materialUnexpected Party Piecespreviously unpublished.
The unique wit and style of Trevor Lewis is sure to strike your funny bone, and win laughter and applause from your own children's and family audiences.
Full-color cover
Contents of Trevor Lewis Uncut
The Flowering Bouquet The Telescope Take Care Happy Birthday The Road Code Happy Birthday Blind Tommy's Teeth Cards Across Cheers! The Breakaway Wand George Blake's The Silver Sceptre The Safe T.I.P.S. The Flashlight Wandering Wand Magic Painting Silks from Newspaper Road Safety Chicken The Cuckoo Clock Ditching the Flap Production with a Message Twentieth Century Minus The Flower Pot Mismade Flag Cards Across Again The Magic Umbrella TV Start Opening the Show Abracadabra Rope Opening Before Cards Across After Cards Across Pump Wands Close Up for Children Tantalizing Traffic Lights Beacon Ball Magic Lesson on Road Safety Sunday Egg How to End on Applause Floppy Flower Opener Little Wonder Box The Balloon Routine Competition Another Mix-Up The Black Cat The Clatter Box Camera Time Will Tell The Tumbling Blocks The Pop-Away Wand Take Care Childrens Chop Cup That's Torn It Up Your Sleeve The Rainbow Silk Routine Cane Opener Kid Glove The Cotton Wool Necklace The Adder Cards Across Conclusion The Broken Window It's Curtains! Freezer Fun The Beads of Prussia Mis-Made Traffic Lights Cigarette Regret Lesson in Magic Six Oblivious Students The Magic Wand Banner Wand-erful Tubes The Miser's Dream Fez Egg Bag Trevor's Torch (Flashlight Fun) Balloon Business Honk-Honk Silly Billy Wistful Wand Put Some Life Into Your Die Box Rabbit Wand Routine Just in Case The Magic Bag The Christmas Box It's on the Slate The Magic Lesson A Helping Hand Block Buster Christmas Tree Routine The Firework Trick Golden Girl Road Safety Puzzle.
Pages 270
ITEM # BK1258 PRICE $35.00
In this book, for the first time, Borodin reveals parts of his performing repertoire that he has used very successfully as a mental magician, a bizarrist, and a story teller.
The secrets here have been carefully guarded. They are the ones Borodin did not want to reveal until the time was right. And now is the right time.
The 24 routines from the original German work are contained here, as well as an additional 12 new routines that were prepared especially for the English edition.
Final Curtain is the logical sequel to Borodin's Sheherazade. It is an excellent choice for the experienced story teller or the neophyte.
There are several different kinds of routines within these covers. Some are very spooky, others humorous, still others, spiritually uplifting. And there is some excellent mental magic as well.
No matter whether your taste leans toward the bizarre or you prefer stories with a moral, there will be something in here that you can enjoy and which will undoubtedly lead to a better understanding of how story magic can and should be done.
So, with this book, sit back and relax. Take your time with the material presented, and pay particular attention to the way Borodin emphasizes the use of the voice, which, after all, is the real medium of the bizarre magician and the story teller.
Final Curtain is a chamber of mental treasures that will be difficult to put down, once you have started to read it.
BORODIN has been called the king of the story tellers.
Pages 338
ITEM # BK1259 PRICE $50.00
INTIMATE MIRACLES (W/ DVD) by DEAN DILL
Tucked away in a quiet corner of Glendale, California; there is a place that has a buzz of mystery and an air of magic the likes of which can be found only in a few remote parts of the world. A place where magicians, sleight of hand artists and lovers of the fine conjuring arts gather to share secrets, entertain each other and most of all witness true miracles of close up performance as demonstrated by a man who has become well known and respected within the inner circles of magic.
Icons such as Dai Vernon, Larry Jennings, Michael Skinner, and John Carney to name but a few, have seen gathered around this gentleman's felt covered close up table, engrossed in the discussion, performance and study of some of magic's most precious trade secrets.
Within these pages are many of the secrets shared at that magical little table, in that quiet, unassuming, magical corner of the universe. These methods have been fine tuned over many years by a performer who's love and commitment for magic is unparalleled in today's modern magic society.
Enjoy and learn some of magic's most unique close up routines and gain wisdom from the powerful subtleties that are a trademark of Dean Dill and his wonderful Intimate Miracles.
In this new soft cover book, Dean explains ten original routines from his professional repertoire. In addition to effects with cards, coins, bills, sponge balls, and sugar packets, Dean clearly explains the entire routine he performed on the Tonight Show.
Intimate Miracles features an introduction by Johnny Carson and comes with a companion DVD.
Pages 81 Softbound
ITEM # BK1309 PRICE $35.00
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