Important magic history

Flash

Get the most out of Vanishing Inc. - install Flash

Our website is full of videos that we have filmed exclusively for you. These videos are definitely worth watching, but to do so, you'll need to install a free program called Adobe Flash.

Install Adobe Flash

The Osterlind Trilogy Book The Osterlind Trilogy
Book by Richard Osterlind - $39.95

Three acclaimed books now together in one deluxe volume!Thousands have read Richard Osterlind's e-books Making Magic Real, Making Real Magic and Essays and many have reported that the way they approached their magic-and even their lives-was changed forever. Now, for the first time, these three...

More info Add to cart
Foundations: The Art of Stage Magic Book Foundations: The Art of Stage Magic
Book by Eberhard Riese - $69.00

Although the art of magic does not only consist of tricks and technique, roughly 99% of all magic books mainly deal with these topics. "New" tricks, techniques and moves, those seen by the lay audience, upstage all the other, behind the scenes, backstage elements, which are equally if not more...

More info Add to cart
Sleight of Hand Book Sleight of Hand
Book by Edwin Sachs - $35.00

Slight of Hand by Edwin Sachs just might be the number one best book ever written on magic. The standard textbook on how to become a magician. Sleight-of-hand feats and tricks with apparatus for amateur and profesional conjurers, and for both parlor and stage performance. This is the famous book...

More info Add to cart
The Art of Deception Book The Art of Deception
Book by Chuck Romano - $65.00

THE ART OF DECEPTION chronicles the long and colorful relationship between conjuring and art. For the first time, the history of artist and the magic art they have created are profiled in detail. The magician and artist are similar in many ways. As is true of painting or drawing, magic is a visual...

More info Add to cart
Mastering the Art of Magic Book Mastering the Art of Magic
Book by Eugene Burger - $65.00

In response to overwhelming demand, Eugene Burger's, the long out-of-print, Mastering the Art of Magic Book has been reprinted. It is an oversized hardcover with dustjacket, printed on quality acid-free paper and contain oodles of great tricks (enough for your entire repertoire) as well as...

More info Add to cart
Tarbell Course of Magic Book Tarbell Course of Magic
Book by Harlan Tarbell - Various prices

You hear this set talked about often, and it’s one you should own. But in the interest of honesty, let us tell you WHY you should own it, which may not be the reason you’re thinking of.  There’s very little in Tarbell you can read and perform AS IS. It was...

Discoverie of Witchcraft Book Discoverie of Witchcraft
Book by Reginald Scot - $40.00

Reginald Scot published The Discoverie of Witchcraft in 1584. Scot believed that the prosecution of those accused of witchcraft was irrational, so his aim was to show that witches did not exist, by exposing how feats of magic were performed.  You won't be adding any...

More info Add to cart
Cardini: The Suave Deceiver Book Cardini: The Suave Deceiver
Book by John Fisher - $150.00

Get this! We’ve been able to procure a few copies of the critically acclaimed and highly sought after Cardini Opus! Once these are gone we will NOT be able to reorder. This is a rare chance to own a very important book that will appreciate in value at a very special price....

More info Add to cart
Spellbound: The Wonder-filled Life of Doug Henning Book Spellbound: The Wonder-filled Life of Doug Henning
Book by John Harrison - $45.00

By 1974, magic had lost its mass appeal and there was no such thing as a celebrity magician—until a skinny, bucktoothed kid from Winnipeg became an overnight star in an unlikely Broadway musical called The Magic Show. Doug Henning, with his refreshingly modern approach to the art of...

More info Add to cart
Magic Circle Diamond Jubilee DVD Magic Circle Diamond Jubilee
DVD by Magic Circle - $35.00

Performances by Fred Kaps, Robert Harbin, John Ramsay, Jay Marshall, Alex Elmsley, Billy McComb and more! Over 60 performers in all Complete documentary on the Circle Jubilee Over 25 performances from the 1956 British Ring convention Over an hour of...

More info Add to cart



Magic on Twitter