Volume I: His Life, His Card Magic J. N. Hofzinser is one of the most significant magicians to have thrived in the nineteenth century, and has been a role model for great magicians ever since. He is the inventor of some of the best and most enduring card tricks ever created. Yet information on his l...
With a preface by Max Maven, 2 Essays and 33 effects, this book is full of great magic. You know him for the Gilbreath principle. Now you can see the breadth of his creativity. This publication comes in at over 300 pages full of great magic. Also included, is a CD that allows you to perform 4 ...
Bill Tarr, the best-selling author whose books Now You See It, Now You Don't and The Second Now You See It, Now You Don't, have sold hundreds of thousands of copies and inspired several generations of beginners, has now written his first book just for you. Conceived as a post-graduate course for rea...
INTRODUCTION [Excerpt] As I write the introduction to this book I am on a flight from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. I am presented with exactly forty-five minutes to sum up my feelings about the book. A lot has contributed to the style in which this book has been written; among other things a recent tra...
What mentalists are saying about T-REX: I really do like T-REX and have used it regularly over the last year. It is indeed excellent and extremely utilitarian. It Is one of the smoothest and most efficient tears I've seen.?Bob Cassidy It's the single best CENTER tear I've seen in 20 years. For Real!...
The complete beginner's guide to anytime, anywhere sleight-of-hand magic. The man who made The Memory Book a #1 national bestseller reveals the secrets of his favorite hobby - Magic! With characteristic wit and directness, Harry Lorayne explains the secrets of a few simple techniques that will enabl...
In the first decades of the twentieth century magicians filled the magic journals with articles on card tricks, giving improvements on classic tricks and inventing new ones. If you could put together a collection of these magazines you would almost have a complete course on card tricks, by some of t...
Richard's Almanac was acclaimed as one of the finest newsletters ever devoted to close-up magic. Its publication from 1982 to 1987 was a highlight in the history of close-up magic periodicals. And now, all four hundred pages of the original newsletter, containing tricks from the greatest close-up ma...
56 Foolproof Tricks Close-up card magic is performed right under the noses of the spectators. It has an immediacy that cannot be duplicated by platform magic. Seasoned professionals agree there is no better way to learn how to handle an audience than when they are inches away. -Karl Fulves Karl Fulv...
The Book of Bankable Bar Betchas, Brain Bogglers, Belly Busters & Bewitchery- Volume Two: Expect the same classy pocket-sized book with a reddish brown faux leather-binding, silver gilt edges, a red ribbon marker, etc. There are 75 more effects full of one-liners, with 136 pages and over 100 ill...