These notes reflect on many years of weekend warrior gigs from an early teen through adulthood. They also cover the experiences learned from trial and error in an effort to expand my career. I'm often asked, not just by young magicians, but by adult magicians as well: How do I start doing shows? The...
Paul Gordon's "neo-classic" highly acclaimed 2012 book Gold Dust was a compilation of some of his best work created and published between 1979 and 2009. By 2018, all two-thousand hardback copies had sold. Since 2018, we've had hundreds of requests for a reprint; so, here it is! This time i...
Well, I know I said Quidnunc was to be my last book, but I just couldn't help myself! The last two years have been really creative ones for me and the result is Article 52. Excuse immodesty, but it really is chock-full of killers! Article 52 includes my new handling of my Head To Head Poker (from Go...
The highly-acclaimed Quidnunc contains 115 powerful card magic routines and 300 jam-packed pages, with hundreds of photos and a sleights section. The book is beautiful hardback. Stitched pages, gold foil embossed with attractive head and tail bands. The tricks are workable, doable, commercial and ey...
This final volume of the best-selling Gold Dust Trilogy contains 63 NEW tricks (as of 2015). Each and every trick is powerful and magical. 128 pages. Top-quality saddle-stitched cloth-covered hardback. Gold Dust Finale contains some real gems. It's been said (on The Magic Cafe) that Killer Mystery C...
The response to Gold Dust in 2012 was and is truly overwhelming. We received hundreds of letters and emails asking why we didn't include this trick or that trick. Well, it was down to space issues! We were reluctant to do Gold Dust 2, but Gold Dust Companion is really an extension of Gold Dust. The ...
The name Frederick Eugene Powell is sadly forgotten by contemporary society. Most often it is recalled only by the most serious students of magic history. Even conjuring contemporaries like Harry Kellar and Howard Thurston are but names from the distant past. Why then, a biography on this bygone mag...
Principia may well be the most attractive magic book ever published by Vanishing Inc., and this deluxe edition goes one-step further. With a beautiful new binding and slipcase, this deluxe version is limited to just 175 copies and will sell out quickly. Singapore's Harapan Ong has caused an online s...
What makes magic so much fun to watch? Is it the compelling story, the sense of wonder it creates, or perhaps even the beautiful ballet of cards that the magician brings to life? To be honest, all of these things are correct. Magic is an artform and like any art form it depends on what kinds of emot...
Cardshark by Darwin Ortiz is a wealth of extraordinary material from an internationally renowned magician. Darwin Ortiz is unquestionably one of the top card men in the world today. In this book, he offers you the chance to learn the routines that have earned him his living and his reputation. He di...