History of Magic

We have GREAT news for all serious students of magic: Paul Curry's World's Beyond is finally, finally, finally back in print. For years this...

Classic Correspondence (Vol. 2) takes you on a fascinating journey through Magic's past with 24 more letters from Mike Caveney's beloved Classic...

Gibecière is a magic magazine that focuses on the scholarly, historical pursuit of magic, and the current issue (28, Summer 2019, Vol. 14, No. 2) is...

Gibecière just might be the best-kept secret in magic. They have been quietly putting out full books on a quarterly basis. Each issue of this...

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...

Houdini may have been the King of Handcuffs, but have you heard of the Monarch of Manacles? This is the incredible and inspirational story of...

If you've never read about the enigmatic Chung Ling Soo (William Ellsworth Robinson), then you owe it to yourself to pick up a copy of The Riddle...

This book is a FASCINATING, HARROWING account of Werner Reich's true story of survival. Werner Reich is a friend to Vanishing Inc, and his book has...

A magnificent collection of fascinating articles from all over the globe, for your perusal. Inside this issue: Mitsunobu Matsuyama...

About 30 of these book plates were printed for guests who attended Phil Temple's Dante "book party" on October 21, 1991. The Moi-yo Miller and...

These original 1916 brochures were purchased from a collector in New England after attending a New England Magic Collector's gathering in the late...

The Kellar pin-back buttons were created for Phil Temple to be sold during his lecture in England. The Kellar button was to be sold with the...

In this fascinating look into the history of conjuring, T. Ian Flinn researched hundreds of primary articles and conducted interviews with leading...

Over 2500 pages of material! Convenient PDF format on two CDs Ten complete books by Houdini The complete Houdini's Conjurers' Monthly Magazine...

Volume I: His Life, His Card Magic J. N. Hofzinser is one of the most significant magicians to have thrived in the nineteenth century,...

If you've ever wondered what kinds of things went on at spirit seances during their 19th Century heyday, this amazing performance will illuminate...

Ian Keable has spent the past thirty years watching a wide variety of magicians performing in the UK, ranging from the superstars of magic through...

It's been 30 years since the initial release of Revelations, the monumental video set that immortalized the life and work of perhaps one of the...

The first edition of Alexander The Man Who Knows told the incredible story of Claude Conlin's rise to fame as his generation's premier mindreader....

Each month in MAGIC magazine, Mike Caveney selects from the files of the legendary Egyptian Hall Museum a letter of historical importance. Sometimes...

The story of the four men who performed under the name Willard the Wizard reads like a roller coaster ride made up of triumphant highs and tragic...

This book is unlike any of our previous history books. Instead of digging through old newspapers and magazines and writing about vaudeville...

For over a hundred years, the identity of the author of Artifice, Ruse and Subterfuge at the Card Table, known colloquially as The Expert at the...

Rameses the Egyptian Wonderworker was an illusionist of the Edwardian era. Born Albert Marchinski in Poland in 1876, he grew up in London in a...

Dai Vernon: the last great undiscovered artist of the 20th century. His medium was magic and with it, Vernon turned the clandestine world of...