History of Magic - page 2

Harry Blackstone presented a full-evening production called the "Show of 1001 Wonders." It lived up to that billing, as a stage-filling spectacle...

In 1896, Eugene Laurant became a professional magician. 21 years earlier, as Eugene Greenleaf, he was born on the frontier, in the horse and...

In the golden age of big illusion shows, his was the most golden of all. He had been born Harry Jansen, but the world knew him as "Dante, The...

Cutting Up Touches is the first book ever written on the history of exhibition pickpocketing. In it, David Avadon traces this light-fingered...

This fascinating book takes you on a magical journey around the world seven times with The Great Raymond, a Master Magician of remarkable charm and...

An Adventure Into the Deeper Meaning of Magic First held in 1992, Eugene Burger and Jeff McBride's Mystery School promised to be a magic...

Nearly 100 Years Ago Harlan Tarbell began his journey into magic. The Tarbell System became a gold standard for lessons in magic. ...

Enter into the fascinating world of the Master Magician, Harry Houdini. Written by the famous magician an author Milbourne Christopher, this 240...

In a career spanning over seven decades, Ron Wilson has had a magical life. Born and raised in Dundee, Scotland, he traveled the world with his...

Hidden in the depths of The Magic Circle in London was a long forgotten notebook, written around the second half of the 18th century by an...

Although Professor Hellis performed in venues such as The Royal Polytechnic Institution and The Brighton Aquarium, gave lessons to magicians such...

THE ART OF DECEPTION chronicles the long and colorful relationship between conjuring and art. For the first time, the history of artist and the...

Sleight 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...

Although the art of magic does not only consist of tricks and technique, roughly 99% of all magic books mainly deal with these topics....

Three acclaimed books now together in one deluxe volume! Thousands have read Richard Osterlind's e-books Making Magic Real, Making Real...

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...

Reginald Scot published The Discoverie of Witchcraft in 1584. Scot believed that the prosecution of those accused of witchcraft was...

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...

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...

Performances by Fred Kaps, Robert Harbin, John Ramsay, Jay Marshall, Alex Elmsley, Billy McComb and more! Over 60 performers in...

If you’re looking for an hilarious, magic-themed book to relax with on the beach, this is the best one ever written! It is a side-splitting yet...

This is the Dai Vernon book to rule them all. Dai Vernon was the most influential magician of the twentieth century. His vision helped...

For my generation (and yours), these videos serve two functions. Not only do they display classic routines with great presentations and emotional...

At the 2004 MAGIC Live! convention, Levent gave a lecture on Roy Benson. The audience were awe-struck at the sheer amount of fantastic magic that...

This is a great opportunity to see the world's greatest card magician perform in his heyday. Recorded at his Chicago home in 1971, the footage isn't...