Stage Magic & Mentalism
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Smut Magic
$65.00 Add to cartAnonymous
San Francisco: Busby-Corin, Inc., 1978.
Manual to a range of crude stage magic tricks. -
Un-Masked
$30.00 Add to cartJeff McBride
New York: Tobias Beckwith & Associates, 1991. -
Kundalini Rising
$20.00 Add to cartJeff McBride
Jersey City: Zanadu, 1991. -
Small But Deadly: The Packet Trickster’s Handbook
$45.00 Add to cartPaul Hallas
Humble: H & R Magic Books, 2005. -
Psychological Subtleties 1
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Third Edition. Second Printing.
23.5cm x 16cm. 211 pages. Blue cloth, silver lettering and decoration, illustrated jacket.
. Fine Condition. -
Black: A Book of Deception & Psychology
$50.00 Add to cartDan Army
: Twisted Deception Productions, 2007.
Guide book of close-up magic tricks. -
Kenton Knepper Presents John Mahood’s K.E.N.T.
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First Edition.
21.5cm x 14cm. 28 pages. Illustrated saddel-stapled wrappers.
Ultimate proof that you can read minds even in the worst situations.
Very minor general wear. Near Fine Condition. -
Your Host for Tonight: The Professional Emcee’s Handbook
$30.00 Add to cartAldo Colombini
[Tampa]: Colombini Magic, No date.
Guide book for MC’s by Italian-American magician Aldo Colombini. Valuable resource for MCing any event. -
Intercept
$30.00 Add to cartHarvey A. Berg
Washingtonville: Harvey A. Berg, [1999].
Third revision of the mental card effect magic trick, Intercept, but Harvey A. Berg. -
Jules Gems
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28cm x 22cm. 13 pages (printed recto only). Photocopy quality paper in plastic comb binder.
Collection of tricks by Jules Lenier possibly pirated by David Eldridge.
. Near Fine Condition. -
Randy Wakeman Presents
$50.00 Add to cartMike Maxwell; Randy Wakeman
Naperville: Randal Paul Wakeman, 1989.
This copy inscribed by Randy Wakeman -
Counting On Deception
$60.00 Add to cartLarry Barnowsky
: Gyromagnetic Press, 2013.
“Counting on Deception is a collection of original magic designed to astonish your audience without having to rely on difficult sleight of hand. Many of the effects depend on subtle mathematical principles which operate invisibly in the background. You’ll find magic with cards, coins, balls, salt, cups, predictions, crayons, an abacus,The Periodic Table and much more.” (publisher’s blurb) -
Card Conjuring Made Easy or Effective Card Tricks You Can Do
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First Edition.
19cm x 14cm. 44 pages, [4] advertisements. Illustrated wrappers.
Australian card magic instruction book published by anarchist bookseller William Charles Andrade. Circa 1920s as the Melbourne store is still listed at 201 Bourke St (moving to Swanston Street in the late 1920s), the Sydney store at 34 Rawson Chambers.
Minor soiling, foxing, and creasing. Very Good Condition. -
Psychokinetic Time
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Second Edition.
21.5cm x 13.5cm. [ii], 24, [2] pages, black and white photographs. Illustrated saddle-stapled wrappers.
Close-up magic trick moving time on a spectator’s wristwatch.
. Fine Condition. -
Modern Ventriloquism
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First Edition.
19cm x 30cm. 94 pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated matte papered boards.
Being a collection of novel dramatic sketches for figure working and original dialogues. With useful hints and instructions for their proper presentation on the stage or concert platform. The prices of the various automata, scenery and where they can be procured, the cost of specially written full sketches, dialogues, ventriloquial lessons and instruction in, and stage management of dramatic sketches may be obtained on application to the publishers.
Tanning to pages. Minor general wear. Good Condition. -
The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini
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First Edition. Inscribed by Author
28.5cm x 22cm. [vii], 172 pages, black and white illustrations. Black cloth, gilt lettering, illustrated jacket.
This copy inscribed by Colombini.
Very minor foxing to edges. Near Fine Condition. -
Devious Deceptions
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First Edition. Signed by Author
28cm x 22cm. 64 pages, black and white photographs. Comb bound, acetate cover.
The artful chicanery, underhanded sorcery, double-dealing, deceitful, duplicitous, crafy, guileful, scheming, shady, shifty, sly, sneaky, circuitous, confounding, confusing, cunning, devious deceptions of Steve Skomp. This copy signed by Skomp.
Very minor general wear. Near Fine Condition. -
Modern Ventriloquism
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First Edition.
19cm x 30cm. 94 pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated matte papered boards.
“Being a collection of novel dramatic sketches for figure working and original dialogues. With useful hints and instructions for their proper presentation on the stage or concert platform. The prices of the various automata, scenery and where they can be procured, the cost of specially written full sketches, dialogues, ventriloquial lessons and instruction in, and stage management of dramatic sketches may be obtained on application to the publishers.” (from title)
Joints cracking. Minor soiling and chipping to boards. Tanning and foxing. Fair Condition. -
Psychological Subtleties 2
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Second Edition. Second Printing.
23.5cm x 16cm. 206 pages. White cloth, gilt lettering and decoration, illustrated jacket.
. Fine Condition. -
Annemann’s Practical Mental Effects
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Facsimile Edition, Fifth Printing.
23.5cm x 16cm. 318 pages. Red cloth, gilt lettering, illustrated jacket.
A comprehensive collection of the best mental tricks of recent years.
Date in ink to copyright page. Near Fine Condition. -
Card Fictions: Seven Performance Pieces with an Ordinary Deck
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First Edition. Signed by Author
20.5cm x 15cm. 94 pages, black and white photographs. Black cloth, green and white lettering.
Minor tanning to page extremities. Near Fine Condition. -
The Encyclopedia of Stage Illusions
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First Edition.
29cm x 22cm. 374 pages, black and white illustrations. Black padded bonded leather, gilt lettering, no jacket.
Originally self published in a smaller form by the author, here expanded and edited by Ormond McGill and published by Lloyd E. Jones, in a stated limited edition of 500, though less were distributed due to a copyright claim brought against McGill and Jones. Burling Hull is regarded as one of the world’s greatest illusionists and this encyclopedia, profusely illustrated throughout with photographs and detailed plan drawings, explains nearly 200 illusions.
Gilt lettering on spine worn. Very minor handling wear. Near Fine Condition. -
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Expert Manipulation [Expert Billiard Ball Manipulation Part 1]
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De Luxe Edition. Fifth Printing.
23cm x 15cm. 48 pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial self-wrappers.
Including an accurate and comprehensive technical treatise on the expert manipulation of miniature billiard balls for manipulation artists and advanced student of the art of magic.
Wrappers split at spine, repaired with tape. Fair Condition. -
Sleight of Mind
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Third Edition.
28cm x 22cm. 52 pages. Tape binding, acetate cover.
Minor wear to corners. Near Fine Condition. -
Thinking The Impossible
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First Edition.
23.5cm x 16cm. xi, 291 pages, black and white photographs. Quarter cloth, gilt lettering, pictorial jacket.
The Birth of Amazement Through Subtlety. Translated from the Spanish by Rafael Benatar
. Fine Condition. -
Mind Melds: A Precognitive Hexameron
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First Edition.
21cm x 13.5cm. 58 pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial saddle-stapled wrappers.
Shelf wear. Minor toning to edges. Very Good Condition. -
PSI-Clones
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First Edition.
28cm x 21.5cm. 30 pages. Pictorial saddle-stapled wrappers.
Lecture for the participants of the Midwest Magic Jubilee, St. Louis, Missouri, August 5-8, 1993.
Minor bump to fore-edge tail corner. Very Good Condition. -
Totally Out of Control
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First Edition. Inscribed by Author
28.5cm x 22cm. 183 pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated glossy papered boards.
This copy inscribed by Kenner.
Very minor wear to boards. Date in ink to copyright page.. Near Fine Condition. -
Focus
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First Edition.
24cm x 16cm. x, 140 pages, black and white illustrations. Quarter cloth, blind lettering, pictorial jacket.
60 select card effects.
Dust spotting to top edge. Some underlining and highlighting. Moderate toning and minor shelf wear to jacket. Good Condition. -
Final Cut
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First Edition.
21.5cm x 14cm. 32 pages. Illustrated saddle-stapled wrappers.
Colombini Magic presents 25 incredible impromptu routines performed with just a regular deck of cards.
Title in ink to spine. Near Fine Condition.