Boris Wild's new book with his latest creations
The routines explained in this book rest on the shoulders of contemporary or past magicians whose effects made Boris Wild want to create personal variations, whether in terms of method or presentation, with one goal in mind: have maximum magical impact on the audience.
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We believe this work to be one of the very best on the subject of classic card manipulation. Expertly re-mastered photos and excellent descriptions highlight this great offering by one of Magic's greatest and most prolific writers, Lewis Ganson. Within the copy of the book, Lewis refers the reader to a book entitled "Exhibition Card...
This effort was kicked off in Luka's "Thoughts On..." column which ran in The New Tops magazine from October 1993 to December 1994. John's column was for the majority of magicians who tend to do a lot of pocket and parlor tricks for small audiences and few shows. He knew that most magic shows are informal, sometimes spontaneous events,...
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You are travelling to a special province in the world of magic: Self-working card magic. Deceptive, automatic, and turbo-charged.
Join John Bannon on a twenty-five stop wide-ranging tour of self-working card magic. Not your typical non-sleight-of-hand tricks, Bannon has thoroughly analyzed these effects...
Here's everything you ever need to know on how to perform the famous Three Card Monte.
It's a challenge to learn and a challenge to do it without getting caught. Its fundamentals are simple to learn and its performance is difficult to perfect. Everyone knows what it is, but very few can do it really well.
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"As a wise friend sharing love and guidance, Juan brings you into the fold with charm and warm words: showing his heuristic voyage with deep insight into some astonishing routines and philosophy. Each letter arrives with laughs and diverse ideas for the practical wonderworker. Having a pen pal has never been so exciting!"
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"52 Memories is one of the most important magic books to be published in the last ten years."
- Tomas Blomberg
Many magic books can be trivialized. They are, after all, just a collection of tricks. But, 52 Memories is more than that; it is the legacy of one of the most promising card magic creators of our time....
This is one of the best books for the beginner of card magic. The sleights taught in thisbook will give you a good foundation for card magic.
If you do card magic then you know how embarassing a single mistake can be. This can be an error by the performer or by the participant. This book will teach you how to overcome errors and emerge victorious. This 80 page book was published in 1940 and should be a partof every card magician's arsenal.
This is one of the best books for the beginning card magician. Each chapter describes a different sleight followed by a collection of tricks using that skill. A total of 76 carefully chosen card tricks is explained. This book has been the starting point for many card workers.
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This is the eleventh volume in the Library of Magic on Spring Flowers by Magic City. Within its pages you will find knowledge on how to perform quality routines and performances using Spring Flowers.
The Basics:
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The Classic Tricks:
Flowers from a Cone
Gloves...
Rarely does card magic come along as strikingly original as that found in this book. Its creator, Earnest Earick, has refrained from publishing his groundbreaking material for years - until now! When you flip through the pages of "By Forces Unseen" you will encounter chosen cards that fly from the deck when you clap your hands, cards that...
This book gathers together a part of my history with magic, in particular with card magic. Inside you will find a selection of what I consider to be some of the best and most personal material I have developed; in particular, you will discover practical and elegant approaches to the Card and Number effect, my sequence Back to the Future...
In this fourth volume of Subtle Card Creations, you will find the workings of more highly effective and easy-to-do card magic. In this volume, there are over 100 effects of wide variety in 12 chapters. Chapters in special areas of card magic include:
The top card men in the world disagree on many things. One thing they all agree on is that no other book in the history of card manipulation deserves careful study more than The Expert at the Card Table. After one hundred years, it is still considered the foundation upon which modern card magic is based. It contains some of the most perfectly...
The strongest card tricks most often depend on a stack or special deck. Unfortunately, if you start with a gaffed deck, as soon as you have accomplished the impossible feat, its very strength causes audiences to say, "Let me see those cards!" With a deck switch, they can, because you just switched the gaffed deck for a normal one, which...
154 pages of some of Harry's favorite card routines. This book is for the knowledgeable card worker. You must possess card handling skills. The routines require practice but they are certainly reputation making effects!
John Bannon attacks the challenge of card magic minimalism. In this series of études, Bannon investigates theory, problems, and solutions illustrated by the underground Seven-Card Assembly—a trick involving only the four Queens and three spot cards. Tackling the questions: “Is less more?” and “How low can you go?” Bannon...
When Sonata appeared in 1989, Juan Tamariz was already known as an important performer, creator and thinker. His performances in nightclubs and on stage and television had made him a celebrity in Spain and in many other Latin countries. By the time The Five Points in Magic, The Magic Way and Sonata were published in...
Among Darwin Ortiz' many fans, the only question is which of his card books is the best: Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table, Cardshark, or Scams & Fantasies with Cards. Now there is a new candidate: the aptly-named Lessons in Card Mastery.
This time the accent is on uncanny displays of card control. You'll display physical...
You Can Have Full Confidence in These Confidences
Drawn from a Master's Repertoire - Taught with a Master's Ability
Roberto Giobbi, recipient of the Academy of Magical Arts' Literary Fellowship of 2012-2013, is known worldwide as the preeminent teacher of card magic. He is also one of Europe's most...
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Doug Edwards is the 'man behind the curtain' for many performers. His sleights, innovations and magical creations are used by leading card men the world over. He is one of the world's best kept secrets when it comes to original and exciting plots.
Brass Knuckles DELIVERS a one-two-three punch that is sure to please...
Making the Cut is stocked full of close up magic that will entertain and baffle laymen, as well as tricks that will make the magicians you know shake their heads. Ryan does a great job explaining the effects in the book and the illustrations make every move clear. In between the tricks, you will find Ryan's thoughts on...
The first privately circulated edition of Earl Nelson's Variations was published in 1978. One year later Mark Wilson produced the edition that today is considered a modern classic. Now, twenty-five years later, Variations has undergone a complete transformation. The text has been corrected, expanded and re-typeset, the original line...