Books: All Magic Books

When this routine was first released in the Pyscrets publication, 'Liber Mentis', it created quite a stir. It offered a means of performing both a lie detector type routine as well as an incredibly clean and direct mind read, devoid of any standard form of method. At the time, the text was only available through the Psycrets publication,...

There are some pretty cool things that you can do with a memorized deck. The only trouble is that you have to memorize 52 cards in 52 positions. Not only can that prove challenging, but it is incredibly time consuming -- it requires constant work to move that information from your short term to your long-term memory.

Understandably,...

Bill Rauscher has compiled a volume with hundreds of verses written by more than 100 authors featuring magic and magicians in both serious, humorous, lighthearted poems and limericks. This attractive book is a pleasing, refreshing, serious, funny and touching anthology for the magic fraternity. In the book are many photos and illustrations...

Gazzo is recognized as one of the world's foremost street entertainers and magicians. For over 25 years, he has been performing his unique style of magic throughout the world. From the streets of Boston, USA and London, England to Cruise Ships and Las Vegas, Gazzo is held in high esteem by his fellow professionals and audiences alike....

ARETALOGY-n. A narrative about the deeds of a miracle worker.

Who was Vanni Bossi?

He was an underground treasure.

He was the man the stars of magic came to for solutions to their hardest problems.

He was one of close-up magic's most original minds.

He was a performer top magicians...

A Cut Above is a joyful exploration of one-handed cuts created or documented by Msgr. Vincent Foy, a pioneer of the modern movement of card flourishes. His contributions on this subject that appeared initially in The Linking Ring and in Bertram on Sleight of Hand inspired a new generation of finger-flingers.

At...

Card magic for everyone, from the self-working, hands off Self Control Lie Speller and the two-deck Mix and Match, to the commercial (and ribald) Under Her Spell. Paragon Poker offers a three-phase card cheating demonstration (with an unexpected double climax). Bait and Switch and Four Part Harmony are memorized deck masterpieces, and...

This long-anticipated, brand new volume of Classic Leech Card, Thimble, Billard Balls (and more) tricks and slights is newly edited by Chicago Magician and creator of "The Selec-Trick Deck", Danny Rudnick.
Organized by type for your convenience. Newly annotated by the Editor. Original illustrations have been preserved,...

3 Volume Set The world is a different place imprisoned in one's art. Relentless devotion wreaks havoc on The Count's burdened soul, yet we're free to behold a taste of fantasy far from wicked isolation. In his chest beats the ripe fruit of sacrifice and ready for your consumption are the records of toil, the blood...

Jean Hugard's Encyclopedia of Card Tricks. An incredibly rich resource for learning card magic. If you only can buy one book on card magic maybe this should be it!

Over 400 pages of magic. Includes sections on Impromptu Card Tricks, Spelling Effects, You Do As I Do, Card Subtleties utilizing Key Cards, 'Slick' Principles,...

3 VOLUME SET
Ibidem magazine ran from 1955 to 1979, during which time its editor, P. Howard Lyons, produced 36 issues. Those issues accumulated quite a reputation. For its long unperiodic existence, Ibidem became recognized as the best source for avant-garde card magic and diverse curious pursuits of Lyons and his diabolically...

"With this book, whole new generations of magicians will not only discover who originated so much of what they take for granted, but also will have the opportunity to study some of the most influential and important and wonderful presentations and routines in all of close-up magic."
- Eugene Burger

This landmark work has...

The pages of this book contain the, best tricks from the best brains in magic. It doesn't just contain any effects, but the best and most jealously guarded origination’s of over one hundred magicians whose names constitute a "Who's who" among the "Inventors of Magic."

A compilation consisting of 193 tricks in all branches...

Make coins vanish and reappear, make handkerchiefs change color, and make friends, family, and other audiences gasp with delight at your dazzling sleight-of-hand tricks. You can learn the secrets behind dozens of classic maneuvers from Alfred C. Gilbert, a manufacturer of magic kits. The renowned toymaker shared his conjuring secrets in...

Whit Haydn and Chef Anton's Notes on Three Card Monte is by far the most comprehensive book ever written on the history, psychology and sleights on this classic swindle. Whit and Chef also explore the games application to magic and include the School for Scoundrels complete three-card monte routine-Three-Card Gold. 

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Intimum Sacrarium is a private and exclusive release which contains Andreu's latest impromptu mentalism creations.

Most of this material can be performed in AAA (anytime, anywhere, for anyone) conditions as it has been designed with the "impromptu" premise in mind - from minimal to zero preparation whatsoever. For some...

The Maestro left us the 6 of April, 1997, but his magic remains alive. The magic of Ascanio, in four volumes. His theories, his thinking, his philosophy, and the entirety of his card magic, including his legendary routines (with over thirty previously unreleased tricks), full of the Ascanian touch, and his magic with pocket knives.

This...

After 40 years Nick Lewin has become one of the highest paid and highly regarded performers in this lucrative market. This award-winning performer is sharing his experience and it has now been put down on paper. It can save other performers a gigantic learning curve.

From A-Z, Lewin covers the topics that will get you booked in the...

The most complete treatise on sleight-of-hand coin conjuring, including best traditional methods and modern innovations. Guides you systematically from basic techniques, through integrated tricks to complete routined acts, 18 in all.

510 clear illustrations by Nelson C. Hahne. The best manual for amateurs, an encyclopedic source...

Hugard and Braue are undisputed authorities on card tricks and the Royal Road to Card Magic is the best reference source for card tricks with any deck of cards, including a borrowed one.

In 310 pages, with 121 clear illustrations, the book teaches you the basic techniques of card magic. 20 chapters cover effects ranging from close...

The Ultimate Ten-Card Poker Deal is for the serious performing magician who wants a professional gambling-themed routine. This is a featured showpiece that has been thoroughly audience-tested and is used as a closer in one of David Malek's shows, a spot he reserves for only the strongest material.

Effect: A game...

A brand new collection of more than 35 innovative, practical, extraordinary close-up magic straight from David's professional repertoire. New sleights and routines with cards, coins, postcards, business cards, novels, bottle caps and more, along with 3 compelling essays and some hilarious road stories from one of Canada's premiere...

This book will help you make the most of the marketing phenomena that is not only Halloween, but the entire Halloween season.

* Over two hundred pages
* Color section
* Profusely illustrated

Cartomancy is Jermay's fiercely original solution to answering unwritten questions audience members simply think about.

"I just finished reading Cartomancy... it's brilliant. The construction, the script, the thoughts hidden behind, the principles you've assembled... a lot of food for thought. Again: thank you!"
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Vibrations is Luke Jermay's radical approach to what Annemann called "one of the greatest one-man psychic effects ever conceived" that will forever change the way in which you think about this now rarely performed classic.

Introducing Jermay's Sensational Psychometry technique that will allow you to provide insanely...