Books: All Magic Books

Have you ever wondered how to build your own Substitution trunk?

Well, now you can get the schematics to create this amazing prop.
The trunk can be examined by the audience before the effect is preformed...

Are you ready to take your performance to the next level?

If any one man can be credited with extending the Golden Age of Magic in Britain, that man is Cecil Lyle. After achieving fame as a music hall performer, he set his sights on the creation of a full-evening show in the tradition of the great magicians of his youth. Even the outbreak of World War II did not deter him from persuing this goal....

The recognized encyclopedia of coin magic. If you like coin magic this is the book for you.

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...

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,...

These are Marc Oberon's 2009 lecture notes which are selling very quickly following lectures during his tour. Includes Epic, Offkey, Predict Event, Tom Cat and WhatDoYouSee?

With a preface by Max Maven, 2 Essays and 33 effects, this book is full of great magic. You know him for the Gilbreath principle. Now you can see the breadth of his creativity.
Our newest publication comes in at over 300 pages full of great magic. Also included, is a CD that allows you to perform 4 effects.

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by David Solomon and Jeff Siegfried

The Wisdom of Solomon has over 50 effects succinctly written by David Solomon and Jeff Siegfried in a manner similar in style to past Marlo writings. There are over 200 photos to clearly illustrate all sleights, layouts, and procedures. At the beginning of each effect the reader is...

This unique book is about a special group of alloys (safe & non-toxic) that can be used to create numerous magical effects, from vanishing (or bending or penetrating) a spoon, to mentally melting coins in the hands of spectators - even card peeks and locations using gallium.

All of the listed effects are constructed in the psychology...

Another collection of Al leech card effects!

Contents:

- Preface
- Alfred B. Leech: Magician—Of—The Month
- Major Surgery
- A Typographical Error
- Platform Wild Card
- A Bicycle Built For Profit
- Too Small
- Snap Change
- Crooked Card
- Three Cards...

What mentalists are saying about T-REX:
"I really do like T-REX and have used it regularly over the last year. It is indeed excellent and extremely utilitarian. It Is one of the smoothest and most efficient tears I've seen."
- Bob Cassidy

"It's the single best CENTER tear I've seen in 20...

KARL WAGNER, veteran of over 10,000 school shows across the USA, has written the first textbook on performing safety message magic. Not only does Karl offer you dozens of kid show routines that are both FUN and FUNNY, but he teaches you how to inject safety messages (or ANY messages) into many standard tricks and routines.

You'll...

From Tom Craven's introduction:
"What you'll find in this book covers a lifetime of magic of mine. I tried to put everything I'd come up with in here, but obviously, I know there are some missing items. Just about everything that has been in print before is here, but there are some that were never in print that...

Over the space of 248 pages hardbound, author David Roper looks at comedy magic from every possible angle, backed by 20 years of research and experience, putting down his conclusions in theory as well as practical application. You'll learn not only how to mix comedy with magic, but you'll find dozens of tried, tested and polished...

Move objects with your mind, pass coins through tables, escape police restraints, and reveal other people's thoughts! Diamond Jim Tyler shows how to transform an ordinary act into a truly entertaining show. Learn 29 routines that include several original tricks as well as many tried-and-true crowd pleasers.

Written for beginners...

The 'Horus' contains some of Luca Volpes best kept secrets from his professional repertoire. Mixing a blend of clever thinking and easy to do methods, which creates stunning effects. Each routine is audience tested and contains everything you need to perform the effects, from the script to plenty of bonus tips.

No complicated...

Springboard is a revolutionary new system for allowing your spectator to read minds!

In this cutting edge book you will be taught the inner secrets behind this technique which had previously only been shared with a select few.

Imagine for a moment that you are thinking of a card. The spectator creates a card in their...

This 36 page softbound book is great for beginners. It covers the basics such as the right rope to use; care of the rope, etc. as well as rope stunts, tricks and routines. Illustrated.

By Hugard & Braue. Here is a book of card magic and technique that is unparalleled in its thoroughness of the subject. Although the book is full of many beautiful and mystifying card effects, the authors stress the importance of technique and performance. The many sleights are explained in detail as they pertain to the various effects....

Following on from the tremendous success of our premier book release "Isabella's Star"; Magicbox is proud to announce the release of our second book titled "Memoria". Memoria is the brain child of Fraser Parker and details the complete work on his most powerful close-up mentalism creation to date. In this...

Pete Turner is undoubtedly one of the most highly respected mentalists and his works are always highly sought after amongst his peers. When he speaks, we listen and so fresh from the sell out success of his last DVD "The Devil in Disguise" Magicbox are proud to have partnered up with him once again to bring you his latest work...

More than just a magic book, Christian Chelman's Capricornian Tales takes the reader into strange, uncharted territory with presentations that will chill the heart and challenge the sensibilities of any audience.

Written in a narrative style that combines the effects, presentations and methods into compelling and highly...

The Color Change Hanky is the perfect opening routine as it can set up the performer's personality, and show they have incredible skill. In this 74 page book Paul Romhany shares several hilarious professional scripts that take this classic effect to new levels, and includes some original twists that will unexpected by your audience....

This Deluxe book is limited to 300 copies and each book is numbered.

Biography of the great escape artist and vaudeville entertainer Harry Houdini. Uses newspaper clippings, handbills of his acts and the memories of his friends as source material. Written by the famous magician and author Milbourne Christopher.

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For more than ten years, from 1990 through 2001, The Magic Menu was a continuing and trusted source of practical information for close-up magicians, particularly those who performed in restaurants, bars and night spots. Each issue brought real-world advice, information, reviews of the latest magic and audience-tested effects from...

In 1982 Burton Sperber published Miracles of My Friends in a limited numbered edition. Hailed as a classic anthology of mentalism, it has long been out of print. Sadly, many of Sperber's friends from that volume are no longer with us. Fortunately, he keeps making new friends, and Miracles of My Friends II is finally available!

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