Books: Card Magic

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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.

It's...

"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!"
- Paul...

"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....

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...

COMING FEBRUARY 24th

OMNIBUS focuses on the most popular card effect in the history of magic... The Ambitious Card.

Many have considered this book to be the last word on the Ambitious plot. OMNIBUS Includes all the material contained in its original 1987 printing as well as a new bonus chapter on...

False Anchors Presents: Unanchored, a compilation of Ryan's best tricks and routines from before the False Anchors era. At over 250 pages and 250 images, there is bound to be a trick or ten for everyone's repertoire. This beautiful hardback contains mostly close-up card magic routines, but also features some parlor magic and...

False Anchors Presents: Unanchored, a compilation of Ryan's best tricks and routines from before the False Anchors era. At over 250 pages and 250 images, there is bound to be a trick or ten for everyone's repertoire. This beautiful hardback contains mostly close-up card magic routines, but also features some parlor magic and...

NEW: Paul Gordon's Card Startlers - New Blockbuster Hardback Book for 2022.

Card Startlers is a beauty! It contains 87 NEW routines, 224 pages and boasts a foil-embossed cloth-covered hardback with saddle-stitched pages and head and tail bands. The reviews and comments are amazing! Magic Orthodoxy (on YouTube) RAVED about...

This is the long awaited third volume of card magic by the world-renowned magician, Roy Walton. It has been some 28 years since the last completely new, collected works book was released. We are extremely excited to offer this new volume to the magical fraternity.

This volume contains 96 carefully selected effects with cards; some...

These new editions have been completely re-edited, formatted and bound to exceptionally high standards. Published by Davenports Magic of London, using a globally renowned printing company to create the most environmentally sustainable books published in their 114 year history.

Volume 1:

One of the acclaimed classics...

These new editions have been completely re-edited, formatted and bound to exceptionally high standards. Published by Davenports Magic of London, using a globally renowned printing company to create the most environmentally sustainable books published in their 114 year history.

Volume 2:

This volume follows the highly...

Ben Harris is a creative mastermind that has offered countless invaluable contributions to the magic community over his impressive lifetime in magic. Yet, his latest project, Symmetry & Parity, is quite possibly his best work to date.

Symmetry & Parity exemplifies the immense power we can possess as magicians when...

"You can't go wrong with this marvelous work. Tom beautifully describes and illustrates three of my favorite hops and shifts."
- Jack Carpenter

Gagnon's Inner Sanctum is 256 pages with over 625 superb illustration by Tom Gagnon.

Inner Sanctum includes Underground Card Magic, Innovations, Contemporary...

A massive 4-hour download and accompanying hardcover book filled with one-of-a-kind card magic from one of the world's leading mentalists, Luke Jermay.

Many pure mentalists often shy away from playing cards. So, it may come as a shock to learn that Luke Jermay actually loves card magic. The world-renowned mentalist has spent...

A secret sequel to one of Vanishing Inc.'s bestselling books is now available.

As a young magician, Vanishing Inc. Cofounder Andi Gladwin studied alongside Jack Parker and the pair became close friends. Jack was a phenomenal card magician that regularly received praise from other world-class magicians for his ability to craft...

Tony Griffith is truly gifted when it comes to routines and presentations. In An Invitation to Mystery, Tony shares some of his greatest effects and routines. Some very deceiving card magic is explained in detail.

Keep in mind, these are far from knuckle busting effects -- as a matter of fact, they are very easy to learn and...

Card College is a modern classic. It is without a doubt the most important work on sleight of hand with cards. This is the first volume in a series of five. The speciality of this electronic book are its 89 video clips, which show how Giobbi executes each and every technique described.

This ebook has also been nominated as a finalist...

Effects with the Card Index is a very hard-to-find publication that is focused around the card index. Weston goes into "out of the box" placements for the index, and readers come away with a new mindset on how and where the index can be used in performance.

Card Caprice contains two of Jack Yates' most coveted effects. Jack's Wallet is a combination Mental effect/Card to Wallet, where a selected card later appears inside an un-gimmicked wallet.

You may never want to purchase another gimmicked wallet after reading this method. Jack's Line Up is the second effect taught....

Jack's Pack is a devious stacking method for finding any card in a deck by way of using: numbers, names, words, etc. Highly Recommended!

This book contains the late Patrick Page's handling and routine for the classic Cards to Pocket. Patrick's take on the effect is extremely direct and fooling. Plays from close-up, walk-around to stage.

This is a very hard-to-find booklet. Very limited quantities available.

"The whole process is incredibly clean and works like a charm. It's a great step forward in prop-less mentalism..."
- Marc Paul

"Wow, what a tome you've created! I never imagined that this could lead to so many things..."
- Greg Arce

Banachek was certainly spot on the money when he said:...

The Immaculate Card Magic of Walt Lees contains truly jaw-dropping effects for the close-up performer. There are four card routines explained in great detail and illustrated with photographs. This book does NOT disappoint. Limited quantities available.