During the thirteen issues of Mortimers Magic Magazine, new routines, ideas, and patter were presented for the magician who wanted to learn new show material, perform at a magic meeting, or simply amaze friends without having to spend years practicing. T

"No recent book on magic…reveals so many inside secrets."--Martin Gardner. Known among veteran magicians for his invention of many new tricks and his imaginative twists of old ones, Paul Curry incorporated thoroughly

Hatton and Plate were master magicians of their time, and their 1910 book Magicians' Tricks is one of a dozen classics indispensable to today's magicians, both amateur and professional. Besides revealing the techniques behind scores of tricks, this exper

Magic is everywhere, from the big spectacle celebrity of David Copperfield and Siegfried and Roy to the quirky Penn and Teller to the spooky David Blaine and Criss Angel to the endless material on YouTube. But until now,

Through the ages, countless ingenious performers have astonished their friends or audiences with "magic"--not the black arts, but simple or sometimes complicated tricks that can be learned and passed on. This book will tell you how to do some of these an

To be honest, at first I was at a bit of a loss as to what to write about this book--Whenever I say that something we are publishing is beautiful, inventive, clever, creative and more it sounds self serving, even when it is

The most inventive and original of all European magicians, Marconick has delighted many Americans on his lecture tours. You will be very happy with his tricks because his ideas are simple and straightforward. Each book is complete in itself. Book 3 con

More fine Marconick excitement in another of his fascinating books. The cover sketch is the applause getting finish of a rope trick he teaches in Book No. 4--plus Impossible Cards, Rising Aces, Thimbles, Card on Mirror, Color Change in the Air, Cigarette

Finally after years of work as resident magician at the Magic Cellar in San Francisco and after winning the Magic Castle's "Visiting Magician of the Year Award, Martin Lewis has finally decided to share his magic. In this book there are routines that ful

A new collection of clever innovations by one of Europe's leading magical inventors and performers! There are close-up mysteries, stage bafflers and mental marvels. Tricks using cards, coins, silks, candles, balloons and