"The Royal Road to Card Magic"
By Hugard & Braue 1975 edition, Hardbound, dust jacket, 302 pages - Like New Condition.
This classic book could be the most
definitive ever written for the serious beginner who wants to learn
professional card magic.
The Royal Road
to Card Magic book takes you step by step through all the basic card sleights
with card effects applied to each.
The easier sleights discussed first, with a gradual introduction
to the more difficult moves and tricks toward the end of the book.
Retail Price $13.00 Sale Price $5.00
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"Expert Card Technique"
By Hugard & Braue - Dover ed. 1974 - Paperback - 318 illustrations - 448 pages.
A must for the card magician. Scores of methods — previously known only to card experts —
include passes, palming, false shuffles, false cuts, changes, crimps, jogs,
reverses, rear palms, and more. Altogether, 341 sleights and tricks.
Retail Price $15.00 Sale Price $7.00
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"The Expert at the Card Table"
by Erdnase - Paperback - New Condition - 218 pages
Considered by many magicians and card sharps to be the one
essential guidebook to attaining the highest level of card mastery. Includes
author's own systems of false shuffling, false riffling and cutting, dealing
from the bottom, palming cards, "skinning the hand" — even three-card
monte, plus 14 dazzling card tricks.
Retail Price $15.00 Sale Price $7.00
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“Further Tips on Zombie” by Joe Karson , Abbott Magic Mfg.
Co., [1963]. 58 pages – Paperback
This manual provides step–by–step instructions on how to
perform “zombie,” a magic trick in which the performer creates the illusion of
a self–levitating sphere. (As part of the build–up to the trick, the sphere is
said to be imbued with the supernatural power of the zombies).
Retail Price $5.00 Sale Price $3.00
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"Gags Routines and Patter" by Sid Llorraine - Abbott's 1962 - 64 pages - Spiral Bound - 22 gags and routines for magic & comedy.
Sale Price $4.00
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"Patter" by Sid Lorraine - Abbott's 1938 - 62 pages - Paperback -
Contents
; EXPLANATION-OPENING LINES-WALSH'S CANE TO SILK-THE WRIST WATCH TRICK-THE CARD
IN THE CIGARETTE-THE SALT TRICK-CUT AND RESTORED ROPE-GRANT'S TALKING SKULL-CHINESE
PAPER TEARING-TWENTIETH CENTURY HANDKERCHIEFS-THE CHINESE STICKS-GRANT'S PIG ON
THE SLATE-TORN AND RESTORED NEWSPAPER-THE STAMP ALBUM TIP-SEE BOTTLE OF MILK-CARD
BETWEEN METAL PLATES-PIFF PAFF POOF-FIR TREE AND LADDER-TOPICAL GAG LINES-APPENDIX:
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Sale Price $3.00
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"Crack Comedy" by Robert Orben - 1955 - 54 pages - Paperback - Magician's favorite comedy writer.
Sale Price $3.00
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"Cups And Balls Magic" by Tom Osborne - 1955 - Paperback
This is the encyclopedia of cups and balls magic -- the book
where you find everything on it. The book begins with the simple sleights and
moves, and takes you in easy stages thru the whole calendar of sleights and
subtleties - every art and artifice, old and new, all the mystery and
entertainment of this famous trick. Here you find all the palming, passes,
steals, switches, moves, routines, novelty effects, production of baby chicks,
original ideas, how to select the cups, etc. Here is also all the detail, with
lots of sketches to teach you how to make the balls magically fly from cup to
cup, multiply, vanish, reappear, transform into other objects, etc. The most
comprehensive work on the subject ever produced. 60 pages, 63 illustrations.
Sale Price $2.00
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"Milk Pitcher Magic" by Hen Fetsch - 1962 - 35 pages - Paperback
Over 100 routines, tips presentations, gags, ideas for the Vanishing Milk Pitcher.
Sale Price $1.00
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"75 tricks with a Stripper Deck" booklet & a
"Wizard Stripper Deck" Bridge size - Red back - New
Sale Price both for $3.00
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