Orlando: Bev Bergeron, Publisher, 1965. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. 16 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. A short collection of magic tricks and effects by Bev Bergeron, including making goldfish appear in an empty glass of water, card tricks, etc. Bev Bergeron is perhaps best known as a comedic magician, performing... More about Bev Bergeron in Print. The Magic of Bev Bergeron
Chicago: Magic, Inc, 1972. Wraps. Stated second printing. Pink illustrated wraps. 64 pp. Small illustrations throughout. A collection of magic tricks performed using various props and devices. Written and illustrated by Ali Bongo, the stage name for the British comedy magician William Oliver Wallace. GOOD condition. Moderate soiling and staining... More about The Bongo Book
San Diego: Acorn Press. Wraps. Perhaps 1940s. Brown wraps with 8 ½ by 11 inch sheets top stapled, folded in half and laid in. 13 sheets, printed on single sides only. A collection of magic tricks that can be performed by servicemen using the limited materials they might have on... More about Ready, Aim, Magic! Tricks for the Magician in Uniform
London: Chatto and Windus, 1881. Hard Cover. Stated new edition. Decorative cloth. viii, 360 pp., plus 32 pages of ads in the rear. The "first book length history of magic" (see Coleman, Magic: a reference guide), that, despite errors, provided an important study of early magicians and their craft. This... More about The Lives of the Conjurors. New Edition
No Place: Albert Goshman/Magic by Gosh, presumed Publisher. Pamphlet. No place or date. Single sheet pamphlet, folded into four pages. With a few illustration. A collection of four magic tricks or illusions using sponge balls, as explained by Albert Goshman. Presumably a promotional piece issued to advertise sponges by Gosh..... More about A Basic Sponge Ball Routine
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866. Wraps. Orange Wraps. With a few black and white illustrations within. A collection of short stories and articles written for children, including work by J.T. Trowbridge, Mayne Reid (Part of Afloat in a Forest," and others. With a story (illustrated) "The Ice Fairies" by Mary... More about Our Young Folks. An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls. February, 1866. Number 14
No Place: Magic, Inc., Publisher, 1973. Spiral Bound. Quarto. No place: 1973. Blue wrappers, with a black comb binding. Quarto. Pagination runs 201-466 pp. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout, some depicting magicians performing mid-act. Volume two in this series discussing a career as a magician, outlining ways of... More about The Success Book. Volume Two
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. First Edition. Original Cloth. First edition. Green cloth. No jacket. 134 pages. With illustrations throughout. A detailed description of approximately twenty magic tricks-including The Baker's Arrow, The Stolen Apple, The Spectacles of Diogenes, The Invisible Scribe, The Tower of Cadiz, The Detective's X-Ray, The... More about Magic in the Making. A First Book of Conjuring
Cincinnati: The U.S. Playing Card Co, 1921. Wraps. Small beige colored pamphlet with a color illustration of a young man performing a card trick on the front cover. Side stapled. 14 pp. plus a few pages of ads in the rear. Issued by the US Playing Card Company, this short... More about Card Tricks that the Amateur Magician can do with a Regular Deck of Cards
Detroit: Johnson Smith and Company. Wraps. no date, presumed early 1900s. Printed wraps with a small illustration of a magician. 24 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. A short work containing tips on how to perform various magic tricks, including escaping from locked vaults, trunks, ropes, chains, etc., as well... More about Learn How to be a Handcuff King and Mystery Man. Baffling Tricks of Mystery. No. 1178
New York: . Louis Tannen, Publisher, 1980. Cloth. Black cloth with a pastedown color illustration of Siegfried and Roy. 783 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. A comprehensive catalog of various magic apparatus and other items to perform a variety of magic tricks including close up magic, card magic, coin... More about Louis Tannen, Inc. No. 13 Catalog of Magic
New York: Swann Galleries, Publisher, 1997. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Unpaginated. Black and white photos throughout, with color photos on the endpapers. A descriptive catalog to the auction of items relating to the practice of magic, including books, prints, posters, illusions, apparatus and tricks. GOOD+ condition. Minor toning, rubbing, soiling and... More about Magic From the Collection of Milbourne Christopher. October 30, 1997. Swann Galleries Auction...
No Place: No Publisher. Wraps. No Publisher, place or date. Offprint for private circulation, originally published in the American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literature, January, 1940. Printed wraps. 31 pp. Two black and white photo plates. A short work discussing magic incantation texts written in Aramaic inside two terra... More about Two Magic Bowls: New Incantation Texts From Mesopotamia. Offprint
Kenton, OH: International Brotherhood of Magicians, Publisher, 1959. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. 126 pp. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout, as well as ads. An issue of this trade journal for magicians, featuring a biography and look at the magic of Matt Schulien, several pages of instructions to performing a.... More about The Linking Ring. August 1959
Kenton, OH: International Brotherhood of Magicians, Publisher, 1953. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. 126 pp. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout, as well as ads. An issue of this trade journal for magicians, featuring a biography and look at the magic of George McAthy, a study of Indian conjuring, magic stagecraft... More about The Linking Ring. February 1953
Cincinnati: International Brotherhood of Magicians, Publisher, 1961. Wraps. Photo illustrated wraps. 150 pp. Black and white illustrations and photos throughout. Many ads for magic items and apparatus throughout. An issue of this trade journal for magicians, featuring news and bios of various magicians, magic acts and performers. With a section... More about The Linking Ring. October 1961. Volume 41, Number 8
Bristol, CT: Society of American Magicians, 1960. Wraps. Gold wraps. Black and white illustrations and photos throughout. A single issue of this magazine devoted to the practice of magic and magicians, with many articles detailing the performance of a variety of tricks and sleights. Includes card magic, the milk through... More about M-U-M. Golden Jubilee Issue. December, 1960
Kansas City, MO: The Sphinx Publishing Co, 1931. Wraps. Wraps. Illustrations throughout. A magazine devoted to the practice of magic, including many articles on various tricks and magicians. With short descriptions of effects such as water to ice effect, a penny and dime effect, floating shoe etc. GOOD condition. Moderate... More about The Sphinx. An Independent Magazine for Magicians. October, 1931
London: L. Davenport and Co, 1975. Wraps. Stated second edition. Printed wraps. 47 pp. A detailed explanation of a card tricks by Roy Walton, a British magician known for his card magic. This includes the image makers, kings go forth, the ambitious ghost and others. GOOD+ condition. Wrappers browned along... More about Card Script