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Cardini: The Suave Deceiver by John Fisher and The Miracle Factory - Book

Cardini: The Suave Deceiver by John Fisher and The Miracle Factory - Book

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A complete biography of magic's master!
Step-by-step analysis of Cardini's act
Almost 600 pages
Over 800 illustrations
350 frame-by-frame shots of his act
Beautiful color section

"Cardini was one of the greatest performing


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Chan Canasta - A Remarkable Man Vol. 1 by David Britland-  Book

Chan Canasta - A Remarkable Man Vol. 1 by David Britland- Book

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This was the first book in the series and it caused a complete sensation. We sold out but our printers found several boxes that they had forgotten to deliver to us. So we are back in stock now. This book attracted a great deal of attention and many w


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Chan Canasta - A Remarkable Man Vol. 2 by David Britland - Book

Chan Canasta - A Remarkable Man Vol. 2 by David Britland - Book

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This is the long-awaited follow up to the first book. It is a quality soft back publication, perfect bound. It contains a lot of information that arrived too late for inclusion in the first volume. We are grateful to all those who have helped us prod


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Dai Vernon: A Biography by David Ben - Book

Dai Vernon: A Biography by David Ben - Book

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"...fascinating and fast-moving biography...Ben takes care to present the story here to appeal to insiders and laymen alike."
- The Washington Post

"A detailed and humanizing portrait of a genius and the age that hailed him as its


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David Copperfield - A Magic Life by Benoit Grenier - Book

David Copperfield - A Magic Life by Benoit Grenier - Book

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David Copperfield is arguably the most famous magician in the world as for decades he has dominated the world magic stage through his many widely seen TV specials, featuring some of the most staggering and memorable illusions of all time, and through


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Edward Victor's Hands

Edward Victor's Hands

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Edward Victor was one of the greatest magicians who ever lived, who affected the work of almost every close-up magician working today. Dai Vernon and Ed Marlo, among many others, owed a major debt to the work of Edward Victor. His creations includ


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Essential Robert-Houdin - Book

Essential Robert-Houdin - Book

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All the classic works of the great master of magic, Robert-Houdin, under one cover, lavishly illustrated with hundreds of beautiful prints, engravings, and photos. Robert-Houdin (1805-1871) revolutionized the art of magic with his incredible stage my


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Extending Magic Beyond Credibility by John Booth - Book

Extending Magic Beyond Credibility by John Booth - Book

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His thirteenth (and possibly best) book on magic, looks back on his more than 70 years of experience with the conjuring arts and considers some of its most enduring mysteries, intriguing questions and fascinating personalities.

From legendary


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Glorious Deception by Jim Steinmeyer (Softbound)- Book

Glorious Deception by Jim Steinmeyer (Softbound)- Book

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In a biography woven from equal parts enchantment and mystery, Jim Steinmeyer unveils the secrets behind the most enigmatic performer in the history of stage magic, Chung Ling Soo, the "Marvelous Chinese Conjurer" - a magician whose daring made his c


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Great Magicians in Great Moments by Irving Desfor - Book

Great Magicians in Great Moments by Irving Desfor - Book

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For almost 50 years, Irving Desfor has captured the history of magic with his camera. His photos are the best! Here is your chance to catch a glimpse of moments in magic that are gone forever except in the memories of a few! See Dai Vernon per


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Harbin X 2 book (Early Harbin and Harbincadabra)

Harbin X 2 book (Early Harbin and Harbincadabra)

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This two volume book set details the work, and the life of one of magic's most renowned artists, Robert Harbin. The set contains two hardbound 300 page books. The first volume, "Early Harbin," contains a comprehensive look at this master of


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Herrmann The Magician by H.J. Burlingame - Book

Herrmann The Magician by H.J. Burlingame - Book

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BACK IN PRINT!

NEW EDITION

Magico reprints "Herrmann the Magician - His Life; His Secrets" book.

Includes an Introduction to the New Edition by Barrie Richardson.

Pages 294 - Hardbound


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Hiding the Elephant by Jim Steinmeyer(Softbound) - Book

Hiding the Elephant by Jim Steinmeyer(Softbound) - Book

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Jim Steinmeyer's 2003 book is a journey thorough the rich history of magicians, their creations and their quest for the impossible. Starting with Houdini's famous and infamous illusion of making an elephant disappear, Jim traces the various invention


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High Priest Of Pranks And Merchant Magic by S.S. Adams - Book

High Priest Of Pranks And Merchant Magic by S.S. Adams - Book

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Samuel Sorenson Adams' world was filled with tricks, jokes and magic. His unusual company, known worldwide as S.S. Adams, has plied its trade in pranks and tricks since 1906.

Adams was born May 24, 1879 in Denmark and his family immigrated to


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Hockmann, The Great Exposes Himself! by Milt Larsen - Book

Hockmann, The Great Exposes Himself! by Milt Larsen - Book

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For the first time ever, Hockman, The Great reveals the secrets that he planned to take with him to his grave...unfortunately he hasn't died yet!

Professor Hockman breaks the rules and reveals the secrets of his most unusual illusions that no


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Houdini Book: Collector's Edition by Milbourne Christopher - Book

Houdini Book: Collector's Edition by Milbourne Christopher - Book

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Enter into the fascinating world of the Master Magician, Harry Houdini. Written by the famous magician an author Milbourne Christopher, this 240 page collector's edition, contains hundreds of rare photos, color pages with posters and even includes a


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Laurant Man of Many Mysteries by Gabe Fajuri - Book

Laurant Man of Many Mysteries by Gabe Fajuri - Book

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In 1896, Eugene Laurant became a professional magician. 21 years earlier, as Eugene Greenleaf, he was born on the frontier, in the horse and buggy town that was Denver, Colorado.

Billed as the "Man of Many Mysteries," Laurant spent almost 50 s


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Life Of The Party - A Visual History Of S.S. Adams - Book

Life Of The Party - A Visual History Of S.S. Adams - Book

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This all-new book commemorates the one hundredth anniversary of the S.S. Adams Company. Within its pages is a treasury of images that spans the company's first one hundred years of business. Each page is loaded with product photos, original art, prom


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Marco the Magi's Production of le Grand David and his own Spectacular Magic by Webster Bull - Book

Marco the Magi's Production of le Grand David and his own Spectacular Magic by Webster Bull - Book

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The Early Years in Photographs

From 1976, when they bought the Cabot Street Cinema Theatre, through the 1980s and the purchase of the Larcom Theatre, the early years of "Le Grand David and his own Spectacular Magic Company" were a time


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Memoirs of an Elusive Moth by Adele Friel Rhindress - Book

Memoirs of an Elusive Moth by Adele Friel Rhindress - Book

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Harry Blackstone presented a full-evening production called the "Show of 1001 Wonders." It lived up to that billing, as a stage-filling spectacle combining spectacular illusions, magnificent costumes, gorgeous girls, a corps of assistants, humor, dan


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Milo & Roger by Arthur Brandon - Book

Milo & Roger by Arthur Brandon - Book

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A Magical Life

Milo & Roger were one of the greatest comedy magic acts of the twentieth century! Two boys from poor families, Arthur Brandon and Roger Coker, followed a shared passion...bringing magic from mid-west America to some of t


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My Story by Uri Geller - Book

My Story by Uri Geller - Book

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This is the autobiography of, and the first book by, the famous and controversial Israeli psychic known throughout the world as the man who - apparently by force of will - bends keys and spoons, who mends broken radios and stopped watches, and who ha


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Mysteries Of My Life by René Lavand - Book

Mysteries Of My Life by René Lavand - Book

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The real secrets of René Lavand's art are the secrets of his life. In this unique book you get both: Part One, "My Mysteries," features a new act which René has been perfecting for years, described in thorough detail with full patter. Part Two


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Rameses The Forgotten Star by Chris Woodward - Book

Rameses The Forgotten Star by Chris Woodward - Book

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Rameses the Egyptian Wonderworker was an illusionist of the Edwardian era. Born Albert Marchinski in Poland in 1876, he grew up in London in a distinctly middle class home. But as Rameses, he achieved financial and artistic successes beyond the dream


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Spellbound: The Wonder-filled Life of Doug Henning -Book

Spellbound: The Wonder-filled Life of Doug Henning -Book

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By 1974, magic had lost its mass appeal and there was no such thing as a celebrity magician-until a skinny, bucktoothed kid from Winnipeg became an overnight star in an unlikely Broadway musical called The Magic Show. Doug Henning, with his refreshin


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Stars Of Magic by Meir Yedid - Book

Stars Of Magic by Meir Yedid - Book

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THE ORIGINAL STARS OF MAGIC - NEW EDITION!

The best and most influential book on Close-Up Magic is back.

If you have not read and learned the magic contained in this book


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The Great Raymond by William V. Rauscher - Book

The Great Raymond by William V. Rauscher - Book

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This fascinating book takes you on a magical journey around the world seven times with The Great Raymond, a Master Magician of remarkable charm and skills. Learn about the hardships, trials, and glory of theatrical magic from the 1900s to the 1940s.


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The Great Wizard of the North (John Henry Anderson)

The Great Wizard of the North (John Henry Anderson)

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This is a biography of John Henry Anderson, better known as "The Great Wizard of the North." According to Anderson, the chief requisites for success in the performance of fears of legerdemain are manual dexterity and self-possession. The forme


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The Indescribable Phenomenon by Barry Wiley (Anna Eva Fay Bio) - Book

The Indescribable Phenomenon by Barry Wiley (Anna Eva Fay Bio) - Book

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She was one of the most famous and successful mediums and mentalists of the twentieth century. She fooled the best minds of her time. She was, in the words of J. N. Maskelyne...

"...a fascinating little blonde."

After devoting twenty-


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The Secret Life Of Houdini (Limited - SIGNED by authors) by William Kalush and Larry Sloman

The Secret Life Of Houdini (Limited - SIGNED by authors) by William Kalush and Larry Sloman

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Handcuff King. Escape Artist. International Superstar. Since his death eighty years ago, Harry Houdini's life has been chronicled in books, in film, and on television. Now, in this groundbreaking biography, renowned magic expert William Kalush and be


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Thurston And Dante - The Written Word by Phil Temple - Book

Thurston And Dante - The Written Word by Phil Temple - Book

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25 years ago... Phil Temple published a collection of over 450 pages of correspondence between Howard Thurston and Harry Jansen (DANTE), the two most prominent magicians of the times. The unique publication quickly earned positive reviews thro


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Trouping with Dante by Marion Trikosko - Book

Trouping with Dante by Marion Trikosko - Book

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In the golden age of big illusion shows, his was the most golden of all. He had been born Harry Jansen, but the world knew him as "Dante, The Magician."

He played every continent on earth with one of the most magnificent magic shows of the tw


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Uri - A Journal of the Mystery of Uri Geller by Andrija Puharich - Book

Uri - A Journal of the Mystery of Uri Geller by Andrija Puharich - Book

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In 1971 Andrija Puharich met a talented young Israeli named Uri Geller, whose psychic abilities had already made him well known in his homeland. The next year Uri came to America, where millions of people have since watched him bend keys, stop watche


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The Life and Times of Alexander (Dr. Q)- Book

The Life and Times of Alexander (Dr. Q)- Book

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Did you know that Claude (Alexander) Conlin rubbed elbows with such notables as Harold Lloyd, Clara Bow and Margaret Sullavan? That he had as many wives as Mickey Rooney? Or how about the fact that he loaned Houdini $500 and he was never paid back? R


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