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Introductory Essays by Eugene Burger and John Carney Al Baker was one of the most creative figures in magic, a master of close-up, stage magic, and mentalism. Now all his legendary works are back in print in this volume, plus unpublished effects and more! Complete versions of Baker's books: Magical Ways and Means, Pet Secrets, Al Baker's Book, Al Baker's Second Book, Cardially Yours, and Mental Magic. • Over 200 additional Baker effects from notes, insturctions, and journals. • A dazzling array fo never-before-seen Baker photos and rare memorabilia • Numerous added illustrations by Katlyn Breene • Plus profiles and essays by Eugene Burger, John Carney, Jay Marshall, Max Maven and Teller. This massive work contains over 800 pages. Hardcover, full-color dust jacket.

Very good minus condition. Previous owner has written his name on front end paper. Alexander has signed the FFEP "Yours for greater success, Alexander".

For the past 50 years, Sam Schwartz has been devising some of the most baffling magic and mentalism ever created. When Backflip hit the scene it set off a whole new generation of packet effects. Incredi-Box changed how magicians looked at coin boxes. And those in the know recognize that Sam's book tests were bigger than anything before or after. At last, over 60 of Sam Schwartz's best tricks and routines have been gathered between hard covers to make SamÕs, a book that spans a lifetime of creativity and offers brilliant additions to the fields of Card and Coin Magic, Close-up Magic, Mentalism, Rope Effects and Rope and Ring Magic. Sam's, a book of 242 pages by Allen Zingg, with over 200 illustrations by Tony Dunn, is a compendium of magic with methods attainable by the average magician and effects engineered to entertain while they astonish. Here is a book full of material you will use - because it's Sam's - because it's the finest!

42 large pages of information detailing the following classic inventions of Fred Culpitt: Vanishing Stick or Culpitt's Cork, Abanazer Fan Vanish, Doll's House Illusion (Unlike the dealer rip-off's), Torn and Restored Newspaper (Culpitt Method), Bathing Costume Trick (Fred's Original routine), A Rabbit from a Hat, Culpitt's Clock, Rabbit to Silks.
Fred was a British performer and stage manager of the Egyptian Hall. He achieved stage success in the early part of the 20th century with a comedy magic act and is also notable as the first magician to appear on a regularly scheduled television show.

Bound to Please contains the complete texts of Simon's first three books - The Card Ideas of Simon Aronson, A Stack to Remember, and Shuffle-bored, plus material first published in Kabbala and Hierophant. Includes Red See Passover; The Aronson Stack, Ad-jacent, Simon's breakthrough treatise on the memorized deck and much more. 183 pages, 8-1/2 x 11, hardcover.

Milo & Roger were one of the greatest comedy magic acts of the twentieth century. Two boys from poor families, Arthur Brandon and Roger Coker, growing up in Ohio, discovered a shared passion - magic - which would lead them from midwest America to Hollywood, Seattle, Japan, China, Thailand, Europe, New York, Las Vegas, Paris and dozens of other locations across the globe, where they performed for 46 years in some of the worst and most of the best places in the world! Arthur Brandon takes you through this oddest of odysseys, populated by a rich and quirky cast of characters, from the eccentrics of small-town America to the lunacy of Hollywood and its stars. As he and his partner Roger worked their way up the rungs of show-business success to become one of the most sought-after comedy magic acts in the world, Arthur chronicled their struggle, from near starvation and death to life among the famous, wealthy and privileged. One of the most entertaining autobiographies ever written! Hardbound, 432 pages.

Pebbled leather, 358 photos. Early edition with clear photos on thick paper.