In Stanley Collins-Conjurer, Collector and Iconoclast, master historian and author Edwin A. Dawes leads you through the life of happiness and heartbreak of this brilliant magician and collector.A great character of British magic during the first half of the 20th century, Stanley Collins was unique in that his tremendous conjuring skills were allied to high intelligence, musical talent and rapier-like wit. Moreover, in his own elegant style, Collins made important and long-lasting contributions ...

Written by male model/master magician Handsome Jack (with footnotes by John Lovick), this treatise is a rarity in the magic world: it's as funny (and attractive) as it is instructive. Handsome Jack, etc. details twenty stand-up (and close-up) routines with complete scripts, histories, and commentary on their development and performance.In addition to Jack's urbane descriptions, Lovick provides two essential essays on the subjects of scripting and persona.

Take sixteen road-tested, audience-proven routines from one of the funniest magicians on stage today, combine with nine essays, hundreds of stylized color photos, fresh & original art, and a worker's perspective on the way to make your work your own, and what do you get?Offbeat.

False Anchors Presents: Unanchored, a compilation of Ryan's best tricks and routines from before the False Anchors era. At over 250 pages and 250 images, there is bound to be a trick or ten for everyone's repertoire. This beautiful hardback contains mostly close-up card magic routines, but also features some parlor magic and accompanying performance videos. The final section in the book, Arsenal, teaches necessary utility moves and thoughts from Ryan on how he prepares before a gig.The collecto...

No other book like it! The Bammo Flim-Flam CONglomeration contains 472 pages with hundreds of illustrations (by Tony Dunn) in 71 chapters, with loads of magic: card tricks, dice and domino tricks, coin effects, rope tricks, mentalism and montes, gambling scams, bar bets, and humorous asides. Tons of new material and updated classic material, practical and usable immediately.Cut any Poker hand called for.Throw dice that can't lose (and they're NOT loaded).Turn your pocket change into a cash-gen...

Street tricks, slight of hand and illusion.Street Magic teaches you the secrets of close-up, under-your-nose, in-your-face magic - the sort you commonly see on television. There are tricks with coins, paper, cards and all sorts of other great ways to impress people! You will learn nearly 100 great tricks and illusions from easy-to-follow diagrams and text. There's no elitist jargon and no skimping on all-important detail. The illusions are arranged so you can comfortably progress from one to the...

What kid of any age can resist a book guaranteed to make fellow diners blanch at restaurants or at the family dinner table? Mean, disgusting, vile, hilarious. The book that makes CRUEL TRICKS look like an etiquette guide. 35 black-and-white photos.

Top left to right: Faro Notes, Estimation, Side StealBottom left to right: Fingertip Control, Marlo Meets his Match, The Faro Shuffle.

A commercial, professional routine that breathes new life into one of the most beloved plots in magic. Nearly 18 minutes of show-stopping material with just a deck of cards and a marker.After bursting onto the scene with his bestselling book Stage by Stage, John Graham has once again partnered with Vanishing Inc. to bring you one of his all-time favorite routines. After performing and refining his Multiple Selection act in front of real audiences for decades, he's finally ready to share it with...