Two years in the making...
The product no greedy magic company wants you to know about or is willing to give you.
368 magic books, 30,000+ pages of content, 91 professional commentaries, an extensively detailed index with 4,000+ effects, authors featuring. Houdini, Erdanase, Tarbell, Hugard, and MORE-this is a veritable 'cup of life' to any and all amateur or professional magicians.
Dear friend,
We were up late when we found it.
At the time, we were desperately trying to design something to build our email list and we couldn't find a resource valuable enough.
We'd been scratching our heads for weeks, desperate to find something that could set us apart from everyone else.
It all came down to this...
...two magical words:
Public Domain.
For those that are wondering, the definition of public domain is this:
"The state of belonging or being available to the public as a whole, especially through NOT being subject to copyright or other legal restrictions."
Ever heard this expression before?
"Want to find something new, read something old. Want to find something old? Read something new..."
This phrase could not be more accurate than it is in modern day magic.
That night, two years ago, we discovered that many of the best magic books EVER WRITTEN-Tarbell's course on magic, Expert at the Card Table by Erdanase and Bobo's Coin Magic are ALL public domain.
Yes, you heard us right, just between these three books nearly 3,000 pages of incredible magic content is simply bouncing around the internet.
(and hardly anyone is using or knows about it...)
Here's why:
The content isn't easy to find (you have to know EXACTLY what to search for and be aware of which sources are reputable and which aren't)
Many magic companies make NO effort to ensure this stuff is readily available (but they do profit off product after product that uses effects taken directly from these books and given a 'modern twist')
People don't know where to start (300 classic magic books is an overwhelming number, and it can be hard to find the really good stuff)
The magic companies that HAVE collected these books sell them at a ludicrous price and they're vastly behind the times ($80 for a CD ROM is kind of a joke...)
Here's what we've done to tackle this issue:
We've put all the books in one place (let's not even talk about the 1000's of hours this has taken, we'll get PTSD...)
We've written a commentary for all the ones we think are worth starting with (91 to be exact)
We're making this accessible to the entire magic world (let's just say our price tag doesn't even get close to $80...)
So enough talk, you probably want to 'see the money!'
Here are the 91 classic books for which we thought it was worth writing a commentary and adding a blurb.
This list will continue to grow even after the release of this product.
But for now, we didn't want to overwhelm you, the other 277 magic books all have links to their PDF and can be flipped through at your own pleasure...
(but honestly, 91 is more than enough to get you started!)
Here they are:
1. 202 Methods of Forcing - Theodore Annemann
2. A Few Jardine Ellis Secrets - George Johnson
3. A Half Hour of Magic - Sicnarf
4. A Real Magic Show - Frank Lane
5. Al Baker Book No. 1 - Al Baker
6. Al Baker Book No. 2 - Al Baker
7. Annemann's Buried Treasures - Theodore Annemann
8. Annemann's Miracles of Card Magic - Theodore Annemann
9. Annemann's Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks - Theodore Annemann
10. Annemann's Mental Mysteries - Theodore Annemann
11. Annemann's One Man Mental and Psychic Routine - Theodore Annemann
12. Annual of Magic 1937 - Jean Hugard
13. Behind the Scenes with the Mediums - David Abbott
14. Card Manipulations No. 1 - Jean Hugard
15. Card Manipulations No. 2 - Jean Hugard
16. Card Manipulations No. 3 - Jean Hugard
17. Card Manipulations No. 5 - Jean Hugard
18. Miracle Methods, Casting New Light on the Stripper Deck - Jean Hugard
19. Coin Magic - Jean Hugard
20. Magic - Ellis Stanyon
21. Drug Store Magic - Eli B. Johnson
22. Effective Tricks - Louis F. Christianer
23. En Rapport - Theodore Annemann
24. Encyclopedia of Card Tricks - Gravatt/Hugard
25. Entertaining Magic Hermann Pallme
26. Sympathetic Silks - Edward Bagshawe
27. Here's How by Frank Lane
28. The Sphinx Golden Jubilee Book of Magic
29. Half a Dozen Hummers - Bob Hummer
30. Handkerchief Manipulation Act - George Stillwell
31. Heller's Book Of Magic
32. Hermann the Magician - H. J. Burlingame
33. Hocus Pocus Junior
34. Indian Conjuring - L. H. Branson
35. Latter Day Tricks - Roterberg
36. Memory Trix - Bernard Zufall
37. Making Magic - Richard W. Humphries
38. More Magic of the Hands - Edward Victor
39. Charles Crayford - Magical Deceptions
40. Magical Masterpieces - Louis Nikola
41. Magical Originalities - Ernest Noakes
42. Magicians' tricks - Hatton & Plate
43. Mechanical and Electrical Tricks - W. T. McQuade
44. Mental Magic With Cards - Jean Hugard
45. Miracles in Modern Magic - Harry Whiteley
46. Modern Card Effects - DeLawrence/Thompson
47. Modern Coin Magic - Bobo
48. Modern Coin Manipulation - T. Nelson Downs
49. Money Magic - Jean Hugard
50. Card Tricks - Ellis Stanyon
51. New Juggling Tricks - Ellis Stanyon
52. "One Man" Mind Reading Secrets - Ralph W. Read
53. Original Magical Creations - Stanley Collins
54. Our magic - Nevil Maskelyne and David Devant
55. Our mysteries - Various inc. Al Baker
56. Paper Magic - Houdini
57. Paper Magic - Will Blyth
58. Practical Conjuring - James Carl
59. Practical Mental Magic by Theodore Annemann
60. Problems in Mystery - Max Sterling
61. Programmes Of Famous Magicians - Max Holden
62. Quality Magic - Okito
63. Radio and Nite-Club Mindreading - Larsen, McGill
64. Illusion Secrets - U.F. Grant
65. Secrets of my Magic - David Devant
66. Si Stebbins Card Tricks - Si Stebbins
67. Silken Sorcery - Jean Hugard
68. Sleights - Burling Hull
69. The Original Tarbell Course In Magic - Tarbell
70. Card Tricks - Howard Thurston
71. The Art of Magic - T. Nelson Downs
72. Fools of Fortune, or Gambling and Gamblers - John Philip Quinn
73. Card-sharpers, their tricks exposed, or, The art of always winning by Robert Houdin
74. Our Magic - David Devant and Nevil Maskelyne
75. Shhh it's a Secret - Theodore Annemann
76. The Unmasking of Robert Houdin - Harry Houdini
77. The Memoirs of Robert Houdin
78. Great Tricks Revealed - Horace Goldin
79. Tricks that Work - Tom Sellers
80. The Magic Art - David Holmes
81. Book One - Al Baker
82. Book Two - Al Baker
83. 50 Tricks With A Thumb Tip - Milbourne Christopher
84. Modern Magic - Professor Hoffman
85. Modern Magic Manual - Jean Hugard
86. Alexander Hermann's Wizard Manual
87. The Expert at The Card Table - S.W Erdnase
88. 'Sharps and Flats': a complete revelation of the secrets of cheating at games of chance and skill - John Maskelyne
89. The Discoverie of Witchcraft - Reginald Scot
90. The Secrets Of Stage Conjuring - Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin
91. Magic Tidbits - Professor Hoffmann
KEY: The ones that are in bold are those we think are particularly worth your while...
Here are just 3 out of the veritable 1000's of effects and routines you'll learn from this treasure trove of content:
An incredible force by Theodore Annemann found on page 3 of '202 Methods of Forcing' that is not only invisible but would make a fantastic 'out' for any good magic routine...
A collection of stunning flourishes and fancy card work taught by T. Nelson Down's on page 29 of his book 'The Art of Magic' that has been flabbergasting audiences for over a decade.
A mentalism routine from Houdini himself found on page 52 of his book 'Paper Magic' that's so audacious your audience would never even believe the method if you told it to them...
As we said, 3 of THOUSANDS of effects, routines, and pieces of theory you'll pick up
studying under the greatest magicians who've ever lived.
And speaking of thousands of effects - thanks to the hard work of an amazing contributor James Marshall - you'll also be getting an index of each and EVERY trick contained in the 91 magic books for which we've produced commentary.
BONUS: 'The Index' (worth $200+)
4429 Effects At Your Finger Tips
Just to give you an idea of how big of a deal that is - here's an image of just one page from the index...
This is just 36 of the 4429 effects that have been indexed, that you can instantly reference based on category, book, the effect name, and page.
Truly this makes this already mammoth resource 100x more valuable.
Looking for card magic? Instantly find it!
Only interested in learning coin magic today? We got that!
This is the ultimate study companion to the book project.
Now you're probably thinking, this all sounds a little too good to be true!
