Instructional Booklets

Street Magic - Paul Zenon

Street Magic is a how-to magic book that teaches the real secrets of close-up, under-your-nose, in-your-face magic as seen on television. Magic is one of the longest surviving forms of entertainment and is as popular today as ever, having undergone a huge renaissance recently. This book contains great tricks, as popularised by today's greatest magicians. The book is very accessible, and is fully illustrated in colour with specially commissioned photography.

100 Ways To Win A Tenner - Paul Zenon

100 way to Win a Tenner is a comprehensive guide to scams and swindles that will make you a winner every time. Unlike magic tricks, these bets and stunts use everyday objects and require no skill - just a lot of front! Within minutes you too can be the life and the scourge of the party. This is a complete insider's guide into the tricks of the trade enabling you to win at cards, pool, pub quizzes and anywhere else where there is an opportunity to prosper

Mysterious Stranger - David Blaine

David Blaine, downtown hipster and extraordinary illusionist, offers an exploration of the mysteries and history of the ancient art of magic. "Mysterious Stranger" brings Blaine's magic directly to his audience. In the book you'll find: mind-bending tricks you can learn to do yourself; interactive magic effects; mind-reading and psychic techniques; David Blaine's unique perspective on the art of magic; a copiously illustrated history of the art; and autobiographical background and an insight into David's private world.

125 Magic Tricks with a Regular Deck of Cards has been a best seller for years! This booklet is the perfect primer for budding card magicians. Hundreds of thousands of copies have been sold - and keep selling, year after year.  Inside are tried and tested tricks that can be performed with any deck of cards - and with little sleight of hand or special ability. These are tricks that literally be mastered in minutes!

Finally, an updated book on this great deck of cards. This is a revision of the Al Stevenson book with over 70 new entries and modern effects. New moves by Magic-Ian never seen with this deck in an easy to read format. Selected card is found to rise to the top of the deck, new "any card" selection can be found using a new locator technique, and much more.

The latest update of this classic trick. A revision of Al Stevenson's 75 tricks book, with over 60 new effects. Including Magic-Ian's "Millennium Move", for close-up and stage manipulators. The easy stuff is included as well. Find any selected card in seconds. After mis-shuffling, the selected card is found to be face up in a face down pack. 40 pages.

Darwin wrote this soft cover A5 size 24 pages book that features tricks by the great artistes! Equally suitable for the professionals and amateurs many TT routines that are clever and highly entertaining cover the pages illustrated with over 100 line drawings. You may learn thumb tip 'favourites' from Lance Barton, Penn and Teller, Siegfried and Roy, Harry Blackstone, Tomsoni, Michael Skinner, Jay Marshall, Karrell Fox, Silvan, Jack Chanin and many others.

The perfect introduction to one of the fundamental branches of magic. Written for the amateur, but with material suitable for the performing pro.

Magic with sponge balls has been popular with magicians of all skill levels for nearly 80 years. In this new publication from FUN Incorporated, a plethora of techniques for sponge ball tricks are explained and then applied to a variety of high-impact tricks.

Here's what make sponge ball magic so strong: The magic happens in the spectator's hands. Sponge balls are colourful and interesting props. The tricks can happen anywhere - on stage or close-up. Basics learned in this book can be applied to other branches of magic.

The greatest value ever offered in a book of Magic. All of the tricks (102 of them) are described in simple language and every one of the tricks is EASY to do. About 100 illustrations. None of the tricks require any special apparatus. Tricks with coins, watches, cards, cigarette tricks, mind-reading, etc.

The real thing, yes, it's true hypnotism! No fakery or stooges. This book by Mr. Wolff tells you exactly how to hypnotize any volunteer from an audience of complete strangers. It also tells you how to make use of hypnotism for entertainment value and medical users. You'll learn how to give demonstrations, comedy stunts, awakenings, etc. 34 pages.