Stanyon, Magic (periodical, 15 vols., complete)
\nTarbell, Tarbell Course of Magic
\nStanyon, The Stanyon Serials, (l-21)
\nDowns, The Art of Magic
\nHilliard, (Sequel to above now being published)
\nSachs, Sleight of Hand
\nMaskelyne and Devant, Our Magic
\nHoffmann, Modern Magic
\nHatton and Plate, Magician’s Tricks
\nClarke, Annals of Conjuring (Magic Wand Nos.121-140)
\nHoudin, The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic
\nThurston, 200 Tricks You Can Do
\nThurston, 200 More Tricks You Can Do
\nErdnase, The Expert at the Card Table
\nAnnemann, 202 Methods of Forcing
\nJohnson, The Open Book
\nLloyd, Thimble Manipulation
\nDereen, Expert Cigarette Manipulation
\nHull, Billiard Ball Manipulation (2 parts)
\nLippy, Chemical Magio
\nHoudini, Paper Magic
\nHull, 33 Rope Ties and Chain Releases
\nGibson, Houdini’s Escapes
\nHurst, The Georgia Wonder
\nHoudini, Miracle Mongers
\nde Laurence, Medical Hypnosis and Magnetic Hypnotism
\nde Laurence, The Book of Black Ma\u00c2\u00ablc and of Pacts
\nPrince, The Whole Art of Ventriloquism
\nRoth, Roth Memory Course
\nCarrlngton, The Physioal Phenomena of Spiritualism
\nAbbott, Behind the Scenes with the Mediums
\nAlexander, The Life and Mysteries of Dr.’Q’
\nHull, How To Answer Questions
\nDusenbery, Making Magic Pay
\nGlen, The Road To Fame
\nFunk and Wagnall’s, The Practical Standard Dictionary
\nGlobe Book Company, Elementary Grammar<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I don’t have all of those, but that list is pretty well represented in my library. I am particularly fond of my set of Stanyon’s Magic<\/span> and Serials<\/span> (the Kaufman slipcovered reprints put out by Richard Kaufman, this set I got from my friends at H&R Magic Books<\/a>); first editions of Art of Magic<\/span> and Greater Magic<\/span>; Maskeylyne and Devant’s Our Magic<\/span>; and, of course, Tarbell.<\/p>\n Of this list, the author writes:<\/p>\n Down through the years have come many books on the art of magic and allied subjects. Of late the production of such literature has increased until hardly a week goes by without the appearance of a book, brochure or manuscript. Many are good and many are not. The titles given here is an impartial and unbiased opinion of my own as to what books constitute a working library on the art of mystifying.<\/p>\n Every included work has its value and I take my stand now that the shelf of magic as herein listet covers every phase and known principle necessary to a modern performer. There are hundreds of other books, magazines and pamphlets which contain excellent and practical effects but I’m not listing trick books alone. I’m listing what I think are textbooks and if an absolute stranger to magic asked me tomorrow what books he should buy I’d give him this list. Check it over carefully and see if you can think of a subject connected with mystifying that isn’t covered with the best book (my opinion) obtainable.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n It’s an interesting list for many reasons, not the least of which is that this particular list is almost 70 years old. It’s from the May 1935 issue of Ted Annemann’s The Jinx<\/span>. I’ve been re-reading my reprints over the last couple of days and I am amazed all over again how much great stuff was printed in this monthly publication. Ted promised “the biggest quarter’s worth ever put before a magician.”<\/span> (That’s a quarter, as in twenty-five cents<\/span>.) Mission accomplished, without any doubt whatsoever.<\/p>\n I read through these issues and I wonder what Ted would think of the fact that his own monthly would feature so prominently in the canon of “absolute must haves”<\/span> in magic and mentalism. I wonder what he’d have thought of Corinda’s 13 Steps<\/span>.<\/p>\n Every once in a while studying your library, like studying your navel, is good exercise. How many of these books do you have in your library: Stanyon, Magic (periodical, 15 vols., complete) Tarbell, Tarbell Course of Magic Stanyon, The Stanyon Serials, (l-21) Downs, The Art of Magic Hilliard, (Sequel to above now being published) Sachs, Sleight of Hand Maskelyne and Devant, Our Magic Hoffmann, Modern Magic Hatton and Plate, Magician’s […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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