Download or read book Abbott s Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks for Magicians written by Stewart James and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legendary encyclopedia for magicians contains over 150 tricks: Loop the Loop, Jamison's Severed Rope, The Tarbell Rope Mystery, The Encore Rope Trick, Eddie Clever’s Triple Cut Routine, Bachelor's Needle and many more. Step-by-step instructions and over 500 illustrations show you how to master these dazzling feats.

Download or read book Abbott s Magic for Magicians written by Percy Abbott and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1934 edition.

Download or read book David P Abbott s Book of Mysteries written by David Phelps Abbott and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Magic Is Dead written by Ian Frisch and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the vein of Neil Strauss’ The Game and Joshua Foer’s Moonwalking with Einstein comes the fascinating story of one man’s colorful, mysterious, and personal journey into the world of magic, and his unlikely invitation into an underground secret society of revolutionary magicians from around the world. Magic Is Dead is Ian Frisch’s head-first dive into a hidden world full of extraordinary characters and highly guarded secrets. It is a story of imagination, deception, and art that spotlights today’s most brilliant young magicians—a mysterious club known as the52, who are revolutionizing an ancient artform under the mantra Magic Is Dead. Ian brings us with him as he not only gets to know this fascinating world, but also becomes an integral part of it. We meet the52’s founding members—Laura London, Daniel Madison, and Chris Ramsay—and explore their personal demons, professional aspirations, and what drew them to their craft. We join them at private gatherings of the most extraordinary magicians working today, follow them to magic conventions in Las Vegas and England, and discover some of the best tricks of the trade. We also encounter David Blaine; hang out with Penn Jillette; meet Dynamo, the U.K.’s most famous magician; and go behind the scenes of a Netflix magic show. Magic Is Dead is also a chronicle of magic’s rich history and how it has changed in the internet age, as the young guns embrace social media and move away from the old-school take on the craft. As he tells the story of the52, and his role as its most unlikely member, Ian reveals his own connection with trickery and deceit and how he first learned the elements that make magic work from his poker-playing mother. He recalls their adventures in card rooms and casinos after his father’s sudden death, and shares a touching moment that he had, as a working journalist, with his childhood idol Shaquille O’Neal. “Magic—the romanticism of the inexplicable, the awe and admiration of the unexpected—is an underlying force in how we view the world and its myriad possibilities,” Ian writes. As his journey continues, Ian not only becomes a performer and creator of magic—even fooling the late Anthony Bourdain during a chance encounter—he also cements a new brotherhood, and begins to understand his relationship with his father, fifteen years after his death. Written with psychological acuity and a keen eye for detail, Magic Is Dead is an engrossing tale full of wonder and surprise.

Download or read book Abbott s Illusions written by Abbott's Magic and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-31 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Workshop plans to over 80 magic illusions including Aga Levitation, Alien Intruder, Arabian Tent, Artists Dream, Asrah Levitation, Asrah Thurston Version, Barrel Escape, Basket Girl, Boy to Rabbit Illusion, Broom Levitation, burned Alive, Buzz Saw, Cage Illusion, Caliphs Cutter, Canvas Case Illusion, Casadega Cabinet, Chest of Enchantment, Chest of Mystery, Chinese Chopper, Chinese Idol, Choplevi, Costume Trunk, Cutting a Girl into Sixths, Cyclops, Dancing Slippers Illusion, Devil Illusion Dagger Chest, Divided Lady Illusion, Dog Vanish, Doll House Illusion, Doll House Miniature, Dramatique, Drum Illusion, Electric Chair, Electric Light Bulbs Through Girl, Enchanted Tent, Farmer and the Witch, Farmers Daughter, Fireplace Illusion, Frame of Life and Death, Gallows Illusion, Ghost Walks, Girl in Fishbowl, Girl Vanish, Girl Without a Middle, Guillotine, Haunted House, Head on Sword, Headless Woman, Invulnerable Lady, Knifer Illusion, levitation Deluxe, Living Half Lady, Living Head, Mabel Illusion, Magician Ghost and Girl, Man Without A Head, Mignon Illusion, Missing Body Illusion, Modern Cabinet, Modernistic Amputation, Mummy Cloth of the Nile, Packing Box Escape, Palanquin, Phantasmo Illusion, Rapps Spirit Cabinet, Satans Seat, Sawing a Girl in Half, Seaside Mystery Seeing Through a Girl, Shredder Illusion, Shrunken Head Illusion, Slick Post (Totem Pole), Spider Girl (Spidora), Spike Illusion, Stocks of Zanzibar, Surprise Appearance, Sword Box, Tabouret Illusion, Temple of Benares, Through and Through, Twin Box Illusion, Up and Down Oriental Cabinets, Vanishing Girl, Walking through a steel plate, Wheres that Gal.

Download or read book The Abbott Magic Collection Volume 2 written by Abbott's Magic and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-04-09 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the passing of partner Percy Abbott, Recil Bordner took over the reigns at Abbotts Magic and instigated many changes to the Abbott Get Together including bringing it back to Colon. This book looks at the highlights, lowlights, and everything else that occured at Abbotts from 1960 until 1981 including the following: 1960 Abbott's Publishes Percy's Book, 1960 Abbott's Catalog #15 Released, 1961 Neil Foster Center Tear Created, 1961 Blacstone Sr Booked for Get Together, 1961 New Tops Begins Publishing, 1961 Birth of the Modern Get Together, 1961 Get Together, 1962 Get Together, 1963 Over A Dozen Abbott Effects on Jackie Gleason Show, 1964 First Get Together Appearance For Blackstone Jr, 1964 Abbott's Release Catalog #16, 1964 Abbott's "Twin Di Box" is released, 1965 Abbott's Mourns The Loss Of Blackstone Sr., TRIBUTE TO HARRY BLACKSTONE SR, 1965 Get Together, 1966 Get Together, 1966 Abbott's Makes Props For Ice Capades, 1967 Abbott's Jet Sets First Advertised, 1967 Recil Suffers A Stroke As Get Together Cancelled, 1968 Get Together, 1968 Abbott's Puchases Petrie Lewis Manufacturing, 1969 Get Together, 1969 The Jack Gwynne Award Moves To Abbott's, 1970 Abbott's 18th Catalog Released, 1970 Get Together, 1970 Get Together, 1971 Surrounded Zombie, 1971 Get Together, 1972 "Den O Zen" Manufactured, 1972-"Fakini Multiplying Golf Balls" Introduced, 1972 Abbott's Releases 20th Catalog, 1972 Get Together, 1973 Get Together, 1974 Get Together, 1975 Get Together, 1976 Get Together, 1976 Karrell Fox Wins First Crandall Award, 1977 Get Together, 1977 The Greatest Talent Contest, 1977 Historical Marker Unveiled at Get Together, 1978 Get Together, 1978 Earl Ray Wilcox Wins First Baird/Foster Trophy, 1979 Get Together, 1980 Abbott's Begins Selling Puppets, 1980 First Closeup Convention Features Harry Lorayne, 1980 Lorayne & Fox Engage In Magic Duel, 1980 Get Together, 1981 First Action Auction Flea market, 1981 Get Together Recil Bordner Memorial. This is the second chapter on Abbotts History!

Download or read book The Abbott Magic Collection Volume 1 written by Abbott's Magic and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-24 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Abbott Magic Company is perhaps America's most historic Magic Manufacturer and this is the how the story begins. The first 25 years of Abbotts existence is documented in this book as we follow Abbott's founder Percy Abbott on his magical journey which include the following: Percy Abbott's Lifetime In Magic Before Colon Michigan, The Blackstone Magic Shop Falling Out, 1934 Percy Abbott Invents Squash, 1934 Abbott's Magic Founded, 1934 Abbott's Magic First Catalog Released, 1934 Recil Bordner Partnership, 1934 The First Magic Get Together, 1934 The First Magic Get Together, 1935 Abbott's Magic Releases 2nd Catalog, 1935 Colon Called "Magic Capital," 1936 Tops Magazine Begins, 1936 Get Together, 1936 Mutilated Parasols Manufactured, 1937 Garden Of Flowers Manufactured, 1937 Get Together, 1938 Get Together & The Abbott Fire, 1939 Eight Foot Guillotine Manufactured, 1939 Get Together, 1939 The War Years Begin, 1939 Magician Guild's Special Show, 1940 Release of Catalog #6, 1940 UF Grant Joins Abbotts Staff, 1940 Abbott's Acquire All U.F. Grant Effects, 1940 Howard "MEL" Melson joins the Staff, 1940 Get Together, 1941 Abbott's Receives "Vital Industry Status," 1941 "Encyclopedia Of Rope Effects," 1941 Grant & Thornton Injured in Accident, 1941 Gen Grant Weds - Moves To Columbus, 1941 Get Together, 1942 Jesse Thornton Loses Leg, 1942 "Super X Levitation" Manufactured, 1942 Jesse Thornton Returns To Abbotts, 1942 Get Together, 1942 "Disecto" The Hit Effect Of The Year, 1943 Karson's "Zombie" Manufactured, 1943 Abbott's Purchases Tent Theatre, 1943 Karrell Fox Get Together Debut, 1943 Get Together, 1944 Get Together, 1944 Abbott's Mourns Thornton Passing, 1945 Get Together Cancelled Due To War, 1945 Write In Campaign For Open House, 1945 End Of WW2 - 12th Get Together, 1946 Abbott Expansion To NY, LA, Chicago, Detroit, & Indy, 1946 MFG Rights To Jack Hughes Effects, 1946 Get Together, 1947 Abbott Magic 9th Catalog Delayed, 1947 Get Together, 1947 Get Together Marriage, 1948 Surprise Performance Of Edgar Bergen, 1948 Get Together, 1949 Percy Abbott On The Cover Of Genii, 1949 Orange Tree Illusion Released, 1949 Get Together, 1950 Bill Neff Miracle Rope Released, 1950 The "Pufferoo Incident" Occurs In LA, 1950 Get Together Cancelled, 1951 Get Together Cancelled, 1951 "Frame Of Life" Manufactured, 1952 Eddie Joseph 1st Appearance in U.S., 1952 Get Together, 1952 "Torturette" Manufactured, 1952 Neil Foster 1st Get Together Appearance, 1952 Catalog #13 Released, 1952 Get Together Tent Destroyed By Fire, 1953 Abbott's Begins Sale Jewelry, 1953 Get Together, 1955 Box Of Pam Released, 1955 Get Together, 1955 Chami Khan Performs Crucifixion, 1956 Get Together, 1957 Get Together To Be Held In Niles MI, 1958 Abbott's Mourn The Loss Of Howard "Mel" Melson, 1958 Last Issue Of Tops Magazine Published, 1958 Get Together, 1959 Percy Abbott Retires, 1959 Recil Bordner Purchases Percy's Half, 1960 Percy Abbott Memorial This is the first chapter in Abbotts Magic History

Download or read book The Abbott Magic Collection Volume 9 written by Abbott's Magic and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-04-09 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of over 35 stunts, plans, magic, and illusions from Abbotts Magic that have been used in Carnivals and Side Shows including Bed of Nails, Blade Box By MUM (Pretzel Girl), Blockhead Act, Buried Alive Stunt, Burned Alive, Crucifixion, Cyclops, Electric Chair (Miss Electra), Eye Poking, Fire Eating, Fist Drive A Spike Into Wood, Glass Eating (Chewing), Girl in Fishbowl, Girl To Gorilla Evolution, Girl to Gorilla Today, Head On Sword, Headless Woman, Hand In Trap, Human Pin Cushion, Hot Coal Walking, Hypnotizing A Rabbit, Knife Through Thumb, Living Half Lady, Living Head, Missing Body Illusion, Painless Surgery by Abbott's Magic, Palmistry - Your Lucks In Your Hand, Razor Blade Trick (Safety First), Resista, Swallowing Needles Routine, Seeing Through A Girl, Shrunken Living Head, Spider Girl - Spidora, Spikes Through Wrist, Sword Swallowing, Totem Pole or Slick Post

Download or read book Abbott s Magic and the American Side Show written by Abbott's Magic and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-14 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you hear the term "side show" what does it bring to mind? For some, maybe an old movie or television show comes to mind (The X Files "Humbug" episode for example). For others, maybe Fairs and Circuses come to mind, after all PT Barnum is credited with creating the side show well over a hundred years ago. For most of us at Abbott's, the term "side show" means "Living Heads," "Spider Girls," and even "Electric Chairs" - All magical illusions that were built and sold by Abbott's during the past century to sideshow performers across the United States (workshop plans to all three are included in this publication). While many remember side shows for presenting "human oddities," side shows were also known for presenting "working acts" which included fire eaters, sword swallowing, Hypnotist, Fortune Tellers, and magicians who performed effects like the "Girl without a Head" and the "Girl in a Fishbowl" - illusions built and sold by Abbott's (workshop plans are included in this publication). The secrets, the mystery, and the magic of the side show art now brought to you in one publication. You will go behind the scenes and travel into the past to a time where side shows would travel the United States performing their mysteries.

Download or read book Abbotts Magic Catalog Number 14 written by Abbott's Magic Manufacturing Co and published by . This book was released on 1953* with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Dark Matter Secrets written by Abbott Abbott Magic Co. and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-04-26 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 80 years in the making. Abbott's Dark Matter Secrets is simply the greatest compilation of "spooky" magic effects ever assembled. The ultimate Halloween magic book, Abbott's Dark Matter Secrets has well over 100 effects (142 is our unofficial count) and includes Stage Illusions (complete with workshop plans), Side Show Illusions (again, complete with workshop plans), Parlor effects, Escape Effects, Mentalism Effects, etc. Dark Matter Secrets is Abbott Magic's expression of spooky magic that it has sold in one form or another over the last 80 years. All of the items in Dark Matter were (at one time or another) part of Abbott publications either in book form, magazine form, workshop form, trick form, or instructional form. Some of these effects are very old, some are very recent. Some are geared toward professional magicians and professional wood workers, some you can do right after you read them. Some are downright gruesome while others are geared toward comedy. All are designed to be presented in that spookiest time of the year - Halloween.Not just for magicians, but for anyone who decorates for Halloween and wants to add a little "magic" to the displays. Whether simply decorating your den or a full blown haunted house, Dark Matter Secrets will enhance the Halloween experience. While many of these magic effects are designed to be performed for children, this book in general is NOT for children and its contents should be kept from them. This book and its contents are also not for the general public information. For this reason, its secrets should be carefully guarded.Below is a list of all the effects you will receive in this one publication.Alien Intruder (Burned Alive)AstrologiaBewitched SilksBook of the DeadBox of SatanBuzz Saw IllusionCasadega CabinetCatch a GhostChopleviCome Good SpiritsCome Good Spirits 2CyclopsDevil CardDevil IllusionDramatiqueEinstein's Bermuda TriangleEthereal Message CabinetFarmer and the WitchFloating CandleFloating Dancing SilkFloating HandkerchiefFortune Telling with CardsFraidy Cat Spooky PatterFrame of Life and DeathFrankenstein Release PatterGambol of the GhostGhost MaterializationGhost SlatesGhost Walks EscapeGrin SkullGuillotineGuillotine on WheelsHandy HalloweenerHathaway SefalaljiaHaunted Flower PotHaunted HouseHaunted MillHaunted WindowHead in WebHeadless WomanHellstromismHippity Hop SkeletonsHow to Make a MonsterInvulnerable ladyIt FloatsImpromptu Devils HankKnife Through ThumbLiving and Dead Tests (12)Living HeadMabel IllusionMagic MirrorMagic Mummy (12)Magician Ghost and GirlMan Without a HeadMedium Knows ItMiracles With SpikesMirror of FateModernistic AmputationMoth and the FlameMummy Cloth of the NileNew System BackdropPhantasmo IllusionPhone ESPPogo Ball ExploredRadio Spirit CabinetRapping Hand (Robot)Rapping Hand (Spirit)Rapping Hand PatterRising BroomRising Cards CloseupSatans SeatSecond Sight ActSeeing through a GirlSefalaljiaShredder IllusionSkullduggerySlow Motion Silk SerpentSnake BasketSnake Basket RoutineSorcars Magic CircleSpider and the PipSpider Card MysterySpider Girl IllusionSpirit Bell PatterSpirit Cabinet ActSpirit Cabinet Club ActSpirit Cabinet Rapp ActSpirit Floating TableSpirit GlassSpirit PhotographySpirit Rope TieSpirit SeanceSpirit Slate EffectsSpirit Slates No FakeSpirit Slates Phantom SignerSpirit Tie KnotsSpirit Ventriloquist RoutineSpooky Dancing SlippersSpooky MessageSpooky ToothpicksStarologySupernatural MentalismSword of DamoclesTalking Skull MechanicalTalking Skull SimplicityTalking Skull RoutineThurston Spirit CabinetTrapped in SpaceUltra Violet Flying CarpetVampire Block PatterWandering SkeletonWire and Rope TiesWitch Broom Rope IllusionWitches OvenX The Unknown QuantityX-Ray HumanZombieZombie Device ActZombie Scary PatterZombie Tips2 BONUS TOPICS-Magic as Halloween Decorations-Commercial Magic Comments

Download or read book Decades written by Abbott Magic and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-06-19 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the height of the Great Depression, one man had a "magical dream". 80 years later that magic lives on and while empires have risen and fallen in that time, the Abbott Magic Co. has been a constant in the world of magic and the magic community

Download or read book The Abbott Magic Collection Volume 17 written by Abbott's Magic and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-26 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Escapes take magic to the next level of excitement and thrills and with this book you can add this excitement to your own act. CONTENT INCLUDES A FORWARD BY PERCY ABBOTT, A DOUBLE EXCHANGE, A FOOLER WITH HANDCUFFS, A SPIRIT ROPE TIE, ALWAYS READY CHAIN ACT, BARREL ESCAPE, BURIED ALIVE STUNT - SURVIVING THE GRAVE, CHAIN HANDCUFFS, COFFIN ESCAPE, COFFIN ESCAPE - UNDERTAKER'S, COFFIN ESCAPE - RAPID, ESCAPE FROM ANY HANDCUFF, EXTRAORDINARY CHAIN RELEASE, GALLOWS ESCAPE, GHOST WALKS ESCAPE, HANDCUFF ESCAPES SUGGESTIONS, HIGH DIVES, HOW TO OPEN PADLOCKS, IRON BOX ESCAPE, IRON BOX ESCAPE TRIPLE, KEYO ILLUSION, LIGHTNING SHACKLE CHAIN ESCAPE, MAIL BAG ESCAPE, M'LADY STEPS OUT, MUMMY CLOTH OF THE NILE, MYSTERIOUS MONK, NECK & WRIST CUFFS, OUTSTANDING CHAIN ESCAPE, PACKING BOX ESCAPE, PRISON & JAIL BREAKING, ROD TIE, SACK ESCAPES, SACK ESCAPE CLOTH, SACK ESCAPE IMPROVED, SACK ESCAPE PULL THROUGH, SACK ESCAPE TRIPLE TIED, SIBERIAN CHAIN ESCAPE, SLICK POST ILLUSION, SPIKE ILLUSION, SPIRIT CABINET ACT, SPIRIT CABINET CLUB ACT, SPIRIT CABINET RAPPS, SPIRIT COLLAR, SPIRIT LOCK, SPIRIT PLATFORM & SACK, SPIRIT PLATFORM & SACK SIMPLEX, SPIRIT STOCKS, STOCKS OF SOLOMON, STOCKS OF ZANZIBAR, STRAIT JACKET ESCAPE, STRAIT JACKET ESCAPE ABBOTTS, STRAIT JACKET ESCAPE ABBOTTS - STAGE PRESENTATION, STRAIT JACKET ESCAPE CHINESE, THE HEAVY HANDCUFF, THUMB TIE, WIRE WRIST TIES, WITCH'S BROOM ROPE ILLUSION, WONDER CHAIN RELEASE, WRIST TIE, LOCK PICKING AND POCKET PICKING, MAGICIANS GUIDE TO MAKING AND USING LOCK PICKS, PICK POCKETING FOR STAGE & ENTERTAINMENT.

Download or read book The Magic Graveyard written by Al Only and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-07-31 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a tour of a magic graveyard. Why would magicians, whose careers spanned the globe, want to be laid to rest in a tiny cemetery in a small farming town in southwest Michigan? The Magic Graveyard reveals the stories and buried secrets of the entertainers who have chosen this resting place to perform their final vanishing act. Magician Al The Only shows you the bare bones to a self-guided tour of Lakeside Cemetery. It has the most magicians interred in one place. Read the stories buried in these pages of their colorful careers. From the year 1942 to the present, experience the histories engraved in stone. This book has lots of plots portraying their illustrious lives. Welcome to The Magic Graveyard.

Download or read book The Maker Magician s Handbook written by Mario Marchese and published by Maker Media, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-12-21 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To get started, you'll need only what you can usually find in your home: items like paper, ziploc bags, index cards, coloring utensils, pencils, rubberbands, scissors, etc. As we progress in the world of making magic, we'll explore how to use 3D design tools like Tinkercad (you can register for a free account at tinkercad.com). You don't need a 3D printer in your home! Libraries, schools, and makerspaces around the world have 3D printers you can use! We'll explore simple programming using Arduino!

Download or read book Self Working Rope Magic written by Karl Fulves and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-04-30 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From one of today's foremost experts: a guidebook with clear instructions and over 400 step-by-step illustrations that show readers how to perform 70 of the best, easiest-to-master, most entertaining rope tricks ever created.

Download or read book Master mentality written by Stanton Carlisle and published by . This book was released on 1975* with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: