Byron Walker Magic Books

	Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women by Ricky Jay. 1987, Villard Books, New York. ix plus 347 pages plus 16 pages of full-color plates of strange and weird acts. Fine copy in fine dj. $50		Cardini: The Suave Deceiver by John Fisher. 2007 First Edition. 572 large pages, over 825 photos. Color frontispiece and color section, hardbound in dust jacket. Cardini’s legendary act is explained in detail. This superb biography includes photos and experiences with magic’s inner circle in New York: Cardini, Dai Vernon, Charlie Miller, Eddie McGuire, Nate Leipzig, Walter Scott, Al Baker, T. Nelson Downs, Max Holden, S. Leo Horowitz, etc. Previous volumes from The Miracle Factory have gone out of print and command high prices. List price is $150, this as new copy in as new dust jacket is only $125.
	Haines House of Cards 1960 Catalog. 92 pages in colorful covers. Fine copy, collated to be complete, superbly illustrated on coated paper. $10		The Carter Scrapbook by Gary Frank and Phil Temple. 1992, 96 pages, 8 ½ by 11. As new copy. $30
			Principles and Deceptions by Arthur Buckley. The 1973 reprint of the 1948 classic. 221 pages. I have several mint copies at the bargain price of only $4
	The Comedy Magic Textbook by David Roper is the comprehensive guide to performing comedy magic. Included are everything from how to be funny and developing a character to many complete comedy routines with patter. 1986, 248 pages, fine hardbound copy in dust jacket. $22		A Checklist of Conjuring Catalogs and Their Dealers or Magic Shops in English from 1843 – 2006 from Burton Sperber is a valuable guide to the “wish books” of so many of us. Hardbound, 286 pages including a nice color section. New copies - $60 (Also available in softbound for $50)
	Abbott Catalog #13, 1952. Their only spiral bound catalog. Great cover! Included are both supplements: “Books and Magazines Supplement” and “Original Tricks by Eddie Joseph, Suggested Routines by Percy Abbott”. All 3 in fine condition for $20		Max Holden Catalog #17. 240 pages, a fine copy from the 1950s, collated complete. $20
	Sixteen Thumb Tie Gems by Max Andrews. Max Holden edition, 50 pages, fine copy - $10		Harry Lorayne, Personal Secrets. 1964, 52 pages. Illustrated with photos and line drawings. Overstock special. $4
	Charles Waller, Magical Nights at the Theatre. 1980 First edition. 256 pages. Limited to 1000 numbered and signed copies. A superb guide to the magicians, ventriloquists, and jugglers who played Australia from 1854 to 1948. Hard bound in dust jacket. As new. $50		Richard Cohn, Brooklyn Magicians chronicles the early magicians to perform there. Included are Professor Wyman in 1850 with his "Gun Trick", Senor Blitz, Lubin Brothers, John Henry Anderson, Compars Herrmann, Robert Heller, The Davenport Brothers, Professor Seeman with "Electra", etc. $15
	Arcane. I can supply #12, 13 at $15 each		The String Book: Floating Routines for Table and Stage by Ralf Wichman. 82 pages, well-illustrated showing the various “Link-Ups’ for many routines using both the one point thread and the two point thread. $15
	Epoptica #3, 5 @ $15 each. All contain the wonderful magic cartoons by Don Albrecht.
	Stanly Collins, Collins's Card Conceits. 1925 48 pages plus 4 pages of ads. Nice copy in pictorial wraps. $25		Trickster Monthly (Lloyd Jones) A complete file of ten issues. Alfredson/Daily #6870 $12
	Edwin Dawes, The Great Illusionists. 1979. 216 large pages. hard bound in dust jacket. Filled with superb reproductions of rare playbills, posters, etc. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. $35		The Magic of Haskell by Bob Haskell is the only book by this once prominent performer who marketed some of his originations through Merv Taylor. Included are Haskell’s Impromptu Torn and Restored Card, Four Aces for Platform, Haskell’s Glass Suspension, Rope Routine, Acrobatic Silk, The Gypsy’s Blessing, Roping a Selected card, and much more, usually with appropriate patter. A nicely produced booklet of 32 well-illustrated pages, fine copy, $20
	Jerry Mentzer, Card To Wallet The Book. 1991 First Edition. 166 pages. Hardbound in dust jacket. Nice copy. $35		Daryl Does Den Haag by Daryl (Martinez). 28 pages of clever Daryl material in red pictorial wraps, plus the supplemental page of illustrations. Autographed and dated by Daryl 11-7-90. Fine copy - $15
	Slyter Brochure. Fine, well illustrated 4 page, 8 1/2 x 11 brochure for Clarence Slyter and his Magical Drunk act. As new copy. $10		R. D. Merrill, Merrill's Knife Book. 1991 first edition. 64 pages in pictorial stiff wraps. 5 page bibliography. The guide to magic with knives. Well illustrated with photos. As new $15
	Marvin Kaye, The Stein and Day Handbook of Magic. 1973 first edition. 310 pages. A good basic book from card sleights to mentalism to "impromptu sawing a woman in half". I have several very good copies in dust jacket. Bargain priced. $9		Jose De La Torre, Real Magic. 1978. 128 pages. "Magic with cards that looks like real magic." Psychological approach to false counts, Elmsley Count in dealing position, Jordan Count in dealing position, Jose's instant color change, Slydini's color change, Ascanio's switch of a deck of cards, Dusheck's color change, and much more. Fine copy. $12
	W.H.J. Shaw, Magic and its Mysteries. 1893 first edition. 60 pages in original printed wraps. The Gambler's Pocket, Expanding Egg, The Japanese Paper Trick, Table Lifting, To Fire a Dozen Pins into a Selected Card, Psychognotism, Silent Second Sight, The Disappearing Fish, Invisible Hen in a Hat, The Great Tasting Test, A Child Suspended by a Single Hair, Lighted Candles from Performer's Pocket, To Swallow Balls of Fire and Produce them from your Ear, The Erratic Skull and Hat, and many others to add to your act. Very nice copy. $25		Frank Chapman: The Elegant Phantom. (Convenient PDF format on CD) Included are his 24 issues of Chap's Scrapbook, his nine booklets, his 50 Genii columns, and his biography. His more than 200 effects, primarily for close-up, are explained in over 300 pages of material. Included is material by Charlie Miller, Nate Leipzig, Etc. Regular price is $30, introductory price now only $25.
	Joseph Ovette, Miraculous Hindu Feats, 1947, 15 pages, 22 "geek magic" effects such as: Buried alive, Drinking acid, Fingers in hot lead, Bar through tongue, Control of the blood, the Trap Trick, etc. Several mint copies at $5 each.		Ibidem (P. Howard Lyons) A complete file of the 24 (#1-24) Karl Fulves reprints, all in excellent to mint condition. $100
	Ovette, Fast Ones. 1940. 32 pages. First edition in yellow and black pictorial wraps. Germaine's Butterfly Trick, A Chinese Phantasy, Bagging the Card, productions, vanishes, shoe laces, cards, etc. $6		Ovette, Fast Ones. 1952 edition. 40 pages of Ovette magic in a new edition with art work by Pete Biro. Mint copies. $5

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