Byron Walker's Magic Books

Miracles of my Friends II by Burton S.Sperber is the welcome follow-up to his 1982 first volume.  The previous book is long out of print and this volume is limited to only 1000 copies.  Included are favorite mental effects of Larry Becker, Leo Behnke, David Ben, Robin DeWitt, Paul Draper, Ed Fowler, Paul Green, Scott Grossberg,  Todd Karr, Nick Lewin, Max Maven, Jack Tillar and others including nine by the author.  This is a beautifully designed book by Leo Behnke, gold stamped front cover and spine with two Magic Castle cards mounted to the front cover.  xiv plus 124 pages.  $60

Magick (Bascom Jones).  Finally a quality reprint of the entire 496 issues plus bonus inserts plus all indexes, including to the final issue.  This fine set is beautifully hardbound in maroon cloth, gold stamped on front covers and spines.  This set contains more than 2,500 pages and more than 1,400 effects.  Added is a new Introduction and each volume contains a new Foreword.  Magick was noted for the very high quality of the material and I always looked forward to each issue.  This is limited to only 500 sets, $795/ set of 5 volumes.

The Compleat Magick Volume I  (Bascom Jones) of 4 volumes printed.  Collectors’ Workshop, 1986, copy #257 of only 500 numbered copies.  x plus 571 pages. A fine copy.  $200

The Compleat Magick Volume III (Bascom Jones) of 4 volumes printed.  Collectors’ Workshop, 1988, viii plus 540 pages.  Copy #257 of only 500 numbered copies.  A fine copy.  $200

Nelson Enterprises Catalog No. 18.  1939, 154 pages in colorful pictorial wraps and superbly illustrated.  A very nice copy, collated to be complete.  $25

Nelson Enterprises Catalog #29.  1969, 130 pages.  A fine, complete copy.  $20

(If you are unfamiliar with the Nelson catalogs I think you will find these to be absolutely fascinating items with fantastic illustrations and nice photos depicting mental and spirit effects)

Robert Nelson Cold Reading Set:

The Art of Cold Reading, with Supplement, 45 pages plus 3 page Supplement 

Sequel To The Art of Cold Reading, 23 pages.

Both are fine copies, 8 ½ by 11, spiral bound.  $28 for both.

ESP Card Magic by Nick Trost.  1979, 16 pages, 8 ½ by 11.  Included is the Charlier Shuffle for keeping an ESP deck in order plus many routines.  A very nice copy, $15

The Third Ecstasy by Al Mann.  35 pages, 8 ½ by 11, fine condition.  $40

The Tessaract by Al Mann.  23 pages 8 ½ by 11 on red (non-photocopyable) paper, fine copy, $40

Harry Price: The Biography of a Ghost-Hunter by Paul Tabori, London 1950 First Edition.  316 pages plus photographic plates.  Included is an extensive Bibliography of the books, pamphlets and articles by  Harry Price, omitting only one as far as I know.  (Its information supplied on a sheet laid in).  This copy with the striking “skull on books” bookplate of George Boston and INSCRIBED and signed by Kuda Bux on the full page photographic plate of Bux performing his famous fire-walk.  A fine copy in a good dust jacket.  $85

The Complete Guide to Billet-Switching.  46 pages.  The first 32 pages are Step Six of Corinda’s 13 Steps to Mentalism, pages 33 to 46 are “One Man” Mind Reading Secrets by Ralph Read.  As new, $5

The Dead Do Not Talk by Julien Proskauer, 1946 First Edition.  xvii plus 198 pages.  “How stage magician’s tricks are used by charlatans – the truth about spirit mediums and spook crooks”, with considerable material on Houdini.  A fine copy in very good dust jacket.  $45

How to Develop Mental Magic by Paul Hadley.  1961 First edition, hardbound in pictorial cloth, 117 pages.  A fine copy with the code chart present, loose as issued.  This covers the act, how to put on a performance, how to obtain bookings, how to train an assistant, how to obtain personal information, etc.  About as new, $25

Gems of Mental Magic by John Brown Cook and Arthur Buckley with Introduction by John Mulholland.  The 132 page, 1973 reprint of the 1947 classic on mentalism.  I have several mint copies for only $4

The Bigger Book of Boo! by T. Everett Bookings.  2007.  220 pages of bizarre and supernatural magic: A Ghost Hunt, The Stake and the Vampire, The Ghost Notebook, The Ghostly Message, Spirits on the Table, Wood From a Haunted House, etc. etc.  New copy - $49

202 Methods of Forcing by Ted Annemann.  35 pages of card forces, number forces, miscellaneous forces.  (Did you know there are actually 205?)  VG copy - $5

Magic in Mind: Mental Magic Tricks by Bill Severn.  1974 First Edition.  A fine hardbound copy in fine dust jacket.  vi plus 152 pages.  Bill was not only a very nice man, he constantly was able to add little touches to his effects to make them a bit more deceptive and entertaining.  $20

Minds in Accord:  A mind reading act for two people by William S Hough ton. 1949, 15 pages. As new. $6

Roy Johnson, A World of Clocks.  1984.  vii plus 19 pages.  Johnson's presentation of the clock effect (using playing cards), including several other variations and routines.  As new.  $10

Psychic Paradoxes by John Booth.  1986.  xv plus 241 pages.  This also reprints Booth’s scarce 1931 booklet, Magical Mentalism.  Photo illustrated throughout, bibliography.  A fine copy.  $25

Second Sight: People Who Read the Future by I. G. Edmonds, 1977 First Edition.  All of the books by magician and magic author Edmonds seem to be surprisingly uncommon.  160 pages, SB in DJ.  $25