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MAGIC BOOKS FREE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
Downs, T. Nelson The Art of Magic. [1909]
Frost, Thomas The Lives of the Conjurors. [1876]
Hoffmann, ProfessorModern Magic. [1885]
Hoffmann, ProfessorMore Magic. [1890]
Hoffmann, ProfessorLater Magic. [1911]
Hoffmann, ProfessorLatest Magic. [1918]
Hopkins, Albert A.Magic : Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions. [1897]
Maskelyne, NevilOur Magic : The Art, the Theory, the Practice. [1911]
Pinchbeck, WilliamThe Expositor; or, Many Mysteries Unravelled. [1805]
Scot, ReginaldThe Discoverie of Witchcraft. [1584 - 1886 reprint]
Theobald, J. DazleyThe Amateur Magician: The Science and Art of Conjuring. [1880]
CARD MAGIC BOOKS FREE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
Collins, Stanley Collins's Card Conceits [1925]
DeLawrence, George and Thompson, James "Kater" Modern Card Effects and How To Perform Them. [1920]
Farelli, Victor Farelli's Card Magic: A Practical Treatise on Little-Known Card Sleights. [1933]
Farelli, Victor Farelli's "Controlled Coincidence" : Four Modern Card Miracles. [1931]
Farelli, Victor Lend Me Your Pack: Novel Experiments With ... Borrowed Cards. [1936]
Farelli, Victor The "Master Speller" : A Modern Card Miracle. [1930]
Gibson, Walter B. Sixteen Master Card Mysteries. [1928]
Goldston, Will Card and Ball Tricks With Patter. [1916]
Holden, Max Card Tricks That Anyone Can Do. [1934]
Holmes, Donald Tricks With Prepared Cards. [1913]
Hull, Burling Burling Hull's Three WOW Card Hits. [1939]
Larsen, William and T. Page Wright The L.W. Card Mysteries. [1928]
Levante, Les "The Great" Fifty More Easy Card Tricks. [1941]
Marlo, Edward Card Fan Productions. [1941]
Robert-Houdin, Jean-Eugene Card Sharping Exposed. [1882]
Roterberg, August Card Tricks: How To Do Them. [1902]
Roterberg, August New Era Card Tricks. [1897]
Sellers, Tom Card Tricks That Work. [1934]
Sparks, H.G. Pack A Deck. [1939]
Stanyon, Ellis Card Tricks: A Practical Treatise on Conjuring With Cards. [1900]
Stebbins, Si Card Tricks and the Way They Are Performed.
Steele, W.F. Card Tricks That Are Easy To Learn, Easy To Do. [1935]
Thurston, Howard Howard Thurston's Card Tricks [1903]
Williams, Ned Six Card Creations. [1929]
MAGIC BOOKS - SPECIFIC PROPS
Bagshawe, Edward Edward Proudlock's Egg Bag and Four Ace Presentations [1938]
Bagshawe, Edward Edward Proudlock's Routine with Thimbles [1933]
Bagshawe, Edward Edward Proudlock's Version of the Sympathetic Silks [1936]
Chanin, Jack. J.C. Cigar Magic : Cigar Manipulations [1937]
Chanin, Jack Hello Sucker- Enckyclopedia of the Three Shell Game [1936]
Chanin, Jack Jaysee Silk Color Change Supreme [1936]
Chanin, Jack Jaysee Grand Finale: Silks At Your Fingertips [1940]
Clark, Keith Keith Clark's Silks Supreme [1942]
DeLawrence, George Miscellaneous Tricks with Handkerchiefs [1921]
Deveen, David Cigarette Magic and Manipulation [1929]
Enochs, E. Loyd Loyd's Master Manipulation of Thimbles [1936]
Enochs, E. Loyd Producing Lighted Cigarettes [1936]
Fetsch, Henry N, "Hen" Milk Pitcher Magic [1946]
Fitzkee, Dariel Linking Ring Manipulation with an Original Ring Routine [1930]
Fleischman, Sid and Gunther, Bob The Blue Bug : A Manual of Sorcery with Cigarette Papers [1947]
Grant, U. F. and Smith, H. Adrian Flap Slate Wrinkles; A Treatise on Novel Uses of the Spirit Slates [1931]
Greenwood, Don Lighted Cigarettes Act [1938]
Hugard, Jean Silken Sorcery [1937]
Hugard, Jean Thimble Magic [1936]
Hull, Burling Master Sleights With Billiard Balls [1914]
Hull, Burling Modern Handkerchief Act [1914]
Johnson, George A Few Jardine Ellis Secrets [1925]
Lamonte, Jack Stunts With Stage Money [1948]
Martineau, Francis B. Victory Bouquet [1944]
Martineau, Francis B. Walsh Cane Routine [1945]
Ovette, Joseph Silk Creations [1931]
Rae, Oswald Wizardry With Watches [1926]
Rice, Harold R. and W/T. Van Zandt Rice's More Naughty Silks: A 30-Minute Silks Routine [1947]
Rice, Harold R. and W/T. Van Zandt Through the Dye Tube [1926]
Stanley, Harry Flash Magic: A Unique Collection of Tricks, Ideas, Gags and Tips With Flash Paper [1945]
Sterling, Harold No Bottoms, or, 50 Tricks With a Bottomless Glass [1945]
Stillwell, George Stillwell's Handkerchief Manipulation Act [1902]
Warlock, Peter Best Tricks With Slates
MAGIC BOOKS by Ted Annemann
Theodore "Theo" Annemann (born Theodore John Squires (February 22, 1907 – January 12, 1942)
stage name; Ted Annemann.
He was an American professional magician who specialized in the fields of mentalism and card magic.
Annemann, Theodore Annemann's 202 Methods of Forcing
Annemann, Theodore Annemann's Buried Treasure
Annemann, Theodore Annemann's Card Miracles [1935]
Annemann, Theodore Annemann's Complete Mental and Psychic Routine [1935]
Annemann, Theodore Annemann's Mental Bargain Effects [1935]
Annemann, Theodore Annemanns Mental Mysteries
Annemann, Theodore Annemann's Miracles Of Card Magic
Annemann, Theodore Annemann's Shhh It's a Secret
Annemann, Theodore Annemann's Super Card Mysteries
Annemann, Theodore En Rapport [1937]
Annemann, Theodore Practical Mental Magic
BOOKS ON MAGIC HISTORY AND MAGIC BIOGRAPHY
Bertram, Charles A Magician in Many Lands [1911]
Blitz, Antonio Fifty Years in the Magic Circle: being an account of the author's professional life [1871]
Burlingame, Hardin J. Around the World With a Magician and a Juggler [1891]
Burlingame, Hardin J. History Of Magic And Magicians [1895]
Burlingame, Hardin J. Leaves from Conjurers' Scrap Books; Or, Modern Magicians and Their Works [1891]
Burroughs, J.F. Programmes of Magicians
Davenport, Ira Sr. The Davenport Brothers, The World-Renowned Spiritual Mediums [1869]
Devant, David My Magic Life
Frost, Thomas Circus Life and Circus Celebrities [1881]
Frost, Thomas The Lives of the Conjurors [1876]
Frost, Thomas The Old Showmen, and The Old London Fairs [1874]
Godwin, William Lives of the Necromancers [1834]
Goldin, Horace It's Fun To Be Fooled, An Autobiography
Goldston, Will A Magician's Swan Song [1913]
Goldston, Will Sensational Tales of Mystery Men
Holden, John Watkins A Wizard's Wanderings From China to Peru [1885]
Holden, Max Programmes of Magicians [1937]
Houdini, Harry An Adventurous Life Of a Versatile Artist [1922]
Houdini, Harry The Unmasking of Robert Houdin [1908]
Hurst, Lulu Lulu Hurst (The Georgia Wonder) Writes Her Autobiography [1897]
Kellar, Harry A magician's tour, up and down and round about the earth [1890]
Mulholland, John The Early Magic Shows [1945]
Nichols, Thomas Low A Biography of the Brothers Davenport [1864]
Robert-Houdin, Jean-Eugene Memoirs of Robert-Houdin [1860]
BOOKS BY HOWARD THURSTON
Howard Thurston (July 20, 1869 – April 13, 1936) was one of the most famous of the 20th century American stage magicians.
Thurston, Howard. 400 Tricks You Can Do. [1940]
Thurston, Howard. Howard Thurston's Card Tricks. [1903]
Thurston, Howard. Fooling Millions. [1928]
Thurston, Howard. Thurston's Easy Pocket Tricks. [1915]
Soo, Chung Ling
Soo, Chung Ling. Spirit Slate Writing and Kindred Phenomena. [1898]
P. T. Selbit
P. T. Selbit (1881–1938) was an English magician, inventor and writer who is credited with being the first person to perform the illusion of Sawing a Woman in Half on stage. He also invented Girl Without a Middle, Through the Eye of a Needle and Stretching a Girl, among other illusions that are still performed today by modern magicians.
Selbit, P.T. Conjuring Patter. [1907]
Selbit, P.T. Selbit's Magician's Handbook. [1904]
BOOKS BY AUGUST ROTERBURG
August Roterberg (1867–1928) was a German magician, magic dealer and publisher. He had a successful magic by mail order business in Chicago. Roterberg is credited for developing the magic publishing industry. His books were the first written in the English language expressly for magicians, specifically for sale in magic shops, and not available to the general public. The titles below were secret publications not distributed outside the magic fraternity for nearly 100 years.
Some magicians think this may have been Erdnase.
Roterberg, August. Card Tricks: How To Do Them. [1902]
Roterberg, August. Latter Day Tricks. [1896]
Roterberg, August. New Era Card Tricks. [1897]
BOOKS BY ROBERT-HOUDIN
Jean-Eugene Robert-Houdin (1805-1871) was a French magician and clockmaker, widely considered to be the father of the modern art of magical performance. He was a major influence on a young Harry Houdini. He is known as the father of modern magic.
Robert-Houdin, Jean-Eugene. Card Sharping Exposed. [1882]
Robert-Houdin, Jean-Eugene. Memoirs of Robert-Houdin. [1860]
Robert-Houdin, Jean-Eugene. Secrets of Conjuring and Magic. [1860]
Robert-Houdin, Jean-Eugene. Secrets of Stage Conjuring. [1881]
BOOKS BY JOHN MULHOLLAND
John Mulholland (1898-1970) was an American magician, author and magic historian. He wrote the "conjuring" entry for the Encyclopedia Britannica, and was the editor of The Sphinx magazine for 20 years; he was considered to be the leading authority on magic in his day. His magic collection is one of the most important ever amassed; it now belongs to David Copperfield. He was also a spy for the USA.
Mulholland, John. The Early Magic Shows. [1945]
BOOKS BY JOHN NEVIL MASKELYNE
John Nevil Maskelyne (1839-1917) was British-born magician who got his start exposing the spiritism performance of the Davenport brothers. He opened the Egyptian Hall in London, a showplace for magic and illusion performances, and operated it for thirty years. He was famously involved in a lawsuit to stop two other magicians from performing a box escape similar to the one in his show; this suit was dropped when Maskelyne refused to reveal the secret of the escape to the court. The secret of his Levitation effect, though, was reportedly sold by his stage technician, Paul Valadon, to Harry Kellar. Maskelyne also is credited with inventing the pay toilet!
Maskelyne, John Nevil. Our Magic. [1911]
Maskelyne, John Nevil. Sharps and Flats: Secrets of Cheating at Games of Chance and Skill. [1894]
BOOKS BY MILBOURNE CHRISTOPHER
Milbourne Christopher (23 March 1914 – 17 June 1984) was a prominent American illusionist, magic historian, and author.
President of the Society of American Magicians, an honorary vice-president to The Magic Circle, and one of the founding members of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, Christopher wrote a number of books, including a biography of Harry Houdini titled Houdini: The Untold Story, a chronicle of his own craft titled The Illustrated History Of Magic, and thousands of essays relating to magic and mentalism.
Christopher, Milbourne. Conjuring With Christopher. [1949]
Christopher, Milbourne. Fifty Tricks with a Thumb Tip. [1948]
Christopher, Milbourne. Golden Jubilee Book of Magic.
Christopher, Milbourne. Magic At Your Finger Tips. [1947]
Christopher, Milbourne. Milbourne Christopher's Own Version For Stretching A Rope. [1938]
BOOKS BY H.J. BURLINGAME
Hardin Jasper Burlingame (1852–1915) was an American magician, magic historian, magic dealer and author. He sold magic apparatus under his own name and as "George L. Williams and Co". He also sold equipment to mediums and stage mindreaders through the Ralph E. Sylvestre & Co. In addition, he authored a very comprehensive bibliography of important magic books, Bibliotheca Magica.
Burlingame, H.J. Around the World With a Magician and a Juggler. [1891]
Burlingame, H.J. History Of Magic And Magicians. [1895]
Burlingame, H.J. How to Read People's Minds.
MAGIC BOOKS PUBLISHED PRE-1900
These books include a wide range of magic topics.
Anonymous The Black Art; or, Magic Made Easy [1869]
Anonymous Endless Amusement : A Collection [1820]
Anonymous How to Entertain a Social Party [1875]
Anonymous The Magic of Numbers [1895]
Anonymous Modern Pastime, or, In-door Amusements including ventriloquism--parlour magic [1871]
Anonymous Observations on the automaton chess player [1819]
Anonymous The Practical Magician and Ventriloquist's Guide [1876]
Anonymous Prestidigitation; or, Magic Made Easy [1870]
Arnold, George The Magician's Own Book; or, the Whole Art of Conjuring [1862]
Baldwin, Samuel "Samri" Spirit Mediums Exposed [1879]
Baldwin, Samuel "Samri" Secrets Of Mahatma Land Explained [1885]
Bellew, Frank The Art of Amusing : Being a Collection of Graceful Arts, Merry Games, Odd Tricks, Curious Puzzles [1867]
Bertram, Charles Isn't It Wonderful? [1896]
Blitz, Antonio Fifty Years in the Magic Circle: being an account of the author's professional life [1871]
Burlingame, Hardin J. Around the World With a Magician and a Juggler [1891]
Burlingame, Hardin J. History Of Magic And Magicians [1895]
Burlingame, Hardin J. Leaves from Conjurers' Scrap Books [1891]
Burlingame, Hardin J. Tricks in Magic [1895]
Cooper, Robert Spiritual Experiences, Including Seven Months with the Brothers Davenport [1867]
Cremer, William H. Jr., editor Magic No Mystery ; Conjuring Tricks [1876]
Cremer, William H. Jr., editor The Secret Out: One Thousand Tricks [1876]
Davenport, Ira Sr. The Davenport Brothers, The World-Renowned Spiritual Mediums: Their Biography and Adventures [1869]
Davenport, Reuben Briggs The Death-Blow to Spiritualism: Being the True Story of the Fox Sisters [1888]
Evans, Henry Ridgely The Spirit World Unmasked [1897]
Frikell, Wiljalba Book of Riddles and Five Hundred Home Amusements [1893]
Frikell, Wiljalba Hanky Panky: A Book of Conjuring Tricks [1875]
Frikell, Wiljalba The Parlor Magician [1870]
Frost, Thomas Circus Life and Circus Celebrities [1881]
Frost, Thomas The Lives of the Conjurors [1876]
Frost, Thomas The Old Showmen, and The Old London Fairs [1874]
Ganthony, Robert Bunkum Entertainments: Being a Collection of Laughable Skits on Conjuring, Physiognomy, Juggling, Performing Fleas, Waxworks, Panorama, Phrenology, Phonograph, Second Sight, Lightning Calculators, Ventriloquism, Spiritualism, Etc. [1895]
Garrett, Julia E. Mediums Unmasked : an Exposé of Modern Spiritualism [1892]
Gilbert, Charles Endless Mirth and Amusement [1874]
Godwin, William Lives of the Necromancers [1834]
Good, Arthur Magical Experiments; or, Science In Play [1892]
Gregory, William Animal Magnetism: Or, Mesmerism and its Phenomena [1884]
Grumbine, Jesse Charles Fremont Psychometry: Its Science and Law of Unfoldment [1898]
Hoffmann, Professor Modern Magic : A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring [1885]
Hoffmann, Professor More Magic [1890]
Holden, John Watkins A Wizard's Wanderings From China to Peru [1885]
Hopkins, Albert A. Magic : Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions [1897]
Hurst, Lulu Lulu Hurst, The Georgia Wonder [1897]
Kellar, Harry A Magician's Tour : being the life and adventures of the American Nostradamus, Harry Kellar [1890]
Lorento, Professor Lorento's Wizards' Guide, or, Magic Made Easy [1878]
THE DISCOVERIE OF WITCHCRAFT BY REGINALD SCOT 1584
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Discoverie_of_Witchcraft
The Discoverie of Witchcraft and The First Part of Clever and Pleasant Inventions by Jean Prevost, both published in 1584, are considered the seminal works of magic. They are some of the oldest books on magic.
The First Part of Clever and Pleasant Inventions by Jean Prevost
Magic from this old Magic book:
The Coloring Book
The Grandmother's Necklace
Swallowing a knife
The paddle trick
The Ring on a Stick
Torn and Restored Thread
The Comedy Funnel
Transposition of Bells
MAGIC HISTORY RESOURCES
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_magic
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