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For Beginners
No need to learn magic from some guy on a street corner with a trick deck. The literature is rich with books that teach magic to beginners. Start with one-volume masterpieces from Mark Wilson and Harry Lorayne and graduate to the multi-volume magicians’ bible, The Tarbell Course in Magic, a fount of material for magicians at all levels of skill.
Used Magic Books - In Stock
Magic as a Hobby
Gramercy 1948, hard cover, dust jacket, 231 p.
$12.00
Professional Magic for Amateurs
Nicholas Kaye, 2nd edition 1948, hard cover, 213 p.
Regular: $15.00
Red Tag Sale: $10.50
Red Tag Sale: $10.50
Just sold!
-30%
Presto! - Magic for the Beginner
Barns & Noble 1999, soft cover, 192 p.
$5.00
Now you see it, now you don't!
Vintage Books 1976, soft cover, 224 p.
Was: $15.00
Now: $10.00
Now: $10.00
101 Easy-To-Do Magic Tricks
Dover reprint of 101 Easy-To-Learn Classic Magic Tricks,1992, blue soft cover, 222 p.
Regular: $7.00
V.I.P.: $5.00
V.I.P.: $5.00
101 Easy-To-Do Magic Tricks
Dover reprint of 101 Easy-To-Learn Classic Magic Tricks,1992, red soft cover, 222 p.
$7.00
The Amazing Book of Magic
Colour Library Books 1994, hard cover, dust jacket, 125 p.
$11.00
Blackstone's Modern Card Tricks and Secrets of Magic
Garden City Publishing, 1941, hard cover, dust jacket, 153+265 p., old copy, water damage
Regular: $14.00
V.I.P.: $10.00
V.I.P.: $10.00
Everybody's Book of Magic
Arco, 1st edition 1956, hard cover, dust jacket, 183 p.
Regular: $8.00
Red Tag Sale: $6.40
Red Tag Sale: $6.40
Just sold!
-20%
Magic for All
Learn Magic
Dover 1975, soft cover, 285 p.
Was: $8.00
Now: $5.00
Now: $5.00
Conjuring
Foyle, 1st edition 1950, hard cover, dust jacket, 98 p.torn dust jacket with upper piece missing
$8.00
Robert Levy's Magic Book
Evans 1976, hard cover, dust jacket, 201 p., fair condition
Was: $6.00
Now: $5.00
Now: $5.00
Magic Made Easy
Croydon 1953, soft cover, 96 p.
Was: $9.00
Now: $5.00
Now: $5.00
Basic Card Technique
Tannen 1968, soft cover, 77 p.
Was: $10.00
Now: $4.00
Now: $4.00
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Magic Tricks
Alpha Books 1999, soft cover, 374 p.
$14.00
Magic as a Pastime
Souvenir Press 1960, hard cover, dust jacket, 115 p.
$13.00
75 Tricks with a Stripper Deck
Wizard Books 1962, soft cover, 40 p.
Regular: $4.00
V.I.P.: $3.00
V.I.P.: $3.00
Tarbell Course in Magic - Volume 1
(edited by Ralph W. Read)
Robbins 1971, hard cover, dust jacket, 408 p.
Robbins 1971, hard cover, dust jacket, 408 p.
Regular: $20.00
V.I.P.: $14.00
V.I.P.: $14.00
Tarbell Course in Magic - Volume 2
(edited by Ralph W. Read)
Robbins 1975, hard cover, dust jacket, 407 p.
Robbins 1975, hard cover, dust jacket, 407 p.
Regular: $20.00
V.I.P.: $14.00
V.I.P.: $14.00
Tarbell Course in Magic - Volume 3
(edited by Ralph W. Read)
Robbins 1973, hard cover, dust jacket, 416 p.
Robbins 1973, hard cover, dust jacket, 416 p.
Regular: $20.00
V.I.P.: $14.00
V.I.P.: $14.00
Merlin's Catalog of Magic
(edited by Charles Barry Townsend)
Hammond 1981, soft cover, 117 p.
Hammond 1981, soft cover, 117 p.
Was: $8.00
Now: $6.00
Now: $6.00
The Complete Book of Magic
This is a reprint of Peter Warlock's Book of Magic
.Abbey, circa 1950, hard cover, 141 p.
.Abbey, circa 1950, hard cover, 141 p.
Regular: $17.00
V.I.P.: $16.00
V.I.P.: $16.00
Card and Conjuring Tricks
Magna Books 1995, hard cover, 95 p.
$8.00
100 Houdini Tricks you can do
Fawcett 1944, soft cover, 142 p.
Regular: $15.00
V.I.P.: $14.00
V.I.P.: $14.00
Magic Tricks & Card Tricks
Dover 1954, soft cover, 98+94 p.
Part One: Conjuring (1950)Part Two: Card Conjuring (1950)
Part One: Conjuring (1950)Part Two: Card Conjuring (1950)
$4.00
The Stein and Day Handbook of Magic
Stein and Day, 1980, 6th printing, soft cover, 310 p.
$6.00
Magic!
Thomas Nelson 1961, hard cover, 225 p.
$13.00
For Magicians Only
Ackerman 1944, hard cover, 121 p.
$13.00
New Ways To Mystify
Ackerman 1945, hard cover, dust jacket, 124 p.
$17.00
The Magician's Handbook
(This is a reprint of For Magicians Only and New Ways to Mystify.
Yoseloff 1958, hard cover, torn dust jacket,240 p.
Yoseloff 1958, hard cover, torn dust jacket,240 p.
Regular: $17.00
V.I.P.: $12.00
V.I.P.: $12.00
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