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Also, the company has published important historical books, like a translation of [[Jean Prévost]]'s [[Clever and Pleasant Inventions: Part One]], from 1584. A biography on [[Lulu Hearst]], the "magnetic girl" who became a star in the 1800s. The autobiography of [[Milo & Roger]].
 
Also, the company has published important historical books, like a translation of [[Jean Prévost]]'s [[Clever and Pleasant Inventions: Part One]], from 1584. A biography on [[Lulu Hearst]], the "magnetic girl" who became a star in the 1800s. The autobiography of [[Milo & Roger]].
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=== Publications ===
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* 1987: ''[[Manual of Restaurant Magic]]'' ([[Kirk Charles]])
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* 1989: ''[[Standing Up Surrounded]]'' (Kirk Charles)
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* 1990: ''[[Ken Krenzel's Close-Up Impact]]'' ([[Stephen Minch]])
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* 1990: ''[[Focus]]'' ([[Phil Goldstein]])
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* 1991: ''[[Tricks of the Imagination]]'' ([[Robert E. Neale]])
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* 1991: ''[[Thavant]]'' ([[Phil Goldstein]])
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* 1991: ''[[From Witchcraft to Card Tricks]]: Notes Toward an History of Western Close-up Magic (1584-1897)'' (Stephen Minch)
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* 1992: ''A Life Among Secrets: The Uncommon Life and Adventures of Eddie Fields'' (Stephen Minch)
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* 1992: ''[[Terry LaGerould's Pasteboard Presentations]]'' ([[Wayne Whiting]] and [[Terry LaGerould]])
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* 1992: ''[[Modus Operandi: The Card Magic of Jack Carpenter]]'' ([[Stephen Hobbs]])
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* 1993: ''[[By Forces Unseen]]: The Innovative Card Magic of [[Ernest Earick]]'' (Stephen Minch)
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* 1993: ''[[Mind, Myth and Magick]]'' ([[T. A. Waters]])
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* 1994: ''[[Thabbatical]]'' (Phil Goldstein)
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* 1994: ''[[Ted Lesley's Paramiracles]]'' ([[Ted Lesley]])
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* 1995: ''[[Card College, Vol. 1]]'' ([[Roberto Giobbi]])
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* 1995: ''[[Magic and Meaning]]'' ([[Eugene Burger]] and Robert E. Neale)
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* 1996: ''[[Card College, Vol. 2]]'' (Roberto Giobbi)
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* 1996: ''[[The Books of Wonder]], Vol. 1'' ([[Stephen Minch]] and [[Tommy Wonder]])
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* 1996: ''The Books of Wonder, Vol. 2'' (Stephen Minch and Tommy Wonder)
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* 1997: ''[[Ken Krenzel's Ingenuities]]'' (Stephen Minch)
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* 1997: ''[[The Six-hour Memorized Deck]]'' ([[Martin Joyal]])
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* 1998: ''[[Brain Food]]'' ([[David Parr]])
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* 1998: ''[[Card College, Vol. 3]]'' (Roberto Giobbi)
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* 1998: ''[[Clever and Pleasant Inventions: Part One]]'' ([[Jean Prevost]])
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* 1998: ''The Complete Guide to Restaurant & Walk-Around Magic'' ([[Kirk Charles]])
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* 1999: ''[[Close-Up and Personal]]'' ([[David Regal]])
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* 1999: ''[[KORT]]: The Magic of [[Milt Kort]]'' (Stephen Minch)
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* 1999: ''[[Theater of the Mind]]'' ([[Barrie Richardson]])
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* 1999: ''Magic in Theory'' ([[Peter Lamont]] and [[Richard Wiseman]])
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* 1999: ''[[Milo & Roger: A Magical Life]]'' ([[Arthur Brandon]])
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* 2000: ''[[Life, Death & Other Card Tricks]]'' ([[Robert E. Neale]])
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* 2000: ''[[Card College, Vol. 4]]'' (Roberto Giobbi)
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* 2000: ''[[The James File]]'' ([[Allan Slaight]])
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* 2001: ''[[Concertos for Pasteboard]]'' ([[Oliver Erens]] and [[Ariel Fralich]], tr.)
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* 2001: ''[[Ibidem]], Vol. 2'' (Nos. 17 to 28) ([[P. Howard Lyons]], ed.)
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* 2002: ''Ibidem, Vol. 3'' (Nos. 29 to 37) (P. Howard Lyons, ed.)
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* 2002: ''[[The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic]]'' ([[Donato Colucci]])
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* 2002: ''[[The Magic Mirror]]'' (Robert E. Neale)
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* 2002: ''[[Marked For Life]]'' ([[Kirk Charles]])
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* 2002: ''[[The Paper Engine]]'' ([[Aaron Fisher]] and [[John Lovick]])
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* 2002: ''[[Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond]]'' ([[Paul Curry]])
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* 2002: ''[[Redivider]]'' ([[Phil Goldstein]])
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* 2002: ''[[Shattering Illusions]]'' ([[Jamy Ian Swiss]])
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* 2003: ''[[Card College, Vol. 5]]'' (Roberto Giobbi)
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* 2003: ''[[Stewart James in Print: The First Fifty Years]]'' (P. Howard Lyons)
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* 2004: ''[[Enchantments]]'' ([[Wesley James]])
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* 2004: ''The Georgia Wonder: Lulu Hurst and the Secret that Shook America'' ([[Barry Whiley]], ed.)
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* 2004: ''[[Mnemonica]]'' ([[Juan Tamariz]])
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* 2005: ''[[Act Two]]'' (Barrie Richardson)
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* 2005: ''Indescribable Phenomenon: The Life and Mysteries of [[Anna Eva Fay]]'' ([[Barry H. Wiley]])
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* 2005: ''[[Prism]]'' ([[Max Maven]])
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* 2005: ''[[The Protocols of the Elders of Magic]]'' (Max Maven)
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* 2006: ''[[Card College Light]]'' (Roberto Giobbi)
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* 2006: ''[[Secrets of an Escamoteur]]'' ([[Harry Riser]])
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* 2006: ''[[Tangled Web]]'' ([[Eric Mead]])
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* 2007: ''[[Card Dupery]]'' ([[J. K. Hartman]])
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* 2007: ''[[The Five Points in Magic]]'' ([[Juan Tamariz]])
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* 2007: ''Maurice Fogel: In Search of the Sensational'' (Chris Woodward and Richard Mark)
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* 2008: ''[[Card College Lighter]]'' (Roberto Giobbi)
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* 2008: ''Paths to Enchantment'' (Malcom Yaffe)
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* 2008: ''[[This Is Not a Book]]'' ([[Robert E. Neale]])
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* 2008: ''[[Verbal Magic]]'' ([[Juan Tamariz]])
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* 2009: ''[[Ken Krenzel's Relaxed Impossibilities]]'' ([[Stephen Minch]])
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* 2010: ''[[The Book of Forgotten Secrets]]'' (Stephen Minch)
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* 2010: ''[[Card College Lightest]]'' (Roberto Giobbi)
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* 2010: ''[[Secret Agenda]]'' (Roberto Giobbi)
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* 2010: ''[[Vortex]]'' ([[Tom Stone]])
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* 2011: ''Curtain Call'' ([[Barrie Richardson]])
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* 2011: ''Devious Standards'' ([[Jamy Ian Swiss]])
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* 2011: ''[[Maelstrom]]'' (Tom Stone)
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* 2011: ''More Power to You'' ([[David Acer]])
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* 2012: ''Thinking the Impossible'' ([[Ramon Rioboo]])
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* 2013: ''Confidences'' (Roberto Giobbi)
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* 2013: ''The Art of Switching Decks'' (Roberto Giobbi)
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* 2013: ''Non Plus Ultra, Vol. 1: Magic of the 19th Century ([[J. N. Hofzinser]] and [[Magic Christian]])
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* 2013: ''Non Plus Ultra, Vol. 2: Hofzinser's Card Artistry'' (J. N. Hofzinser and Magic Christian)
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* 2014: ''[[The Magic Way]]'' ([[Juan Tamariz]])
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* 2014: ''[[Steve Mayhew|Mayhew]]: What Women Want'' ([[John Lovick]])
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* 2014: ''The [[Vernon]] Companion'' ([[Michael A. Perovich]])
  
 
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Revision as of 21:32, 24 January 2015

Hermetic Press, a publishing company in Seattle founded in 1989 by Stephen Minch, specializes in magic technical literature.

Among those publications are the works of Alex Elmsley, Max Maven, Tommy Wonder, Juan Tamariz and several other important innovators.

Also, the company has published important historical books, like a translation of Jean Prévost's Clever and Pleasant Inventions: Part One, from 1584. A biography on Lulu Hearst, the "magnetic girl" who became a star in the 1800s. The autobiography of Milo & Roger.

Publications

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