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He tried to cover every phase and known principle necessary to a modern performer. These were textbooks that he thought an absolute stranger to magic should buy: | He tried to cover every phase and known principle necessary to a modern performer. These were textbooks that he thought an absolute stranger to magic should buy: | ||
| − | * [[Stanyon's Magic]] (periodical) | + | *[[Stanyon's Magic]] (periodical) |
*[[Harlan Tarbell]], [[Tarbell Course of Magic]] | *[[Harlan Tarbell]], [[Tarbell Course of Magic]] | ||
*[[Ellis Stanyon]], [[The Stanyon Serials]] (1-21) | *[[Ellis Stanyon]], [[The Stanyon Serials]] (1-21) | ||
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*Burling Hull, [[How To Answer Questions]] | *Burling Hull, [[How To Answer Questions]] | ||
*[[Syril Dusenberry]], [[Making Magic Pay]] | *[[Syril Dusenberry]], [[Making Magic Pay]] | ||
| − | *Glen, [[The Road To Fame]] | + | *Laurance Glen, [[The Magician's Road To Fame]] |
*Funk and Wagnall's, The Practical Standard Dictionary | *Funk and Wagnall's, The Practical Standard Dictionary | ||
*Globe Book Company, Elementary Grammar | *Globe Book Company, Elementary Grammar | ||
Revision as of 07:42, 29 March 2011
The Jinx Five-Foot Shelf Of Magic is Ted Annemann's list of books on the art of magic and allied subjects which he printed in his magazine Jinx No. 8 (May 1935).
He tried to cover every phase and known principle necessary to a modern performer. These were textbooks that he thought an absolute stranger to magic should buy:
- Stanyon's Magic (periodical)
- Harlan Tarbell, Tarbell Course of Magic
- Ellis Stanyon, The Stanyon Serials (1-21)
- T. Nelson Downs, The Art of Magic
- John Northern Hilliard, Greater Magic (Sequel to above now being published)
- Edwin Sachs, Sleight of Hand
- Jasper Maskelyne and David Devant, Our Magic
- Prof. Hoffmann, Modern Magic
- Henry Hatton and Adrian Plate, Magicians' Tricks, How They Are Done
- Sidney Clarke, Annals of Conjuring (Magic Wand Nos.121-140)
- Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic
- Howard Thurston, 200 Tricks You Can Do
- Howard Thurston, 200 More Tricks You Can Do
- S.W. Erdnase, The Expert at the Card Table
- Ted Annemann, 202 Methods of Forcing
- J.H. Johnson, The Open Book
- Lloyd, Thimble Manipulation
- David Deveen, Expert Cigarette Manipulation
- Burling Hull, Billiard Ball Manipulation (2 parts)
- John Lippy Chemical Magic
- Harry Houdini, Paper Magic
- Burling Hull, 33 Rope Ties and Chain Releases
- Walter Gibson, Houdini's Escapes
- Lulu Hurst, The Georgia Wonder
- Houdini, Miracle Mongers and their Methods
- W. de Laurence, Medical Hypnosis and Magnetic Hypnotism
- Arthur Edward Waite, The Book of Black Magic and of Pacts
- Arthur Prince, The Whole Art of Ventriloquism
- David M. Roth, Roth Memory Course
- Hereward Carrington, The Physical Phenomena of Spiritualism
- David Abbott, Behind the Scenes with the Mediums
- Claude Alexander Conlin, The Life and Mysteries of The Celebrated Dr. Q
- Burling Hull, How To Answer Questions
- Syril Dusenberry, Making Magic Pay
- Laurance Glen, The Magician's Road To Fame
- Funk and Wagnall's, The Practical Standard Dictionary
- Globe Book Company, Elementary Grammar
