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Jinx Five-Foot Shelf Of Magic
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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
- J.N. 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
- 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
- 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
- Abbott, Behind the Scenes with the Mediums
- Alexander, The Life and Mysteries of the Celebrated Dr.'Q'
- Hull, How To Answer Questions
- Syril Dusenberry, Making Magic Pay
- Glen, The Road To Fame
- Funk and Wagnall's, The Practical Standard Dictionary
- Globe Book Company, Elementary Grammar