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magicdave56 Regular user Ellisville, MO 63011 195 Posts |
What was the first book that you read that got you into magic, my was the Amateur Magician's Handbook
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
I read the Joseph Leeming books in the children's section of the library when I was a kid, but I got an adult library card when I saw that Professional Magic Made Easy by Bruce Elliott was on the shelves there.
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WitchDocChris Inner circle York, PA 2614 Posts |
I was into magic before I read it, but the first book I really studied was Royal Road to Card Magic. I spent 8 months reading and practicing what was in that book and I really think it helped me figure out how to properly learn from books.
Christopher
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NYCTwister Loyal user 267 Posts |
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On Jun 10, 2017, magicdave56 wrote: Now you see it, now you don't, by Bill Tarr. The second was AMH.
If you need fear to enforce your beliefs, then your beliefs are worthless.
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arthur stead Inner circle When I played soccer, I hit 1773 Posts |
Isn't this in the wrong section?
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NYCTwister Loyal user 267 Posts |
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On Jun 11, 2017, arthur stead wrote: I've never heard of that book. Who's the author?
If you need fear to enforce your beliefs, then your beliefs are worthless.
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R.S. Regular user CT one day I'll have 184 Posts |
Scarne On Card Tricks.
I must have been around 12 years old. I can still remember the excitement of learning new "miracles" in the solitude of my bedroom. Just me, a deck of cards, and the book. Hours seemed like mere minutes, as I eagerly devoured chapter after chapter. In fact, I still have that book! Pencil marks next to the tricks in the Table of Contents indicate my favorites. The darker the tick mark, the better the trick. But now, the book represents more than just tricks to me. Forty five years later it represents that joyful and innocent period of my youth. I have accumulated dozens of magic books since then, but the sight, feel, and smell of that one book instantaneously connects me to a different time and a different me. Ah... the joy of Magic! Ron
"It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry." Thomas Paine
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NYCTwister Loyal user 267 Posts |
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On Jun 11, 2017, R.S. wrote: That's funny. Around the age of 12 I was reading Scarne's new complete guide to gambling. I was going to be a casino owner.
If you need fear to enforce your beliefs, then your beliefs are worthless.
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Daryl -the other brother Special user Chicago 594 Posts |
Abbott's Magic Catalog. I got into magic by finding Abbott's Magic shop while on a fishing trip with my family. I bought 3 tricks and a catalog.
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16544 Posts |
I came to be doing card work through the gambling world but the book Our Magic got interested in the art.
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
Tommy |
Mark Boody Illusionist Inner circle 1366 Posts |
HOUDINI His Life And Art by The Amazing Randi & Bert Randolph Sugar. Someone gave it as a gift to my father in 1976, he brought home and never got it back, I don't think he ever read it! I lost that original copy, but several years ago I purchased it again on the second hand market.
That book still holds great memories for me!
Only he who can see the invisible can do the impossible. Frank L. Gaines
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AceOfJokers New user 64 Posts |
An old dusty copy of Dunninger's Encyclopaedia of Magic found in a second-hand bookshop in the early 1970s.
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21219 Posts |
The Magic Book by Harry Lorrayne.
Danny Doyle
<BR>Semper Occultus <BR>In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act....George Orwell |
lynnef Inner circle 1407 Posts |
Mark Wilson's Encyclopedia of Magic. Lynn
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
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On Jun 11, 2017, Mark Boody Illusionist wrote: Never knew Bert Sugar wrote on Houdini. As a boxing writer (and publisher/editor), he was legendary.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
ringmaster Inner circle Memphis, Down in Dixie 1974 Posts |
"The Stage Magic Book" by Burlin Hull.
One of the last living 10-in-one performers. I wanted to be in show business the worst way, and that was it.
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