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*[[Ellis Stanyon]], "[[The Stanyon Serials]]" (1-21) | *[[Ellis Stanyon]], "[[The Stanyon Serials]]" (1-21) | ||
*[[T. Nelson Downs]], "[[The Art of Magic]]" | *[[T. Nelson Downs]], "[[The Art of Magic]]" | ||
*[[John Northern Hilliard]], "[[Greater Magic]]" | *[[John Northern Hilliard]], "[[Greater Magic]]" | ||
*[[Edwin Sachs]], "[[Sleight of Hand]]" | *[[Edwin Sachs]], "[[Sleight of Hand]]" | ||
*[[Jasper Maskelyne]] and [[David Devant]], "[[Our Magic]]" | *[[Jasper Maskelyne]] and [[David Devant]], "[[Our Magic]]" | ||
Revision as of 19:54, 9 January 2013
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"
- 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"
- John Hugh Johnson, "The Open Book"
- Loyd, "Loyd's Master Manipulation of Thimbles"
- David Deveen, "Expert Cigarette Magic"
- Burling Hull, "Expert Billiard Ball Manipulation, Part 1 & 2"
- John Lippy, "Chemical Magic"
- Harry Houdini, "Paper Magic"
- Burling Hull, "33 Rope Ties and Chain Releases"
- Walter Gibson, "Houdini's Escapes"
- Lulu Hurst, "Lulu Hurst (the Georgia Wonder) Writes Her Autobiography and for the First Time Explains and Demonstrates the Great Secret of Her Marvelous Power"
- Houdini, "Miracle Mongers and Their Methods"
- L. 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 for Crystal Gazing and Mind Reading Acts"
- Syril Dusenbery, "Making Magic Pay"
- Laurance Glen, "The Magician's Road To Fame"
- Funk and Wagnall's, "The Practical Standard Dictionary"
- Globe Book Company, "Elementary Grammar"