Jinx Five-Foot Shelf Of Magic

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"
• 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 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"