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Javi New user 10 Posts |
Where can I found a book or a web page where I can get some good information about the history of the art of magic, his greatest performers, etc...
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Merc Man Inner circle NUNEATON, Warwickshire 2537 Posts |
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On Oct 20, 2018, Javi wrote: This website may be useful for you: https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page Here's the history section: https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php......:History Hope that helps.
Barry Allen
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Javi New user 10 Posts |
Thank you very much
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Anatole Inner circle 1912 Posts |
Milbourne Christopher's _Panorama of Magic_ is a very good history with many pictures, photos, and a few color plates:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Panorama-Of-Mag......upt=true Christopher's _Illustrated History of Magic_ is also good but more text than pictures. https://www.ebay.com/itm/The-ILLUSTRATED......upt=true My favorite book on magic history is _Magic: A Pictorial History of Conjurors in the Theater_--but it is out of print and a lot more expensive than Christopher's book: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Magic-A-Pictori......upt=true There is also a kind of "graphic novel" history of magic from the folks who published the Classics Illustrated company: _The Illustrated Story of Magic_. https://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Illustrated......upt=true and that title is also available as a pdf download from lybrary.com https://www.lybrary.com/the-illustrated-......5136.htm ----- Amado "Sonny" Narvaez
----- Sonny Narvaez
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Anatole Inner circle 1912 Posts |
There is also a section of lybrary.com devoted to history and biographies:
https://www.lybrary.com/magic-biographie......_65.html ----- Sonny
----- Sonny Narvaez
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lynnef Inner circle 1407 Posts |
Jim Steinmeyer and Peter Lamont have a brand new book out called "the Secret History of Magic". It's a real eye opener, even for magicians who think they know magic's origins. I'm totally "astonished" while reading this book. Lynn
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Tudormagic New user SC 26 Posts |
Lynn,
I agree about Steinmeyer and Lamonts book, I think it is a really important work that many will overlook. |
Pierre Cardinlemon New user Budapest, Hungary, EU 40 Posts |
I've just finished reading The Illustrated History of Magic and I'm totally disappointed! It promised the history from the ancient Egypt to David Blaine, but it is very biased.
I'm interested in magicians like Slydini, Daley, Jordan, Vernon, Marlo and similar names that come up frequently in the magic books I read. These names are not even mentioned in the Illustrated History! The book has complete chapters on water-spitters and the chess automaton, but Hofzinser is summarized in only two short paragraphs! |
Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27297 Posts |
Greater Magic has some of the history in overview. More detail can occasionally be found in research articles. For example there was a Genii Magazine article on the Hooker Card Rise act including a description of how it was brought back into performance recently! That reading path will take you to John Gaughan and Jim Steinmeyer. There are archivists, historians and collectors in this community.
If it's specifically close-up magic you want to explore - there are people who knew Ed Marlo, Dai Vernon and Tony Slydini around here - ask what you will. You might want to look at the trade journals of the time to read what was of interest and who was active in NY when Daly and Jordan were getting published see "The Jinx" and "Pentagram" and "Ibidem". There's a lot of history to read about Dai Vernon in NY and Ed Marlo in Chicago. Nate Leipzig and Max Malini were studied by Vernon who passed the material along to Lewis Ganson. Some of Hofzinser's work was recovered though his correspondence and items he sold to students. That's in two books by Fischer and recently updated and expanded by new research by Magic Christian.
...to all the coins I've dropped here
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