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Strong Magic - Ortiz (15)
13 Steps to Mentalism - Corinda (11)
Amateur Magicians Handbook - Hay (11)
Collected Almanac - Kaufman (11)
Art of Astonishment - Harris (9)
Greater Magic - Hilliard (9)
Classic Magic of Larry Jennings - Maxwell (8)
Complete Invocation - Masklyn ye Mage (7)
Dear Mr. Fantasy - Bannon (6)
Maximum Entertainment - Weber (6)
Our Magic - Maskelyne & Devant (6)
Books of Wonder - Wonder (5)
Card College - Giobbi (5)
Drawing Room Deceptions - Hollingworth (5)
Expert at the Card Table - Erdnase (5)
Mentalism Inc. - Hickock (5)
Stars of Magic - Misc. (5)
At the Card Table - Ortiz (4)
Complete Works of Derek Dingle - Kaufman (4)
Dai Vernon Book Of Magic - Ganson (4)
Mark Wilson's Encyclopedia of Magic - Wilson (4)
Mind, Myth & Magick - Waters (4)
Secret Ways of Al Baker - Karr (4)
Theatre of the Mind - Richardson (4)
By Forces Unseen - Earick (3)
Magic and Meaning - Burger & Neale (3)
Mastering The Art Of Magic - Burger (3)
Secrets of Brother John Hamman - Kaufman (3)
Smoke and Mirrors - Bannon (3)
Tarbell Series - Tarbell (3)
Absolute Magic - Brown (2)
Apocalypse - Lorayne (2)
Carneycopia - Minch (2)
Classic Secrets of Magic - Elliot (2)
Collected Works of Alex Elmseley Vol 1 - Minch (2)
Complete Walton Vols. 1 and/or 2 - Walton (2)
Magic of Michael Ammar - Ammar (2)
Magical Adventures and Fairy Tales or "Once upon a time…" - Punx (2)
Mnemonica - Tamariz (2)
Paramiracles - Lesley (2)
Psychological Subtleties - Banachek (2)
Pure Effect - Brown (2)
Revolutionary Card Technique - Marlo (2)
Royal Touch - Cellini (2)
Simply Harkey - Harkey (2)
Stewart James in Print: The First 50 Years - James (2)
Stunners Plus - Becker (2)
SYZYGY—the first five volumes - Earle (2)
Williamson´s Wonders - Kaufman (2)
Act Two - Richardson (1)
ANNEMANN:Life & Times Of A Legend - Annemann (1)
Annotated Erdnase - Ortiz (1)
Art of Close-Up Vol. 1 - Ganson (1)
Art of Invisible Thread - LeClair (1)
Best of Friends Vol. 2 - Lorayne (1)
Book of Secrets - Carney (1)
Capricornian Tales - Chelman (1)
Card Fictions - Hartling (1)
Card Finesse II - Racherbaumer (1)
Card Magic of Nick Trost - Trost (1)
Card Zones - Duffie & Sadowitz (1)
Cardshark - Ortiz (1)
Cellini, The Royal Touch - McFalls (1)
Classic Sampler - Skinner (1)
Classical Magic Apparatus - Albo (1)
Close Up and Personal - Regal (1)
Close-Up Card Magic - Lorayne (1)
Coinmagic - Kaufman (1)
Collected Magick - Jones (1)
Complete Ilustrated Book Of Card Magic - Gibson (1)
Complete Works of John Riggs - Riggs (1)
Conjuring Anthology - Steinmeyer (1)
Craft of Magic - Pecor (1)
Death and Resurrection Show: From Shaman to Showman - Taylor (1)
Dunningers Complete Encyclopedia of Magic - Dunninger (1)
Encyclopedia of Impromptu Magic - Gardner (1)
Encyclopedia of Playing Card Flourishes - Cestkowski (1)
Enlightened Magicians - Jeffreys (1)
Essential Stewart James - Slaight (1)
Experience of Magic - Burger (1)
Expert Card Technique - Hugard & Braue (1)
Expert Coin Magic (David Roth) - Kaufman (1)
Final Curtain - Borodin (1)
Five Points in Magic - Tamariz (1)
Great Card Tricks - Longe (1)
Illustrated History of Magic - Christopher (1)
Imagication - Murphy (1)
Impossibilia - Bannon (1)
Inner Card Trilogy - Vernon (1)
Jennings 67 - Kaufman (1)
Ken Brooke's Magic The Unique Years - Brooke (1)
Later Magic - Hoffman (1)
Learn Magic - Hay (1)
Magic Menu - Sisti (1)
Magic of Joel Givens - Jay (1)
Magic of Matt Schulien - Willmarth (1)
Magic of Slydini - Ganson (1)
Mind and Magic of David Berglas - Britland (1)
Modern coin Magic - Bobo (1)
Neo-Magic Artistry - Sharpe (1)
Paper Engine - Fisher (1)
Pasteboard Presentations - LaGerould (1)
Peek Performances - Busch (1)
PENTALOGY - Shane (1)
Roy Benson by Starlight - Levent & Karr (1)
Séance - Davis (1)
Secret Art of Magic - Evans & Craver (1)
Seriously Silly - Kaye (1)
Seventh Heaven - Jones (1)
Sheherazade - Borodin (1)
Shiels Effect - Shiels (1)
Simon Says - Lovell (1)
Simply Simon - Aronson (1)
Swami / Mantra - Dalal (1)
Totally Out of Control - Kenner (1)
Trick Brain - Fitzkee (1)
Unexplainable Acts - Kurtz (1)
Vo Du Ma Gick - Nibo (1)
World's Best Card Tricks - Longe (1)

Thanks for the compilation.

I just had a son, and if I could pick just one book to give him on learning magic it, without a doubt, would be Mark Wilson's Complete Course. I still do some effects I learned in 6th grade out of that book (which is 18 years ago when my father got me this book for christmas). Like his spongeball routine for example. Heck I use the injog shuffle control every show, it's so simple and perfect for lay audiences. This book just has it all.

I second it or third it or whatever it's been.

Paper Engine - Aaron Fisher

Seventh Heaven by Lewis Jones

Dear Mr. Fantasy John Bannon, every page is great

Dai Vernon, The Vernon Touch (The Genii Corp. 2008)

WOW, what a tough question....My copy of "Show-Time At The Tom-Foolery".

Although AOA is VERY important to me as is my copy of the Amateur Magician's Handbook.

VERY tough, I keep second guessing myself !!!!!!!!!!

There are such a lot o great books, that I have to think in another way.

I've found a used edition of Illustrated History of Magic by Christopher for 2,50 Dollars.

So I go with the price/ value formular and vote for this.

Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women, Ricky Jay

Carter the Great by Mike Caveney.

Art of Astonishment.

Amateur Magicians Handbook

Boy, this is a really tough one. I'm glad this is a hypothetical question! I'm very surprised The Royal Road to Card Magic hasn't been mentioned (at least I didn't see it in the above list). If I could go with a single volume I would want it to contain many elements. I would want it to include both sleight-of-hand as well as self-working effects with all kinds of objects in addition to a section on presentation and/or theory. I'm not sure a book containing a really thorough exploration of all these elements has been written yet. Most lean heavily one way or the other. A few that come to mind that might barely squeeze into this criteria might be "Mastering the Art of Magic" by Eugene Burger and "Transformations" by Larry Hass. I tend to return to "The Magic Book" by Harry Lorayne again and again also. So I will say it's a toss-up between these three. I guess I just can't decide on only one.

Books of Wonder / Tommy Wonder

I must admit, The Amateur Magicians Handbook is the choice for me... I have a very large library... I have read them all... I keep coming back to the Handbook. And so many who have never really read the book misunderstand its title... They think it is a book of cereal box tricks... Where, in fact, it is a collection arranged to teach you beginners level to high end sleight of hand with cards,coins and most any other small object. In fact, if you could perform competently all of the material in the Handbook, you would be acclaimed as a true expert.

No body mention this book/ebook:

Tricks of My Trade-The Magic Of Doug Conn

It's a great book, check some demos here: http://www.dougconn.com/videos.htm

jeff

Hiding the Elephant

Mastering the Art of Magic--Eugene Burger

Maximum Entertainment by Ken Weber