Dear friends, we began the year sharing with the international magic community our latest "52 Weeks Project", where we share each week, for free, a new, curated, unknown (or very little known) book on magic.

As I don't want to bump the thread in "Latest & Greatest" I opened this new thread where I can hopefully share the weekly updates without upsetting anyone.

This last week we have a special "historic" book:



https://amagicduck.com/products/after-di......r-gibson

Walter Gibson was one of the great "talents" the world of magic produced: not only he obtained "celebrity status" by creating his famous "Shadow" character, not only was he a tremendously prolific writer, but he was actually one of the most creative magicians of the 20th Century.

Gibson was "the" guy to hire when famous magicians like Thurston and Blackstone wanted to write and publish "their own books" (Gibson ghostwrote for them).

During the first half of the 1920's decade, Gibson wrote a column for Philadelphia's "Evening Public Ledger" newspaper. Originally intended for only a few weeks, it ran for 5 years! The BEST material from the run was eventually compiled in this little booklet called "After Dinner Tricks".

Although originally a beginner's book, there IS interesting and useful material inside, such as:

"Telling Cards from Backs" - probably the BEST peek for a card being held in the hand (face down). You can perform a little "reading with the fingertips" routine with it - people will never figure it out.

"A Divination" - mentalists have exhausted the old gag of writing "No" on a paper, then asking "Can I possibly know what you are thinking?". Replace that old chestnut with this one instead. (Still corny, but fun).

"Coin Dissolves into Air" - a clever subtlety to add to a coin vanish used by no other than Tamariz himself.

"The Rejected Soldiers" - a nice little bit to introduce the jokers before any effect

"Rapid Addition to Make 100" - if you can commit to memorize a few numbers you can play a little addition game and NO ONE will beat you ever - "proof" of your incredible mental powers.

INCLUDES SAMPLE REPRODUCTIONS OF THE NEWSPAPERS WITH THE TRICKS IN THEM

Did the project stop? Any plans to start again?

Dear mayniac, the project is still going!

Book #17 in the 52 Weeks Project:

"Leaves" From Hilliard Notebooks by Floyd Thayer

https://amagicduck.com/products/leaves-f......d-thayer



John "Northern" Hilliard became immortalized as the author of one of the most important magic books of the 20th Century: Greater Magic.

He was a very successful writer and journalist who toured the world with Thurston for 10 years, and thanks to that association was able to meet the greatest magicians of his time - and obtain their secrets.

About two decades before that, T. Nelson Down published one of the most important magic books of the era in 1909: "The Art of Magic" - ghost-written by Hilliard. The book was the "Tarbell" of that era and became an instant classic.

Between the publishing of those 2 great books, Hilliard published a number of articles in Floyd Thayer's "Magical Bulletin" with material that was not included in The Art of Magic, and was reserved "for the second book". Those articles were afterward compiled in this little booklet and published for the enjoyment of magicians the world over.

CONTENTS

Foreword

A personal note by way of introduction

THE TRIPLE MYSTERY - 3 selected cards found by the spectators. Impromptu.

THE CHINESE RINGS - Special handlings for the Linking Rings

THE QUICK OR THE DEAD - a complete script and presentation for a psychological mystery to discover the "dead". A lesson in how to elevate a simple effect to a complete theatrical experience.

ROLL YOUR OWN - "tobacco" and a cigarette paper pushed into the hand turn into a real cigarette - hands shown empty.

Every effect is very thoroughly explained and described.

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Book #18 in the 52 Weeks Project

https://amagicduck.com/products/novel-necromancy-tom-sellers




A visit into the creative world of Tom Sellers! One of the most unique creators and inventors of magic, in this book will find the first and original description of the "Bank Night" effect - a classic effect in mentalism that triggered so many versions.

Besides that you will find clever effects with slates, ropes and coins, but more important - very clever gimmicks which are very easy to make to create many wonders.

Pay special attention to "The Transfer", a very beautiful and unique effect.

Enjoy this cleaned up version of Tom Seller's Novel Necromancy.

24 Items!

FULL CONTENTS:

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA TEST - a VERY SIMPLE and direct book test

OBTAINING INFORMATION - "dead" person name revelation with a VERY CLEVER gimmick very easily made to switch billets - has a lot of potential for many things.

NEW METHOD SUM TRICK - spectator adds random numbers, matching the prediction. Easy, clever and practical.

A COIN DATE MYSTERY - prediction of the date of a selected coin, very easy.

A TABLE TRAP IDEA - a workable idea for the use of a black art table.

"IT'S ONLY CHANCE" - The ORIGINAL "Bank Night" Routine, with the original method - probably the most practical of all.

DIMINISHING MATCHES - a clever gimmick to reduce the size of matches - twice

A TUBE AND BALL MYSTERY - an interesting gimmick to make a coin reappear under a tube

ACES AND KINGS TRANSPOSITION - a clever gimmick to create a visual and direct transposition between kings and aces. Has potential for video/social media.

KNOTS AND A RING - a very interesting and novel "ring & rope" effect, where a ring tied in the center of a rope moves to one of the ends. Easy and practical.

THE SYMPATHETIC MATCHES - a clever gimmick to create a "topsy turvy" matches type of effect.

UNIQUE PRODUCTION BOX - easy to make production boxes where a box is removed from inside another box, from inside another box, and items produced from it. Then the magicians removes items from the first two boxes, even a pigeon!

A COIN SLEIGHT - exactly as the title explains - a novel move to vanish and reproduce a coin.

A BRAN TO RABBIT BOX - A rabbit production: a box filled with "bran" is opened and inside is a rabbit!

THE MAGNETIC DISH OF WATER - a very clever gimmick (probably not so easy to make or obtain) to make a bowl of water become magnetized to the fingers!

A NEAT SPRING TANGLE - a topological move to make a knot vanish from a rope. Impromptu.

ANOTHER COIN SLEIGHT - another novel sleight to vanish a coin.

ROPE AND ROD - a novel method to tie a rope around a "rod" and penetrate it. Completely impromptu, no gimmicks.

A NEW SLATE IDEA - a novel effect where a "slate" painted with red and white chalk turns over despite the fact being tied and held by two spectators.

ROPE, RINGS AND HAT - with no complicated methods or materials, 3 rings penetrate a rope.

A SLIDING CLOCK - a type of "Die Box" to make a clock completely vanish

MAGIC CANDLE LIGHTING - a clever method to light a candle by passing only the hands near the wick.

THE TRANSFER - a very imaginative idea with slates. The drawing of a bird vanishes and reappears inside a silk. Very beautiful.

RED TO BLACK AND BACK AGAIN - an interesting card effect although probably is a little dated.

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Is this still rolling?

Yes Slim! New book coming soon!

I like your site!!!!

Book #19 in the 52 Weeks Project:

"The First Book of William" by Billy McComb

https://www.themagicduck.shop/products/mccomb



Stand Up, Theater and Comedy Material!

FULL CONTENTS

Biographical Note

William’s Torn and Restored Newspaper Presentation

William’s Bicycle Tyre

William’s Ice Cream Production

More About Ice Cream

William’s Fantastic Fez

William’s New Glove Opening

William “Dicovers” “Multicore” Solder

William’s Attache Case Production

William’s Invisible Paint

William on the subject of “Stung”

William’s Invisible Pipe

William’s Hot Book

William’s Comedy Card Flight

William passes on some Tips

Assorted Gaglets of the William Brand

William’s Poker Hand Trick

William amid the Fakirs

William’s Fantastic Table

William’s Floating Ball Routine

William Turns Gravity Upside Down

https://www.themagicduck.shop/products/mccomb

NEW BOOK! This time, by the great Grand Master of Magic: Jean Hugard!

Hugard was MORE than a living encyclopedia of magic. His books are required reading.

in "MONEY MAGIC", Hugard explained EVERYTHING that is possible to do with dollar bills - at least, up to that time!

This is our BIGGEST book yet on the 52 Weeks Project.

https://www.themagicduck.shop/products/m......n-hugard



7 Massive Chapters!

Chapter 1: Preliminary Preparations

Chapter 2: Sleights, Switches & Accessories

Chapter 3: Vanishes

Chapter 4: Effects

Chapter 5: Bill & Cigarrette

Chapter 6: Bill & Lemon

Chapter 7: More Effects

https://www.themagicduck.shop/products/m......n-hugard

Enjoy!