Free magic books · 1584 to 1922
The magician’s library.
23 classic magic books, from Erdnase to Houdini, free for anyone to read. Check out at $0 and they’re yours to keep.
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I.
The great textbooks
The books magicians learned from for a century.
Modern Magic
Professor Hoffmann · 1876
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Our Magic
Nevil Maskelyne & David Devant · 1911
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The Art of Magic
T. Nelson Downs · 1909
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Magicians' Tricks: How They Are Done
Henry Hatton & Adrian Plate · 1910
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Herrmann's Wizard's Manual
Herrmann · 1916
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Stanyon's Magic
Ellis Stanyon · 1901
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Latter Day Tricks
A. Roterberg · 1896
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The Secrets of Stage Conjuring
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin · 1881
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II.
Card magic
Sleights, systems and card tricks.
III.
Cheats, mediums and exposés
How the swindlers did it, written down by the people who caught them.
Card-Sharpers: Their Tricks Exposed
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin · 1863
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Sharps and Flats
John Nevil Maskelyne · 1894
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Fools of Fortune
John Philip Quinn · 1890
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Behind the Scenes with the Mediums
David P. Abbott · 1907
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The Discoverie of Witchcraft
Reginald Scot · 1584
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IV.
Coins, paper and more
Specialist books for the rest of your kit.
V.
Magicians’ lives
Two sides of the same legend.
