Free magic books · 1584 to 1928

The magician’s library.

65 classic magic books, from Erdnase to Houdini, free for anyone to read. Check out at $0 and they’re yours to keep.

Pip searches every page of every book.

i.Pick a book

Every title is old enough to be free for anyone.

ii.Check out at $0

No card needed. It goes on your account.

iii.Read any time

The PDF arrives by email and on your order page.

I.

The great textbooks

The books magicians learned from for a century.

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.

IV.

Coins, paper and more

Coins, paper, juggling, mind reading, patter and puzzles.

V.

The first magic books

The oldest books on the shelf, from 1584 to 1820.

VI.

Magicians’ lives and history

Memoirs from the road and the histories of the art.