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At Trickshop.com, we offer a growing collection of classic and modern magic books available to download instantly in Acrobat PDF format. Whether you're just starting out or already performing at a professional level, these free books give you a chance to explore and sample some timeless routines, methods, sought-after info, and magical thinking—without spending a cent. These digital books are great for brushing up on the basics, discovering new approaches, or just diving deeper into the art of deception.
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STEWART JAMES:
FURTHER THAN THAT ROUTINE
Get Stewart James' original handling for this nearly self-working, multi-phase classic. We know once you perform it for a lay audience, it will become part of your regular set. 5 pages, re-typeset.
Price: $ 0.00
FLOYD SHOTTS:
TAKING A FEW SHOTTS
Floyd Shotts had his own unique and baffling brand of pasteboard wizardry, using the subtlest of methods to craft tricks with clever twists and surprise finishes! Six effects you'll want to add to your repertoire and your audiences are sure to enjoy, 10 pages.
Price: $ 0.00
SI STEBBINS STACK:
SI STEBBINS ORIGINAL $1 PITCH PAMPHLET
An eManuscript on the Si Stebbins $1 Pitch Pamphlet explaining the Si Stebbins deck system. Also commonly referred to as a Si Stebbins set-up, arrangement, order or stack. These are the instructions Stebbins would sell to the general public after astounding them with a series of tricks using his system. In addition to the set-up, Stebbins outlines four basic rules and five tricks; as well as a bonus mindreading trick that can be done with any deck and does not require a prepared pack. Completely re-typeset, re-formatted, and lightly edited. 6 pages.
Price: $ 0.00
Check out our full selection of Si Stebbins system publications, including Si Stebbins Unplugged, S6 - Six Si Stebbins Stunners, Mahendra's Amazing Card Miracles, How'd Ja Do That?, and Si Stebbins Legacy.
Learn about Bob Mason's O-2-Matica Stack. It's easy to learn and even fools magicians who know the Si Stebbins Stack!
BASIC CARD CONTROL & FORCING TECHNIQUE
This handy, photo-illustrated guide teaches several essential techniques for magicians who perform magic with cards. These include basic Overhand Shuffle Control, the Double Undercut which can eliminate the need for the Pass in many tricks, as well as methods for both the Classic and Riffle Force. 9 pages.
Price: $ 0.00
We publish over 200 titles with brilliant card magic by Bob Hummer, Eddie Joseph, Ed Marlo, Dai Vernon, Paul Curry, Al Leech, Phantini, Al Koran, Jack Yates, Ralph Hull, J.G. Thompson, Arthur Buckley, Glenn Gravatt, Rufus Steele, Ted Annemann, and many, many others.
GET OUR 2025 CATALOG WITH THE SIMPLEX COIN TRICK FREE
Download our 2025 Catalog with photo-illustrated instructions for THE SIMPLEX COIN - a retention of vision vanishing coin and production. Watch the video demo clip! 46 pages.
Plus, we figured we'd add three more awesome magic tricks...
ANY CALENDAR MONTH MAGIC SQUARE
THE EL-EL TELEPHONE TEST
MY CUPS AND BILLS ROUTINE
Price: $ 0.00
CHARLES T. JORDAN:
30 CARD MYSTERIES
A TRUE CLASSIC
Published in 1919, Charles Jordan's first pamphlet of magic introduced a number of clever subtleties, as well as a sleight we know today as "The Jordan Count" (see The Phantom Aces). Contents include: Trailing the Dovetail Shuffle to its Lair, Close Range Mind Reading, Long-Distance Mind Reading, The Premo, A Novel Detection, The Dealing Dovetail Detection, The Rolling-Off-A-Log Detection, The Full Hand, With the Mind's Eye, The Simplicity Speller, The Trio, Odd Or Even, The Escape, The Bare-Faced Detection, The Twentieth Century Puzzle, Telepathic Control, The Single-Card Reverse, The Half-Pack Reverse, The Alternate Reverse, The Pack That Cuts Itself, The Impossible Journey, Our Friends The Aces, Leave it to the Aces, The Phantom Aces, The Message From Mars, Coluria, Satan's Trance, and other classics. 39 pages, re-typeset.
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PALHINHA, BURLESON, EASTMAN, AND TRICKSHOP.COM:
RIVETED
With RIVETED, a spectator's chosen card is placed between a couple of indifferent cards and a hole is punched through all three. The three cards are then secured with a common brass "butterfly" fastener. The pasteboards are fanned and shown front and back to prove that they are actually RIVETED together. Next, while the spectator is holding the three cards, a handkerchief is placed over them for a moment and and whisked away - the selected one is gone! The missing selected Houdini card with the hole can be instantly reproduced and given away as a souvenir. An improved gimmick and handling make this golden oldie better than ever! No sleights. Easy to do and this new edition is a real fooler! We supply the 7-page, photo-illustrated manuscript, you supply the pasteboards and handful of inexpensive items required. Works with Bicycle and other decks.
Price: $ 0.00
COMEDY MAGIC ROUTINE:
THE PERSISTENT JOKER
Give your audience a break from the usual “take-a-card” tricks with this entertaining comedy routine. Using a small packet, you start spelling out cards in the usual manner, however every time you hand them to a spectator to try - he gets the Joker! Each time he does, you immediately take the pasteboards back and successfully spell to the right one. The effect and comedy build as the spectator fails over and over - until he is finally left holding just the Joker. Step-by-step handling complete with comedy patter. Great comedy magic free! 4 pages.
Price: $ 0.00
HAROLD STERLING:
THE STERLING CUPS & BALLS ROUTINE
This rare magic manuscript showcases a well-constructed, basic Cups & Balls routine, as performed by professional Chautauqua magician and magic dealer, Harold Sterling. A truly classic magic trick! Balls appear and disappear, multiply, followed by the magical appearance of SIX large balls, onions, or potatoes. No difficult sleights. 5 typeset pages.
Price: $ 0.00
SPLIT DECISION CARD PREDICTION
Perform a mental card miracle with ten half cards, cut from five different cards. A spectator is allowed to freely shuffle the pieces and then deal out any number of pieces between himself and another spectator. Using the number of pieces the spectator dealt as their numbers, the pieces are assembled and each spectator secretly notes the card at their number. The spectators each now remove their cards from packet and place them face down on the table. You show your prediction and ask the spectators to turn over their half cards - EACH SPECTATOR HAS HALF OF THE SAME CARD and it MATCHES your written prediction!
- The entire effect is virtually self-working
- Absolutely no sleights or difficult moves
- No extra cards or gaffs
- Make it up in minutes
- Works with any size pasteboards - even jumbos!
A true mental gem you can carry in your pocket and do anytime, anywhere! And you can download this ebook free!
Price: $ 0.00
ROBERT NELSON:
IMPROMPTU MENTALISM ENCORE PRESENTATION
Impromptu Mentalism is a mindreading encore presentation for magicians that allows you to follow-up your magic show by reading the minds of the audience. Using Nelson's method, you will be able to reveal people's names, phone numbers, inscriptions on rings, how much change someone has in his pocket, what a person ate for breakfast, etc. No shills or confederates and everyone in the audience will be 100% fooled. A true reputation-builder.
Price: $ 0.00
Looking for more great mentalism? Check out our complete Mentalism section, including material by the great Al Koran, Phantini, and Robert Nelson and his Miracles in Mentalism Series (Over 100 Mental Effects!). Plus, Q&A Acts, Two-Person Telepathy Acts, and more! New to Mentalism? Check out our Mentalism FAQ.
NELSON ENTERPRISES CATALOG
Our Free Nelson Catalog (facsmile) which includes Nelson’s “Mental Exploits,” detailing seven killer effects/ideas with Joe Berg’s Ultra Mental (Invisible) Deck. 44 pages.
Price: $ 0.00
A Complete Course for Magicians
At Trickshop.com, we also put the complete text of Jean Hugard’s highly regarded “Modern Magic Manual” at your fingertips in HTML format, so you can study it at your own pace. Perfect for beginners and seasoned pros alike, the above downloads and Hugard's course in sleight of hand magic with cards, coins, balls, rings, and other everyday objects are just a couple of the ways we try to give back to the magic community.
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