| Pub date |
Work reviewed |
Author |
| 1994 |
|
|
| June |
Paul Gertner’s Steel & Silver |
Richard Kaufman |
| July |
Strong Magic |
Darwin Ortiz |
|
Great Balloons [reviewed by Todd Robbins] |
Jean Merlin |
| August |
Lights! Cameras! Magic! |
Dick & Virginia Williams |
|
In the Mind's Eye |
(Minnesota Mind Psi Collection) |
|
The Card on the Seat & other loads in your pants |
Chuck Fayne |
|
Finger Fitness, the art of finger control |
Irwin |
| September |
Workers 4 |
Mike Close |
|
Words About Wizards |
Robert Parish |
|
Tarbell Companion |
Tarbell/Burton |
|
Performing in Japan |
Brad Zupp |
|
Rediscoveries |
Eugene Burger |
| October |
Collected Works of Alex Elmsley, Vol 2 |
Stephen Minch |
|
Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini |
Aldo Colombini |
|
Las Vegas Kardma |
Alan Ackerman |
| November |
Ted Lesley's Paramiracles |
Ted Lesley |
|
Gene Maze and the Art of Bottom Dealing |
Stephen Hobbs |
|
Imp Romp 2; Shampagne |
Lewis Jones |
|
Magic Around the World |
Lewis Ragsdale |
|
Mario Carrandi Antiquarian Magic Catalog #39 |
|
| December |
Dai Vernon Book of Magic [reprint] |
Lewis Ganson |
|
Beat 'Em, Cheat 'Em, Leave 'Em Bleeding |
Bob Farmer |
|
Cheating at Blackjack |
"Dustin D. Marks" |
| 1995 |
|
|
| January |
Roger's Thesaurus |
Roger Crosthwaite & Justin Higham |
|
Collector's Scrapbook |
Gary R. Frank |
|
Meir Yedid's Magic Wishes |
Stephen Hobbs |
|
Secrets of Stage Conjuring |
Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin |
| February |
Life and Many Deaths of Harry Houdini |
Ruth Brandon |
| March |
Magic and Methods of Ross Bertram [reprint] |
Ross Bertram |
|
Fred Kaps' Currency |
Fred Kaps/Anthony Brahms |
|
Fred Kaps' Purse |
Fred Kaps/Anthony Brahms |
|
Magic Menu, Year Four |
Jim Sisti |
|
Thinking Big: Magic With Jumbo Coins |
Mark Munro |
|
Presto Prestige |
Morris Young |
| April |
Card College Vol. 1 |
Roberto Giobbi |
|
Hugard's Magic Monthly, I,II,III,IV [reprint] |
(Magico) |
|
Recycling the Magic Way |
Michael Rappa |
| May |
[no column] |
|
| June |
Magic and Meaning |
Eugene Burger and Robert Neale |
| July |
Great Tricks Revisited |
Robert Parish |
|
Much Ado About Something |
Karrel Fox |
|
Sleightly Tricky |
John Shryock |
| August |
Magical Heroes: The Lives and Legends of Great African-American Magicians |
Jim Magus |
|
Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural |
James Randi |
|
Stage Flying: 431 BC to Modern Times |
James MicKinven |
|
Milbourne Christopher Library |
Maureen Christopher & George Hansen |
|
A Candid View of the Maskelynes |
Anne Davenport/John Salisse |
|
The Rat Trap and other snappy tricks you can do with your little deck |
Chuck Fayne |
| September |
What If (Chuck Smith Lecture Notes) |
Chuck Smith |
|
The Lost Cheesy Notebooks, Vols. 1 & 2 |
Chad Long |
|
Can You Do It For Drunk People? |
Doc Dixon |
|
Take Two Cards and Call Me In The Morning |
Doc Dixon |
|
Simon Lovell Presents his Post Accident Lecture Book! |
Simon Lovell |
|
Spirits on the Stage, and More Guarded Secrets Revealed |
Bob Blau |
|
The Great Eyeless Vision Act |
Marko |
|
Practical Parlor Prestidigitation |
Marko |
| October |
Tarbell Study Guide |
Tarbell/Burton |
|
What's Up Deck? |
Aldo Colombini |
|
M.I.N.T. Vol. 2 (Marlo in New Tops) |
Edward Marlo |
|
Ken Brooke's Magic Place |
Anthony Brahams |
|
Success! Interviews with Performers about Fame, Fortune and Happiness |
Brad Zupp |
|
Sleight of Mouth |
Harry Allen |
| November |
Hugard's Magic Monthly, Vols. V,VI,VII |
(Magico) |
|
Dai Vernon's Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic [reprint] |
Lewis Ganson |
|
Magic Menu, The First Five Years |
Jim Sisti |
|
Magic of Matt Schulien [reprint] |
Phil Willmarth |
| December |
Cardshark |
Darwin Ortiz |
|
The Equivoque Choice |
Jack Dean |
|
The Ultimate Bill Switch |
Kevin King |
| 1996 |
|
|
| January |
The Magic of America |
Dr. Robert Albo |
|
Carter the Great |
Mike Caveney |
| February |
Discoverie of Witchcraft |
Reginald Scot [Kaufman reprint] |
|
Simply Simon |
Simon Aronson |
| March |
modern art |
Jim Steinmeyer |
|
After Craft |
J.K. Hartman |
|
(Cheating at Blackjack) Squared - The Dark Side of Gambling |
"Dustin D. Marks" |
|
Pocket Power |
Jarle Leirpoll |
| April |
Card College, Vol 2, |
Roberto Giobbi |
|
Torn and Restored |
John Carney |
|
Elastrix: The Encyclopedia of Rubber-band Magic Volume 2 |
Stephen Minch |
|
The Rubber-Band Magic of Joe Rindfleisch |
|
| May |
[no column] |
|
| June |
Books of Wonder |
Tommy Wonder & Stephen Minch |
| July |
Seance |
Scott Moore-Davis |
|
Lou Gallo, The Underground Man |
Richard Kaufman |
|
Michael Gallo's Siamese Coins |
Stephen Hobbs |
| August |
Hugard's Magic Monthly, Vol's. VIII, IX & X |
(Magico) |
|
Bertram on Sleight of Hand (Ross Bertram) |
Ross Bertram |
|
The Warpsmith Returns |
Tom Stone |
|
Why Not? |
Chuck Smith |
|
Magic Yellow Pages |
Wittus Witt |
| September |
[no column] |
|
| October |
Workers #5 |
Michael Close |
|
The Expositor |
William Frederick Pinchbeck |
|
Tullock |
Eddie Tullock with Gene Urban & Kenton Knepper |
|
Magie Duvivier |
Jon Racherbaumer |
|
Stanyon's Magic |
Ellis Stanyon |
| November |
Tullock; The Real Truth About Trade Show Magic and a Lot More! |
Tullock et al |
|
Card Stories |
Ariel Freilich |
|
The Art of Close-up Magic, Volumes 1 & 2 |
Lewis Ganson |
|
The Baby Bag |
Algonquin McDuff (Rhett Bryson & Dexter Cleveland) |
|
Using Magic to Prevent Drug Abuse |
Stan Davis |
|
Darwin's Inexpensive Illusions |
Gary Darwin |
|
Miracle Material, the Magic of Michael Kaminskas |
Michael Kaminskas |
|
The Magic of Micah Lasher |
Micah Lasher |
|
How To Be A Fake Kreskin |
Amazing Kreskin |
| December |
Houdini!! |
Ken Silverman |
|
Notes to Houdini |
Ken Silverman |
|
The Great Raymond |
William Rauscher |
|
Dai Vernon's Inner Card Trilogy [reprint] |
Lewis Ganson |
|
Classic Sampler |
Michael Skinner |
| 1997 |
|
|
| January |
Miracles With Cards |
James Swain |
|
The Art of Astonishment |
Paul Harris |
|
The Feints and Temps of Harry Riser |
Ed Brown |
|
The Restaurant Worker's Handbook |
Jim Pace & Jerry MacGregor |
| February |
Hugard's Magic Monthly, Vol's XI, XII & XIII [reprint] |
(Magico) |
|
The Complete Dungeon |
Anthony Owen |
|
Illustrated History of Magic |
Milbourne and Maureen Christopher |
|
The Abracadabra Kid [mentioned in Dec., '96 column] |
Sid Fleischman |
| March |
[Gambler's Book Club intro] |
|
|
Sharps and Flats |
John Nevil Maskelyne |
|
The Phantom of the Card Table? |
Eddie McGuire |
|
Setting Up Exercises |
Karl Fulves |
|
Blocking Off |
Karl Fulves |
|
Visualizing Information [reviewed by Stephen Hobbs] |
Edward Tufte |
| April |
Candle in the Dark |
Thomas Ady |
|
Ken Krenzel's Ingenuities |
Stephen Minch |
| May |
Everything Is Funnier With Monkeys |
Doc Dixon |
|
The Stack Attack |
L. R. Brooks |
|
Growing in the Art of Magic |
Eugene Burger |
|
Magic of the Renaissance |
Tom Crowl |
|
The Magicians’ Yearbook 1997 |
(Edited by Anthony Owen) |
|
William L. Lindhorst, 1890-1954 |
Roger Edgar Linden |
| June |
The Art of Deception |
Chuck Romano |
|
Hocus Pocus Junior [reprint] |
|
|
A Price Guide to Magic Books, 1639 - 1990 |
Michael Canick |
|
Diamond Jubilee Memories |
Mark Raffles |
|
Swami/Mantra |
Sam Dalal |
| July |
Effortless Card Magic |
Peter Duffie |
|
Charles Bertram, the Court Conjurer |
E. A. Dawes |
|
Dai Vernon's Symphony of the Rings [reprint] |
Lewis Ganson |
|
Jean Hugard |
James B. Alfredson |
| August |
The Expert's Portfolio No. 1 |
Jack Carpenter |
|
Simon Says |
Simon Lovell |
|
The Card Magic of Nick Trost |
Nick Trost |
|
John Carney Presents Al Baker's Lightning Pull |
John Carney |
|
Cellini: The Royal Touch |
E. M. McFalls |
| September |
Digital Effects: The Magic of Joe Mogar |
Steve Beam |
|
Annotated Eddie Joseph |
Jon Racherbaumer |
|
The Six-Hour Memorized Deck |
Martin Joyal |
|
The 101 Most Asked Questions About Las Vegas & Casino Gambling |
George Joseph |
|
Levante: His Life, No Illusion |
Kent Blackmore |
| October |
Folding Money Fooling |
Robert Neale |
|
Penn & Teller's How to Play in Traffic |
Penn Jillette & Teller |
|
Ah-Ha! |
David Harkey |
| November |
[no column] |
|
| December |
Arcade Dreams |
Ed Marlo & Jon Racherbaumer |
|
Jennings '67 |
Richard Kaufman |
|
Al Flosso, the Coney Island Fakir |
Gary Brown |
|
The Art of Invisible Thread |
Jon LeClair |
|
Breslaw's Last Legacy [reprint] |
|
|
The Chronicles |
Karl Fulves |
|
Hugard's Magic Monthly |
(Magico) |
|
Card Under Glass |
David Harkey |
| 1998 |
|
|
| January |
The Genius of Robert Harbin |
Eric Lewis |
|
Trephine |
Richard Bartram, Jr. |
|
Mainly Mental |
C. L. Boarde |
|
The Magic Book |
Harry Lorayne |
|
Magic Tricks, Card Shuffling and Dynamic Computer Memories |
S. Brent Morris |
|
Nocturnal Creations |
Paul Gordon |
|
Close-Up Classics |
Michael Vincent |
|
...from a shuffled deck in use... |
Paul Cummins |
|
Thayer Quality Magic
Milt Larsen's Magic Castle Tour
Selling Your Specialty Act to Hollywood
The Magical Writings of Edwin A. Dawes
|
|
|
Houdini Souvenir Program |
(Lee Jacobs) |
|
It's Not Fun to Be Fooled (Bill Nagler, M.D.) |
Bill Nagler, M.D. |
| August |
Clever and Pleasant Inventions [reprint] |
J. Prevost |
|
Solomon's Mind; the Card Mysteries of David Solomon |
Eugene Burger |
|
Street Magic |
Edward Claflin and Jeff Sheridan |
|
Vis a Vis |
Jack Avis and John Derris |
|
The Art of Magic [reviewed by Stephen Hobbs] |
Joe Layden and Carl Waldman with Jamy Ian Swiss |
|
Tales From the Road; Confessions of a Full Time Family Entertainer |
Tom Lilly |
|
The Reparation |
John Lovick |
|
Private Studies, Numbers 1 through 6 |
Ron Bauer |
|
Wit and Wizardry, The Magic of Norm Houghton |
Ariel Freilich |
|
Brain Food |
David Parr |
|
Stand Up Coin Power |
Eivind Lowig |
| September |
The Magic Business |
Michael Bailey |
|
The Cruise Magician's Handbook |
Fred Becker |
|
Making Contact, Secrets of Contact Mind Reading |
Satori |
|
The Magician's Yearbook 1998 |
Anthony Owen |
|
Manacles of the World |
T. L. Gross |
|
The Milbourne Christopher Library II |
Maurine Christopher & George Hansen |
| 1999 |
|
|
| January |
Card College, Volume 3 |
Roberto Giobbi |
|
Magic for Dummies |
David Pogue |
|
Down Under Deals |
Andrew Wimhurst |
|
Thanks to Zarrow |
Jerry Sadowitz |
| February |
The Complete Cups & Balls |
Michael Ammar |
| March |
The Myteries of My Life |
Richard Kaufman and Rene Lavand |
|
The Now You See It, Now You Don't! Notebook |
Bill Tarr |
|
Be a Street Magician! |
David Groves |
| April |
Art and Artifice |
Jim Steinmeyer |
|
13 Prophets |
Karl Fulves |
|
New Card Rises |
Karl Fulves |
| May |
Hugard's Magic Monthly XVII, XVIII, XIX |
(Magico) |
|
Hugard's Magic Monthly XX and XXI |
(Magico) |
|
The Legendary Heirophant |
Jon Racherbaumer |
|
The Legendary Kabbala |
Jon Racherbaumer |
| June |
Close-Up & Personal |
David Regal |
|
Psychological Subtleties |
Banachek |
| July |
Milo & Roger, a Magical Life |
Arthur Brandon |
|
Secrets of the Palmettos |
Jeff Busby |
| August |
The Science Behind the Ghost |
Jim Steinmeyer |
|
The Himber Wallet Book |
Harry Lorayne |
| September |
House of Cards: The Life & Magic of Paul Rosini |
Chuck Romano |
| October |
Drawing Room Deceptions |
Guy Hollingworth |
|
Blackstone: A Magician's Life |
Daniel Waldron |
| November |
Theater of the Mind |
Barrie Richardson |
|
21st Century Card Magic |
James Swain |
|
Sports and Pastimes [reprint] |
|
|
Malini and His Magic [reprint] [reviewed in Malini section] |
Dai Vernon & Lewis Ganson |
| December |
Of Legierdemaine and Diverse Juggling Knacks |
John Braun |
|
Kort |
Stephen Minch |
|
Mutus Nomen |
Karl Fulves |
|
The Noir Test |
Karl Fulves |
|
Combo |
Karl Fulves |
