My collection consists of over 5.028 magic books, photographs of magicians, magic tokens, wooden nickels, magician business cards, throw out cards, vintage magic gimmicks and tricks, magic memorabilia and ephemera. Many of my books are first editions, and a fair number of my books and photographs are autographed. My magic DVD and video collection has over 1,050 items and many of these are autographed as well. If you click on the thumbnail pictures you will find out when the item was published, the author, if it's a first edition as well as any other information I have about that item. The magic book web pages are sorted by authors last name, the DVD and video by title.
I hope you find something of interest on my site.
Bryan-Keith Taylor
Magic book table of content
information courtesy of https://magicref.net/magicbooks/index.htm/a>/
" Mundus vult decipi, ergo
decipiatur"
"The world wants to be deceived, so let it be
deceived."
"In
magic, today as always, the effect is what counts. The
method or methods used are always purely
secondary."
Dai Vernon
"...any effect to be successful must first be
founded upon a simple method and then be performed with
a direct to-the-point
presentation."
Theodore Annemann
"The fact that a trick fooled you is not
enough reason to perform it."
Darwin
Ortiz
"The secret of showmanship consists not of
what you really do, but what the mystery-loving public
thinks you do."
Harry Houdini
"You can fool the eyes and minds of the
audience, but you cannot fool their
hearts."
Howard Thurston
"It is presentation which lifts the card
trick from the level of the commonplace puzzle to the
status of an unforgettable and inexplicable
mystery."
Jean Hugard
"A magician is an actor playing the part of a
magician."
Jean Eugene
Robert-Houdin
"My brain is the key that sets me
free."
Harry Houdini
"A fundamental understanding of the human
psyche is the essential key to successful
magic."
Jean Eugene
Robert-Houdin
"Someone creates a trick,many people perfect
it, but its final success in front of an audience
depends on the person who presents
it."
Rene Lavand
"No matter how smart or well-educated you
are, you can be deceived."
James
Randi
"My only fear is the
unknown."
David Blaine
"If I could climax as many times as a Derek
Dingle routine I would be a happy man."
Dai
Vernon
"Misdirect all the time."
Fred
Kaps
"The Illusion of magic is a idealistic
fantasy; it exists only in the imagination of the
spectator."
Paul LePaul
"Magicians are the most honest people in the
world; they tell you they're gonna fool you and then
they do it."
James Randi
"You don't get into magic....magic get into
you."
David Blaine
"As wonderful as it is, not everyone likes
magic. Try to only share your magic with people who
enjoy it."
Jay Sankey
"The real secret of magic lies in the
performance."
David Copperfield
"I have not drawn a very rosey picture of the
magician. I did not intend to do so. To the novice
entering the life and promising himself ease, indolence
and wealth, I should say, Don't!"
Alexander
Herrmann
"The more they pay you the more they will
respect you and enjoy your show."
Thomas
Nelson Downs
"The easiest way to attract a crowd is to let
it be known that at a given time and a given place
someone is going to attempt something that in the event
of failure will mean sudden death."
Harry
Houdini
"The personality must be bigger than the
prop."
Harry Blackstone, Sr.
"The hard must become habit. The habit must
become easy. The easy must become
beautiful."
Doug henning
"What the eyes see and the ears hear... the
mind believes."
Harry Houdini
