Your first magic book?

[Deryn]

Ok, I understand a lot of T11 and E users are spoiled by the likes of video teachings and tutorials and sometimes you guys find it hard to learn from a book having gotten use to videos.

For those of us that started long before Ellusionist and T11 (and other sites).. hell even Pre-internet, what was your first magic book and was there a reason you got it?

For my 11th birthday, I received "Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic." That book was MASSIVE. I still read it from time to time.. us old geezers forget things

 

[MitchellStafiej]

I honestly don't remember, but I remember it being OLD. My dad got one of his old books and gave it to me. It might have been from the 60's, but I can't remember the name, if I find the book I'll let you know.

Mitchell

 

[chriswiehl]

my grandma got me the klutz book of magic. one of the best books ever. i still do tricks from it. she also got me tarbell course in magic book.

 

[2ndDeal]

Some book in Finnish. I'm not sure which. Then, I discovered DVDs and used them for a long time, and now I'm moving to English books.

 

[Lamb3rt]

For me it's Erdnase. Im 19 and I started magic at 17 so it's easy for me to remember

 

[Shodan]

When I was about 7, "The Amazing Book of Magic" by Jon Tremaine - there's some very good material in there which I still play with to this day

 

[TeeDee]

My older brother was into magic when he was a kid, so I got handed down "The Complete Guide to Card Conjuring" by Ian Adair, and Royal Road, which I started reading when I was about 9. I only ever really practiced one thing fron the Ian Adair book, which was the backpalm, but when it got onto the pivot move I found the instructions really difficult to follow so I abandoned it. Royal Road has served me well though.

 

[AceOfSpades2662]

The Practical Encyclopedia of Magic, Then Erdnase, but I got Encyclopedia of magic for Christmas after telling my mom I was interested in magic and began showing her some basic tricks.
Wouldn't recommend it but it got me started,
Michael

 

[mattjones]

That magic coloring book....
You know the one where you flip the pages on the top, bottom, and middle, to reveal colored, B&W, and blank pages?
That brings me way back...

 

[Tally]

My first book was the Stein and Day handbook of magic. pretty old book.

 

[drorange]

royal road to card magic

 

[Nate Malini]

The Magicians Encyclopedia Of Magic it was a library book i "borrowed" when i was 15,that was 21 years ago, I don't like to lend "my" books out so if you'll like to read it i live in Brooklyn.

 

[The Dark Angel]

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Mark Wilson's Complete Course In Magic, I believe.

 

[arcangeld]

The Bible?

 

[Theory]

Mark Wilson's Complete Course In Magic was the first book i read and still have it to this day. Its a book that teaches well for people just starting out.

 

[SleepingJag]

Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic

 

[Anthony Bass]

The very first source I learned magic from was a book called "Magic with Everyday Objects by George Schnidler". It was written in 1976. I got it at the age of 5 and still have it. That book is ancient. I still skim through it every now and then.

Anthony Bass

 

[The Dark Angel]

The very first source I learned magic from was a book called "Magic with Everyday Objects by George Schnidler". It was written in 1976. I got it at the age of 5 and still have it. That book is ancient. I still skim through it every now and then.

Anthony Bass

I just read that book. Pretty good beginner book.

 

[Anthony Bass]

I just read that book. Pretty good beginner book.

Yeah, and that book is kind of the reason I steered clear of cheesy magic like the linking rings or pulling a rabbit out of a hat. It was my first magic source, and it teaches kind of "street magicy" type effects that you can perform with just about anything.

Anthony Bass

 

[Deryn]

wow, by my count, that's 4 of us that started with Mark Wilson's book. I remember when I was a kid and watching the infomercial he had that tought magic. ah memories.