The Lost Notebooks of John Northern Hilliard

Discover the remarkable Lost Notebooks of John Northern Hilliard, unearthed from a box of vintage magic catalogs sold at auction over a decade ago. Hidden among the contents were two notebooks filled with hundreds of typed pages, now available for magic enthusiasts.

This facsimile edition reprints Hilliard’s two elusive notebooks, featuring over 300 oversized pages packed with nearly 300 tricks. It’s an essential resource for anyone who has enjoyed reading “Greater Magic,” Hilliard’s classic published in 1938. Inside, you’ll find 60 tricks by Al Baker, numerous contributions from Stewart Judah, 10 tricks by S. Leo Horowitz, and 30 tricks by Ted Annemann, along with countless others from legendary magicians such as Dai Vernon, Cyril Yettmah, Jack Merlin, Gerald Kosky, Eugene Laurent, Ching Ling Foo, Stanley Colline, John Northern Hilliard, Paul LePaul, and Michael F. Zens.