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Devilish Deceits is a rare, vintage magic booklet written by Floyd Shotts and published by Snyder’s Magic Shop in Cleveland, Ohio, around 1950.
Format: It is a brief, 34-page staplebound booklet (octavo size) bound in distinct blue paper wraps.
Content: It functions as a collection of original magic routines and sleight-of-hand tricks designed for the performing magician—emphasizing clever presentation and misdirection over heavy mechanical apparatuses.
The Publisher Context
The booklet's publisher, Snyder’s Magic Shop, was a prominent fixture in the mid-century Midwest magic scene. Based out of Cleveland, the shop was owned by George Snyder and acted as a major hub for local and traveling magicians. Beyond selling tricks and props, Snyder's regularly published exclusive, small-press booklets for independent magicians like Shotts to share their proprietary routines with the wider magic community.
Today, Devilish Deceits is considered a scarce piece of mid-20th-century magic ephemera, valued more as a collector's item for magic historians than a mainstream instructional guide.
24 assorted effects.