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Books
A by Title
Abbott’s
Encyclopedia of Rope Magic for Magicians by Stewart James Advanced
Fingertip Control by Edward Marlo A-ha
by David Harkey and Eric Anderson Amazing
Cigar by Jon Racherbaumer The
Ancient & Once Lost But Now Found Writings On The Theory & Practice
of Legerdemain, Magic & Related Stuff by Jonathan Pendragon Andrus
Card Control 2 Vols. by Jerry Andrus Annals
of Conjuring by Sidney W. Clarke Annemann
- Life & Times of A Legend by Max Abrams Annemann
For The 90's by Mark Strivings Anthology
of Card Magic by Gordon Miller Anytime,
Anyplace, Anywhere by Aldo Colombini  Spanning
January 1983-December 1987 720 Jam Packed Pages--Plus 20 Pages Of Indexes!
Over 265 Card Effects, over 100 Coin Effects, over 100 Other Items, Plus
Articles and Editorials! Contributors Include--Ed Marlo, Ken Krenzel, David
Regal, J.K. Hartman, Michael Ammar, Larry Becker, Mike Bornstein, Tom Craven,
Dan Garrett, Phil Goldstein, Larry Jennings, Jeff McBride, Jay Marshall,
Juan Tamariz, Meir Yedid, Ascanio, Jeff Altman, Bob King, Martin Nash, David
Ben, Bernard Bilis and on and on., and Harry Lorayne! $ 80.00 Apocalypse Volumes 11-15 Book 3 by Harry Lorrayne  Will
you get your money's worth from Apocalypse? Harry Lorayne has always given
much more than your money's worth. Listen to a few of the many unsolicited
remarks re: Volume II. "I'm the one who wrote to tell you that I would have
paid the price of the book for only Two Shuffles Harry (Volume I). Well,
I'd do the same for The Sting." "Thanks, Harry, for The Count of Mountie
Crystal. I can't wait for Volume III." "I've been in magic for over forty
years. I can't remember enjoying any publication more." And many more along
the same vein. And in this volume alone there are over 325 card and close
to 100 coin effects, routines, ideas, and over 135 more effects: balloon
tricks, ring tricks, bill tricks, purse tricks, pen tricks, thumbtip tricks,
wristwatch tricks, sugar cube tricks, thimbles, sponge balls, chains, canes,
book tests, ice, soda cans, business cards, dice stacking, paper folding/cutting/tearing,
paper punches, wallets, credit cards, toothpicks, and more. (Most of them
easy to do!) And - about 100 sleights taught within the routines. Plus Harry
Lorayne's Lorayne Storms, Editorials, Ellipses(...) and Out To Lunch columns.
The card items include: Ask The Deck, Amazing Eights, Earthly Powers (one
of the best card tricks ever!), Luck of the Draw, Swell Spell, Transmental,
Calculating Deck, The Muleshoe Gambler (worth the price of the book), Oil
And Aces, True Triumph, Para-Psychology, Watch Me Work, The Faro Knows,
Modern Leaper, Queen's Tour, Roadrunner Aces, Fast Serve Sandwich, How Classics
Are Born!, Instant Aces, It's One of These!, Mr. Koenig's Tapestry, Poke
Poker, Sequestered Collectors, Real Wild Cards, Rock 'N' Roll Aces, Sandwichange,
Variations And Additions, and on and on. The Coin items include: Easy Go,
Matchbox Treasury, Pretty Interlude, Cointemplate, Soft-Sleeve Cover, Spellbound-A-Round,
Infidel Change, Four-Gone Conclusion, Worth Your Attention, Coin Cascade,
No Propellant, "Vanishing" Dust, Coin Favorite, Deeply Proved, Out of Sight-Out
of Mind, For a Change, On The Edge, Down The Tubes, Coin Diamond, Twin Eagles,
Deliverance, Pocket Change, and on and on. Items by numerous contributors,
including: Larry Becker, Alan Alan, Jeff Altman, Ed Marlo, Bernard Bilis,
John Carney, Mike Bornstein, Tom Craven, Doug Edwards, Eric DeCamps, Jerry
Deutsch, Ron Ferris, Bob Fitch, Karrell Fox, Max Maven, J. K. Hartman, Bill
Kalush, Sol Stone, Gene Maze, Meir Yedid, Dean Dill, Tom Daugherty, David
Williamson, Charles Reynolds, Bob King, Gary Ouellet, David Regal, Terry
Seabrooke, Mark Sicher, Allan Slaight, Richard Vollmer, Randy Wakeman, Jim
Swain, Shigeo Takagi, Paul Cummins, Terry Lagerould, Peter Marshall, Howard
Schwarzman, Frank Thompson, Aldo Colombini, Walter Cummings, Ken Krenzel,
Walt Maddison, Hiroyuki Sakai, Jim Sisti, Juan Tamariz, Roger Crosthwaite,
Patrick Page, Eddy Taytelbaum, Stephen Tucker, David Acer, Rafael Benatar,
Yudi Wada, and on and on - and Harry Lorayne!$ 80.00 Apocalypse #4 by Harry Lorayne (Volumes 16-20)  With
over 325 card and close to 70 coin effects, routines, ideas, and over 110
other effects with: bills, bottles, boxes, candles, cardcases, business
cards, keys, matchboxes, rings, roses, rubber bands, Scrabble tiles, silks,
spoons, balls, shoelaces, thimbles, wallets, gambling demos, sugar packet,
book tests, chain loops - and more, Apocalypse #4 continues in the tradition
of Volumes 1, 2 and 3. The card items in #4 include: An Ace of a Routine,
Best Lie Detector, Connect Four, Quick And Direct, Spectator Guesses Better,
Expert Full Deck Overhand, Fabulous Change, Royal Poker Deal, Three Before,
Three Proofs, Collector's Addition, Heavy Breather, Lightning Aces, Memory
Man, My Second Keeper, Amazing Commute, Daredevil's Match, 'Killer' Poker-Deal
Demo, Perfect Match, Cheek Turner, Heat, Houdini's Hand, Many Faces of a
Woman, Twister, Variations And Additions, and on and on. The Coin items
include: Essence of the Coin, Coin In Bottle, Swirl Assembly and Backfire,
The Magic Coin, Coin Explosion, Bottle Piggy Bank, The Ambitious Coin, Bounce-Back
Sleeving, Curious, Watch It!, Sweet Ten, Cointrol, None-Ahead Matrix, Off
On A Bender, Wow!, Copper/Silver Triple Play, No-Table Coins Across, Numismatic
Nightmare, Coin-Roll Vanish, More Direct Than Ever, Cent From Hell, and
on and on. Hardbound. $ 80.00
Art
of Astonishment vol. 1/2/3 by Paul Harris
Art
of Close-Up Levitation #2 Book No Strings Attached by Jon Jenson Art
of Close-Up Magic vol.1 by Lewis Ganson Art
of Close-Up Magic vol.2 by Lewis Ganson
Art
of Cold Reading Sequel by Robert Nelson
$ 54.00
Art
of Public Squeeking by Doc Wayne
Asher,
Lee - Hands Jobs
Thinking
Out Loud Book by Lee Asher At
the Card Table by Darwin Ortiz At
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This
manuscript details the use of one of the most storied and effective magic
marking systems available, the boon. From the construction of a boon to
the proper uses and routines, this booklet has it all. The magic that
can be achieved with this little item is truly breathtaking. You can perform
high-level mentalism and impossible predictions that will get people talking.
The
latest book from the fertile mind of Ronald J. Dayton (a.k.a Kotah) is
a collection of dark stories and poems entangled in a web of magic. Some
120 plus pages of material for the Bizarrist. Twisted, and thought provoking
stuff. Dark but real, pages from the tests of life. Tales that will touch
emotions, and possibly a nerve or two. Things which once heard, will not
soon be forgotten. Presentations gathered over the past three years and
all released in one book for the very first time. A Darker Light is sure
to please the dark side of your performers soul. Come, walk this shadow
path, bathed in a darker light. In its glow you will come to know magic
differently. This is the best of Dayton, at Dayton's best! The imagery
of words used as tools of creative inspiration. Here is what James Luce
had to say after reading this book: "I Just wanted to announce my most
joyous experience I had when reading Brother Kotah's new book "A Darker
Light. All I can say is wow! He has created works which will tug on hearts
and intrigue the mind with the vivid imagery of his story telling. Among
my favorites are Amanda's Last Breath, a heart jerker where meaningful
words are manifested from the loss of someone special. Oh What a Tangled
Web... where a spiders web is a metaphor for lies. This ends with a visual
surprise! Money Does Not a Restless Spirit Soothe, Where the spirits of
mistreated workers comeback and avenge an insult the company ensues upon
their families. It is obvious from reading Ronald J. Dayton's creations
that he is a very talented writer and cares deeply about his art. You
can count me amongst his fans. May your inquisitive mind bloom and creations
blossom." This excursion into the world of Bizzarism is a collection of
powerful but simple bizarre effects as well as poems and stories useful
for atmosphere and just plain getting you in the ookie mood. Set to release
in February, this book features over 30 bizarre effects presented in story
form. Not for the novice, this book simply hints at methodology, preferring
instead, as with all good bizarre magick, to focus on the presentation
and mood. Bizarre magick seems to be the final progression for many entertainers.
We grow tired of amusing only ourselves, and seek to add real power and
amazement to what we do. As we venture into the work of magick, with a
K- the real stuff, we often find that our traditional performances shift
as well. We move from one who simply does tricks, into the ranks of one
who entertains, and that dear friends is real magic! A Darker Light will
be printed in soft cover 8.5" X 11" format, and is sure to please the
dark side of your performers soul. 
"A"
Material by Jim Pace
Legendary
encyclopedia for magicians contains over 150 tricks: Loop the Loop, Jamison’s
Severed Rope, The Tarbell Rope Mystery, The Encore Rope Trick, Eddie Clever’s
Triple Cut Routine, Bachelor’s Needle and many more. Step-by-step instructions
and over 500 illustrations show you how to master these dazzling feats.
Finally
available in America! Following the success of Pure Effect , Derren Brown
offers a detailed study of the most difficult task facing any close-up
magician: how to make magic convincing. This is a rich and witty journey
through the thinking of Britain’s foremost current magical performer,
whose television specials have revolutionized mentalism and drawn massive
viewing figures. Absolute Magic offers the profoundest thinking, expressed
in the most memorable and vivid prose, and is a necessary modern classic
for the magician or mentalist striving to make his performances more powerful.
This is a manifesto for performing excellence, not a mere collection of
routines. Those who study it carefully will find much practical information,
not only on close-up magic (Derren’s emotion packed presentation for the
floating ring, for example) and mentalism, but also his unique approach
to theatrical pick-pocketing.Originally privately published by the author,
Absolute Magic was only available directly from Derren via his password
protected web site. Those fortunate few who were able to negotiate the
web site and place their order have cherished their copies. With his performing
career no longer affording him the luxury of filling orders, he has authorized
its publication and the book is now available. “If the author’s previous
book, Pure Effect, was a challenge to the status quo of close-up magic,
then Absolute Magic is an outright call to arms… he wants not only to
alter the way we do our art and work, but he wants to transform the way
we think and feel about it. ...Mr. Brown also possesses considerable experience
with pick-pocketing, a subject he explores in some technical as well as
theatrical depth. There is some pragmatic contents of the book, which
still serves as a vehicle for Mr. Brown’s thoughtful consideration of
artistic issues.” -Jamy Ian Swiss, Genii Magazine March 2000 Here is an
excerpt from the book, cited in the Genii review, as characteristic of
its contents: “Have the courage to think from this starting-point, and
to leave ninety percent of your repertoire behind you. Then go out to
perform fresh and eager to improve even more, and from the moment you
arrive, invent and walk your own prestige Carry it around with you with
the quiet nature of the man confident in his authority. Communicate it
thoroughly and subtly before any magic begins. You are not a juggler,
nor a mere amuser of the middle-classes: you are a magician. The main
task of that wonderful job is to lift people out of themselves. You are
a connection to a wondrous world, and if you forget that and just become
a mingling trickster, then you are undercutting yourself, and denying
yourself the shiver of an unrivalled type of job satisfaction. In keeping
with our model, it is vital that you transport people: that in some sensitive
way you challenge the comfort of the social context. In places where the
posh gather and talk about silly things, you must gradually, softly, sound
a bass note that rumbles. You act with caution, and you pace the mood
of the event (and you don’t cloud that judgment by swigging too much of
the Champagne yourself), but you remember that you are there to create
magic… and you bide your time.” Warning: This is not a book for the casual
reader nor one who is easily offended! 251 pages, cloth bound. 
When
Barrie Richardson's Theater of the Mind was published in 1999, it drew
immediate acclaim from mentalists and magicians, professional and amateur
alike, and quickly became a bestseller. In it, Richardson, a longtime
professional performer and speaker, exhibited an unerring track record
for fashioning astonishing effects and routines, dressed in powerful and
engaging presentations and supported by ingenious, practical methods.
In Act Two, Barrie Richardson shows that he has lost none of his gentle
thunder. His new book features 54 tricks, ideas and routines, with all
the attributes for which his work has become known and admired. Most include
full presentations that use humanity, humor and an unfaltering sense of
drama, that culminate in feats that are clearly impossible and thoroughly
amazing. Along with some of his most prized routines, Richardson includes
valuable examples taken from his professional repertoire of motivational
talks for public and business audiences. The scenes in Act Two amount
to what might be called a modern "miracle play." Here is a scant sampling
of the action: • Spectators name any card and a position in the deck.
They count down to that position in an isolated pack and find their card
at the precise number they chose. The performer never touches the cards,
there are no forces or switches, and the deck is ungimmicked. • Remarkable
new billet techniques are applied to ordinary business cards and Post-It
notes to create astonishing effects of mind reading. • A deck of cards,
shuffled by two spectators, mysteriously separates into reds and blacks
in their hands, while the performer tells of mysteries experienced on
Mt. Kenya at the equator. • Various feats of superhuman memory and rapid
calculation convince audiences of the performer's extraordinary mental
powers—and their own. • A strange solid form materializes under an ungimmicked
cloth napkin, and then just mysteriously melts away. • The true and complete
method is revealed for the ancient Jar of Rice Suspension, presented to
a tale of training and accomplishment in China. • Ground-breaking methods
are explained for the divining of one or several mentally selected cards.
• Also included are three new deck-switches, done while standing, that
require no sleights or use of pockets; a deck that secretly unshuffles
itself after being mixed by a spectator; and many more mysteries using
coins, bills, magazines, marbles, rope and more. Frequently, sequels fail
to live up to their predecessors. That is not the case here. You won't
want to miss Act Two. A quality hardcover, 382 pages of baffling and practical
material, loaded with full presentations. 
One
of the main reasons magicians neglect the "acting" part of magic is because
magic is such a demanding discipline to learn. A performing magician wears
many hats. The magician has to learn sleights, misdirection and technical
prowess of the hands. The magician is the choreographer, writer, sound
person, booker and promoter of his show. Learning how to develop a character
often takes a back seat because "there's no time to do everything!" But
taking the time to learn how to develop a real character, or stage persona,
is the most important thing you can do! It is the thing people remember
and it's the thing that will keep getting you booked! Cover's Such Topic's
As: * Playing The Part * Thinking Like Your Character * Dress And Look
Like Your Character * The Base Character * Talking Like Your Character
* The Theatrical Purpose 
Originally
a private release by Edward Marlo in 1970, and like many of his other
privately distributed works, Advanced Fingertip Control contains many
effects and techniques that came as a wonderful surprise to those expecting
only techniques, as suggested by the title. After all these years, it
is surprising how little known and seldom used Eddie's efforts are during
the present time. By releasing this information, Randy Wakeman hopes that
the power of this knowledge will be unleashed to a greater degree.
Is
this a book? A mentalism effect? A deck of cards? A Book Test? It's all
of this and more! Did the magician Cazeneuve and the Queen of Madagascar
have an affair? Was there a ghost living in the house of the Fox Sisters?
Did he pay his rent on time? Why do magicians pull a rabbit out of a hat
instead of a raccoon? Who was buried at The Great Lafayette's funeral
if it wasn't The Great Lafayette? Who killed Chung Ling Soo? What magician
invented the pay toilet? This book, which also functions like a deck of
cards, deals with the history of magic, but with an original focus. It
does it through the caricatures and biographies of fifty-two of the most
important magicians of all time. It is a work filled with history, humor,
and adventure, but, above all, it is a book about magic and how to do
magic. This deck-like book is so filled with magicians that it has ended
up taking on magic powers! With the book and a deck of cards you can guess
what is written on any page that has heen chosen at random hy a spectator,
the caricature of a magician selected by a playing card, the page which
a spectator chooses matches the only red card in a blue-backed deck, a
line of text appears rotated when a spectator turns over the corresponding
card. This book will allow you to invent a multitude of new tricks as
well! adventures of 51 Magicians and a Fakir Book contains more than one
hundred magnificent caricatures drawn hy Angel Idfgoras, a magician and
artist, along with the life, stories, and miracles of each and every one
of these celebrities. From the first prestidigitators to the most famous
contemporary magicians: Houdini Maskelyne, Hofzinser, Saint John Rosco,
Dai Vernon, Slydini, Annemann, Cardini, Okito, Levand, Tamariz, Ascanio,
and Copperfield! This is the first deck-like book that is an illustrated
history of magic, and it belongs in each and every serious magician's
library! 160 pages, hardcover. 
Ron
Frost Finally reveals some of his favorite methods, moves, and effects
using the Classic Force. The effects listed in this book are time-tested
effects that Ron Frost still uses in his act today. Many effects using
the classic force are listed, but Ron also includes other methods as well
as routines with non traditional playing cards. Many of the effects in
this book have never been in print. Get your copy now. Includes companion
Performance DVD showing performance footage of several of the included
effects. 
"This
book is a sequel to Card Craft - Collected Trickery, published in 1991.
An advance reading of that volume or a knowledge of its contents, however,
is not assumed or required. Necessary moves and sleights described in
the earlier book are redescribed in full, eithe rin the introductory chapter
(Covering all Basics) or in the body of a trick, although (unlike Card
Craft) a general compendium of standard sleights is not included." Hartman's
Card Craft has become a modern day classic of magical literature. After
Craft is an equally fine publication. All cards, all fascinating, and
all expertly described and illustrated.
In
1968, Al Koran's Professional Presentations was published by Harry Stanley
in London. This highly sought after book has now been reprinted by Martin
Breese. Here it all is. The Gold Medallion, Ring on Stick, Birthday Card
Trick, Book Test, Torn & Restored Cigarette Paper, Black Magic, Encore
Card Stab, Doodles, Princess Card Trick Plus, Nap Hand Deal, Double Thought,
Card Prediction, Sure Fire Force, The Flying Ring (today known as Ring
Flight), The Pendulum Tells, Double Deal, and the Note Under the Cup.
Enough great magic in this one book alone to perform an entire show. A
classic!! 80 Page Hardbound. 
If
this story were submitted as a script to a movie studio, it would be laughed
out of Hollywood. “Too far fetched,” they would say. And they would be
right except for one thing… it’s all true. Throughout this book, two very
different stories unfold. First there is the account of Claude Alexander
Conlin, the man who became perhaps the highest paid entertainer in the
field of magic. Starting out as a stage illusionist, Alexander eventually
discarded the large props and relied on his tremendous skills as a showman
to put over an act of mentalism and psychic readings. As the turbaned
Man Who Knows, Alexander earned four million dollars over the course of
a relatively short career during the 1920s. The second story that runs
concurrently with Alexander’s theatrical career includes details on his
seven marriages (sometimes to more than one woman at once), time spent
in local jails and federal prison, his trial for attempting to extort
an oilman millionaire, his failed attempt to out run the authorities in
a high powered speed-boat loaded with bootlegged liquor, and the four
men that he admitted killing. It is not the kind of story in which you
expect to find names like Harry Kellar, Dr. A.M. Wilson, Harry Houdini,
Servais Le Roy, Howard Thurston, Floyd Thayer, Joe Dunninger and Harry
Blackstone but here they are, both friend and foe alike. From the gold
fields of Alaska to séance parlors on the Barbary Coast to the most luxurious
theaters in North America, the story of The Man Who Knows is a story like
no other. 
Includes:
· A Review of the Topit · The Bottle Production · Coin in Bottle · J.C.'s
Super Closer · Incredible Business Machine · Hard Cash · The Floating
Bill · Coins Through the Table · The Difference Between Gambling and Magic
· The Self Printing Business Card · Silk to Egg
The
Cigar Connoisseur's Secrets to Smoke Rings, Mystifications and Other Cool
Things The Amazing Cigar reveals what lies beyond smoking cigars. You'll
learn: * How to precisely blow world-class smoke rings, including how
to blow fifty ringlets in a single puff, how to blow rings within rings,
double rings and rings underwater. * How to levitate, transform and animate
cigars. * How to convert a cigar lighter into a lie detector, make smoke-filled
bubbles, make a matchbox drawer open by itself, and how to heal a blister
in seconds. * How to make a cigar bend, dance, penetrate solid objects
and defy gravity. * How to juggle cigar boxes and smoke at the same time.
* How to really play with matches and challenge the brainpower of your
friends. * How to read minds and perform miracles with cigar ashes. One
hundred tricks are meticulously explained and accompanied by over 150
detailed photos and illustrations. 
Here are the mental feats that have astounded both television and live
audiences, as well as amazed professional magicians and performing mentalists
for years! In this giant book, you will find the best of Burling "Volta"
Hull, with material taken from his many writings and custom creations,
including his Course in Mentalism. Four big chapters include - Amazing
Mental Feats, with more than twenty-four presentations; The Invisible
Hand Writes, dealing with slate effects and fully explaining the "Volta"
spirit slate writing method; The Second Sight Act which is fully detailed
with various methods of handling; and The Question Answering Act, with
fourty-nine different methods explained, including the "Volta" Super-Professional
Mentalism Course, plus the Ultra Question Answering Act - With No Questions
Written as a bonus. Hundreds of hours were spent reading through thousands
of pages of effects, letters, testimonials and advertising, to find the
best effects. The material was then edited and streamlined, to provide
you with direct, concise instructions, without losing any of the subtle
working details.
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND This Kenton classic has been praised by many performers
as one of the important works which helped create their own character
and the way they think about magic and mentalism. Here are some highlights:
Spoon Bending Parties -- A detailed examination which many mentalists
have asked Kenton to share with them alone, or keep to himself. How to
get others to do metal bending in their own hands in a Psi-Party atmosphere.
Bent Cent - This popular piece is still being sold as an individually
marketed item to this day. Learn how to make your own and save money too.
The Linguistically Twisted Kenton Tarot Trick - A popular effect for mentalists
and weerdists. A classic. Flower Psychological Forces as a Readings -
including a seeming personality test. Packet Trick Readings - Is it a
packet trick or a reading? It's a lot of fun, and surprising too. There's
more than meets the eye here. Enchanted Flower Production - Another marketed
effect that is tipped in this manuscript. A no palming, no holder spring
flower production that has fooled many well-versed performers. It’s EASY.
An amazing invention, you can make yourself. As you can see, "Enchanted"
is a wide and eclectic blend of magic, mentalism, essays on enchantment,
psychology, linguistics and loads more in one place. Most of all, this
manuscript has gained acclaim and status due to the other, non-trick material,
it contains. This work will push and challenge you into reconsidering
who and what you are, as well as what you do. Beautiful, poetic, miraculous,
memorable magic and mentalism that is very different. "Enchanted Evening"
has enchanted many of our best performers, and changed how we view ourselves
and our art. As one friend put it, "It’s as eclectic and as interesting
as you Kenton -- it’s pure Kenton, but everyone will benefit from it greatly
whoever they are". We say if you like Kenton, you’ll love this! Over 60
full size pages 
Get
ready for a new approach to card magic! Imagine having a card signed and
inserted into the deck, stopping when the card is sticking out of the
deck 1/8th of an inch, so the spectator can see it (his actual card),
going in. The card is pushed in the rest of the way, then the spectator
is asked to name a number between 1-15. You, without ANY cuts, shuffles
or 'moves' of any kind, legitimately count to the named number and find
the signed card! This, and dozens of other miracles, are taught in this
two volume, 176 page set of books. Volume one contains the updated and
reformatted text. Volume two contains over 1,050 line art illustrations
by the author. Each book is spiral-bound, for ease of learning (they can
be laid flat on the table). 
This
100 page manuscript details several of Jerry Andrus' most famous effects.
Through illustrated instructions, classics such as 'Zone Zero' and 'Sudden
Surprise' are completely explained. The Book also contains photographs
of Jerry performing magic, as well as some of his self-portraits. 
Yigal
Mesika is an incredibly talented young magician from Israel. He has created
many powerful new effects with the loop. He also found it necessary to
improve the quality of the loop and so, for the past seven years,Yigal
searched until he found a better way to manufacture the loop. The product
you see here can be stretched up to 400% of it's original size and is
perfectly suited, in strength and invisibility, for the routines found
in this book.Until now there has been very little information available
on the loop and that kept the subject relatively unknown and rarely used.
The aim of this book is to guide you through the techniques of working
with the loop, as well as to give you some applicable routines for stage,
close-up and mentalism. Most of the effects were created by Yigal Mesika.
The rest of the effects, as indicated, were compiled from the repertories
of working magicians, Yigal's friends. *** 10 Dynamite Routines! *** ·
Animated Fork - A fork is placed on a table and mysteriously moves. ·
Phenomenon Fork - A fork is placed on a hard surface and begins to spin
rapidly as the magician waves his hand above it. It stops and spins in
the other direction. As soon as it stops it can be picked up for examination
by the audience. · Falling - An object is placed on the table in front
of the performer. Passing his hands around it, he makes it fall. · The
Floating Card - The magician, holding a deck of cards, takes one card
with his right fingers and causes it to remain suspended from his thumb.
He slowly removes his hand away and the card remains floating in mid-air.
· Jumping Fork From Glass - The magician performs a little concerto with
a fork on the rim of a wineglass. The fork is then placed into the glass.
The magician conducts the fork, waving his hands over the glass. The fork
begins to slowly climb out of the glass and suddenly jumps out, dramatically
falling down to the table. · Mystery Glasses - A pair of sunglasses is
placed on a table. Mysteriously they stand up on their own and, in some
cases, the frame-arms fold shut. · Self Revealing Card -A card is freely
selected and returned to the deck. The deck is squared and placed on any
surface. The magician waves his hands some distance above the cards and
the deck mysteriously separates. One card pops out of the deck. It is
shown to be the selected card, and all may be handed out to the audience
for immediate examination. · Matchical Magnetism - A match held by a spectator
visibly jumps to join another match in the magicians hand. · A Touching
Trick - The magician causes someone to feel he has been touched without
any apparent contact. While the eyes of the audience are on him, and while
his own eyes are closed, a spectator feels that his hand has been touched.
The audience can plainly see that the magician did not touch the spectator.
· The Floating Ring - The magician borrows a ring and displays it on his
finger. The ring is suspended from his finger. The finger is moved away
and the ring remains floating in the air totally unsupported. The magician
plucks it from the air and hands it immediately back to it's owner! ·
Easy To Use! · Incredible Effect! 
A
New Edition of Clarke's Comprehensive History of Magic 'The Annals of
Conjuring remains the single most important source of information for
the student of magic history." - Edwin A. Dawes Edited by Edwin A. Dawes
and Todd Karr in association with Bob Read Perhaps the most detailed history
of magic ever written, this massive new edition, edited by Edwin A. Dawes
and Todd Karr in association with Bob Read, adds over 500 informative
endnotes to Clarke's monumental work, with many new discoveries. The new
Annals also includes an introduction by Edwin A. Dawes and his biographical
essays on Clarke; Clarke's personal annotations; plus a new index and
bibliography. The Annals of Conjuring contains nearly 300 illustrations,
many never before published. 640 large-format pages, printed on satin-finish
paper, hardbound and sewn, with 8 color plates and frontispiece, and cover
illustration by visionary artist Katlyn Breene.
Here
is the complete story of one of the most influential magic writers and
editors of all time-the history of Theodore "Ted" Annemann. Every published,
and many unpublished, creations of Annemann have been gathered for
this unprecedented work, then edited and placed in their proper chronological
order. This huge book contains extensive commentary, which clarifies hundreds
of details about his tricks, his contemporaries and the man himself. It
is as entertaining as it is informative. Annemann's influence on magic
even after his death is explained, as well as the complete genealogy of
his creation The Jinx Magazine and all its descendants. Also included
are performance photos, family photos, publicity material and much more.
Without question this is the largest collection of Annemann memorabilia
ever to be printed. And for the first time, see the extended photo sequence
of Annemann performing his death-defying Bullet Catch! These are merely
a few of the features to be found in this comprehensive coverage of Ted
Annemann. The scope of the material would take pages to describe. This
indispensable book will be of interest to every magician, whether historian,
collector, card worker or mentalist. A lifetime of magical creativity
contained in one volume. 622 pages, hardbound with dustjacket. 
Here
are 112 brilliant tricks, dazzling flourishes and fascinating manipulations—easily
mastered with this step-by-step guide. For each trick, the author describes
the effect to be produced. Then, in a combination of clear descriptions
and drawings, he precisely describes the method needed to achieve the
desired effect. Includes 48 illustrations 
The
top card men in the world disagree on many things. One thing they all
agree on is that no other book in the history of card manipulation deserves
careful study more than The Expert at the Card Table. After nearly one
hundred years, it is still considered the foundation upon which modern
card magic is based. It contains some of the most perfectly constructed
sleights in all of card magic. Even more important are the profound lessons
in the real secrets of magic: naturalness, attention to detail, uniformity
of action and the psychology of deception. For nearly a century, the methods
of S.W. Erdnase have been studied, practiced and written about by countless
card experts. One person who spent a lifetime studying every detail of
this landmark book is Darwin Ortiz. The copious notes he kept while meticulously
dissecting each move and every sentence of The Expert form the basis for
The Annotated Erdnase. Darwin's 273 annotations shed new light on the
history of the various moves and effects, provide technical insight into
their proper execution, give cross references for further reading and
include hundreds of obscure bits of information. 
Long
unavailable, Lewis Ganson's The Magic of Slydini is, perhaps, one of the
most influential magic books ever. Many of its routines have now become
classics in magic, including Flight of the Paper Balls, Helicopter Card,
Coins Through The Table, Slydini's Knotted Silks, The Paper Balls in the
Hat and others. In this brand new edition, Slydini has some additional
things to say about his creations. Some time ago, Dr. Gene Matsuura went
through the text of Ganson's book with Tony Slydini and took careful notes
as Slydini made valuable additions and observations. The Annotated Magic
of Slydini presents every word of Lewis Ganson's original text, printed
in black, along with Slydini's additions and corrections, printed in blue,
making this an invaluable and essential work even for those who own the
original book. Hardbound with matching endsheets, foil-stamped cloth cover,
striking full-color dust jacket, 312 pages.
Antinomy
is a Quarterly Publication devoted to Magic There are four issues per
year, with 40 to 48 pages per issue, each measuring 11" X 11" in an oversized
format designed to enhance your learning experience by more easily laying
flat when open. Each issue will include commentary and conjuring from
some of the sharpest minds on the magic scene. Antinomy is looking to
set a new standard in quality for this kind of publication. Antinomy is
interested in ideas. We want to promote obscure thought, advanced thinking,
and meaningful dialogue. Realistically, that can't happen without a sense
of community. In combination with our readership, we hope to advance the
art of magic. With Antinomy, you can count on the pot being stirred. Along
the way, you'll find thoughts that are made to move, and minds freed to
wonder. Contents Include: The Artful Ledger continues with a comparison
of Effect and Affect. It includes some "Hothouse Effects," constructed
specifically to fool fast company. Kostya Kimlat contributes "Breaking
Glances." It's hardcore work on the Marlo Finger Flesh Break, a break
and glimpse technique that's off the beaten path. David Neighbors contributes
"Triple Change Wild Coin #2." This three phase routine starts with three
English Pennies that magically change to Half Dollars. At the conclusion,
they change to gold coins. It's alchemy with a coin purse. As an alternative,
your three coins can take a trip around the world. Jamie Badman offers
"The Huntsmen." This take on the "Twisting the Aces" effect has the Ace
through Four of Hearts turning over in order. At the conclusion, the spectator
selects the Ace, Two, Three, or Four and, not only does it turn over,
but it turns into a previously selected card. From The Antinomy Vault,
it's the second edition of "The Gaffed Card Corner." This time it's a
unique version of the Three Card Monte called "The Hole Monte." A description
would just ruin it for you. It's a multi-phase routine that educates your
spectator about the latest version of Monte to hit the streets. It manages
to fool them along the way. Brandon Burton shows off "Angled Aces." An
eye-popping production of Four Aces from the Buck Twins School of Magic.
Only it's not quite as difficult as you might think. The second edition
of The Honest Liar. It's like we're on a constant "Super-Size Me" diet
of method. Jamy Ian Swiss argues for a low-cal diet of thought in "The
Method Is Not The Trick." 
Apocalypse
Are You Getting Your Money's Worth? Are You Ever!! 720 jam-packed pages--plus
over 20 pages of indexes. Over 250 card effects, over 140 coin effects,
145 other items, plus articles and editorials! Items by hundreds of contributors,
including: Dai Vernon, Ed Marlo, Brother John Hamman, Ken Krenzel, Slydini,
Frank Garcia, Derek Dingle, David Roth, Trevor Lewis, Paul Harris, John
Cornelius, Bernard Bilis, Max Maven (and Phil Goldstein), Martin Gardner,
Karrell Fox, Herb Zarrow, J.K. Hartman, Eddie Fechter, Gene Finnell, Bob
Fitch, Richard Kaufman, Paul Gertner, Terry Lagerould, Sid Lorraine, Jeff
McBride, Tom Mullica, Louis Falanga, Patrick Page, Larry Jennings, Roger
Klause and many, many more! 
The
work produced by Duffie (and Sadowitz) is considered to have had a profound
influence on card magic! A handsome, large format hard-backed book containing
over twenty excellent, entertaining and practical new card routines and
moves all of which can be performed using an unfeked and normal deck.
60 pages, 25 illustrations.
While Ed Marlo was famous for his ingenious creations with cards,
he also devoted a great deal of creativity to magic with other objects
including coins, bills, cups and balls, silks, mentalism, dice, linking
pins, sponge balls, chop cup, and various small tricks usually sold to
kids such as the ball vase, magic frame, snapper, and much, much more.
67 effects and routines, some never before published.
Mr. Roger Crosthwaite belongs to the no-flourish school, of card magic.
His special enthusiasm is reserved for sleights that are executed under
cover of a natural handling of the deck. He believes, with LePaul, that
simplicity is the keynote of good card magic. Some card tricks baffle
by their complexity. Others, and some of these you will find in Arcadia,
create wonder by their simplicity! "Just finished reading Roger Crosthwaithe's
new book, Arcadia. It's the kind of book cardmen love to read - lots of
details, the kind of details that take a good trick and make it into a
great one. I thought Roger's Upjog Switch to be an extremely strong utility
item that will have many applications. This one move alone would be worth
the price of this book" - Allan Ackerman "After reading Rodger's Arcadia,
my natural inclination was to reach for my deck or cards and start practicing.
I think that anyone in any way interested in card magic will want to do
the same.This book eptimoises the spirit that has pushed the frontiers
of quality magic to great heights during my lifetime; it contains some
of the very best in card magic today. I give Arcadia my highest and most
enthusiastic recommendation!" - Jack Avis 
Andrew
Mayne, creator of Bisection and author of Touching Sky presents a brand
new shocking magic effect. The magician places his arm into a “magic”
cast that prevents him from being harmed. He then pulls out the wickedest
looking drill ever seen. Next, he proceeds to drill a hole straight through
his arm! (blood is optional) The effect can be built in under a half an
hour using $ 10 worth of materials and a $ 20 cordless drill. Also check
out Facelifter and Shock FX! Booklet includes complete instructions! 
Card
magic for everyone, from the self-working, hands off Self Control Lie
Speller and the two-deck Mix and Match, to the commercial (and ribald)
Under Her Spell. Paragon Poker offers a three-phase card cheating demonstration
(with an unexpected double climax). Bait and Switch and Four Part Harmony
are memorized deck masterpieces, and in his essay Memorized Math Simon
continues his trademark in-depth analysis of memorized deck principles.
Mark-a-Place Mates offers a flexible utility move, while Active Aces efficiently
combines a visual vanish of the Aces with the Henry Christ Fabulous Ace
reproduction. The 50 page treatise on the mental blockbuster Simon-Eyes
is worth its weight in gold to the performing mentalist...plus Two Minds
and a Mate, and lots more. 173 pages 
Jimmy
Nuzzo and Edward Marlo Collaborated on card magic that is visual and confounding
because of sophisticated sleight of hand. It is these secrets that have
formulated some of the most fooling magic ever created. “Any pulse-checking,
hard-core cardmen in the late 60s, knew about Jimmy Nuzzo. If they didn’t
get to see him in person, they were familiar with the select ideas he
published—ideas that probably seemed celestial at the time but were nevertheless
interesting and enticing.” - from Jon Racherbaumer’s Prologue In the Nuzzo
Touch there is Jimmy’s audience-tested repertoire. It includes his fabulous
Side Steal and lightning-fast Card to the Pocket. The book incorporates
three hard-to-find, private manuscripts that Nuzzo and Marlo published
in the 1980’s, Plus Package; Unforgettable Wild Card; and 21 st Century
Card Magic. Jimmy invented the Hung Card, one of the most tightly held
secrets in magic. 
The
Complete, Ultimate Paul Harris Collection This three-volume set of books
contains all of Paul's classics, updated and refined, as well as 73 brand-new
creations! All in all, these books contain over 900 pages of Paul Harris
including a ground-breaking essay discussing the feeling of astonishment
as our natural state of mind. There are also six conversations with Eric
Mead about effects that are too weird even for Paul. * Three Hardbound
Volumes Each Containing Over 300 Pages * A Total of 222 Effects * 73 Brand
New Creations "Sooner or later you're going to have to buy these books.
Very highly recommended!" - Michael Close 
Want
to learn how to bottom-deal? Learn from the underground master - Gene
Maze. This tome details everything you'll ever need to know about bottom
dealing (with one or two hands) and then proceeds to describe a flurry
of fantastic tricks that revolve around it. Don't let the difficulty associated
with the bottom deal fool you. This book will teach you the move, and
once mastered, blockbusting magic tricks that it can be applied to. 
One
of the best books ever written on floating effects! QUESTION: What happens
when you lock Steve Fearson, Dan Harlan, Gary Darwin and five underground
magicians in a sealed room? ANSWER: You get the best book ever written
on floating effects! Includes: * Fantastic Floating Ring: Steve Fearson's
ultimate handling of a borrowed finger ring floating from hand to hand!
It then floats into their hand and you're clean! Absolutely Deadly! *
Total Suspension: Dan Harlan has invented the greatest card suspension
of all time. A playing card floats inches above your hand and can instantly
be examined! No threads, magnets or gimmicks of any kind! You will also
learn eight other dynamite routines that levitate ordinary objects such
as rope, Tootsie Rolls and borrowed bills! Includes Over 100 professional
illustrations and Bonus Routine in which you will learn to make Fearson's
thread reel in a matter of minutes for just pennies! 
The
best book ever written on floating effects! What happens when you lock
Steve Fearson, Dan Harlan, Gary Darwin and five underground magicians
in a sealed room? You get the best book ever written on floating effects!
Included are Steve Fearson's handling of Fantastic Floating Ring; Dan
Harlan's Total Suspension and eight other dynamite routines that levitate
ordinary objects such as rope, Tootsie Rolls and borrowed bills! Over
100 professional illustrations. Easy enough for an eight year old! 
Here's
something really unusual... a book on close up magic that contains NO
CARD TRICKS ! This timeless material finally gets the treatment it deserves!
The greatest collection of close-up tricks ever assembled between two
covers, and Volume one doesn't have a single card trick! Volume One's
opening chapter, The Presentation of Close-Up Magic, embraces the whole
approach to close-up performance. Hundreds of original illustrations by
Dennis Patten. The host of internationally-famed star contributors to
Volume 1 includes-Dai Vernon, Slydini, Ross Bertram, Edward Victor, Dick
Zimmerman, Peter Warlock, John Ramsay, Ray Hafler, Jack Ganson, Horace
Bennett, Rink, Bento, Ken de Courey, Arnold de Seiver, Fred Kaps, Eddy
Taytelbaum, Alan Alan, Phoa Yan Tiong, Fred Lowe, Niberco, Al Spackman,
Roger Klause, Frederica, Roger Crosthwaite, Douglas Francis, Norman Gilbreath,
Glen Gravatt, Faucett Ross, Bob Ostin, Bob Driebeek, Hubert Lambert, Orlando
Bagly, Elmer Deffenbaugh, Val Andrews, Norman Rhodes, Ken Brooke, John
Bragoli. Hardbound, printed on acid-free paper, matching endsheets. 
You
need not be the seventh son of a seventh son, or be born with a 'veil
over your eyes' to be a successful clairvoyant or private reader. The
art of cold reading is the learned ability to read another person 'from
cradle to grave' without important error. You can soon learn to read people
- giving them readings that will astound them - sensational revelations
that will long linger in their minds. There is no preparation, no apparatus
nor any written questions. This book reveals many of the inner secrets
of the cold reader. It is a comprehensive enlightenment on the subject,
meant to supliment, rather than supplant earlier works. Much of the secret
information is taken from the inner sanctorums of many leading readers,
based on years of successful experience. The Art of Cold Reading is a
complete text, teaching the Art of Cold Reading. It should prove invaluable
to the novice as well as the experienced reader. 
This
is an excellent instructive book that presents a new approach and some
interesting material heretofore unpublished. It is a re-emphasis of some
of the original material, combined with new thoughts and ideas conceived
by the inventive mind of Robert A. Nelson. 
The
first volume deals with basics of handcuff escapes, and developes a complete
modern handcuff act from bits and pieces of the old challenge acts. ,
as well as the authors's experiences with modern working conditions and
audience expectations. It also deals with picking, shimming and the use
of gimmicked cuffs. Partial list of the contents: The Fifteen Steps; In
Defense of the Shim; Picking Open Takeda Cuffs; Thumbcuffs; The Cocoon;
and An Easy Way to Deal With a Challenger's Handcuffs. 
Here
the author introduces you to the equipment and principles necessary to
accomplish chain escapes. It investigates the various methods of positioning
key rings and explains chaining configurations. Partial list of the contents:
The Siberian Chain Escape; The Manacle Configuration; An Easy Underwater
Escape; The Tower Circus Chain Escape; and Novak's Bike Lock Chain Escape.
The
Metamorphosis is covered in detail, along with variations and a complete
treatise on the most modern form of police restraint - The Flex Cuffs.
Also included is a basic television interview that can be used to advantage
in promoting your feats of escape. Partial list of the contents: Costume
Changes; the Substitution Trunk; Siegfried and Roy; Hatboxes and Elephant
Stands; Houdini's 1910 Stock Escape; and An Essay in Speculation. 
Here
is a comparison of the various forms of popular straight jackets and an
evaluation of each on their merits for speed, ease and availability. You
should read this book if you now own a straight jacket or if you're thinking
about buying one. It is loaded with ideas on various presentations of
the escape, and explains the various gaffs you can work into the jacket
you own. Partial list of the contents: The Secret of the Straight Jacket;
Basic Straight Jacket Moves; The Randi Ankle Stocks; Inside a Packing
Box; The Burning Rope; and Ron London's Straight Jacket Routine.
This
volume features an escape of John Novak's own devising. The Bohemian Torture
Crib is comparable to escapes in Norman Bigelow's Door of Death, Markini's
Electrified Mummy Lid Torture Board, Trudel's Chinese Torture Board, and
Abbott's The Ghost Walks, but its inspiration stems from Phalhinha's Australian
Torture Crib. Complete in its treatment of this novel effect, this volume
also covers Insane Muffs, Buzz Saw Escape, Australian Belt, leather handcuffs
and the presentation of escapes. 
Here
is a presentation of several variations of the Mail Bag Escape, as well
as a brief history of the escape and marketed versions of the effect.
Different presentation ideas are covered. Included are the basic plans
for building your own escape cabinet, cabana hoop cabinet, stock escape,
steam cabinet escape box and PVC torture anchor. Additional material includes
The Refrigerator Escape, Slave Collar, and Zanadu Death Device, and much
more.
This
volume begins with a discussion of the Harry Willard Thumb Tie and quickly
moves on to a discussion of the various Thumb Ties and their presentations.
The coverage given to the thumb tie is complete and to the point. Also
covered are Dana Taylor's Upside Down Torture Stocks, the Christie Wrist
Stocks, the Texas Straight Jacket (Rope Escape), a number of other rope
escapes, the Poison Snake Mystery Bag, Guillotine Cuff Escape, the Perch
Escape, and the Prisoner of War Escape Cage. 
The
final volume in the series is concerned with programs, different methods
of presentation, solo work, and working with assistants as Proteges. There
is a discussion of the philosophy of escape, as well as two person thumb
ties, patter and dialogues, posters, advertising and good solid advice.
The
only book of it’s kind on the inner workings of invisible thread manipulation,
The Art of Invisible Thread is a comprehensive, easy-to-read book, extensively
illustrated by Tony Dunn. Contains everything you need to start performing
invisible thread miracles: Premium Invisible Thread and Special Skin Colored
Adhesive. 120 Pages, Hardcover with Dust Jacket 
Through
the words of author, Danny Hustle, you learn the incredible success story
of Gazzo. How he came to America with 50 bucks in his pocket and a dream
of warm weather and magical success. He found both shortly after arriving
and built a powerful reputation as a street performer. Hustle continues
to detail the strategies and routines that Gazzo uses to keep the attention
of a crowd, and to persuade them to part with their money. If you want
to captivate an audience and keep them amazed, this is the book for you.
A
classic text. Ghostwritten for Downs by John Northern Hilliard (author
of Greater Magic), this is the perfect treatise for the beginning magician.
Features easy to do magic and more complicated sleight of hand work as
well. 
Originally
published by CW in 1984, this extraordinary book sold out quickly and
has been unavailable in hardbound ever since. The Wait Is Over! Robert
Cassidy's The Art Of Mentalism has long been described as one of the books
comprising the 'bible of mentalism'. Ground-breaking and ageless insight,
methods and effects that will not only stimulate you but increase your
worth as a performer. More than 90 pages of select material in a neat
8 1/2" x 11" format. This is a bona fide find for those in the know. 
It
has taken more than twenty years, but Bob Cassidy, a founding member of
the Psychic Entertainers' Association and one of the most influential
and colorful creators of modern mentalism, has finally written a worthy
successor to The Art of Mentalism! When the latter was first published
in 1983, it was immediately recognized as a classic in the field and is
on the "top ten" lists of many leading mentalists. We predict that this
volume will eclipse the acclaim as the first. The first half of the book,
reprints his Art of Mentalism 2 (a complete professional performance thoroughly
explained), and his four Principia Mentalia volumes. As if that were not
enough, the second half gives permanent form to 3 limited distribution
manuscripts: Theories and Methods for the Practical Psychic Strange Impressions
But Stranger Still
Get
your hands on Guy's latest metal-bending lecture notes, giving you inside
information and an expert's insight into a variety of metal-bending effects.
Cards,
coins, rings, and even the human predilection for wonder may all be expertly
manipulated with the help of this guide to favorite tricks and illusions
of the magician's art. Professor Henri Garenne, the urbane author of this
manual on conjuring, intended it as a "guide for amateurs and young beginners."
Starting with the basics of palming objects and using props, and progressing
through more than 200 tricks, this distinctive volume is a rich resource
for the new magician or the armchair prestidigitator. The lessons involve
cards, coins, rings, balls and handkerchiefs. They explain mesmerizing
tricks like the Flying Glass of Water and To Produce Eggs from a Person's
Mouth. Even more astounding are the Indian Basket trick, The Living Head
in a Bottle, and - for a truly stupendous effect - A Lady Suspended in
the Air Without Any Visible Support! And those looking for instruction
in ventriloquism and thought reading will not be disappointed. The secrets
are here. Elegant vintage engravings demonstrate the tricks and add to
the charm of Professor Garenne's delightful treatise. 
Who
gives a Squeek? You do! This hilarious 48-page book by Doc Wayne will
make the Squeeker the most popular comedy prank of the year! Includes
gags, jokes, routines and offbeat ideas for the Squeeker in every public
situation-elevators, restaurants, work, school...even at the chiropractor!
The section for magicians, clowns, and mimes (or anyone who wants to squeek
like one!) includes routines for Three Sponge Monte, The Squeeker Pull
(hey, your hands are left squeeky clean!), a Flea Circus and more! Put
the squeeze on it today! 
Jim’s
2003 lecture, a collection of theatrical card effects, for close-up or
platform performances. It includes Jim’s variations on several classic
effects, a new stage-sized Monte routine and Through the Trapdoor, a topological
mystery in which a card seems to be pushed through a tiny hole. 36 pages,
8 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches, fully illustrated.
Arturo
De Ascanio of Madrid, Spain started the whole business. His original manuscript,
dated December of 1970 and typed in Spanish, was given to Mike Rogers
(through the persuasion of Del Cartier) to be published in M-U-M. Rogers
realized that the move caused some excitement at the convention in Amsterdam
(July -1970) and American cardmen would appreciate learning something
new and different. In fact, Rogers, Pete Biro, Herb Zarrow, and others
that attended the convention in Holland were instrumental in "spreading
the word." This manuscript will hopefully be instrumental in the "wording
of the Spread, " making it a technique that every cardman will be able
to understand and do. Effects Included: The Basic Move Serpentine Aces
The Homing Card ala Ascanio The Universal Card ala Ascanio The Undulating
Universal The Blocked Ascanio Super Spread The Upturned One Monte Madness
Ladies Sing the Blues Jackpot 
A
new book of magic routines for restaurant performers by Raymonde Crow.
Included here is magic with cards, coins, candy, sponges and a borrowed
finger ring--17 fully routined items, carefully explained and profusely
illustrated. In addition, Raymonde has included the RC Cop, an original
move, and a Q&A chapter on the business of performing magic in a restaurant--valuable
advice from a working restaurant magician! This book is 8.5 X 11 inches,
comb bound, 99 pages with 281 clear photos. Each photo is always on the
same page as the text referring to it 
Didn't
have a chance to catch Lee Asher's 2001 lecture tour? At least you can
still get the lecture notes. Hand Jobs contains the following card effects:
* The Third Fastest Card Trick In The World * The Losing Control * Slap
That Ace * Fan-see Meeting Both You Here * Not Impressive * Cheek to Cheek
Asher Style 
Lee Asher's 'Le Asher With taking on over 22 lectures across the United
States, Lee Asher is ready to take over France. Learn some of Lee Asher's
best routines yet in this fully detailed & illustrated instruction book.
4 Great Routines... · You Bet Your Asher · The Magic Finger Box Of Death
· Diving Board Double · Making Ripples 
These
notes were specifically written for Lee's "2000 Workshop in Paris" at
the infamous Double Frond. They contain Lee's "Pulp Friction" control
which he feels is a new era card control with limitless possibilities.
Contains: * New Addition to the Thunderbird * Pulp Friction * Multi Peek
Control * Red Black Separation * Touchez 
...just
pure mindreading! Inspired by Ray Grismer's "What's my sign," (a routine
in which the magician is successfully able to guess the zodiac sign of
an onlooker after a few questions) Phantomas has created another practical
version of the "Progressive Anagram." Very easy to remember. After a little
practice, you will be able to tell your spectators their sign, simply
by "reading their minds!" 
From
Darwin's Introduction: "If I had to summarize the material in this book
I would have to say that it is professional magic, it is strong magic...The
term 'audience-tested' is often used, and sometimes abused, in the literature
of magic. The effects in this book have been audience-tested, not over
a period of weeks of months, but over years of constant use before paying
audiences, the only way one can really come to know an effect." Contents:
* Foreword by Roger Klause * Introduction * Pinky Count * Card Table Artifice
Jacks Open Jackpot Jacks or Better In One Deal Mexican Poker Darwin's
Three Card Monte The Estimation Routine Grand Slam The Vegas Shuffle Fast
Shuffle The Twofer Shuffle Greek Poker The Ultimate Card Shark * Legerdemain
The Dream Card Hitchcock Aces Nine Card Location Regal Aces Slick Aces
Deja Vu Jokers Modern Jazz Aces The Lucky Deck Darwin's Wild Card Darwin's
Aces The Card Warp Deck The Si Stebbins Secret Do As I Did Jumping Gemini
Back Off Mindbender Ultimate Interchange New Tens Routine 
Every family has their secrets. The Williamson family has Aunt Mary. A
respectable woman with a murky past, Aunt Mary has finally come clean.
Revealed here for the first time as a professional card routine in three
powerful acts, Aunt Mary's Terrible Secret is well within the reach of
any performer. Two audience members are invited to play a simple color
matching game for the chance to win fifty-two dollars. The cards are unprepared,
the money is real and this incredible, easy-to-master routine builds to
a devastating climax that will leave your audiences stunned. After Aunt
Mary's Terrible Secret, you'll never look at little old ladies the same
way again. Here's what the experts are saying... "Aunt Mary's Terrible
Secret is too good to share. I have used this routine in paid performances
for many years. I am as sorry to have to share it with the fraternity
as I have been sorry to have to share it with the originator himself.
Perhaps by buying this book, I will obtain retroactive permission for
my past performances." Michael Weber "Quite simply, this is a highly commercial
routine. It combines money, gambling, audience participation, and uncanny
control over the cards to produce a routine that audiences love and remember."
Darwin Ortiz "David has given the serious performer a truly masterful
three-act professional performance piece that will leave his unwitting
participants completely entertained and at a total loss as to any explanation."
Roger Klause Please note: This is a 44 page manuscript professionally
produced by David Williamson and illustrated by Earle Oakes. It does not
use gimmicked cards or gaffs of any kind. It is a complete and powerful
gambling routine, that is insanely easy to do! Approximately 8" x 5" this
book contains over 40 pages. Illustrated. 
There
is no hyperbole in the title of this book, as much of the magic contained
here gained its John not only accolades from his peers, but one him one
of magic's highest honors-a world prize at F.I.S.M.-as well as being the
only American to win the World Championship in Magic in two different
categories and the only person to win the International Brotherhood of
Magicians Creativity Award three times! Thomas Edison, who knew a thing
or two about the subject, said that genius was “one percent inspiration
and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” In The Award Winning Magic of John
Cornelius, genius is apparent at every turn of the page. John Cornelius
is one of magic’s most innovative performers and inspired inventors and
his effects and routines are in use by magicians the world over. In this
long-anticipated book, author Lance Pierce explains John’s magic in meticulous
detail, covering everything from legendary effects such as "Marked For
Life," "The Fickle Nickel" and the ingenious "Shrinking Card Case" to
every last nuance of John’s world-championship winning card act, “Every
Card Trick In The World In Ten Minutes." More than just a magic book,
The Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius is a journey into the mind of
one of the foremost magical thinkers of our time, a man many have hailed
as a creative genius. Hardbound with Dust Jacket, 192 pages, fully photo-illustrated.
Master
one great rope trick and you will have a piece of magical entertainment
that will serve you well for the rest of your life under almost any performing
conditions. Rope Magic is the ultimate "packs small, plays big" effect.
In The Award-Winning Rope Magic of Francis Tabary, not only will you learn
the rope routine that won him the title of World Champion, but you will
learn enough high-quality, stunning rope magic to keep you busy for a
lifetime! Tabary's beautiful rope magic is visual, clean, brilliantly
structured and flawlessly executed. He has used his F.I.S.M. act to baffle
and confound magicians and laymen alike all over the world. To witness
the finale of his act where one rope visibly melts into another is to
see magic at its highest level. It is absolutely breathtaking! The Award-Winning
Rope Magic of Francis Tabary contains an incredible collection of mind-boggling
original inventions. You will not find minor variations of tired old effects
here. Tabary has created beautiful new effects, brilliant new methods,
and even ingenious new principles. There is nothing ordinary or standard
about this man's thinking! Every detail of Tabary's incredible rope magic
has been painstakingly written, and is expertly illustrated by renown
artist, JEFF. This book is sure to be a crown jewel in your library and
will become one of your most treasured resources.