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This effort was kicked off in Luka's "Thoughts On..." column which ran in The New Tops magazine from October 1993 to December 1994. John's column was for the majority of magicians who tend to do a lot of pocket and parlor tricks for small audiences and few shows. He knew that most magic shows are informal, sometimes spontaneous events, typically being a performance of a few tricks at a party of social or business get togethers. So, he chose material for the ninety-plus percent of magicians who are not professionals. Some of the great magic in L.I.N.T. includes John Luka's absolutely astonishing Chromo Balls (a big hit at Fechter's), a pure sleight of hand approach to Daley's Chromo Spheres.

Plus material from his Tops Magazine columns covering several variations and simplified handlings for concepts such as Vernon's Simple Arithmetic, the Zarrow Shuffle, the Turnover Pass, Brother Hamman's Homing Card, and four instructive exercises in combining various card assembly sequences into cohesive procedures. Featured are several fascinating creations from Ron Bauer (author of the exciting new Ron Bauer Private Studies series of monographs), including the trick that forever changed John Luka's life, The Magic Coin.

You'll also find Ron Bauer's Lie Detector, the original and unsurpassed method and presentation of what has become a classic of card magic (but it's not about computerizing a deck or detecting lies!), and two never before published miracles, Second Sight, a comedy triple prediction effect, and Devilish Trickery, a crystal clear, technically subtle handling and presentation for the Marlo/D'Amico Devilish Miracle. Ron Bauer also renders intelligible Key to the Draw, the first trick ever published by lifelong friends Jack McMillen and Charlie Miller. Milt Kort, the man who invented the combo coin box routines, reveals his remarkable Okito Less Coin Box and Paul Chosse provides the details of his devious debugging of Erdnase's Diagonal Palm Shift. John Luka also solicited and includes several choice items from Paul Cummins, Ron Aldrich, John Morgan, Bill Kalush, Michael Ammar, Chris Carter and Eric DeCamps. 143 pages, 8-1/2 x 11 with full color dust jacket.

Whenever a successful magician plays to a nationwide audience in front of millions of people do you say to yourself, "That guy is doing the same tricks that I am, he must have caught a lucky break." If you do, Bill Goldman has got a book for you. This manuscript shows you how to investigate how that Magician attained prominence and how you can follow their example to gain more success. Bill maintains that it is not the effects or the routines, but the way a performer affects the audience that makes a Lance Burton or a David Copperfield. In the book Bill strives to give practical, real world tips and techniques that will allow you to win the hearts, minds, and imaginations of paying crowds. Bill tells you in plain and simple terms how to become the great magician and performer you have always wanted to be.

Pit Hartling's Little Green Lecture Notes describe five of Pit's favorite and most acclaimed card effects. Each is clearly and completely described and illustrated. One trick, Chaos is a virtually self-working trick involving two freely selected cards that completely stumped the experts at the FFFF gathering! Each description includes Pit's complete and memorable presentation.

Uprising You spread the deck between your hands and a spectator's selection mysteriously rises out of the spread
Threadbare A real-world working for the classic floating bill
1002.5 Aces Four aces are shown and one is selected. Three odd cards are placed onto the selected ace and the other three vanish, only to reappear on the selected ace
Through 3 Three ordinary coins penetrate a table one at a time before making the journey once again as a group-simple, practical and designed for the real world
Thief of Hearts The very heart of a selected card magically travels from one spectator's hand to another, leaving the couple with a romantic memento
Gone Wishin' Three coins materialize from an empty purse then vanish again only to be found where they seemingly didn't come from!
Fl-ash A piece of "magic paper" reveals a chosen card when ignited on the back of a Joker, then the Joker transforms into the selected card!
Hovercraft Any borrowed deck of cards defies gravity right under the audience's nose
The Back Four Four aces are lost in four different parts of the deck before being found again, each in a different manner.
A New Wave Three coins completely vanish from the right hand only to reappear in the left hand
Punch Too The magician sets out to ruin his own trick, but then corrects everything with just a snap of the fingers
Box-witch A new move with countless possibilities for the card magician
Blin-Pen A piece is torn off from a spectator's bill and vanished, only to reappear inside the pen itself

Andrew Mayne presents a booklet filled with 50 different ways to use your magic skills and enthusiasm to make money. Whether you're a beginner or a pro, there's useful information for you that can help you think about different ways in which you can make magic pay.


Make money at street magic without working for tips.

Find out the number-one way to get bookings.

Have your own theater show without going to Vegas.

And more!!!
You'll learn secret tips that maximize your ability to book shows and create other magic related services. This book is filled with inside information and insights that will radically change the way you look at magic.

52 Pages

Five Times Five - Scotland written by Peter Duffie The "Five Times Five" series, started with the Japan edition, continues with Five Times Five-Scotland. The Scotland edition contains effects from Roy Walton, Gordon Bruce, Steve Hamilton, George McBride, Gaven Ross, R. Paul Wilson and Peter Duffie and others, with three tricks from each of ten magicians-a five times five bonus!Hardbound with Dust Jacket, 126 pages.

A regular invitee at Fechter’s Finger Flicking Frolic, and a frequent guest on David Acer’s MagicWorks shows in Montreal, Michel Huot is one of the industry’s best kept secrets. His material has appeared in Genii, Magic and Natural Selections, Vol. II, but this is his first solo collection, and it contains simple riches the likes of which are rarely seen!

• Ultimate Aces: A strikingly visual change of four indifferent cards into four Aces using an astonishing new sleight!
• Don’t Follow The Leader: The movement of two spectators becomes completely sympathetic with the movement of their cards... but who’s controlling who?
• Acid Trip: Your coffee engages in a blistering battle with your spoon, resulting in an impossible transfiguration!
• Signed Quarter in Balloon: A signed quarter is tossed into the air by a spectator, but when it hits an inflated balloon, instead of bouncing off it, it drops inside! The quarter then rolls around in the balloon, whereupon the magician suddenly grabs it through the latex and tugs it back out, leaving the balloon intact!

And more! Seven By Michel Huot is the first in a new series featuring exciting close-up miracles from innovative magicians working on the front lines! Written by David Acer, with a foreword by Richard Sanders.

An insanely dynamic entertainer and innovator, Patrik Kuffs has made smash-hit appearances at the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, the International Battle of Magicians in Atlanta, and on such varied television shows as Popular Mechanics For Kids, Ad Lib and Urban Magic, with David Acer and Richard Sanders. This book, his first, contains seven eye-popping showpieces for stage and close-up, each one ingenious, engaging and astonishing enough to steal a show!


Under The Table: A card is folded and placed under the leg of a wobbly table to steady it at the beginning of a show. Later, a card is chosen in the context of another routine, then promptly vanishes. Impossibly, a spectator retrieves the card under the table-leg and unfolds it, showing it to be his selection!


Invisible Touch: A spectator secretly marks one finger on a drawing of a hand. A second spectator is asked to extend his hand, when suddenly, he feels something touching a finger, though there is nothing near it! The finger, of course, is the same one secretly marked by the other spectator!


French Lint: A clean lint roller is used to collect DNA left behind by a chosen card, only to result in the name of the card mysteriously forming in lint on the roller!


Temporal Anomaly: Two watches are borrowed from the audience, then both are set randomly by two different people. When the two times are revealed, THEY MATCH!
And so much more! Seven By Patrik Kuffs is an inspired collection of close-up, stage and mental miracles, rich in their simplicity, remarkable in their effect! Written by David Acer, illustrated by Joey Incollingo. Number Two in the critically acclaimed Seven By Series.

A multi-talented writer, comedian, and television host, Rick Bronson is the go-to guy, the consultant for, and the confidant of some of Canada's finest magicians. The Tourist, a television series he created, hosted and co-wrote, is now a hit in 22 countries, and his recent national comedy special, Comedy Now Presents Rick Bronson, was among the highest rated in Canadian history! This book, Rick's first, contains a choice selection of magic from his stand-up act., and a handful of close-up miracles from his apres-show repertoire!

Effects Included:

Big Time: The magician's hand becomes an impromptu magnifying glass, enlarging the print on a chosen card, and ultimately upsizing the entire deck!

Lighter Than Air: A borrowed lighter is used for a quick and funny gag, then suddenly vanishes in a flash of fire!


Missing Ink: A stack of blank business cards prints between your palms!


Needle Through What?: A family-friendly presentation of the Needle through balloon goes horribly awry, resulting in the mutilation and (eventually) restoration of the magician!


Ricky Bottles: Rick's closer for over ten years, and one of the best Tricky Bottle routines EVER!
And so much more! Seven by Rick Bronson is the third installment in the critically acclaimed Seven By Series, and exciting, eclectic collection of stage and close-up magic from the mind and repertoire of a world-class entertainer! Written by David Acer, illustrated by Joey Incollingo.

Includes Torn and Restored Card; Matrix Torn and Restored Card; Spectral Silk; J.C.'s Color-Changing Deck Routine; Mentally By Two; Ace-Two-Three-Four; Pop-Out Revelation plus a special bonus coin section featuring The Charisma Change, Silver & Copper Transposition, and the Wagner Clink Pass.

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 Professional Effects for the Stand-up Restaurant WorkerAfter his wildly successful Restaurant Worker`s Handbook, Jim Pace now shares his favorite pet routines. This top notch material will make you the toast of dining rooms, bars and bistros and have your audiences eating out of the palm of your hand! This is the material Jim uses nightly and each bit has been honed to perfection over the last 20 years, presented with all the nuances and handling tips plus options for various endings.Contains: Ultimate Card Trick - You locate a selected card...handcuffed! The Miser`s Dream - A close-up Miser`s Drea, climaxing with a stream of coins from the spectator`s nose and the production of a jumbo 6-inch coin! For Way One Handed Cut - As opposed to a four handed one way cut. Using Luck - Instantly locate any card called out. It involves luck, but you`ll be surprised at the number of hits you get. A Tear-able Trick - A torn and restored napkin - performed by the spectator! The Vanishing Silk - An unconventional routine with many progressively amazing phases. Three Coin Surprise - A beautiful three coin routine acts as smoke for a surprising card transformation. Two Step Aces - A four ace production from a shuffled deck. Floating Match - A match floats and inch off your hand ñ barehanded! Punishment - An arthritis producing stand-up coin routine. Plus much, much more!

This Material Is So Fantastic - I Bought The Rights To It!

Only once before have I paid to write and publish someone else's ideas. The first time was some unknown performer at the time named 'Luke Jermay' and the book was the now-classic '7 Deceptions'.

This is only the second time I bought the rights to the material of someone else. That ought to tell you a great deal."
- Kenton Knepper

This is the inside, practical, real work of "Kentonism" and "Telepathy In Action" taken to new heights and performed with greater ease and comfort than ever before. If you like "Kentonism" or "Telepathy In Action", this is a MUST HAVE book.

What IS the Act of Imagination?
Do a full hypnosis type act without any hypnosis, stooges, trick props, or set-up.
People may think they have become furniture, see themselves without pants - any number of wild seemingly "hypnotic demonstrations" are performed without paid helpers or real hypnosis.
This is the full act just as Enrique Enriquez has performed it around the world, in theatres, living rooms, art museums and television. You get all the details of the act Enrique is performing to this day to gather fame and honor worldwide.

Psst! It's EASY. But it will take practice.

PLUS Enrique also tips for the first time his classic blindfold portrait effect with all the touches and details only he alone can tell. Draw accurate portraits of unseen people, even if you are not an artist!
AND Kenton tips his special duct tape blindfold designed for Enrique's act as well. Your head is down, eyes to the floor the entire time, duct tape all over your eyes and nose. No nose peek, no seeing through the blindfold either. REALLY. Of course there's a secret - and Kenton finally reveals it here for the first time here. Many have raved about this gem.
We know that once people read this work, the buzz will be all over the place, just as it was with 7 Deceptions. This book will change how we do Kentonism, TIA and hypnosis on stage forever.

It isn't easy to impress Kenton, and nearly impossible to get him to buy the rights to anyone else's work. Learn why Kenton spent a great deal of time and money to get this material into print. If he believes this much in the material, you can imagine how thrilled you are going to be!

Enrique Enriquez is a student of Kenton Knepper and has performed the world over with the material in this book. Now it can be yours

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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!

Covers 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.

Full Color Throughout
Photographs
Story Boards
A Chapter About Building Mock-Ups
Scale Drawings
Extremely Detailed Plans
3d Views
Exploded Drawings Of Illusion Construction
The 8 illusions in the book include:

STEAM
The appearance of the Magician from steam coming from a network of pipes.

R/C CAR VANISH
A radio controlled car vanishes from its box and reappears on the far side of the stage.

COMPACT DECEPTION
The Magician turns a CD player into his assistant.

HEADZ UP
The assistant is cut into three pieces then the box opened to show the legs, torso and head all separated.

ALIEN ABDUCTION
An AREA51 routine in which an Alien vanishes and reappears in the Magician's place.

Each illusion design features detailed scale plans of the entire structure of the prop. All parts of the illusion are shown and described, including information on how to build them; materials to use and recommended finishes.

156 Pages

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.

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!

Have you ever done card tricks, and people yawned? Then you know what it means to be embarrassed and discouraged. The way out of this dilemma, however, is not immediate, but it is reliable: not only practice and a surer mastery of technique, but a more effective presentation, amusing and interesting routines, better showmanship. This book contains 112 such tricks, flourishes, sleights and manipulations.

Annemann's Card Magic contains impromptu tricks, performable with borrowed or unprepared cards, tricks with two decks, sleights using duplicates and "short" cards, tricks with faked and double-face cards, card transpositions, tricks with special decks, simple prearrangements and set-ups, poker demonstrations, and more! Annemann includes story tricks, spelling and counting tricks, his own card magic and manipulations used in professional acts. All the tricks have been personally selected by Mr. Annemann for their striking effect and entertainment value.

For each manipulation, sleight or trick, the author first describes the effect to be produced. Then, in a combination of clear, detailed descriptions and drawings, he tells the exact method needed to achieve the desired effect. Alternate methods, tips, histories, and an analysis of possible trouble spots make it easy to develop the tricks for a perfect performance.

For the advanced beginner or semi-professional who has some degree of card skill, the manipulations, tricks and routines, expertly described here by Annemann, will add to the dexterity and excitement of the performance, give hours of rigorous skill-developing practice, and help build a professional, interesting and well-rounded repertoire with cards.

Paperbound, 188 5 3/8" by 8 1/2" pages, 48 illustrations.

The Self-Taught Creations of Rick Merrill


Rick is an award winning magician and Antinomy Magic is pleased to release his lecture notes to the magic community. Printed in the same oversize format as ANTINOMY, these are not your typical lecture notes. There's 40 pages jam packed with magic, life lessons, and advice on competing in magic.

Content Includes:

The Restaurant Opener
Life Lesson #1
Approaching a Table of Strangers
The Standup Opener
The Classic Force
A Bonus Card Effect
For Magicians
Sybil Cut Rise
Sybil Cut Flush
The Da Vander Code
Life Lesson #2
Heart Up His Sleeve
Impromptu Hitman with an Extra Punch
The No-Sleeve Vanish
Home Schooled
On Sleeving
On Competition
Life Lesson #3
Touchstones and Crossroads
Thank You's

A perception and deception quarterly journal for the fourth quarter 2005.

Includes The Artful Ledger from John Racherbaumer, A Little Lie from Stephen Bargatze, Impromptusible Twist by Tony Ko, and much more!

52 Pages

A perception and deception quarterly journal for the fourth quarter 2005.

Includes The Artful Ledger from John Racherbaumer, Unexpected Prediction from Edward Marlo, Converse Sneaker from Max Maven, Inflated Transposition by Joshua Jay, and much much more.
48 Pages

There are four issues per year, with 40 to 48 pages per issue, each in an oversized format designed to enhance your learning experience by more easily lying 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.

The writers of Antinomy are referring to this issue as their “All-Star” issue. It seems like all of the magicians inside are very well-known, some of them are more recent arrivals to the magic horizon and then there are some that have been around for some time. Regardless of their point of their origin, it’s great that they were willing to participate and relinquish some of their materials for this journal.

Dimensions Approximately 11" x 11" (28cm x 28cm)

There are four issues per year, with 40 to 48 pages per issue, each in an oversized format designed to enhance your learning experience by more easily lying 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.

The writers of Antinomy are referring to this issue as their “All-Star” issue. It seems like all of the magicians inside are very well-known, some of them are more recent arrivals to the magic horizon and then there are some that have been around for some time. Regardless of their point of their origin, it’s great that they were willing to participate and relinquish some of their materials for this journal.

Dimensions Approximately 11" x 11" (28cm x 28cm)

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.

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!

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