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A Book of Basic Card Technique by Jerry Mentzer

This modern-day classic of card magic details the: Double Undercut, Biddle Move, Hamman Count, Olram Subtlety, Downs Change, Elmsley Count, Jordan Count, Buckle Count, Ascanio Spread and much more!

Clear photographs and easy to understand descriptions make this an invaluable reference book. Seventy-three pages.

Jerry Mentzer's Cunning Card Miracles includes strong effects, easy methods and twenty eight startling card tricks that can be performed with very little handling ability! Most of the effects require no secret sleights or moves whatsoever, and the two or three that do require something special, require skills that are very basic to card magic and are likely known to any reader. Cunning Card Miracles is a collection of tricks, some of them new and some of them which have been published previously in various books and magazines, some of which are long out of print. Intended primarily for readers relatively new to card magic, the unique flavor of the tricks is that they are so easy to do but produce extremely strong effects! Experienced cardicians are also likely to find several things they missed in the past!

New Material Not Covered Before

- All New Photos

- A New Bare Bones Outline For practicing

32 excellent photographs and and 9 diagrams show every detail! A classical routine with traditional props and effects, but with exceptionally clean handling and extreme economy of motion. Table hoppers - this routine resets during performance!

The Three Ball Assembly phase is the cleanest ever devised for the Cups and Balls. The audience sees three tabled balls covered one at a time by three cups, but a moment later, all three balls are under the center cup. It looks like real magic to laymen, and has fooled many knowledgeable magicians.

The Smash Color Change is visually startling, and provides perfect misdirection for one of the final loads. This routine is designed to be done seated, working from a set of saddle bags ala Don Alan. The Dennis Loomis saddle bags are described with 3 photographs to enable you to make your own.

Paperback, 20 pages on Handsome Stock, w full color cover

What People Are Saying:

"Denny, you have the best cups routine in magic. You have gotten rid of the awful false placements, the wand, sliding balls under cups, etc...You are light years ahead of what everybody else is doing. I thought so when I saw you do it 30 years ago: still think so today. My four favorite cups routines are yours, the Johnny Paul, Tommy Wonder, and Fred Kaps. But you win. Your angles are better, and you cover the balls with the cups. (Gee what a brilliant concept) Your routine should replace Vernon 's as the standard!"
- Bill Nagler M.D., March 2005

"The Dennis Loomis Cups and Balls Routine is a wonderful lesson in the cups and Balls. Because of its, simplicity, directness, and good teaching, I highly recommend this book."
- Doug Atkinson on the Magic Talk Web Site.

"I first saw this routine about 30 years ago. I still haven't seen a better one."
- Hank Moorehouse, April 2005

The Cut And Restored Rope is one of the best-known feats in all of conjuring.

Magic doesn't get much more direct than this: The magician shows a length of unprepared rope and folds it in half. With a pair of sharp scissors, the rope is cut in half. The magician ties the two pieces of rope together.

Without any fishy moves, fumbling, or complicated sleight of hand, the rope is then instantly restored!

This thorough and well-illustrated manuscript provides all the details on how to perform this
simple yet stunning illusion.

Comes complete with magicians rope, bonus tricks and methods, and each unit is poly-bagged with a header card for easy display.

56 Tricks · 160 Pages · 150 Illustrations · Comb Bound

Contributors Included:
Tomas Blomberg, Paul Cummins, Aaron Goldberg, Tom Gagnon, Michael Sibbernsen, R. Paul Wilson, Jason Alford, Doug Conn, Darryl V. Harris, Tom Stone, Jason Tang, Earl Nelson, Ed Andres, Peter Duffie, Ken Simmons, Christian Ehret, Daryl, Steve Draun, Chas Roberts, David Solomon, Marty Kane, Mark Aspiazu, Steve Beam, Marc Desouza, Jon Racherbaumer, Kevin Kelley, Don Voltz, John Caluwaert, Ed Marlo, Peter Groning, Shaun Robison, Gary Freed, Nathan W. Kranzo, Joshua Jay, Don England, Ashford Kneitel, Andrew Wimhurst, Chad Long, Joel Givens.

"This is not a book that one puts on the shelf, but goes back over it again and again, increasing his/her knowledge from some of the best minds in magic." - Martin A. Nash

"The compilation collected by Jason Alford is a robust sample of what happens at The Second Deal and has been happily preserved. Beware! It may be contagious."- John Racherbaumer

"[Cyber Sessions] will afford many hours of informative pleasure. You certainly manage to solicit from the cream of the crop. I would highly recommend this treatise to any serious student." - Roger Klause

"Dollar for dollar, you can't get a bigger bang for the buck than Cyber Sessions. Some of the strongest, commercial magic in print anywhere. It's obvious that the contributors wanted to show off their best stuff." - Daryl V. Harris

Imagine this: you ask someone to think of a line from their favorite poem. Something you could not possibly know. They write the sentence across the center of their business card. They fold it and drop it on the table. You pick it up, tighten the creases, and place it in their palm. Actions that take less than five seconds. The folded card never leaves their view.

In that brief time, you have read the entire sentence right in front of the spectator! After revealing the secret information, the card can be opened, checked, and even shown to the spectator!

You don't have to tear up the paper in order to get the information like a Center Tear. You only use the single billet! There isn't any switching.

The Dance of Shiva delivers the information to you as fast as you can read it, but keeps it in view for as long as you need. No quick glances. The same billet is always in view. You use only your hands and the paper or card. You don't shield the card at any time. The Dance of Shiva can be used to answer questions, duplicate designs, in word tests with actual book pages, with playing cards, maps or about any creative mental effect where secret information is needed.

It doesn't seem possible, but The Dance of Shiva does exactly that. The Dance
of Shiva has these important features:

No special props; you're always ready.

It can be done surrounded or standing.

There is no need for a dummy or duplicate billet.

No need to openly tear the billet apart to get the information as in the Center tear.

No tilting or squeezing of the billet - not a peek!

The folded billet never leaves the sight of the sitter.

The information is read in front of the sitter, not on your lap or behind
something.

No windows cut in the card; it can be THEIR business card.

There is no switching.

The information is in front of you, so you do not have to read quickly.

You are absolutely clean before and after the effect.

It takes less than 5 seconds to reveal the writing.

The method can be repeated for the same audience!

The written information is in the center of the card as it logically should be.

When writing, the sitter has complete freedom to handle the card.

Unlike anything previously invented by anyone, REALLY!

Plus 16 additional original effects and handling tips.

Easy to do - but reserved for real professionals.

Daryl's New Millennium World Tour was the most extensive magic lecture tour ever to have been undertaken. Over two years Daryl spanned the globe from Las Vegas to London, from Sydney to Stockholm, sharing his special brand of magic at dozens of conventions and literally hundreds of lectures and workshops. These notes contain:

The Enchanted Cube - A scrambled cube puzzle is thrown into the air where it VISUALLY solves itself!
Fusion Illusion - With a flash of fire a loop of string, a paper clip, a rubber band and a safety pin are magically linked together in a chain!
Eight Card Brainwave 2000 - A spectator selects one of eight cards, which turns out to be the only card with a different colored back . The effect is repeated, but this time the colors are opposite! To finish, two spectators each choose a card from among four. However, each selection is seen to have a different colored back. But, the magician emerges triumphantly when the red card is shown to have been selected from among all blue cards and the only blue card was chosen from among only red cards.
Dicey Dots - The spots are magically extracted from a die held in a spectator's hand.
Ultimate Ambition Improved (Including Dary's Ambitious Card Routine)- As a finish to an Ambitious Card routine, the magician wraps the deck with a piece of rope to completely eliminate the use of sleight of hand. To prove that no duplicates are used, the Ambitious Card is signed by several people on both the face and back. The card is fairly placed into the middle of the deck and without any moves, it magically appears on top!
Dish-a-Licious - The magician bites a piece out of an ordinary dinner plate, then restores the plate back to its original condition!
Bounce Across - The "bounce" from a rubber ball is transferred to a piece of clay!
Presto Attracto Card II - Two cards are selected from a shuffled deck, one is physically removed and the other is only looked at as the cards are riffled in front of the spectator's eyes. The "Presto-Attracto" card is cut to, a magical gesture is made, and the two selections are magically drawn to this special locator card. The cards above and below the Presto-Attracto card prove to be the two selections!
Daryl's Color Changing Knives - Two knives change color several times and end up half one color and half another.

In his first ever book, Ben Rayot reveals some of his most "deadly weapons," the routines that he has used time after time to get strong reactions from audiences. These are some of the finest mental effects released in some time. Contains:

E.S.Pecially for You
Eye Can See What You Are Thinking
Magnas Veritas
Off Centre Tear
Singing in the Vain
What Sign are You?
Hallucinations - a spectator hallucinates seeing a card in the deck
If you're looking for high-impact mentalism, look no further.

Staplebound, 15 oversized pages.

We are pleased to announce the publication of Dear Mr. Fantasy, John Bannon's first collection of close-up magic since Smoke & Mirrors over a decade ago. DMF is a 200 page, hardbound, photo-illustrated, card magic masterpiece that will impress even the most seasoned professional card magician. DMF contains nineteen card tricks and other asides that are performed with unprepared cards, and most are completely impromptu! This book will leave you primed to take your magic to the public in any setting!

Contents Include:

Iconoclastic Aces
Syncopated Aces
Interrobang Aces
Line of Sight
Final Verdict
Cull De Stack
"Two Classics"
Beyond Fabulous
Mark of the Fabulous
Dead Reckoning
Out Of Touch
Dawn Patrol
Degrees Of Freedom
Origami Poker
Perfect Strangers
Wait Until Dark
Last Man Standing
Trait Secrets
"Dave's Game"
The Power Of Poker

Imagine a collection of material that is perfectly crafted for real-world use, each effect tried and tested hundreds of times before thousands of people, then trimmed to remove every last ounce of fat. Imagine a repertoire of routines that can each steal a show, astonishing in effect and cunning in method, parcelled in presentations that are amusing, entertaining and engaging. There`s no need to imagine, DeSouza`s Deceptions is here! Includes:Shapeshifter: One card, held at the fingertips, instantly changes into another in this eye-popping move that has been popularized by the likes of Allan Ackerman and David Blaine!Twin Transpo x 2: Two cards are chosen and signed, then vanish from the deck, only to appear inside the magician`s wallet. They are removed and transpose with each other repeatedly under impossible conditions, then finally, the face from one card transposes with the back from the other, leaving the magician with one double-backed card and the spectator with one double-faced card, with both signed selections on each side!Collection Agency: A lightning-fast version of Roy Walton`s classic Collectors! Three freely-chosen cards appear face down and interlaced between four face-up Aces in the blink of an eye!Quad-Ringle Plus: A borrowed finger ring frees itself repeatedly from a length of rope, at times unexpectedly, at times visibly, then finally, it vanishes, only to appear inside a card case that was resting on the table from the outset!Die of Destiny: A spectator freely chooses a card, then replaces it anywhere in the deck. So far, sounds familiar... But then, with the help of a blank die and a fertile imagination, she first eliminates clumps of cards, then individual cards, until finally, she arrives at one lone card. Slowly, carefully, she turns the card face up, revealing it to be her selection! Marc`s beautiful approach to this Claude Rix classic is worth the price of the book!Plus Miniature Bowling Ball From Briefcase, SNOWFLAKE, Copper/Silver My Way, PICASSO'S BILL, THE COVER CHANGE, and so much more!

(142 Pages, Hardcover, color dustjacket, lavishly illustrated with over 220 photographs)

This book is mainly a compilation of some of the effects Steve invented and used more than twenty-five years ago. Most have never been published. Some effects, such as the Steffi Gaff, Penetrating Eyes, and the Shrinking Deck were invented in the seventies. Others, such as Imagination Deck, Attack from Tiny Town, and Cheshire Card are more recent creations.

Steve was the producer of the Emmy winning children's television show "Dudley's Diner" where he also performed as the on-air magician. After producing that show along with several other Emmy winners Steve had completely drifted away from magic.

A chance encounter with some magic websites in the nineties rekindled Steve's Childhood love of the art. Since then Steve has fallen in love all over again. He now brings both that love and some great magic to you in this 64 page manuscript with over 25 incredible effects.

Back in Print From Aldo Colombini... A fantastic book with 16 stunning routines, some are full acts!
The Seventh Floor is an amazing revelation of seven selected cards.
Grand Prix is an award winning routine and Hot Line is hilarious!
Meet Charlie is a funny routine that's loads of fun with a piece of rope and a deck.
The Dirty Dozen will give you the fame of a great cardician.
Also, Four Aces, Red and Black and many more including Aldo's B.S. Control (worth the price of the book!).

Pages 42.
68 Illustrations.

Remarkable 16th-century classic attempted to disprove existence of witches. Rich full account of charges against witches, witch trials, practice of the black arts. Excerpts from Inquisition, interviews with convicted witches, discussions of alchemy, astrology, much more. Indispensable primary source on witchcraft. Introduction by Montague Summers.

Softbound.

By Rand Woodbury. Continues the theme of his other volumes "Illusionworks" with much original material. There are 14 principles, articles and illusions described. Of considerable interest is his article on "Avoiding Sub Trunk Disasters" which covers such potential mishaps such as getting the Switch as fast as possible. Soft back, 69 pages, illustrated, 11 x 8-1/2 inches.

The magician hands a spectator his laser pointer and asks them to 'slice' him in half with it. He then steps behind a blind and suddenly, his torso, with no legs attached floats on one side, and on the other side his his legs, jumping, with no torso attached!

The torso and legs float behind the blind and the magician walks out again, now fully restored!

"Division is inexpensive, a really cool idea, and very cheap to build. The end result is a really cool looking illusion that people will be sure to love. Andrew Mayne would be proud! Recommended." -Corey King, Inventor of King Rising Levitation

"Division is as simple as it is amazing! You'll slap yourself for not thinking of this!" -Aman Alhamid

No assistants
No thread/magnets
Inexpensive to construct
Looks impossible
Booklet includes step by step instructions on the construction of the gimmicks, the performance of the illusion, variations of the illusion (including a visual splitting in half), plus extra ideas from other magicians.

From the Introduction by Roy Walton: "I am delighted to write some words of introduction to this major work on card magic by Peter Duffie. I have known the author since he was at school and over the years have seen his conjuring abilities progress at an astonishing rate. While his ideas cover the whole spectrum of magic, he excels when addressing himself to cards and I suspect, like Hofzinser, they may be his first love in magic. His work cannot be praised too highly. Any true lover of card magic will be delighted with the contents of this book and its study. The book will be an invaluable insight to under-standing the construction of fine magic. Books on card magic come and go, but this one will come and stay."

Hardbound, 269 pages

The most impossible looking card trick you will ever perform! The spectator shuffles his own deck of cards and selects one (no force). He opens the prediction and it matches his card! The prediction has been on the table the entire time and never touched by the magician! Everything can be immediately examined!

This book begins with the original version of Duotech as performed by Bob Strickland for over 30 years. This is the time tested performance that Bob used to fool some of the best magicians in both England and the United States. You will also learn how to construct your own Duotech II, along with many variations devised after the release of these products!

This book is the first in our magical appetizers series. This series will be dedicated to a set of small “idea” books and single effect manuscripts. The idea is to spark creativity or offer powerful clever thinking in small packets to get your creative juices flowing.

The Complete 10 Minute Guide To Rubber Chicken Soup For The Performer's Soul And Other Ideas To Whet Your Creative Appetite.

In Dustin’ It Off, Julie Sobanski and Dean Montalbano revisit their 1980/90’s Genii column Tarbell Treasures. In that old chestnut, the authors would take an old outdated item from the Tarbell Course In Magic and dust it off with a new twist, idea or presentation. Here, for the first time in once place are many of those routines, plus some new ones never seen before and several articles dedicated to magical thinking.

Please note that the driving intent behind this book is to spark creativity and show you how older effects can be dusted off. An intentional effort has been made NOT to expose or step on the copyrights of D Robbins classic, The Tarbell Course In Magic, so in many cases the methods used in these routines are only hinted at. If you have a good background in classic magic effects, you may already know the original effects these routines spawn from, but if NOT, we strongly suggest you make your FIRST purchase priority to get The Tarbell Course In magic from your favorite dealer to use as reference. Of course it is not necessary to enjoy or benefit from this book, and the free sample on our web site will give you an idea of what to expect- we just want you to get the most Bang for your Buck!

Dustin' It Off features routines based on Rope and Tape Principle, One Ahead, Thumb Tips, Coin Penetrations and so much more. There are children’s routines, bizarre magic, stand up, close-up and more. But more importantly, there is inspiration to encourage YOU to take some old outdated magic, and give it a face lift!

Pages 128

Ideal for the illusionist who doesn't have much time to create a miracle. Paul Osborne's book features hundreds of new ideas, tips and techniques to help the weekend builder who is faced with that last minute show opportunity - and on a budget! Productions, vanishes and mutilations are all covered in this one-of-a-kind book.

For the first time in any publication, corporate illusions are covered, detailing some simple solutions to making the Chairman of the Board appear by magic at his sales meeting.

Also included at no extra cost is the out-of-print Illusion Planning book that Paul created for the beginning illusionist. This chapter reveals how to select, stage and position illusions within your show.

Detailed in this book are: The In & Out Box, the Fall Apart Box, Fast Make Sub Trunk, The Mummy Returns, The King of Clubs, Fast Make Tip Over, The Shadow of Life, Blueprinted and At the Beach.

Ideal for the illusionist who needs quick, fast and easy-to-build props!

With Wesley James's Enchantments you will find yourself confronting one of the largest volumes of original card magic ever conceived by one man--500 pages of shrewd and sophisticated material by a modern creator and performer who has repeatedly shown his ability to make important and lasting contributions to the field.

Wesley James has been a palpable presence for many years on the cutting edge of New York City's card scene and magic underground. During more than fifty years in magic, twenty-five as a full-time professional, he performed nearly every variety of magic from close-up to illusions, from kid shows to corporate parties, and everything between. For many years he refused to lecture for magicians, reserving his original material to enable him to earn his living. Now retired, he shares his professional secrets freely.

Enchantments is an important testament to Mr. James's devotion, cunning and expertise in a world in which he rubbed shoulders and traded thoughts with the twentieth century's finest cardmen, from Vernon to Marlo, from Krenzel to Dingle. These personal involvements, amplified by a thorough study of the literature of card magic, have produced a body of work rare in the quality of its thought and innovation.

Enchantments collects and presents in illuminating detail the fruits of Wesley James's intense involvement with the invention and perfection of card magic from the 1960's right up to yesterday. Within the covers of this volume you will find fresh plots playing neighbor to new presentations and combinations of past classics and overlooked gems. You will find effects with Aces and packets, presentations of visual magic and mental magic; and you will find a wealth of new sleights and tools, with far-reaching possibilities for application, including in-depth studies of false shuffles and deals, multiple lifts, passes and palming.

Enchantments is a milestone from one of card magic's most innovative and persistent thinkers. Its contents benefit from a rare combination of technical knowledge and performing experience. To read this book is to share with Mr. James in a breadth of thought, a depth of understanding and an enchantment in the presentation of quality card magic!

In the first decades of the twentieth century magicians filled the magic journals with articles on card tricks, giving improvements on classic tricks and inventing new ones. If you could put together a collection of these magazines you would almost have a complete course on card tricks, by some of the world's greatest magicians.

But where could you find these journals now that they are collector's items? And even if you could find them, how much would such a collection cost? As it turns out, not very much, because all the best of these tricks are available in this one monumental book, containing nearly every practical card trick produced, invented and improved by magicians over a span of forty years and more.

A truly staggering collection, this book explains how to perform over 600 professional card tricks: impromptu card tricks, spelling tricks, "You Do As I Do" tricks, diachylon (a paste for gluing cards together) tricks, calculation tricks; tricks using key cards, slick cards, double-backed cards, reversed cards, short cards; tricks based on a one-way pack, prearranged pack, Svengali pack, Mene-Tekel pack, stripper pack, special packs; miscellaneous tricks includng Everywhere and Nowhere, The Case of the Four Kings, Card in the Orange, The Buddhha Whispers, and Inseparable Aces, and a final chapter on tricks using the famous Nikola Card System. In addition, a chapter on techniques explains the most important sleights-the overhand shuffle, riffle shuffle, false cut, palm, simle pass, double lift, glide and force.

Based on a volume compiled by Dr. Wilhelm Von Deusen and Glenn G. Gravatt, this collection was thoroughly revised by Jean Hugard and completely rewritten. It is easily the finest single compendium of classic card tricks, and the clear style makes the instructions easy to follow. An indispensable book for the professional or amateur magician, it is a magnificent source for anyone who wants just the right tricks to mystify friends or delight children.

Paperbound, 402 5 3/8" by 8 1/2" pages, 66 illustrations.

Edward Victor was one of the greatest magicians who ever lived, who affected the work of almost every close-up magician working today. Dai Vernon and Ed Marlo, among many others, owed a major debt to the work of Edward Victor. His creations include the famous Eleven-Card Trick, which inspired Vernon's Spellbound and Coins and Champagne Glass. Victor's sleights inspired Tilt, Convincing Control and many others.

Edward Victor's story and magic are fascinating. This enormous book brings together a fascinating collection of magic and biography. It contains most of Edward Victor's many tricks that he contributed to periodicals and other books, his marketed items as well as unpublished routines from his private notebooks. It traces the story of his life with many unique photographs and other bits of memorabilia that recall the glory of a golden age. There is even a chapter on his Shadowgraphy. There are over 250 drawings by Joseph K. Schmidt and almost 100 photographs. The book contains 250 pages and is hardbound.

compiled and written by Donato Colucci, edited by Stephen Minch, illustrated by Joseph K. Schmidt
The Magic Egg-Fascinating, Mysterious, Perfect in Form and Innately Funny

How can one simple object be all these things and more? That is, perhaps, the central mystery of the egg. But with al these things going for it, the egg is a perfect prop for the magician, and magicians have been using it for centuries. So why has it taken so long for a comprehensive collection on magic with eggs to appear? That is still another mystery of the egg.

The egg is a prop that "packs small, plays big" and suits itself to all venues: close-up, platform and stage. The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic covers it all, with extensive chapters on: Natural Eggs, Imitation Eggs, Fekes & Gmmicks, Productions, Vanishes, Balancing Feats, The Egg Bag, Transpositions, Animations, Transformations, Miscellaneous Effects and Routines.

319 large pages containing more than 270 tricks and routines gathered form hundreds of sources, plus nearly 50 more articles pertaining to the performance of uncommon and amazing things with the common and humble egg, supplemented by over 490 illustrations by J.K. Schmidt. Of special note is a wealth of material for the parlor and stage magician.

Originally a publication devoted to advanced sleight-of-hand material, only around 500 copies of the original Epilogue publication were ever printed. After being unavailable for nearly two decades, all 24 regular editions and the 5 special editions of Epilogue are now available in one complete hardbound volume!

Hardbound, 312 pages.

The Classic Treatise On Card Manipulation

"The Expert at the Card Table is the most famous, carefully studied book ever published on the art of manipulating cards at gaming tables." -from the Foreword by Martin Gardner

For almost a centuury, this book has been considered indispensable to attaining the highest level of card mastery. In it, S.W. Erdnase, a supreme master of card manipulation, teaches card enthusiasts how to perform the dazzling tricks and sleights-many of them how own creations-that made him famous.

The first section of the book deals with card table artifice, or, to put it more bluntly, cheating at cards. Step by step, Mr. Erdnase demonstrates his own systems of false shuffling, false riffling anc cutting, dealing from the bottom and such slick moves as palming cards, "skinning the hand," even three-card monte.

The second section covers legerdemain: the art of forcing a card, one- and two-hand transformations, the devious "slide" and more. Card handlers will love Erdnase's selection of dazzling card tricks, including The Acrobatic Jacks, The Exclusive Coterie, The Divining Rod, The Invisible Flight, a Mind Reading Tick and many others.

In an informative foreword to this edition, Martin Gardner relates the unhappy details of the author's personal life, and recounts the history of this famous book, whose methods, Mr. Gardner asserts, "are as useful today by magicians and card hustlers as they were in 1902. This book is still the bible of card 'mechanics,' and as much a delight to read as it was in the early years of this century."

Paperbound, 144 5 3/8" by 8 1/2" pages, 101 illustrations.

In this definitive work on card technique, step-by-step instructions teach you the correct methods for the basic manipulations and the more advanced flourishes, and only then allow you to learn tricks.

Offering the most foolproof methods available, Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue explain such basic manipulation as the palm, the shuffle, the lift, the side slip, the pass, the glimpse, the jog and the reverse. They detail various false deals, crimps and changes and the more advanced execution needed for forces, fans and the use of the prearranged deck. Also presented is a wide variety of tricks, including discoveries, self-working tricks, one-handed tricks, stranger cards, and such individually famous tricks as The Four Aces, The Rising Cards, and the Zingone spread. In addition, the authors include a complete compendium of shakedown sleights-to warn the card player and aid the entertainer-and a performer's guide to misdirection and patter.

Many of the methods explained were revealed here for the first time, while many previously known tricks are presented in improved version. In every case the aim is simplicity of technique for the purpose of mystifying an audience, not technique for sake of technique. An unsurprpassed collection of methods and manipulations, this classic work will help any aspriring magician to achieve expert card technique.

Paperbound, 448 5 3/8" by 8 1/2" pages, 318 illustrations.

Learn Coin Magic from the man Dai Vernon said, "...has an amazing ability when performing with coins. He is truly a genius."

Contents:

Section One - Magic in the Hands

Chapter 1

The Retention Vanish
Fingertip Retention Vanish
The Shuffle Pass
Roth Palm Change
Skinner's Spidergrip Vanish
Lapping A Coin From the Closed Fist
The Kaps Subtlety
Benzais Friction Palm
Three-Coin Click Pass
The Flurry
Stand up Flurry Climax
Chapter 2

Deep Palm Tenkai Pennies
Deep Palm Tenkai Double Vanish
Deep Palm Tenkai Merge
Karate Coin For Professional Performance
Continuous Spellbound
Pulling Off Ten Cents
A Mighty Squeeze
Squeeze It
A Funnel Coin In Bottle
New Wave Coin In Bottle
Chapter 3

Folding Coins Through Table
Folding Coins Across
Winged Silver
E.Z. Coins Across
Shell Coins Across
The Original Chinese Coin Assembly
The Magician's Chinese Coin Assembly
Chapter 4

Twentieth-Century Coins
Digital Copper/Silver
Tabled Copper/Silver Classic
Chapter 5

Winged Silver On Edge
The Original Hanging Coins
Flash Production With Four Coins
Flash Production With Five Coins
Wild Coin On Edge
John Ramsay's Cylinder And Coins (With Edge Grip)
Chapter 6

Deep BackClip
The Flash Change
Copper/Silver Deep BackClip Routine (With A Gaffed Coin)
Copper/Silver Deep BackClip Routine (With An Extra Coin)
Commercial Copper/Silver With Deep BackClip
Two Coppers And One Silver Deep BackClip Routine
Deep BackClip Exhibition Coin Across
Deep BackClip Coins Across
Down The Sleeve In Deep BackClip
Chapter 7

Wild Like No Other
No-Lapping Wild Coin No.1
No-Lapping Wild Coin No.2
Favorite Wild Coin
Chapter 8

The Legendary Four-Coin Trick
Squash
Stonehenge Coin Assembly
The Lapel Coin
The Eraser
The Fugitive Coins
The Linking Coins
Section Two - Coin Box Magic

Chapter 9

The Click Pass
Covered Click Pass
Steals to Position
Finger Base Click Pass
Tabled Click Pass
The Bold Steal (And Moves To Various Positions)
Rim Steal No.1
Rim Steal No.2
Rim Steal No.3
Stack Rim Steal No.1
Stack Rim Steal No.2
The Spillout Steal
Lid Load No.1
Lid Load No.2
Repeat Lid Load
Loaded Lid Pickup
Lightning Turnover
Snap Turnover
Table Turnover
Standard Turnover
Third-Finger Turnover
Final Turnover
Shuttle Pass Box Switch
Sweeplap Box Switch
Roth/Kaps box Switch
Sound Box Switch
Metamorphosis box Switch (Opening Production No.1)
Opening Production No.2
Opening Production No.3
Opening Production No.4 (The Triple Load)
Chapter 10

Out With Four
Out With Five
Out In Out
Coins Through Hand
Four Halves To Four Dimes
A Chinese Climax
Thumb Steal To Edge Grip
Out With Four a la Edge Grip
Copper Flight
Triple Change Climax
Copper/Silver For Magicians No.1
Copper/Silver For Magicians No.2
Three Silvers And One Copper
The Sokito Box
Four-Coin Transposition
The Heavy Box Routine
The Nokito box
Section Three - Magic At The Table

Chapter 11

The Table
Purse And Glass
The Ruler
The Portable Hole
The Micrometer
The Planet
The Funnel
Linking Coins II
The Rainbow
The Sleeve
Silly Putty
The Salt Shaker
The Stamp Trick
The Tuning Fork
Hardbound and Fully Illustrated

Pages 369

"I read a lot of card books and I'm pretty critical on most. The main reason I plow through the depressing majority of them is the pleasure of an occasional find like this one. I've read many a heavy, slickly produced, high-priced and highly-hyped, full-color dust jacketed tome that didn't have a fraction of the solid card magic that Jack Carpenter provides in these pages... However good you think it's going to be, you 'll soon find it's even better." - Darwin Ortiz

The new routines, sleights and stratagems found in this ground breaking work will open eyes to what is really possible with a deck of cards. The methods employed in the card magic as well as in the gambling routines are about as diabolical as you can get-while at the same time, remaining very practical since every routine can be performed while surrounded! You will add many of these reputation making, blockbuster feature routines to your repertoire once you've experienced the impact of "A Devious Dance", "A Potent Presage" and "The D.C. Hustle," to name just a few!

Pages 102, fully illustrated, soft cover coil bound.

In this book, Sean details several of his best "bending" effects. Sean explains every effect from start to finish in perfect detail. Every explanation is accompanied by step by step illustrations that allow you to learn the effect faster and more effectively.

Effects Included:

On Contact
The Omni Bender
The Callous Bend
Ringu
Pent
Pent-Ultimate
The Tesla Experiment
Standard Center Tear
Elemental
Molten
That Which You Fear
Post Impression
Glacius
Final Thoughts

Who needs thousands of dollars to perform incredible illusions?

Effect: The magician asks his audience just that question before he picks up his beat-up cardboard box. He places it upside down over his head and then rips a hole in the front so his face is visible. The magician then lifts the box about a foot above his shoulders-stretching his neck impossibly long. Next, he twists his head 360 degrees around and back. Finally, he removes his head entirely before putting it back and removing the box.

Face Lifter is an incredible (yet easy-to-build and perform) illusion which will leave your audience baffled. Taking advantage of cutting edge technology, Face Lifter allows any performer to create an illusion that would have cost thousands of dollars to duplicate just a few years ago.

Comes with 23-page, fully-illustrated booklet.

After almost a quarter of a century, the wait is over for a book of magic from Harry Riser! The Feints and Temps of Harry Riser includes Harry's handling of eight fabulous coin routines including his famous Cap and Quarters, The Mexican Jumping Coins, Close-Up Miser; Two Coin Interlude Plus, The Purse Swindle, Purse Jam, Copper; Silver; Gold Coin Box Routine, Harry's Golf Ball Routine, his close-up Billiard Ball Routine, the world-renowned handling of the Ball and Cone, the Unique Cups and Balls, the devastating Hornswaggled Revisited, the amazing Walnuts and Glass and Harry's best card tricks, specially selected for their unique plots and remarkable methods.

Hardbound, 270 pages.

Full Tilt and The Compleat Devilish Miracle in One Book!

Combining two influential works from the annals of card magic, Full Tilt is a comprehensive treatise on one of the most powerful subtleties in card magic. Introduced by Dai Vernon and finessed by Ed Marlo, it has dozens of uses and applications. Anyone can understand and perform it in minutes - yet it deceives everyone. Forget about complicated, difficult, knuckle-busting controls. The Tilt Concept provide total control and precise placement of a selected card without the sweat, anxiety or effort. Full Tilt has 120 pages and 70 photographs, including a complete history, over fifty items, and added material by Roger Klause, Neal Elias, Jon Racherbaumer, Ben Harris, David Harkey, Daryl, and Ken Simmons. "Devilish Miracle," first published in 1948, has been unavailable for years. The plot is devilish and cardmen have kept it under wraps for decades. This 40-page treatise includes the original manuscript, plus all the refinements and methods Marlo added over the years. Both historic books in a single volume, making the hard-to-get easy-to find. Hardbound, 168 pages, with gold foil film laminated dust jacket.

Effect: The magician causes a borrowed silk handkerchief or napkin to float in mid-air, moving up, down, left and right!

With Chris' system you can perform the Flying Silk on stage or close-up, even outdoors. And, since you're not connected to anything else, there's no limit on where you can move around on stage.Comes with manuscript which contains six bonus routines including a rising card, floating feather, floating cocktail umbrella, floating pen and more plus the special gimmick that makes it all possible.