Jerry Mentzer
(USA: 28th April 1940 - 31st January 2016)
Alfred Jerome "Jerry" Mentzer. Pro magic manufacturing and publishing as founder-owner of mail-order Magic Methods in Greenville, South Carolina, c1972-present.
Prolific author, including Card Cavalcade (5 vols, 1972-1979, 159+225+188+166+183pp); Close-up Cavalcade (3 vols, 1973-77, 163+159+163pp); The Magic of Paul Harris (1976, 67pp); Counts Cuts Moves and Subtlety (1977, 73pp) with Spanish translation by Anaya and Carmona as Cuentas Cortes Moviemientos y Sutilezas (87pp); On the Corner Short (1984, 15pp); Climax Coins Trix with 3" Coins (1986, 36pp); Card to Wallet: The Book (1991, 166pp); Magic with Credit Cards (1992, 80pp); Card File (1993, 237pp). Tricks in Linking Ring (+ 1-man "Parades" in 1965 & 1972), Magick, etc.