Magic & Conjuring: page 218

From the forward:

Performer borrows a white handkerchief in order to show them a trick with a 'needle and thread'. He then produces the needle and has a spectator thread it with a piece of rope. He then pushes the needle thru the center of the handkerchief and pulls the 'thread' thru after it. This leaves a jagged hole which he trims with a pair of scissors. Handkerchief is finally shown undamaged.

1st edition 1974; 1st digital edition 2015, 3 pages, 20 illustrations.

This PDF would not exist, if it were not for one of those rare coincidences. The content of this ebook was locked away on a set of 16 microfiche since the mid-70s under a title and categorization inaccessible to magic keyword searches. No more than 50 people have seen it or are aware of its existence. And since most of those 50 folks have nothing to do with magic it is a publication completely unknown in the magic community.

It is a remarkable set of plans for 27 illusions which 27 students of architecture at Penn State University under the guidance of Prof. Howard Ray Lawrence produced during...

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57 pages

The art of rope tying and methods of obtaining releases from ropes, chains and shackles. New cut and restored rope effects including a number of original ties and releases.

• Houdini Did Not Steal This Book!
• Introduction
• Special Instructions For Beginners Suggestion As To Arrangement And Application
• Handling Committee
• Rope Tying And Release Methods
  • The Mysterious Knots
  • The Kellar Tie
  • The Improved Kellar Tie
  • The Figure 8 Tie
  • The Mysterious Tie
  • B. H. Strangle Rope Tie
  • Important Points
  • "New Spirit Tape Tie"
  • The Twentieth Century Tie
  • B. H. Triumph Tie
  • The Ten Ichi Thumb Tie
  • The Excelsior...

These are all laugh getters, great ideas for zany card effects you will use to pep up your more serious routines. Easy to do, impromptu, and very effective. Devised by U.F. Grant, an expert at this sort of thing.

1st digital edition 2015, PDF 7 pages.

This U. F. Grant publication was revised, enlarged and illustrated by Gene Gloye. This is the kind of material - assorted comedy bits and pieces, that you can add to any group of tricks to build up your show, add laughs, fill in for time.

Chapters cover:

• Cards
• Comedy Props
• Using Volunteer Assistants
• Mental Magic Gags
• Gag Bits of Business
• Stunts with an Assistant or Plant
• Patter
• More Stunts
• For the Master of Ceremonies
• For Magicians
• Politicking With Magic.

These are notes for one of Jerry's lectures. It helps if you saw the lecture as only the essential workings are provided, but the drawings and details are sufficient to make out most of the effects. References several moves taught in Andrus Deals You In without providing the specifics.

• Vanishing Pen
• Pen Under Cards
• Reversing Pen
• Pill Tube Mystery
• Rope And Handkerchie
• Twin Pipes
• Tube Steal
• Tube Load
• False Load
• Extra Ball Move
• Lap Vanish
• Fist Vanish
• Slow Motion Vanish
• Ball Vanish
• A Utility Move
• A Routine For Twin Pipes
• Geiger Counter Routine
• They Pick The Aces
• Fan Reverse
• Torn Card
• "How It’s...

This was a lecture Jerry gave in Japan in 1974.

• Mylar Mystery
• Twin Pipes Routine
• Needle Thru Handkerchief
• Coins Thru Handkerchief
• Reverse Shuffle Mystery
• Sudden Surprise
• Coin Up Sleeve
• Waterfalls
• Vanishing Pen

1st edition 1974, 1st digital edition 2015, PDF 19 pages.

Bombay is not just one card trick. It is an entire magic principle. Seven complete routines are given but you will be able to develop many more once you understand the versatile secret of Bombay. This miracle effect has stood the test of actual performance for both laymen and magicians. In case you wonder, the name derives from the place it was conceived.

1st edition 1953; PDF 11 pages

This book was edited by Jean Hugard and illustrated by Stanley Jaks.

Martin Gardner had the following to say:

"Bill Simon has achieved an astonishing mastery of the medium. His mind is constantly probing for new and subtler moves, and bold effects which break fresh paths in the card jungle. In this book he has given generously the fruits of his thinking and experience. The result is a book almost certain to become one of the basic texts of modem card conjuring."

This ebook covers many entertaining plots, novel sleights, shuffles and fancy cuts as well as useful information on practice, structuring, presentation, audience...

This is number three of the Paul Diamond "Gems of Magic Book" series.

A sequel to Magneticoins, introducing more of the authors' novel creations, adaptations and presentations in the new and fascinating field of magnetic numismatic legerdemain.

• Preface
• Introduction
• Phanto-Matic Card
• Clipped
• Midas' Magic Mint
• Ectoplasmic Nickels
• Magneti-Coin Monte
• Follow The Arrow
• Spectral Spectacle
• Coin Teleportation
• Copper-Ation Superlative
• Handy Dandy
• Exalted Coin
• Okito Ultissimo
• Numis-Magic Brain
• Coin Flight
• Capricious Coins
• Glossary
• Reference Tables

1st edition 1973, PDF 66 pages....

Being a mental expert brings you prestige, today more than ever. You will be able to memorize and deliver back fast, and with ease and poise, lists of objects, names, numbers, cities, states, lists of every kind. This kind of mental phenomena is marveled at by the world, but it's just a case of knowing the secret. This ebook teaches you quickly.

• Preface
• Visualization
• Memory
• Permanent Code Words
• List In Story Form
• Remembering New Words
• How To Forget
• Practice Makes Perfect
• Exercise
• Number Code
• Recalling Numbers
• Remembering Telephone Numbers
• Miscellaneous Numbers
• Remembering Birthdays ...

Sixty different items of funny business as only Karrell Fox can deliver them. Two complete routines with patter, using rabbits, seven funny magic props, seven Foxy Foolers, twelve Kornceptions with cards, 25 KornyKwickies for laffs, and nine Fox Favorites, including a Pitch Act. 56 pages, with many hilarious illustrations.

1st edition 1954, 47 pages; 1st digital edition 2015, PDF 52 pages.

The last book of the late Stewart Judah. A remarkably fine magician with a wealth of material, and the ability to teach it through the printed word. This ebook reflects all his favorite themes, cards, ropes, ribbons, childrens' tricks, coins, all written in his scholarly way, with reference to other sources, philosophical observations, and the gentle sweet humor that was Stewart.

35 tricks and routines, illustrated by John Braun, plus rare old photos, a profile by Leslie Guest, an introduction by Mr. Braun.

• Introduction
• S.J. Four Paper Balls And Two Hats Routine
• Penetrating Bill
• Torn...

• Mylar Mystery
• Match Book Magic
• Bill and Pen
• Bill and Card
• Ring, Pen and Handkerchief

1st edition 1974, 16 pages; 1st digital edition 2015, PDF 17 pages.

• Mylar Mystery: ball and cone with a Mylar sheet
• Matchbook Magic
• Bill and Pin
• Bill and Card
• Ring, Pen and Handkerchief
• A Novel Force
• Slot Machine
• Coin Go
• Minor Miracle
• Effects with a Ball
• Perfect Package: ball appears and vanishes in a flattened box
• Paper Bag Moves

1st edition 1974, 28 pages; 1st digital edition 2015, 36 pages.

This is number four of the Paul Diamond "Gems of Magic Book" series.

Being a treatise on sleight of hand and including a fabulous "Eye-popping opener".

• Introduction
• The Close-Up Change
• The Flick Change
• The Turn Down Change
• Using The Table Changes The Double And Triple Transposition
• Room At The Top (An Ambitious Card Routine)
• An Eye Popping Opening Routine
• The Revolving Color Change
• Triple You Do As I Do (Impromptu)
• The Dunbury Delusion Outdone
• A Variation In Handling
• The Excedrin Headache
• The Instantaneous Steal
• The 21st Stunner
• The 22nd Stunner
• Impromptu Psychometry
• The Expansion...

From Chapter 1:

This is a combination of Corinda's Step 6 of his 13-Steps to Mentalism on Billets, and Ralph Read's One Man Mind Reading Secrets.

Part One Technique

• Introduction
• A Few Simple Rules For Working with Billets
• The Centre Tear - Corinda Variation
• The Centre Tear - Punx - Meir Variation
• Centre Tear - One Hand Variation
• Centre Tear - Corinda's Backward Variation
• Centre Tear - Preparation of the Billet
• Centre Tear - Reading the Billet
• Billet Switch - Bare Hand Method
• - Billet Switch (Annemann)
• - The Billet Switch Bare Hand Method (Corinda)
• Billet Switch by Lapping
• Billet Switch - Magnetic Clip...

This is new, revised, and enlarged edition of an old favorite. Almost everybody owns a folding coin - and there are now excellent new ones on the market. Now everybody can learn what to do with the trick.

• About The Coin
• The Famous Coin In The Bottle
• A Great Pocket Trick
• Thru The Card
• The Half Dollar In The Wand
• Thru The Hand
• Wrapped In A Dollar
• Production
• In A Cigar
• Silk Threads
• The Handkerchief Pedestal And Coin
• Thru The Hat
• Fake Back Palming
• Thru The Cloth
• Coin Trick With A Top Hat
• In The Handkerchief
• The Wand Shell
• "Half A Dollar"
• Thru The Knee
• Ball Of Wool
• Before We...

The in-crowd is fascinated with displays of mind power. Old fashioned mentalism doesn't turn them on, but subtle, well-concealed actions in mentalism can be a tremendous hit. You have this in Trans-Actions. The effects are based on a new application of a principle, and you will be delighted with the ease of use, the very flexible quality of the working. Always ready to use. The props are whatever is handy! You can't ask for more than that! Great for parties, club type shows. The effects will impress thinking people, captivate your more intelligent friends. The run-of-the-mill crowd will just...

This is the book that has inspired most of the "zany" acts that have wowed them at magic conventions and other shows. Funny, funny stuff - but so easy for you to do, with these excellent instructions.

Topper Martyn is a lifetime magician, known all over Europe and here in the U.S. for his great ideas. In this ebook, he covers the preparation of your clothing for the act, the wild laugh-provoking dropping of stuff all over the stage, his collapsing table, crazy linking rings that are out of control, the mike cord that gets into the magic, various flashes and noises, the various tricks used...

This fantastic classic of card magic is considered by many to be as important as his famous Andrus Card Control. This new digital edition has dozens of Andrus sleights, flourishes and routines, all illustrated by 370 drawings by the author. Jerry's work with the diagonal jog is priceless!

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