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A Quiet Corner was originally published in Nathan Spark’s ebook Tattoo and reprinted in Heavily Haunted: Second Edition. Here is what Don Theo III had to say about A Quiet Corner:

"Subtitled "Various Tips, Techniques, Pieces and Parts." Prepare yourself before diving into this entry. This is a walk on the wild side, led by the delicious madness that is Dale Hildebrandt. Dale goes really deep with this, and it's obvious he really put forth a lot of time and effort. Since first reading his work, I have always wanted to attend a lecture by Dale just for the pure experience. This is about as close as it gets without having him right...

This is an extremely rare manuscript by U.F. Grant. The effects explained are very strong and original ones. We believe that some effects are explained in no other publication.

Here is a brief description of the effects:

1 - Magician allows anyone to step forward and sit in a chair. He blindfolds them and does this to show it is not hypnotizing. Then tells person to try to stand up, and they are unable to do so.

2 - Person placed in chair and blindfolded and given a revolver and told it is impossible for him to raise it and point it at the audience. Try as he may, he cannot raise his...

How to quit your day job and become a traveling magician.

With this new ebook from international touring award winning magician Scott Xavier, you will get top secret venues you can perform at for free and make a living performing magic. You could take the knowledge in this ebook and hit the road today, leaving behind the dramas of a day job, and start your career as a touring magician.

This ebook gives you secret locations where you can earn hundreds a night for a 2 hour show! You'll also be able to breeze into town, and with the scripting in this ebook you'll know exactly what to say...

Compiled and edited by Neil Foster. Illustrated by Sid Lorraine with an introduction by Robert Lund who says, "in his field, as the professional dissenter and commentator on the foibles of magicians, he is the most original entertaining writer on conjuring today." He was talking about Clarke "The Senator" Crandall and his ebook contains the following chapters:

• INTRODUCTION
• DEDICATION
• It's a Mystery to Me ...
• Let him who is without sin ...
• Panties, Falsies and Lolly-pops
• The Egg and I
• Criticism should be a reward
• ... and with much less effort
• Those who watched ... saw an artist
• Barbecueitis...

A wonderful ebook explaining all the best slate tricks and effects, by Peter Warlock, who has used slate tricks in his programs for many years. Covers the manipulation of unprepared slates, the use of the flap, various mechanical slates and aids, little know methods of fake mediums, chemical writing and many other methods that are as effective as they are unique.

Paul Fleming wrote:

You will learn the Master Move and all movements of the "Zone Zero" and "Temporary Oblivion" routines. The purpose of the Master Move is a method of showing a flat object on both sides while having a ball or other object concealed at the same time.

One quality all of Jerry's publications have is an abundance of very good illustrations. Here you are getting 60 illustrations.

1st edition 1994, 12 pages.

I recommend you do NOT purchase this, unless you are a die hard fan of Jerry Andrus, connoisseur of optical illusions, and or a collector of strange and rare publications.

Essentially this ebook has 7 pages of squiggly lines. That's it. If you know what they mean, if you have seen or experienced Jerry's optical illusion which goes along with this, then it will probably make sense to you. Otherwise I doubt you will know what it is for and what it all means. There is no explanatory text. These were the lecture notes for a seminar Jerry gave in April of 1986 at Harvard University.

1st...

All the owners of In-spy-ring can purchase Con-spy-ring for half price.

A fundamentally miraculous but automatic and self working principle but used very innovatively for nine unique mentalism routines.

• An interesting and captivating script and story. Heightens the entertainment value.
• Ready to use printable props. Makes the routines very visual.
• Multiple novel revelation styles. Creates better impact and more retention value for the audience.

Add a live animal to your act at no cost!

Imagine being able to announce that you have a live dog as part of your show - performing a card trick. Now imagine that you didn't need to own or transport a dog for this hilarious routine to work.

This manuscript gift from Dave Arch gives you a routine he has used for years - making his show look bigger without any fuss or muss.

Comes complete with a commissioned poster Dave had created for his own use. You're free now to use it in your own shows.

"I consider it one of the best gimmicked decks there is ..." - Andy Jerxmann in the book ...

Imagine a routine of musical mind reading with less than 30 seconds of time spent coaching the band, pianist, DJ, or even a Kazoo player. That's what you get with this proven routine. The audience makes the requests, and your musician plays the songs. Includes a bonus idea for using a phone app to even add to the fun! Many magicians work events where a DJ is also present. This is perfect for that venue (with no rehearsal necessary).

1st edition 2015, 3 pages.

The "Bill trick", "Fred trick" or "Phil trick" (Paul Marcus, Fred Lowe, Trevor Duffy, Phil Goldstein,...) is so strong and funny, that it can be a closer, or even a standalone trick if you want to impress somebody, or get some booking.

For those who do not know it, here is a summary of the effect: A deck of cards is placed on the table. A spectator is asked to merely think of any card. The performer says: "The name of your card is Phil!". The deck is shown to have different names printed on the back of every card, and the named card is found to have the name Phil printed on the back!

This...

A brilliant card-up-the-sleeve routine wherein you perform the effect first with regular cards and then with JUMBO'S.

Not difficult to do - a pleasure to learn and a delight to perform. Complete with Ken de Courcy's original fully illustrated routine, (based on a concept by R. M. Jamison), and full patter presentation to perform this unusual and entertaining mystery.

The effect is the following:

The magician introduces three playing cards, for example, a Two of Hearts, a Three of Diamonds and a card which is conspicuously different to the other two, an Ace of Spades. The cards are...

• Introduction
• Chapter One The Psychology Of The Card Expert
• Chapter Two Basic Sleights
  • The Lace-Through False Shuffle
  • The False Cut
  • The Compound False Cut
  • The Simple False Cut
  • The Second Deal
  • The Bottom Deal
• Chapter Three Miscellaneous Sleights And Moves
  • Back Palming A Complete Deck
  • The Riffle Cut
  • The One-Hand Shuffle
  • The Weave-In Shuffle
  • The Multiple Lift
• Chapter Four Tricks And Deceptions
  • A Subtle Card Location
  • Ace Control
  • Jacks And Aces
  • Second Deal Four Aces (No. 1)
  • Second Deal Four Aces (No. 2)
  • A Renovated Trick
  • A Renovated Trick (A Variation)
  • Another Card...

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...

• A Letter from The Editor by Michael Jay
• Letters to The Editor
• Special Offer
• Chavracadabra: The Decline of the Magician by Gary Scott
• Helping With The Magic by Dave Wyton
• Layman's Secrets by Andy T. Layman
• Spellbound: The Wonder-Filled Life of Doug Henning by Mark Williams
• The Magician - A Novel by Michael Jay
• The Believable-ness of the Unbelievable by Elliott Hodges
• A Slydini Classic for Stand-Up by Jon A. Hand
• Worlds Apart by Matt Horan
• Bizarre Bursary
• How Magic Came To Be by Brandon Williams
• Who Is Buried in Abraham Lincoln's Grave? by Weepin' Willie

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...