Magic & Conjuring: page 131

A treatise on the fundamental principle, theory, and practice of picking pockets – for entertainment purposes only.

Eddie Joseph attended in 1923 the Indian National Exposition in Calcutta. There he wittnessed the reactions of visitors to a pickpocket incidence. This gave him the idea to build an act around pickpocketing. Subsequently he studied the methods of pickpockets, developed an act, and finally wrote this guide.

1st edition 1940; 30 pages.

Eddie Joseph who was born in India and lived there for most of his life. He wanted to write a detailed, true and unbiased description of the Indian magician and his methods. He penetrated deeply into the subject rather than give it superficial treatment. This ebook will give you a clear perspective of India's Mystery Mongers and their mysterious creations.

1st edition 1940; PDF 73 pages.

3. Introduction
9. Chapter One - Mystery Abounding
16. Chapter Two - Peering Beyond the Horizon
23. Chapter Three - The Gypsy Told Me So
24. Chapter Four - The Magicians of East India
28. Chapter Five - East Indian Mysteries ...

From the introduction:

1st edition 1938; 16 pages.

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• INTRODUCTION
• PART ONE. What is "INTUITIONAL SIGHT?"
  • "THE BLINDFOLD" and ITS ACCESSORIES
  • "The Construction of the Blindfold"
  • The Cotton and...

This is probably Eddie Joseph's most proud creation.

THE EFFECT: Anyone in the audience is asked to call out the name of any card. Person naming the card is asked to advance, pick up the pack which lies on the table within its case, and deal cards face up, one at a time until he comes to his card. Assistant deals every card in the pack but fails to find the one he named. He is now told to count the cards in pack and he finds only 51. ONE CARD IS MISSING AND THE MISSING CARD IS THE ONE JUST NAMED ALOUD. The Magician reaches into his pocket and without the slightest DELAY brings out the very...

This is one of the best explanations of the Three Shell Game or Thimble Rig including 24 moves and 3 full routines. Jack Lamonte has drawn 86 clear illustrations to make studying the moves and routines a lot easier.

Excerpt from the introduction:

[Note: You will also be able to download a facsimile version of this manuscript.]

1st edition 1959, 30 pages; 1st digital edition 2013, 49 pages....

You will involve five spectators with various tasks. Two persons are first called up. We shall refer to them as 'A' and 'B'. A pack of cards is dropped between them. 'A' is asked to cut the pack and 'B' is told to take half for himself by actual count. 'A' retains the other half.

From this point the mentalist turns his back on the spectators and does NOT face them again until AFTER everything is over.

The two persons are told to deal together from their respective portions of the pack. A THIRD person is asked to act as umpire and to stop the dealing at any point. As an added precaution...

This was Eddie Joseph's first card publication. As such, coming out in 1942, it represented already at that time 20 years of performing. It's unbalanced contents shows very much that it is not simply a book of card magic, but a summary of Joseph himself as a card man and his particular biases and interests. A chapter on his particular way of doing the fundamental sleights he depended upon and an entire chapter on the intelligent use of daub.

• Introduction...

  PART ONE

• Some Sl(e)ight Changes in Some Standard Sleights
• Card Palming
• Palming Cards on the Feet
• How to Return Palmed Card into...

• Introduction
• The Mystic Seven
• A Reverse Problem
• Behind The Back
• "Mirable Visu"
• The Four Hands
• Cutting The Cards
• By The Toss Of A Coin
• The Betraying Voice
• The Personality Card Trick
• The Caronia Mystery
• The "Colon" Mystery
• Not Quite Balanced

1st edition 1952; PDF 14 pages

From the introduction:

Here are four mind-blowing card effects with a mental flavor. All are in keeping with the well-known ingenuity of these two artists. Every one of the effects is top notch. Magicians and mentalists everywhere raved about this collection when it was first released. Long out of print, this manuscript is now available to a new generation of performers.

Hallucination, Jr. (Clever) - The adventures of the card everyone is thinking about provides a baffling mystery and leaves the spectators talking to themselves in amazement, as the chosen card somehow leaves the table and materializes in the spectator's...

Thompson and Clever unite again to bring you three baffling mental mysteries that you and your audiences will enjoy.

Magicians and mentalists everywhere raved about this collection when it was first released. Long out of print, this revised manuscript is once again available to a new generation of performers.

Sh-h-h-h-h-h! (Clever) - A spectacular blindfold mystery with secret agent patter. Audience members tear a spectator-written letter to shreds and hand the pieces to the performer behind his back. The performer, unable to see the pieces or even discern which side is up, unfailingly...

From the brilliant mind of Eddie Clever comes this astoundingly direct sealed question reading miracle. Every move has been thoroughly thought out and blended to flow into a smooth sequence.

There have been many methods devised for secretly divining written data on a card within a sealed envelope, but none, we firmly believe, is as baffling or as easy to do as this. Lifted directly from Eddie's routine for private seances, it has been an exclusive favorite of his, the modus operandi never once having been detected.

The envelope used is absolutely unprepared and so is the white card, which...

Includes chapters on conjuring, fortune-telling and card-sharping.

• Preface
• Part The First. The History Of Cards
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Oriental Origin Of Cards
  • III. Introduction Of Cards Into Southern Europe
  • IV. Date Of Introduction Of Cards
  • V. Introduction Of Cards Into France
  • VI. The Cards Of Charles VI
  • VII. Invention Of The French Cards And Game Of Piquet
  • VIII. Cards In England
  • IX. History Of Tarots, As Told By Themselves
  • X. Modern History Of French And English Cards
  • XI. The Application Of Cards To Science
  • XII. Card Miscellanies
• Part The Second. Card Playing And Card Players...

This complete mini-course in hypnotism starts with the assumption that the reader knows nothing about the subject at all and then rapidly leads him, step by step, to the point where he can hypnotize perfect strangers. It is succinct, no nonsense and unpadded. Its slim 33 pages are jammed with the essential information one needs to become successful in the art of hypnotism. In the first section comprised of eight lessons Mr. Wolff stresses strongly that you achieve the goals in each chapter before increasing your skills. In these chapters he teaches many “tests” and various ways to hypnotize....

Partial catalog of Electro Fun, Calcutta, India, entirely drawn and lettered by Ed Harris.

PDF 26 pages.

Das Magische Intermezzo war eine Serie des Bayrischen Rundfunkes die vom Ende 1979 bis Ende 1981 ausgestrahlt wurde. Insgesamt gab es 23 Folgen die typischer Weise je 15 Minuten lang waren. Einige Folgen waren kürzer.

Verschiedene Deutsche Zauberkünstler gestalteten die Sendungen:

• Eckhard Böttcher (9 Folgen)
• Peki (3 Folgen)
• John Blaky (3 Folgen)
• F. S. Sheba (3 Folgen)
• Bobby Marbony (1 Folge)
• G. Albert (1 Folge)
• El Corbo (1 Folge)
• Jose Aldini (1 Folge)
• Teddy Tonkalla (1 Folge)

Eckhard Böttcher hat wieder einmal zugeschlagen. Wer ihn kennt weiß, dass man nicht nur professionelle Kunststückbeschreibungen, sondern auch ausgefeilte Vorträge erwarten darf. Im vorliegenden Buch Zauberhafte Wunder findet der Leser insgesamt 45 seiner besten Kunststücke beschrieben. 10 starke Close-Up Kunststücke, dabei eine tolle Chop Cup Routine, sein berühmtes Kunststück "Es beginnt mit einem Chip", Pikolinus, eine Würfelbefreiung von einem Stab und die Wanderung einer Zuschauerkarte in eine Glühbirne.

Im Kapitel "Kartenkunst" erwartet den Leser 16 verschiedene Routinen, darunter...

Aus dem Nachwort:

• Vorwort / Rudolph Braunmüller
• Aaa-Kellen / Paul Maurer
• Fischkonserve
• Colour-Chip-Capriolen
• Bank Night "verkehrt"
• Amore
• Variationen zm Schaf-Diebstahl
• Rendez-vous mit MONI
• Mord in Arizona
• Rubik Magic Cube / Peki, Magiro, Eckerhard Böttcher
• Chip-Sinfonie ...

Aus dem Vorwort:

Aus der Einleitung:

• Vorwort / Wolfgang Öller
• Einleitung
• Gemäldediebstahl
• Tuch-Färbung-Ei / Richiardi Jr.
• Ägyptische Finsternis
• Tsengs merkwürdiges Testament / Herbert-M. Paufler
• Das geheimnisvolle Skelett / Herbert-M. Paufler
• Milchglas 2000 - Kombination
• Creszensia, die Kartenspinne / Herbert-M....

• Pagode der Rusalka
• Eine Mumien-Geschichte
• Eine unglaubliche Kartenwanderung
• Gott der Ehe
• Prinzessin Qianlong
• Miramus
• Die Seilvase
• Sidewalk Shuffle
• Oldtimer Schraubenmutter
• Merlins Zauberstab
• Die Daumenfesselung
• Occult Board
• Mentale Litfasssäule
• Chop Cup

Erstausgabe 2010, PDF 97 Seiten

• Eheanbahnung
• Würfel-Trio
• Schutzengel-Karte
• Chinesisches Horoskop
• Buddhas Lieblingsjünger
• Farbchip-Voraussage
• Schatz des Drachen
• Geheimnis des Piraten
• Die Zaubertruhe
• Flucht der Sklaven
• Karten und Würfel
• Rätsel der Sanduhr
• Joros Casino Chips
• Transparente Kartenwunder-Box
• Fantasien á la ESP
• Saskia
• Doppelt Gemoppelt
• Amüsantes Zahlenrätsel
• Rot-schwarz-Rätsel
• Einfache Kartenvorhersage
• Skelett im Schrank

Erstausgabe 2011, PDF 104 Seiten

Aus dem Vorwort:

• Vorwort
• Bier-Würfel
• 4-As-Automat ...

Eckhard Böttchers letzten ausgewählten Routinen.

In diesem EBuch finden Sie 20 Routinen mit ca. 120 Farbfotos bzw. farbigen Abbildungen und 12 s/w-Zeichnungen. Nicht alle Routinen sind von Böttcher selber, aber wie Jochen Zmeck zu sagen pflegte, er hat daran "gedreht".

• Vorwort
• 3-Becher-Vorhersage
• 9 minus 8 mit Karten
• Ägyptisches Orakel
• Auge des Götzen
• Büchse der Pandora
• Das Modell
• Der Zigarettenfang
• Der Diamant
• Ein Mentalexperiment
• Hexenalphabet
• Jeder kann gewinnen!
• Die magischen Tafeln
• Mozart oder Haydn
• Regenbogen-Wunder
• Die sprechende Uhr
• Tarot-Mirakel
• Tue, was ich tue! ...