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1st edition 1935; PDF 66 pages.

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• Choice and Chance / John Carey: A spelling effect that ends with a four-of-a-kind production.
• The Automatic Bottom Palm / Biz: In Biz's new monthly Sleight Corner, he teaches his automatic bottom palm, disguised in the actions of a swing cut.
• Splell / Scott Baird: Get into Si Stebbins Stack from new deck order by performing an easily customizable spelling trick with a tongue-in-cheek presentation.

• Branding and Magic / Scott Baird
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Stage name of William Henry Coffrin, aka "Wm. Vino". Pro circus "rube" and card manipulator. Invented the Si Stebbins System (1898). [Note that Howard Thurston mentions in his book Card Tricks that he himself invented the stack and that Si helped him with suggestions and ideas.] As "Wm. Vino" wrote Si Stebbins' Card Tricks. Also wrote Si Stebbins Legacy to the Magicians (1935).

This is a collection of three similar but distinct publications by Si Stebbins, explaining his famous card stack and various tricks one can do with it. These three are reproduced in facsimile but made searchable with added bookmarks for easier navigation.

The first one has the title "Si and Mary Stebbins" and opens with a wonderful photo of Si and his wife Mary, original Barnum & Bailey Rube. It was printed by Press of Rex Printing House in Philadelphia. No publishing date is given but must be after 1913*. It features the system, rules, and 10 tricks followed by an additional section on Pinochle,...

This is the first known publication of the Si Stebbins stack and several tricks that go along with it. It is a reproduction from the Sunday 18th December 1898 issue of the St. Louis Post Dispatch newspaper.

1st edition, 1898; PDF 5 pages.

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   1. ... Kop - Seth Kramer
90. Turn It Around - Magic For The Family Audience - David Kaye
    • Accenting to The End
    • Michael Sondermeyer
101. Who's Where
     • United States
     • International
     • Touring
124. Where To Find Magic Magazine
127. Advertisers Index
128. 50 Years Ago - Final Curtain Drops - re: Si Stebbins - The Milwaukee Journal
129. Upcoming In Magic
130. Finally

1. Magic - Volume 10, Number 4 - December 2000 - 132 pages
1. Cover - Wee Wizards
9. Contents
13. From the Editor - Stan Allen
    • Build It And ...
17. Letters
21. Guest Editorial - No Secrets - Jonathan Pendragon
23. Guest Editorial - The Best Trick In The World - Randy Wakeman
27. Inside Magic
    • Television ...

We all think we know the Si Stebbins Stack, so did I, until I dug a bit deeper. This publication describes the stack used by Si Stebbins himself and it's not the old favourite that we all know and love.

Not just a one-trick pony, a deck of cards set up in the Si Stebbins System can be used to build a complete card routine, consisting of many different card effects. Six such effects are described and explained in this text. Also included is a simple diary or planner with a named card at every date, which can be used in the "Planner Ahead" effect.

Plus you get a new, 'low maintenance' method...

More fun with the original Si Stebbins Stacked deck. Contains an explanation of the original Si Stebbins stack and how to set up any deck of cards in that order.

Four different effects using the stack:

Kind of a Four
The spectator chooses a card and the performer prognosticates what that card is by looking at 'indicator' cards. Eventually, the 'indicator' cards are shown to be the three 'mates', matching the value of the chosen card, making four of a kind in all.

Curried Stebbins
A version of Paul Curry's Out of this World where two spectators randomly pick cards and it transpires that one spectator chose all...

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   • ... Pair!
305. A Tip for Tadman - Sid Lorraine
306. A Lucky Accident! - testimonial
306. To Australia - via The States - testimonial
306. A Good Thing - testimonial
307. Transparent Trickery - Ravelle and Andree
308. More raves! - testimonials
309. At Homb with McComb - Billy McComb
310. Snakes Alive! - news - Colin C. McCrory
311. Si Stebbins ESP - Theo Doré
314. Confetti Egg Routine - J.V. Reilly
315. The Phantom Artist - Arthur Setterington
316. Crazy Card Divinations - Val Andrews
320. What Bayard Wrote - comments from Bayard Grimshaw
321. As You Like It = Arthur Setterington
322. Club Talk - patter for Pavel's "Chameleon Knots" - Ken de Courcy
323. 9 Colour Change - Sam Dalal ...

1. ... Leaves of Gold
74. advertisements
81. Let's Face It - editorial by Ken de Courcy
82. Mail Box - correspondence
83. 318 Ganson's "Teach-In"
    • Minor Miracles
      • Pencil Twist
      • Pegs Apart
86. Mail Box - correspondence
    • The Magician's Insurance Policy
87. Two Tricks Utilising a Si Stebbins Set-Up - Keith Downs
88. A Record? - testimonial
89. The Pierrots - Reginald Boncey
90. Saucy! - jokes
91. Ideas and Tips - Harry Carnegie
    • Cups and Balls for Children
    • Puppets and Road Safety
    • Impromptu Lighted Match from Pocket
    • Preparing Cigarettes fro Production
92. The Treasure of Hi Fli Wun
94. A Card and a Celebrity (Publicity...

From the Foreword:

• Foreword
• A New Jumping Card Trick
• Steps
• A Card From Pocket Trick
• Card Divination
• On The Top
• A Trick With The Si Stebbins Pack
• The Persistent Joker
• An Excellent Card Change
• The Laughable Rising Card
• Lift A Few
• Unique Card Prediction
• Finding A Selected Card At Any Number Called For
• A Two Person Telepathy Effect
• Named Card And Slates
• The Paired Card
• A Practical Prediction
• Unique Control...

A classik twist to a classik stack. Now this 2nd edition includes a printable image of the Rasik Deck stack for visual practice and a cool method suggested by Rick Silberman for getting into the Rasik Deck stack from new deck order.

A Shocked Duchess became Si Stebbins' Karma (Destiny). If Si Stebbins would have learnt the Karma Deck this would have been the result. The Rasik Deck is the surprising result of applying the Karma Deck principle to the age old Si Stebbins stack. And added to this is a novel method of using existing suit systems to create a random suit sequence. So the final end result is a fabulously refreshing stack with many...

What would happen if "8 Kings chased Mr. Stebbins and shocked his wits?"

This is an idea that got delayed by 25 years. And I am sorry for the delay. Although familiarity with 8 Kings and Si Stebbins stacks would help, you can also apply this Yogik Deck idea/principle to any other stacks of your choice and create your own new customized stack.

Included is a spooky-comic routine which is probably possible only with the Yogik Deck.

HAUNTED HOTEL (It had only 13 rooms)

Travelers who lost their way. Past sunset. A lonely haunted hotel. 3 rooms out of the total 13 rooms are supposedly...

The owners of this ebook can purchase 6 Special Stebbins Stacks in 60 Startling Seconds for half price.

This is a secret method in plain sight. Maybe this can also be called as Si Stebbins Easy Memory System.

A simple method to use Si Stebbins +3 stack as a Memorized Deck. Given a card position you will know the card identity or vice versa, very easily. Once you learn this you are bound to get the "why didn't I think of this myself" feeling. There is also a novel but easy suit sequencing method which makes the suit order more random instead of the red/black alternating look of chased, shocked etc.

A cool routine is also included where...

If you already own 13MM of Si Stebbins or purchase along with this, you will get this ebook for half price.

An unbelievably simple method. No Kidding. You will learn 6 special Si Stebbins stacks in just 60 startling seconds. Does it sound Strange? Shocking? Staggering? Yes, it is simply superb! Just one simple set of easy rules and you can learn 6 stacks in one shot. And all of these as memorized decks, not just cyclical stacks.

In the earlier release 13MM of Si Stebbins, with one single effort you could get triple payoff. Here, your one single effort gives you 6 times the payoff. The rules are so easy that a school kid could...

Mnemonic based stacks like the 8 Kings stack, although have random sequence of values, depend on brute memorization. Algorithm based stacks like the Si Stebbins stack, although no memory required and easy to calculate, are not random enough and the pattern is easily recognizable. Further, in both the above type of stacks, the suit sequence generally used is chased, shocked etc which are red/black alternating patterns.

So here is Karma Deck...

After learning this approach, you can even create your own such stacks or simply put to use the 1260 or 78 stacks which are explained. Almost all the stack magic tricks available for Si Stebbins or 8 Kings stacks can be...

The Monk Stack is a simple cyclical stack. It was designed to solve two famous problems of the Si Stebbins stack and the 8 Kings stack. Like the Si Stebbins stack, this does not have an obvious sequence. And unlike the 8 Kings, this does not need the memorization of a mnemonic.

In fact, the single, simple rule of the Monk Stack is so easy that you will learn the stack instantly after reading the rule. Not only that, it will also be almost impossible for you to forget the rule thereafter. Frankly, the cool rule which is the core of the Monk Stack can be stated in just one single sentence....

1. Can a Si Stebbins PLUS TWO stack be made useful for stack magic?
2. Can the values of this stack be made to look random enough for fair scrutiny?
3. Can this stack be made useful as a memorized deck - knowing the card at a given position and vice versa - without a sweat?
4. Can this stack have a monodistic sequence instead of the repeating tetradistic sequence like the regular Si Stebbins stack?
5. After having achieved all the above, will the stack still remain simple and easy to learn?
6. Can this same framework be applied to the other Stebbins +3 or +4 stacks?
7. Finally, will it be possible to perform...

The King Stack is a cyclical stack. Probably the world's easiest cyclical stack to date. As easy as the Si Stebbins stack. But much more random looking for both values and suits. If you can add 1 and 2 then you can instantly learn the King Stack, it is that simple and easy. It should not take more than 3 minutes to actually fully learn it. The real core principle of this stack can be explained in just 2-3 sentences. It is that simple and yet looks fairly random.

The King Stack is so named because the Kings have a special place in this stack and play a key role. A hidden beauty of the ...