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Contents:

• Foreword
• CLOSE-UP CARDS
  • 3,4,5 Of Clubs
  • 8H, 8S & 4D Prediction
  • An Environmental Concern Trick
  • The Floating Lady
  • A Triple change with a Surprise Finish
  • A Variation on Ron Gilbert's Calling Card
  • Bending Card
  • Blank Card Surprise
  • Card in Walnut
  • Card on Shirt
  • Card in Paper Wallet - Hans Trixer
  • Coin on Card ...

Close-up magic tricks for everyone - from cards to general close-up

This ebook is filled with various commercial close-up tricks and routines that have been tried, tested and performed for live audiences over many years. These are practical and commercial effects that will appeal to the working magician whose focus is on captivating and entertaining his audience.

You will find a mix of old and new items, original tricks, twists on old routines and ideas to tweak those close-up effects gathering dust in your cupboard.

For the card magicians, you will find sensational routines, such as...

This ebook is filled with practical stage and parlor effects, includes patter for a number of well-known routines, plus numerous tips and ideas to enhance older classic effects. The focus is on commercial tricks that will appeal to the working magician who places emphasis on entertainment.

You will find a mix of old and new items, original tricks, twists on old routines and ideas to tweak your current favorite effects as well as those gathering dust in your cupboard. From silks, jumbo cards, crosswords, ropes, newspapers, illusions, gags and predictions to restorations and comedy.

Included...

Originated by Martin Lewis, retailed for many years, and manufactured in a larger than jumbo size, by Ken Brooke, and enhanced by Wolfgang Riebe.

An incredible giant 4 card routine that totally bamboozles your audience. Three blank cards and an ace are shown and the audience is instructed to follow the Ace. They always get it wrong. An unexpected surprise finish occurs when there is only one blank card and three aces!

An incredible stage routine for any serious professional.

The video instructions include:

• Full explanation
• Custom make your own giants cards for under $15
• 30 years of refinement explained ...

Auf dieser DVD zeigt Wolfgang Moser einige der zahlreichen Routinen und Tricks die Sie mit einem Trickkartenset von Bicycle oder Piatnik vorführen können. Neben den Kunststücken selbst werden auch einige wichtige Falschzähltechniken, Färbetechniken, Färbegriffe und Methoden zum Austausch der Trickkarten vorgeführt.

• McDonald's Aces
• McDonald's Aces 2
• Sidewalk Shuffle
• Ultimate 3 Card Monte
• Card Exchanges
• Printing
• Divided Cards
• Open Poker
• Invisible Hole
• Twisted Sisters
• Twisted Sisters 2
• Easy Brainwave
• Perfect Prediction
• Color Changing Card
• Stop
• ESP-Prediction

Thimbles Two - A thimble held in the hand changes places with one wrapped in a handkerchief and held by a spectator.

Up! Cards! - A rising cards effect that can be performed close-up.

The Ghost Ring - A handkerchief is twirled into a rope-like condition. An examined ring passes onto the center of the silk, while both ends are held by a spectator.

Impossibility - A spectator selects a card and writes the name of...

September 1936 - August 1937
Official Organ for The Pacific Coast Association of Magicians
William W. Larsen, Editor & Publisher

420 pages

1. Genii - Volume 1, Number 1 - September 1936 - 36 pages
4. Contents
4. A Love Poem - T. Page Wright
5. The Genii Speaks - editorial comments
7. MAGIC
   6. The Error Aces - T. Page Wright & William Larsen
   6. Nothing New in Parasols - Dale Williams
   7. Felix, The Felicitous Feline - T. Page Wright & William Larsen
   9. The L. W. Stop Mystery - T. Page Wright & William Larsen
   9. McMillen-Wright Rising Cards - T. Page Wright & William W. Larsen
      10. The...

1. ...
   • ... Shakers - Robert Stull
   • Barehand Production of a Goldfish - Robert Stull
   • Floating Ball and Photography Routine - Wm. Russell
   • Goldfish Bait - Wm. Russell
   • Lucky-Camels - Lew Smith
   • Glen Gravatt's Encyclopedia of Card Tricks - Max Holden
   • Special Assortment of Bridge-size Playing Cards - Max Holden
   • Fall Announcements - James C. Sherman
   • Parasols for Production - Horace Marshall
   • Bargains from Silk King Studios
   • watch for items from The Magic Art Studio
46. Amateur Department - Arthur C. Spratt, editor
    46. By The Way ...
    46. Cigarette to Silk - Frank Chapman ...

1. ... 1941
153. We Hope You Are Like One of These - testimonials
153. Index- Contents
154. Genii Speaks - editorial comments
155. Rice bowls Up-to-Date - Dr. Raymond L. Beebe
156. correction - Infra-Red - Ray should be credited to Ross A. Burley
156. A Simple Card Stabbing - T. Page Wright
156. Just Paragraphs - Herman L. Weber
157. ESP Again! - Fred Rickard
158. More Nite Club Magic - Tricks for the Floor Show - Milbourne Christopher
     • Watch the Handkerchief
     • Milk to Confetti - a quickie
     • Torn and Restored - a suggestion
     • The Secret Snake - a presentation for Albenice's Serpent Silk
158. Match Through Match Illusion - Martin Gardner
158. Did You Know That - Maury Kains
159. Genii...

1. ...
   • ...
     • ... Herman
     • The Victory Players
   • Shake Hands with Haskell - photo
14. You Can't Take It With You - Frances Ireland
15. Magigals
15. Loyd Tops Hit Parade - Rosenthal Clicks Too - product reviews
    • multiplying candle trick - Loyd (of Glendale)
    • Hallucination - Murray Rosenthal
    • Cut The Cards - Martin Gardner
    • 202 Ways To Stop Hecklers - Otis Manning
    • midget clip board - Kanter
    • Think-Ink - Meyer-Kattner
    • Out Of My Hat - House of Charles
16. Of Magicians - Who They Are - Where They Are - What They're Doing
    • Dick Lee
    • Jim Sherman
    • Ted Colteaux
    • Ralph De Shong ...

1. ... - Volume 11, Number 5 - January 1947 - 32 pages
137. Cover - Ralph Pierce
143. Genii Speaks - editorial comments
144. The Vanishing Silk - "Silent" Mora
144. Sporting Goods Magic - Bill Larsen
     • The Vanishing Tennis Ball
145. Poker-Bridge Deal - Herbert Newall, Jr.
145. Did You Know That - Maury Kains
146. Rising Cards - Glenn G. Gravatt
146. A Surpriso - Earl Reum
146. Bill Larsen Says - quote
147. Gravatt's Prolific Carton - Glenn G. Gravatt
147. Did You Know That - Maury Kains
148. The L.W. Pocket and Parlor Mysteries - William Larsen & T. Page Wright
     • Thimbles Two
148. Up! Cards!
149. Chuan's Vanishing Tumbler - Tan Hock Chuan
150. Original Creations for Magicians Hitherto Kept...

1. ... Ratterman
158. Our Cover - Vivian Cosby - by Joan Crawford

169. Genii - Volume 16, Number 5 - January 1952 - 40 pages
169. Cover - Kim Evans
175. Dealers' Directory
177. letter from the editor - Bill Larsen
178. The Flying Coins - R. M. Jamison
179. Another Touch - Stanley S. Jaks
180. A Reverse Beautiful - Jerry Hornak
180. Cards in Discovery - Jerry Hornak
181. Rice and Water - H. Fernandes
182. Stretching A Woman - Illusion - Robert Henderson
183. Simple Card Index Note Book - James Lucier
184. The Magical Traveler - Alan Wakeling
     • Persia
185. Super-Poker - Rusduck "Cardiste"
185. Dippy Magnet Routine - James Swoger
186. Verne's Varieties...

September 1952 - August 1953
Mr. & Mrs. William W. Larsen & Milton Page Larsen, Editors

507 pages (9 double pages)

1. Genii - Volume 17, Number 1 - September 1952 - 44 pages
1. Cover - The Merv Taylor Company
7. Dealer's Directory
9. On With the Show - editorial - Bill Larsen
10. The Editors Problem
    • By Gerald Kosky
11. Easy Does It - H. Fernandes
12. A Novel Coin Bag - Lu Brent
13. The Magical Traveler - Alan Wakeling
    • Scotland
14. The Alcoholic Animal - Johnny Geddes
15. The Artful Dodges of William W. Larsen
16. Your New Act From Genii - Ray Muse
    • Pocket Close-Up Act (No Cards)
    • Impromptu...

1. ... History) - Jay Palmer
   • Introduction
   • Section One - Chevalier Ernest Thorn
18. Double Daring - Michael Shields & Bascom Jones, Jr.
    • re: humor & Halloween magic
19. Paying Your Way - Rex, The Ace Magician
20. Your New Act From Genii - Ray Muse
    • Pocket Close Up Act (No Cards)
      • Have a Coke
      • Reversed Pencil
      • Knot Off Rope
      • Match My Line
      • Knife Thru Handkerchief
      • Color Changing Knife
      • Torn Billet
    • Impromptu Card Act (Close-up)
      • Glenn Gravatt Spelling Card Trick
      • Pairing the pairs
      • Four Aces
      • Rusduck Run-Up ...

1. ... Jones, Jr.
   • Editor's Problem Finale
21. Towns' Teen Topics - Glen E. Towns, editor
    • Johnny McCord
    • correspondence
    • photo - Maestro Ben Chavez Instructs Ruth Ann Magee in Card technique
22. Without the Shuffle - Gene Gordon
23. Paper and Ink - Dariel Fitzkee
    • First Call to Cards - Stewart James & Harold Sterling
    • The Magic Wand, June
    • Pentagram, June
    • Abracadabra Nos. 439-442
    • Phoenix No. 311
    • Magic Magazine, July
    • The Gen, July
    • The Wizard, March
24. The Society of American Magicians - Ray Muse
    • Portland Assembly - with photo
    • Northern Connecticut...

1. ... Car Vanish" - P. C. Sorcar
21. Davy and the Gambling Man - Larry Becker
22. You Do As I Do ... But Not Too Often - Snag Werris
23. Dick's Tricks - Richard L. Piser
    • Dick's Drinks
24. The Magician Explains How - Jack Yeager
25. Trans-Mental - Art Hecht
26. That's Right - Bill Taylor
27. My Favorite Deck of Cards - Charles W. Fricke
28. Sam (Last of the Truly Obscure Magicians) - by Red Baker
29. Gravatt's X-Ray Card - Glenn Gravatt
30. Bank Night - Art Andrews
31. The Unusual in Manipulative Magic - Lee Henneberry
32. So You want to Become a Professional Magician - J. B. Bobo
33. J. B. Bobo - photo and biographical sketch ...

1. ... Gravatt
14. Wunn-Cutt - Johnny Geddes
15. Olindo Galluccio's Little Finger Count - Ed. Whitford
16. Double Daring - Frederick M. Shields & Bascom Jones, Jr.
    • The Pack's Out - continued
17. The Trickeries of Bill Larsen - F. Michael Shields
    • Patter Plot Scripts - continued
      • Three Cards Across
      • Here, There and Everywhere
      • The Chinese Sticks
18. The Ministry of Magic - Joseph M. White
    • Magi-Minister of the Month - Reverend Floyd R. Sartwell
    • Three Candles in A Holder - Reverend Floyd R. Sartwell
19. Index to Genii Volume 20 - Ray Muse
22. New England Convention...

1. ...
   • ...
   • P.C.A.M. Convention
   • Bits of News and Gossip from Here and There
   • Pasadena Magigals
   • Hollywood Magigals
24. Bagdad - News From All Over the World - WWL (Jr)
25. The Sorcerer's Apprentice - poem - Lee Golden
26. Focus on Hocus - trick reviews - J. G. Thompson, Jr.
    • Blair's Best Diminishing Cards - Clarence E. Blair
    • All Bound Up
    • Tales of Tannen
    • Baffling Billfold - Max Katz
    • Shortchanges - Douglas Hood
    • The Mystic Three - Gil Leaney
    • Mind Ray - Dr. Jaks
    • Exposed - Phil Weisbecker
    • Cut and Restored Rope to Cigarette - Tom Fitzgerald
27. Light from the Lamp - A Review...

1. ... Mishell
   • Color Changing Flower - Tannen
   • Roydon's Genie Beads
   • Fantastic - Royden
   • Fantastic Match Boxes - Tannen
   • Artanis explains the bottom deal
69. Light from the Lamp - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    • Illustrating Scripture Truths - Rev. Dana M. Pankey
    • ESP Brain Busters - Bob Nelson
    • Canar's Poker Deal - Harry A. Canar
    • Artanis Explains The Bottom Deal [photos and record] - Sid Weissman
    • Lines From Lawton No. 25
    • The Magis Den Memos, Vol 1, No. 8 - Gene DeVoe
    • Ed Mellon's Mental-Wise, Vol. 4, No. 5
    • The Christian Conjurer, Vol. 3, No. 2
    • The Cardiste, No. 11
    • Gen, Vol. 14, No. 4 ...

1. ... 1812-1951 - Part Three - Dave Price
240. Light from the Lamp - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
     • Nelson's Customer Chit-Chat & Chatter Letter - Bob Nelson
     • Current Comedy - Robert Orben
     • Math Entertainer - Philip Heaford
     • Billiard Balls - Frank Garcia
     • Further Thot on Cards - J. Stewart Smith
     • New Applause Winning Tricks - Sam Berland
     • Gen, January
     • Zombie, February
     • M.Y.I. Bulletin No. 2
     • Backstage
     • The Magic 7 - I.G.P. Lodge No. 7 N.Y.C.
     • CIGAM, December
241. Towns' Teen Topics - Glen E. Towns, editor
     • George Wood
     • correspondence
     • Crying Coin variation - Jim...

September 1960 - August 1961
William Larsen, Jr., Editor & Geraldine Larsen-Baker, Publisher

522 pages (6 double pages)

1. Genii - Volume 25, Number 1 - September 1960 - 104 pages {2 pages missing; back covers?
1. Cover - Silver Anniversary Issue
3. In This Issue - contents
4. Dedication to William W Larsen, Sr. with photo
6. Gerrie Speaks - Gerrie Larsen-Baker
8. The Genii Speaks - WWL, Jr
10. The Genii Speaks - reprint from Vol. 1, No. 1 - William W. Larsen, Sr.
11. On With The Show - reprint from Vol. 17, No. 11 - the last editorial from William. W. Larsen, Sr.
12. The 1-2-3-4 Elevator Cards - Frank Garcia ...

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   • ...
     • ...
     • Claude Rix and Marie Thérese
     • Mila Trnka
114. Bagdad - News From All Over the World - WWL (Jr.)
115. Letters
116. Tricks of the Trade - Ed Mishell
     • Trick of the Month - French Arm Chopper - U. F. Grant
     • Visible Integration - Gene Elmo
     • Science Circus - Bob Brown
     • Diminishing Cards - Harry Stanley
     • Flat Black Paint - Roy Le Roy
     • Dragon's Breath - Arlene Mfg. Co.
     • Slate of Endor - Ed Mishell
     • Coppered - Richard Himber
     • Stab in the Pack - Richard Himber
     • Fogel's Top Secret
     • For the Holidays - magic set - Mingus Manufacturing
     • Hyda-Pentro - Ken Allen
     • Dice...

1. ...
   • ... ... Magischer Zirkel van Deutchland
134. It's Magic! - A Review of the Seventh Annual "It's Magic" Show - WWL (Jr)
136. Tricks of the Trade - Ed Mishell
     • Mechanicups and Balls - Tannen
     • Clear Anti-Gravity - Lewis Ganson
     • Telestar Card Trick - Richard Himber
     • Albenice Rising Cards
     • Rice's Encyclopedia of Silk Magic, Volume 3
     • The Four of Clovers - Prof. John Carlance
137. Light from the Lamp - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
     • Rice's Encyclopedia of Silk Tricks, Volume 3
     • How to Entertain Children with Magic You Can Do - Clayton Rawson
     • Panorama...

1. ...
   • ... Hodama
   • book in Japanese - 64-1 Text Magic JMC 10 - Henry Hodama
   • book in Japanese - Text 63-10 - Henry Hodama
   • Psycho-Gizmo No. 37
   • Teral Garratt's Perpetual List
   • La Wain's list
   • M.U.M., July
   • Silent Messenger
   • Houdini-Gram
39. Tricks of the Trade - Ed Mishell
    • Klumsy Cards - Ken Allen Products
    • Amedeo's Rainbow Ribbons
    • small pocket knives for color changing knives - Jack Chanin
    • Voo Doo Balloon - Paul M. Hilko
    • Color Changing Light Bulb - Jack Mayes
    • Himber's 3 Coins on the Fountain Pen
    • plain eggs
    • eggs with holes
    • white retouch paint
    • Coin-Thru...