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When Don Alan first worked at Schuliens Bar in Chicago, everyone highly praised his work and his fresh, new approach. He went on to set the standard for close-up magic. This ebook provides a group of solid Don Alan close up tricks: Flash Production Sponge Ball, Riffle Time Force, Subtle One Way Deck, Keep Your I On Your Hat, Wax in Matchbox, Inflation Pencil, Card in Egg, Bread Sandwich, Bill in Orange, Stuck Up Card, and more.

1st edition 1951, 20 pages; digital edition 2012, 23 pages.

Edward Marlo needs no introduction. He was one of the most prolific and influential creators of card magic. This is one of his most ambitious undertakings - a big book that runs the gamut of Marlo card magic. Unusual sleights, miraculous tricks, incomparable routines, material for the student, gems for the expert. Plus an interesting chapter showing how card tricks evolve and giving full credit to all inspirational sources for the entire book.

1st edition 1953, 199 pages; 1st digital edition 2012, 184 pages.

Table of Contents

7. A Few Words............

   Chapter One

8. Sense Of Touch ...

Bert Pratt was a bookworm, somebody who worked his way through libraries and book stores to find the odd appearance of magic in non-magic books. He wrote a series of articles which were published in the Midget Magician, a journal that saw a print run of only 50. It is therefore safe to assume you have never read these articles.

It includes excerpts from books and magazines now practically unobtainable. Bert Pratt, writing as Ptinos, delved deeply into the old book marts of London, into libraries, into magazine files, to find magic and magical references. The resulting reading is charming,...

This is a wonderful introduction to juggling, covering a wide variety of branches in the world of juggling - from balls to plates, clubs to hats and other objects.

3. Contents
4. Preface
6. Introduction
9. Ball Juggling
11. - To Juggle Three Balls
13. - Juggling Four Balls
14. - Five Ball Juggling
15. - The English Boomerang Ball
18. Elementary Juggling Glossary
21. Club Juggling
22. - The Art Of Double Or Formation Juggling
25. Plate Spinning
28. Plate Juggling
30. Hoop Juggling
31. Hat Juggling
33. Hat Spinning
38. The Art Of Juggling The "Devil Sticks"
39. Novelty Juggling

Warren places utmost importance on the effect and uses whatever method suits him to achieve it: mathematics, stacks, crimps, sleights, etc. He credits Ed Marlo for clarifying and simplifying his work.

Contents

• Packet Prediction
• Miracle Do As I Do
• In My Estimation ...
• Blindfold Poker Deal
• Card Illusion
• Double Separation
• Royal Mentalism
• Superstitious Mentalism
• Peek!
• Divination Supreme
• Think-a-card - Wiersbe version
• A Change in Number
• Fantispell
• Pasteboard Affinity - a complete routine with eight effects using the Si Stebbins stack.

1st edition 1946; PDF 39 pages.