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This must be the most "overlooked" coin magic book ever published. The material, by Eddie Joseph, is unusual and original. There are items for both close-up and stage work; sleights, flourishes and routines. In this illustrated volume you will discover thirty coin vanishes; twelve coin changes; forty-five new moves, tips and gimmicks; ten combination moves utilizing coins and matches and thirty-seven close-up tricks and routines. This material, available nowhere else, is a potential "goldmine" for the coin worker!
- Introduction
- PART ONE: Thirty New Ways of Vanishing a Coin
- The Wrist Vanish
- The Hurdle Vanish
- The Pulsation Vanish
- The Backer Vanish
- One-Hand Vanish
- The Tip of Nose Vanish
- Down Below Vanish
- The Cuff Throw Vanish
- The Strop Vanish
- The Sweat Band Vanish
- The Envelope Vanish
- The Cone Vanish
- The Kick Vanish
- The Toss Vanish
- The Spin Vanish
- The Tip Vanish
- The Throw Vanish
- The Paper Bag Vanish
- The Cross Leg Vanish
- The Wack Vanish
- The Pencil Vanish
- The Container Vanish
- The Salt Mound Vanish
- The Elbow Grease Vanish
- The Coat Vanish
- The Garter Vanish
- The Coverage Vanish
- The Heel Vanish
- The Four-Corner Vanish
- The E. J. Coin Fold
- PART TWO: Changes
- Joseph's Slow Motion Invisible Change
- Joseph's Slow Motion Visible Change
- The Swing Exchange
- The Drop Exchange
- The Slide Exchange
- The Cover Exchange
- The Pencil Exchange
- The Penetration Change
- The Deliberate Exchange
- The Front Palm Exchange
- The Band Exchange
- The Friction Exchange
- PART THREE: New Moves, Tips, and Gimmicks
- The Balance Pass
- The Clip Pass
- Natural Coin Clip
- Producing Coins Singly from Palm
- Producing Coins Singly from Finger-Palm
- Waxing and De-Waxing a Coin
- The Flat-Palm Pass
- The Cotton Rail
- The Coin on the Wall
- The Ring Hold-Out
- The Getaway
- Palming Aide
- The Stack Transfer
- The Looped Coin
- The Hold Back
- The Wrist Turn Over
- An Idea for Quantity Production
- A Dose for the Smart Guy
- A Smart Move
- The Tie Hold-Out
- A Real Fooler for the Magicians
- The Hair Gimmick
- Something Worth Knowing
- The Sleeve Holder
- The Coat Holder
- The Lapel Holder
- The Coin Pick-Up
- The Double Revelation
- To Make Any Coin Appear Double-Headed
- To Make Coin Turn Over in Closed Hand
- An Idea for the Front- and Back-Palm
- The Single Steal
- The Passing Steal
- The Kick
- One in Many
- PART FOUR: Combination Moves of Coins with Matches
- The Super-Subtle Secret Introduction
- Super-Subtle Secret Extraction
- The Secret Pick-Up
- The Coin Lurk
- Under Cover
- The Roofer
- The Slide Concealment
- Rattling an Empty Box
- The Basement Steal
- The One Way Rattle
- PART FIVE: A Secret and Its Possibilities
- The Scotch Coin
- In the Office
- In a Hotel Lobby
- At a Convention
- PART SIX: Date Magiology
- Date Detection
- Dating the Coin
- The Date Mystery
- The Masked Helper
- The Missing Date
- Mental Delineation
- PART SEVEN: "Close-Up" Tricks
- The Wacker
- The Monocle Mystery
- The Repeat Coin Trick
- The Sleeve Bogey
- Shoulder Arms
- The Big Bite
- The Double Bite
- Unfair Exchange
- The Twister
- The Scotchman and the Jew
- The Coin Toss
- Matching the Coin
- Perfect Timing
- The Money Changer
- The Street of Colon is Paved with Gold
- Money is Made to Go
- The Colorful Transformation
- Sensitive Fingers
- Hold On, Brother
- The Magnetic Coin
- The Eccentric Coin
- The Vicious Triangle
- The Coins Assembly
- Right First Time
- How the Devil Does He Do It
- Curing a Bad Habit
- Good Shootin'
- My Hat
- Money Sense
- The Stolen Money
- The Coin in the Cookie
- Par Avion
- The Purse Swindle
- The Coin and the Orange
1st edition 1942, 116 pages; PDF 124 pages.
word count: 55916 which is equivalent to 223 standard pages of text