Magic & Conjuring: page 35

When Lewis Ganson asked Dai Vernon what he considered to be the best card effect, he replied that in his opinion "Matching The Cards" would be difficult to beat, particularly when performed for lay audiences. His opinion is shared by many of the world's leading card experts, who have often featured one version or another in their acts.

The granddaddy of this effect can be found in Magician's Tricks by Hatton and Plate. The effect of Vernon's version is as follows:

A card is selected by a spectator and placed face down on the table without the face being shown, then the performer endeavors to cut to the three other...

Al Koran convinced Rovi that it was the easy-to-follow plot with a strong magical impact for which there appeared to be no explanation, that had the greatest impression on audiences. Rovi has followed that dictum with great success, devising routines of his own, all of which are styled to entertain. Those readers who expect to have to learn difficult sleights or memorize long sequences of moves, can breathe a sigh of relief. Rovi's magic is not like that, it is based on simplicity and subtlety.

These are all card effects except one, "Watched Coins" a marvelous coin routine.

This was part of the...

Werry was an extremely innovative and creative magician, developing many new effects and founding the famous magazine Magische Welt in Germany (which continues to be published by Wittus Witt). You will also learn about Dean Metcalfe's thimble routine.

This was part of the famous Ganson Teach-In series originally published by Supreme Magic Inc. Rights are now owned by Martin Breese whom we thank for the kind permission to reproduce this booklet.

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1st edition 1979, original 35 pages, PDF 33 pages.

4. Contents
5. Introduction
6. The Basic Moves
6. The Lifting Move
7. A Complete...

Cigarettes are banned from most public places. The opportunities to perform this type of magic are limited. Nevertheless the magic is great. In this ebook you will find routines by Mark Weston, Bengt Nilsson, and Luis Gavilondo.

This was part of the famous Ganson Teach-In series originally published by Supreme Magic Inc. Rights are now owned by Martin Breese whom we thank for the kind permission to reproduce this booklet.

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1st edition 1977, original 24 pages, PDF 27 pages.

4. Contents
6. Introduction
7. Foreword
8. The Action
8. Presentation
10. METHOD OF WORKING
14. AQUITMENT ...

Three unusual but effective takes on the sandwich plot (Aldo Colombini is featuring the first effect on an upcoming DVD of his).

Order a Dagwood in any Cafe and you'll be presented with a multi-layered sandwich brimming with all kinds of unusual and intriguing fillings - and so it is with this new, ebook - well, in a sense!

Dagwood showcases three card effects, all of which take the basic sandwich premise (a card, lost in the deck, magically appears between two previously set-aside cards) and twists it into ever-more unusual and baffling shapes...

Transmit Disrupt is perhaps the effect which bears...

All of the magic contained in this ebook is practical, real world stuff that is guaranteed to leave a big impression on your spectators.

SPACE AVAILABLE – A blank card prints the face of a signed selection under impossible conditions!

HALFUSION – A one card fusion effect that'll knock 'em out!

HALFUSION 2 – Another one card fusion effect. This time with a signed selection!

INWARD BOUND – A super magical “matches across” effect!

A SMALL WORLD – “Out of This World” meets “Oil and Queens” for one stunning piece of magic!

THE BRIDGE – The Hofzinser...

This final volume in this 3-part series includes full instructions for two excellent effects; Miracle Divination and Third Dimensional.

Length 48 min

This MP3 features a number of excellent items including:

• Cards Across
• Zoo Quest
• The Memory Game
• Happy Holidays
• Miracle Divination

Length 1 h 11 min

Roy has been an active performer for decades working in such famous places as the legendary Windmill Theatre. In these three volumes, you will hear and learn some of his classic effects.

On this first volume is included Rocket, Cased, Flash Square, and Matched Prediction.

Length 1 h 12 min

This is a wonderful three ring routine developed by Aldo Colombini studying performances by Dai Vernon and Rink, Jay Marshall, Duraty and others. Aldo mixed these influences with his own unique creativity to develop one of the best three ring routines ever developed.

This was part of the famous Ganson Teach-In series originally published by Supreme Magic Inc. Rights are now owned by Martin Breese whom we thank for the kind permission to reproduce this booklet.

[Get the full collection of all 17 Teach-Ins at a huge discount.

1st edition 1978; original 23 pages; PDF 28 pages.

5. Contents
6. Introduction
7. Requirements
7. Performance ...

This work has the earliest known reference to a nail writer. It has an interesting section on appearing inks and covers in fascinating detail slates, ties, table lifting as well as a few other stage magic effects.

1st edition 1898; original 148 pages; PDF 80 pages.

3. PREFACE
5. CONTENTS
6. CHAPTER I. The Single Slate.
10. - Inks that Appear through Heat.
12. - Inks that Appear under the Influence of Light.
12. - Inks Appearing through Reagents.
21. CHAPTER II. The Double Slate.
26. CHAPTER III. Miscellaneous Slate Tests.
31. CHAPTER IV. Mind Reading and Kindred Phenomena.
41. CHAPTER V. Table Lifting and Spirit Rapping. ...

This is volume two in the Simon Lovell interview conducted by Martin Breese. Listen to Simon's advice on magic and comedy magic in particular.

This is a licensed reproduction of the famous Magicassette and MagiCD series created by Martin Breese - now owned by Lybrary.com.

Simon Lovell is a highly experienced performer with over two hundred television credits to his name. Simon has produced a DVD series, fourteen videos, published sixteen books, and written hundreds of magazine articles, short stories, and scripts. In recent years, he has been professionally engaged advising other performers in live and film situations and lecturing worldwide to casinos. Over the years, Simon has appeared in all kinds of venues from theatres to comedy clubs. He is one of the most popular magical entertainers around. Reviewers have described his "trademark" straitjacket routine...

Orville Meyer, probably most famous for developing the bullet catch for Ted Annemann, demonstrates here his skill to routine amazing effects.

The stunt of forming a sixteen cell magic square that will add up to a number suggested by a spectator is a spectacular mathematical feat. Memorizing and repeating a list of objects named by members of the audience is an interesting and impressive mental demonstration. When you combine the formation of the sixteen cell magic square with the memorized list of objects, you really have something!

But we do not stop there! In this version, the double-barreled feat...

The highlights in this third part of the Vernon's Inner Secrets of Card Magic trilogy are his teachings on the second deal including a one handed and a stud second deal, the chapter on the "Three Card Monte", and the chapter on palming.

1st edition 1961; original 72 pages; PDF 62 pages.

2. CONTENTS
4. FOREWORD
5. CHAPTER ONE: THE FOUR BLUE BACKED ACES
9. CHAPTER TWO: BLINDFOLD POKER DEAL
11. CHAPTER THREE: CARDS OF COINCIDENCE
15. CHAPTER FOUR: THREE CARD MONTE
15. - The Three Cards
15. - The Throw
16. - The Game
19. - 1. The use of a short card
20. - 2. The Optical Move
22. CHAPTER FIVE: LARRY GREY'S "CARDS ACROSS"
24. CHAPTER...

The second part in Vernon's Inner Secrets of Card Magic trilogy is the jewel in this series. It features such classics as "Twisting the Aces" (which includes the first publication of Alex Emsley's "Four as Four Count" - better known as Ghost count or Elmsley count), "Out of Sight--Out of Mind," "Oil and Water," "McDonald's $100 Routine," and "The Trick that Cannot be Explained" the ultimate jazz magic effect. You will also find a number of Vernon Touches on his riffle shuffle technique, crimps, Zarrow shuffle and others.

This ebook is absolute must read for any card magician. You should read...

This is the first part of Vernon's famous Inner Secrets of Card Magic series. It includes notable work on color changes. In "Dai Vernon's Colour Changing Pack" Vernon provides the proper motivation for the use of the Hindu Shuffle: showing the back color of the deck. "Emotional Reaction" is an example of a subtle and cunning use of a key card. Probably the best effect in this volume is the "Notis Stop Trick".

1st edition 1959; original 76 pages; PDF 59 pages.

2. CONTENTS
4. FOREWORD
5. PREFACE
6. INTRODUCTION
8. CHAPTER ONE: TAKING THINGS EASY
8. - Emotional Reaction
10. - Cocktail Cards
11. - The Bent Corner...

Sleights & Moves:

• ATFUS
• Fine Points of ATFUS
• Fu-Fu Switch
• Vernon's ATFUS
• Hugard/Braue Addition
• Secret Subtraction
• Vernon Add-On
• 1-2-3-4 Switch
• Quick Three-Way
• D'Amico Multiple Spread
• The Drop Switch
• The Jennings' Add-On
• Vernon Shuffle Reverse
• Cervon's Cut Reverse
• Braue Reversal 1
• Braue Reversal 2
• Ackerman's Shuffle Reverse
• Propelled Lapping
• Pemper Deck Switch
• In-the-Pocket Switch
• Bert Allerton Move
• On the Up & Up
• The Ultra Move
• The Curry Change
• Tilt & Variations
• One-Handed Tilt
• Schwarzman's Tilt Subtlety
• The Classic Force
• The Hofzinser Force

• Variant's Variant
• The Devilish Miracle
• Easy-Off Pips
• Dunbury...

Sleights & Moves:

• The Elmsley Count
• Counting Terminology
• The X-Y-Z Count
• Underground Elmsley Count
• The OPEC Count
• The Jordan Count
• 3-4-3 Count
• 3-5-4 Count
• 2-X-2 Count
• 2-4-4 Count
• The Olram Subtlety
• The OPOS Count
• The Gemini Count
• Rhythm Count (Jennings)
• Rhythm Count (Ackerman)
• Rhythm Count (Carpenter)
• The Jiminy Cricket Count
• The Flushtration Count
• The Rumba Count
• Elmsley Flushtration Count
• Ireland's False Count
• Carlyle's False Count
• Showing Four Aces as Five
• The Biddle Count
• The Veeser Concept
• Vanishing Cards via the Biddle
• Here's Hockley
• The Biddle as a Force
• Minch's Biddle Force
• Switch-Out...

Sleights & Moves:

• In-The-Hands Faro Technique
• Cutting At 26
• Adjusting the Cut
• In-Faros vs. Out-Faros
• Fine Points of the Faro Shuffle
• Re-Squaring the Packets
• In Case of a Miss
• Rock & Re-Weave
• The Faro Shuffle as a Real Shuffle
• Further Fine Faro Points
• The Fourth Finger Table
• Key Cards
• The Tabled Faro
• The Faro Check
• Stacking with the Faro Shuffle
• Combining Faro & Riffle
• The Ten-Card Poker Stack
• The Stay Stack
• Incomplete Faro Control
• Incomplete Faro with a Jog
• Automatic Placement Control
• Si Stebbins
• Any Card at Any Number
• Faro Mental Displacement
• Getting Packets the Same Size ...

Sleights & Moves:

• G.W. Hunter False Shuffle
• Erdnase False Shuffle
• Strip-Out False Shuffle
• Up The Ladder
• Pull-Through with a Cut
• The Zarrow Shuffle
• The Shank Shuffle
• Slip Shod
• Vernon's Two-Shuffle Concept
• The Sideways Shank Shuffle
• Controlling the Top Stock
• Controlling the Bottom Stock
• Ireland's Red/Black Shuffle
• Downs' Red/Black Shuffle
• Double Undercut to Top
• Double Undercut to Bottom
• Top Block Transfer
• Bottom Block Transfer
• Tabled Fake Cut
• Stover Fake Cut
• Ose Fake Cut
• Triple Fake Cut
• Fake Double Swing Cut
• Fake Triple Swing Cut
• Tabled Slip Cut
• Off-The-Bottom Strip Fake Cut
• Klause Overhand False Shuffle ...

Sleights & Moves:

• The Thumb Fan
• Pressure Fans
• One-Handed Fans
• One-Handed Overhand Shuffle
• On-Handed Faro Shuffle
• Charlier (One-Handed) Cut
• Kosy Cut
• Charlier Cut with a Somersault
• Erdnase One-Handed Cut
• The Distinction Between a Change and a Switch
• Slap Change
• Color Change
• Hit Double Lift
• Push-Off Double Lift
• Outjog Subtlety
• Another Two-Card Push-Off
• Vernon Push-Off
• A Little Noise
• Spooky Altman Trap
• D'Amico Spread
• Spooky Bro. Altman
• Multiple Turnovers
• Pinky Count
• Square-Up Break
• Obtaining A Break
• Pop-Over Lift
• Marlo's Throw Double
• Schwarzman's Long Toss
• Double Double Toss
• Wipe Change ...

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Vol. 4, No. 6, January 2009; 68 pages.

Cover: Chris Cox

7. Welcome - editor's letter
8. Letters
9. News
10. The buck stops here ... Emily Blunt and Colin Hanks, two stars of the movie The Great Buck Howard talk to MagicSeen
11. The Great Buck Howard - movie review
12. The Bookshelf - a look at important books from bygone decades - Mark Leveridge
    • The 1960s - Dai Vernon's More Inner Secrets Of Card Magic - Lewis Ganson
15. News
16. Duncan Trillo, Still making the news every week! - interview
19. News
22. Shawn Farquhar, Part 2, Magic Junkie - interview
26. The Pressure Cruise - Mark Leveridge - article
34. Chris...

Controls. Breaks, peeks, glimpses, crimps, jogs, passes, shifts, twists, reversals, replacements, shuffle controls, hofzinser control, convincing control...all the good stuff you need to know to have full control of your deck of cards.

Sleights & Moves:

• Little Finger Break
• Spectator Peek
• After the Break
• The Marlo Break
• Klause Breakout Display
• Controlling to Top or Bottom
• Kick Count
• Maintain Break with Fan
• All-Around Square-Up Glimpse
• Book Break Glimpse
• Fan Glimpse
• Draun's Fan Glimpse
• Kick Count to Crimp
• Automatic Jog
• Keep Jog while Dribbling
• Fan Jog
• Overhand Shuffle Control ...