Magic & Conjuring: page 236

Routines for the stand-up magician.

From the introduction by Wm. G. Stickland:

Aus dem Vorwort:

Hundert erprobte und effektvolle Kartenroutinen. Aus dem Vorwort:

Aus der Einleitung:

Eine Sammlung 100 auserlesener Kartenkunststücke.

Aus dem Vorwort:

From author's note:

Please note that these stunts are dangerous and involve toxic and otherwise harmful substances. We are offering this ebook for historical and informational purposes. Anybody who experiments with...

Booklet stapled in excellent condition. For details on the content see the digital edition.

This volume can be considered the continuation of The Magic of Slydini. Here, Slydini reveals for the first time two devilish sleights the Imp-Pass and the Revolve-Vanish. These enable some of his most characteristic routines.

Excerpt from the editor's preface:

From the Foreword

Leo Boudreau's work was said to be the next best thing to real mind reading. This is a must read for any mentalist. His books were out of print for a long time. Only a few hundred copies have been manufactured in the first place.

Leo Boudreau's books have been out of print for a long time. Now that they are available again electronically, a new generation of magicians can learn and study the subtle methods Leo developed to produce true miracles. Some have said that his effects are the next best thing to real mind reading. I fully agree with this statement. The way he finds out which item the spectator selected is so subtle that it appears as if he is not doing anything. Here is a quote from Leo which Al Mann included in his introduction to Psimatrika:

"I can give a deck of cards to a person and tell him to secretly...

After reading this ebook you will be able to divine the words selected at random from any borrowed dictionary or book; deal four straight winning hands of Blackjack without sleight of hand; teach anyone how to read minds convincingly in just 30 seconds; sense colors merely thought of; transform a borrowed pack of cards into a bizarre impression device.

Several effects in this ebook require what Leo calls The Nothing Book. It is a hard cover book with empty pages. You can also use an empty notebook.

first edition, 1989, The Rustic Press, Arlington; 128 pages.

5. Introduction
1. STRANGE TALES ...

Max Maven writes in the introduction to Spirited Pasteboards:

You will find in this ebook twenty wonderful old school card tricks.

Table of Contents

• SIMPLE STUFF
  4. Ace and Deuce
  5. Four Cards Down
  6. Dirty Do-As-I-Do
  6. Postal Card
  7. Finding the Right Filter
  8. The Invisible Card
• SOME SLEIGHTS
  9. Back and Forth
  9. Up and Down
  10. Name a Number
  10. Surprise!
  11. Surprise Again!!
• SUCH SETUPS
  12. Spelling Chart
  12. Cut and Spell
  13. Super Spell
  13. How to Find a Card
  14. Grand Finalle
• SEVERAL SPECIALITIES
  16. Four Aces
  16. Laugh Routine
  17. Giggle Routine
  18. Puppet Routine

1st edition 1962; 19 pages

Various tricks for the dinner table or other close-up occasions with sugar, matches and business cards.

• MY TWO FAVORITE QUOTATIONS
• MY CARD
  4. "Any Comment?"
  4. My Card - Your Card
  4. Follow the Leader
  5. Magic Square
  7. A Thought
• THAT'S SWEET
  8. Sugar Supply
  8. Card Cubes
  8. Sweet Smash
  9. Spot Everywhere
• HOT STUFF
  10. 20 plus 1
  10. "Allow Me"
  11. Matching Ads
• THINGS AND STUFF
  12. Fortune Stars
  12. Long John Silver
  13. In the Center
  13. Up with the Olio

1st edition 1962; 14 pages

During the settlement of the Wild West, entertainers followed along the trails to provide the very much needed distraction from the grueling voyage. This ebook describes their circumstances and stories.

Originally this work was published as miniature book.

1st edition 1999; digital version 22 pages

If your intention is to earn a living from magic, then corporate events are your best chance to succeed. Simply stated, they pay more and can often lead to repeat bookings by the same firms. But do you know how to entertain during a press party, an awards dinner or a fashion show? And what about trade show booths?

Leo Behnke has decades of experience in the corporate entertainment world and shares it with you in this ebook. This is extremely valuable advice you are getting from a pro who has done it all - TV, Magic Castle, trade shows, ...

Leo structered the ebook into five chapters. The...

Do you know the correct temperature for your library? What should the humidity be? Can you save rotting leather? What's the best method of storing playing cards? How do you recover computer disks that have been drowned? Just one reading of The Conservation of Magic will save you years of research and study in order to care for your artifacts so future collectors will find them in the best possible condition. Each chapter gives you the basics of understanding your magic collectibles, and then, step-by-step, how to care for them. You will learn how to look at your treasures like a professional,...

Way Back in 1963 the Magic Castle opened its doors to the outside world so it could see the great variety and talent of magicians from all over the world. It began simply, but kept growing until today it is a world famous and beloved institution.

So it is with someone who wants to learn how to do card tricks. They begin in an easy manner with simple props and a minimum of skill. Slowly they grow in stature until someday they can hold their own with any other card magician in the world.

This booklet, small as it is, is the Open Sesame for people who want to learn to do card magic. It is...

Leo Behnke worked for many years for Paulson, a playing card manufacturer. He describes in this ebook the history of playing card production up to the process that is used for todays cards. He also describes in detail the 9 editions of the Magic Castle cards and how one can identify them.

Beyond the interesting historical and technical descriptions Leo is offering, this information can also be quite helpful in creating a script or interesting line of presentation for a trick or routine.

The contents of this ebook was presented at a Magic Collectors meeting in Las Vegas, April 8 2005. ...

This is a book of working knowledge using over 30 years of professional experience in the field of close-up magic. Some of the 15 specific subjects covered inside are

• How do you select the right tricks for your routines?
• What sales tools do you need to sell yourself?
• How do you find your own style?
• What can you do to increase audience reaction?

1st edition 1995; 77 pages.

One of the best works on the Okito coin box including moves and routines.

• Bey's Routine With The Okito Coin Box
• Mohammed Bey's Bonus Silver And Copper Routine
• More Mohammed Bey Routines With The Okito Coin Box, Four Coins, A Card Case And A Tumbler
• Improved Okito Coin Box Steal For One Coin
• The Perfect "Coin Penetration Through Box And Hand"
• The "Okito" Coin Box

1st edition 1963, 53 pages; 1st digital edition 2016, 42 pages.

Softcover stapled. Published 1963 by Tannen. For details on contents see the digital edition.

Talk of 'subliminal' advertising is always fashionable. Presented in the manner suggested this is an outstanding mental effect, great for your show, for impromptu use and to present for the members of the press, newspaper offices, etc., for publicity purposes.

The effect is the following...

A spectator is asked to draw a design or write a word on a small card and this is placed out of sight. The performer stands well away from the spectator while the drawing is being made and patters to the effect that what the spectator draws is suggested to him by some subconscious impulse in the beginning,...

Hardcover with dust-jacket. The dust-jacket has three short tears in the back. Otherwise, the book is in excellent condition. For details on the contents see the digital edition.