Magic & Conjuring: page 218

What is Color Isolation? It's a complete card act where the two colors of the deck — red and black — continually separate, each time under quite different and more mysterious conditions. The deck is handled and shuffled by the spectator throughout, yet the colors seem to instantly obey the magician's every whim.

From the performer's standpoint, Color Isolation is an interlocking series of effects, each building on the next. You can borrow a deck, have it thoroughly shuffled by the spectator and proceed. After shuffling the deck, the spectator simply cuts off a portion and counts them...

Excerpt from the Introduction:

Knots and magic effects with them from R.C. Buff.

Rufus Claude Buff, due to his love for ropes and knots, has become affectionately known as "The Wizard of Knotsville" because he lived in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was a prolific contributor to books and periodicals. Buff published his own magazine called The Modern Magic as well as Buff's Leaflets. He started writing this book which Joseph K. Schmidt finished and illustrated.

• Publisher's Note
• Foreword
• Square Knot To Two Single Knots—Then Back To Square Knot
• The "Reno Knot"
• A Real Square From Deleware!
• The Thief Knot
• Ashley's "What...

A selection of new and novel rope magic from R.C. Buff's rare Rope Leaflets.

Excerpt from the introduction:

Jastrow explains the various types of deception and discusses in particular how conjurers as well as spirit mediums make use of them.

1st edition 1888, PDF 10 pages.

Jastrow wondered if the pursuit of sleight-of-hand conjuring develops any special motor or mental powers. He invited Alexander Hermann and Harry Kellar and put them through a range of tests comparing them to average folks. In this article you will find out how these two giants of conjuring compare to the average.

From the introduction:

An underground classic, now available as an ebook! This amazingly insightful book, written by a newspaper reporter, contains full details of gambling devices and methods used by professionals to beat and cheat casinos and other players.

Also described and illustrated are rigged carnival and gambling games, card gambling games, marked cards, holdouts, and much, much more.

Not content to describe methods that others may also have exposed, Meyer went the extra step to purchase the rights to gambling systems that sold for as much as $25 each. These are also detailed, in their various author's...

Imagine that an airline has lost your luggage, your props, and even your wallet ... yet you have a theater show to give in just a few days. What would you do?

This informative ebook explains how you can enter any strange city, cold turkey, without a cent in your pocket, without a bit of magical equipment to your name, and rent a large auditorium, put out publicity and advertising, pay your hotel and living expenses and prepare a sensational, full-evening magic show that will send your audience away happy and satisfied, and fill your pocket with cash.

Nothing is left to chance. The entire...

• Dunninger Mango Tree Illusion
• The New Shower Of Gold
• The Vanishing Bowl Of Water
• The Dunninger Floating Ball Illusion
• Dunninger's Tri-Card Mystery
• A New Chair Servante
• A New Color Change
• The Wonderful Phonograph Illusion
• The Vanishing Dock Box
• The Dunninger Spirit Frame
• The Dunninger Rabbit Box
• An Effective Thimble Vanish
• The Vanishing Chair
• Quod's "All Change" Card Trick
• Dunninger Spirit Card
• Dunninger's Improved Card Reel
• Egg-Bag, Egg & Bird Trick

18 pages; PDF 28 pages.

Dunninger performed his mentalism on the radio in 1929 and from 1943-1944. This is one such episode from 26th April 1944. Dunninger starts with divining the name Sallye Kaufman and the birth date May 8th 1902. The guests are congresswoman Ruth Bryan Rhoda, newsman Fred Archibald and musician and movie star Vaughan Monroe.

The MP3 format allows you to listen to it with your iPod, any other MP3 player or on your computer.

Dunninger performed his mentalism on the radio in 1929 and from 1943-1944. This is one such episode from 1944. Dunninger starts with divining the letter number combination SO85999, the state Texas and the name Nora. The guests are senator Ford, Joe Laurie Jr. and Harry Hirschfield.

The MP3 format allows you to listen to it with your iPod, any other MP3 player or on your computer.

This is a 1944 radio interview with Dunninger. This recording seems to be not entirely complete but it nevertheless is a fascinating historical marker.

A recording, wonderfully introduced by Goodliffe, of Dunninger giving his only lecture ever to a group of magicians in the United States. The recording was taken on June 16th 1965 as a part of the 37th IBM convention in Des Moines Iowa. This is an opportunity to hear what one of the world's most successful magicians has to say about his art to fellow magicians.

This is a digitally re-mastered (MP3) version of the original MagiCassette™ by Martin Breese - now owned by Lybrary.com.

Kidnapping. Murder. Intrigue. Dunninger, the world-renowned magician and mentalist reveals the dark underbelly of Spiritism in this 238-page eBook.

Discover fascinating, real-life psychic adventures pulled from Dunninger's 3,000 investigative case files. Like Houdini before him, Dunninger led a tireless campaign against fraudulent psychics, offering $10,000 to any Medium whose séance stunts he couldn't duplicate by normal means. Working with news reporters and the staff of Science and Invention magazine, Dunninger's well-document accounts are a fascinating chapter in the history of the arcane arts....

Conduct your very own full-light, semi-dark or full darkness spirit séance!

Dunninger, the world-famous mentalist and psychic debunker, presents this revealing book on how to present séances that are every bit as exciting - and use the same methods - as the ones that psychics charge their suckers big money to see.

Your audience will believe that you can commune with the spirits, perform test condition séance experiments including rope ties, spirit manifestations, revealing questions from departed loved ones, spirit cabinet effects, automatic writing, spirit voices, the fingertip aura,...

Learn about famous mediums, their tricks and methods, ectoplasm, slate writing, table lifting, spirit photography, rappings, ghosts, secretly obtaining information, and many other related subjects.

• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction by Dunninger
• Houdini - a biography
• Houdini's Spirit Exposés
  • Certificates of Ordination
  • This Medium Blew His Own Horn
  • Houdini and the Reformed Medium
  • Pierre Keeler
  • Houdini on Ectoplasm
  • Whoops Readers
  • Eva C. and Ectoplasm
  • Behind the Scenes
  • The Price-Hope Case
  • Houdini's Lectures
  • The Bow Street Case
  • Poor Pioneering Mumler
  • Washington Irving Bishop ...

Softcover book in ok condition. The spine is damaged and the cover has separated from the book block. For details on the contents see the digital edition.

Dunninger performed his mentalism on the radio in 1929 and from 1943-1944. This is one such episode from 19th April 1944. Dunninger starts with divining the name Corporal HMK - Henry M. Kraus, and the number 12039816. The guests are Jane Pickins, George McManus, and Ascotches Heather.

The MP3 format allows you to listen to it with your iPod, any other MP3 player or on your computer.

Dunninger performed his mentalism on the radio in 1929 and from 1943-1944. This is one such episode from May 3rd 1944. Dunninger starts with divining the name Ruth, and name Pat O'Faroll, and the address 4th Avenue 522. The guests are Rose Lombardo, John Roy Carlson, and Eddie Darling.

The MP3 format allows you to listen to it with your iPod, any other MP3 player or on your computer.

Dunninger performed his mentalism on the radio in 1929 and from 1943-1944. This is one such episode from June 14th 1944. Dunninger starts with divining the name Captain Jim Blair, the location Caroline Ireland, and the date 25th July. The guests are Dorothy Kilgallen, Shep Fields, and Joseph Auslander.

The MP3 format allows you to listen to it with your iPod, any other MP3 player or on your computer.

Dunninger performed his mentalism on the radio in 1929 and from 1943-1944. This is one such episode from July 5th 1944. Dunninger starts with divining the question "When did Frank leave?", the date April 3rd 1942, and the number 341. The guests are Irene Rich, Gene Cagny, and Charles Rebson.

The MP3 format allows you to listen to it with your iPod, any other MP3 player or on your computer.

Dunninger performed his mentalism on the radio in 1929 and from 1943-1944. This is one such episode from July 12th 1944. Dunninger starts with divining the number B88826856A, and the name Boyorgiel. The guests are Beatrice Fairfax, Donald Armstrong, and Charles T. Harris, Jr.

The MP3 format allows you to listen to it with your iPod, any other MP3 player or on your computer.

Dunninger performed his mentalism on the radio in 1929 and from 1943-1944. This is one such episode from August 2nd, 1944. Dunninger starts with divining the name Ted, and the words "Hello Bill!". The guests are L. C. Kovell, Ellis Read Hill, Jack Dempsey, and Miss Mary Small.

The MP3 format allows you to listen to it with your iPod, any other MP3 player or on your computer.

Dunninger performed his mentalism on the radio in 1929 and from 1943-1944. This is one such episode from August 8th, 1944. Dunninger starts with divining the name William J. Esau, the address West Lealand Avenue, and the number 2552. The guests are Mark Warnow, Frank Andrews, and Louis January.

The MP3 format allows you to listen to it with your iPod, any other MP3 player or on your computer.