Magic & Conjuring: page 141

Booklet stapled is in excellent condition.

An authoritative ebook on collecting for collectors. Written by one of the world's foremost collectors. Covers the whole subject of the care and arrangement of the magical library, data on the books themselves, bookplates with pages of examples, plus the Mulholland article on same. Other bits by well-known collectors. Highly recommended to all who are building up their magic libraries, no matter how small at present. Preface by John Mulholland.

2nd edition 1958 (Ireland Magic).

More fun with the original Si Stebbins Stacked deck. Contains an explanation of the original Si Stebbins stack and how to set up any deck of cards in that order.

Four different effects using the stack:

Kind of a Four
The spectator chooses a card and the performer prognosticates what that card is by looking at 'indicator' cards. Eventually, the 'indicator' cards are shown to be the three 'mates', matching the value of the chosen card, making four of a kind in all.

Curried Stebbins
A version of Paul Curry's Out of this World where two spectators randomly pick cards and it transpires that one spectator chose all...

• Foreword
• Practice
• Misdirection
• Important Warning
• If Something Goes Wrong
• Essential Apparatus for an Evening's Entertainment with Handkerchief Tricks
• The Opening Trick
• Dyeing a Handkerchief
• The Conjurer as a Dyer
• The Handkerchief Vanisher
• The Mirror Glass
• The Disappearing Handkerchief from a Lamp Chimney
• Herman's Vanishing Knots
• Stretching a Handkerchief
• The Instantly Knotted Handkerchiefs
• The Vanishing Ring from Goblet of Water by Means of a Handkerchief
• The Burnt Handkerchief Restored
• Juggling
• Producing a Handkerchief in Full View from a Glass
• Handkerchief Casette
• Drum...

Using your own deck or a borrowed deck, you turn your back to the spectator. The spectator can shuffle the deck while your back is turned. The spectator removes the top 15 cards from the pack just as they come. From those 15 cards he is to remove all the black cards and put them in his front left pants pocket. The remaining red cards, he counts and then places them in his right front pants pocket.

Next, he takes a few more cards from the remaining deck, the number to correspond the number of red cards in his right pants pocket. If he placed 7 cards there, he would remove from the deck face...

• Preface
• The Penny And Box Lids
• Another Coin Trick
• Thought-Reading With Cards
• Sense Of Touch
• Card Changes To A Rose
• The Fountain Of Cards
• The Ribbons And Flag
• One From Fifty-Two
• A Thought-Reading Trick
• Passing A Thimble Through A Borrowed Silk Handkerchief
• The Deceptive Half-Crown

PDF 16 pages

Questo è senza dubbio uno dei lavori di maggiore successo di Aldo Colombini.

Un piccolo tesoro che ti permette di eseguire cinque effetti concatenati senza alcuna abilità che hanno dell'impossibile. In pratica l'artista ritrova in maniera incredibile delle carte scelte dagli spettatori in un mazzo ripetutamente mescolato dagli stessi.

Per dirla con le parole di Aldo:

"In questo piccolo libro sono contenuti cinque effetti che hanno del miracoloso agli occhi del pubblico. Essi possono essere presentati separatamente, tuttavia ti esor¬to ad eseguire l'intera routine così com'è qui presentata,...

You borrow a coin from the audience, then tell them to sign the coin. Next you put the coin on the floor. You then step on the coin and immediately slide your foot from your shoe, revealing that the coin is totally inside the shoe.

• The gimmick is simple and easy to implement
• Use a borrowed coin from the audience

1st edition 2018, length 9 min 36 s

This is a close-up novelty that you can print yourself and which can be done anywhere at a moment's notice, a cute bar stunt with comedy, plus a touch of mystery. You can do it as a table trick, or in fact anywhere you can get an audience. An ideal pocket trick. Or you can print the provided sheet as large as you want and perform the trick for a larger audience or on a stage.

An illustrated square of paper is shown and the pictures of "City Slickers", "Susie" and "The Wolves" are described with amusing patter as the sheet is folded into a small package. With one single cut the folded paper...

The first part consists of stories about cardsharks and other crooks from Robert-Houdin's recollections. This is very readable and an entertaining part of the work. The second part explains some of the technical details of the methods used by cardsharks. However, the methods are for the most part only described in very rudimentary form. As Robert-Houdin writes himself, this is not meant as a way to teach you how to do it, but merely to give the reader insight in how the different ruses are accomplished. Nevertheless, it provides interesting insight into the ways and means of cardsharks.

This...

Just in time for your Halloween shows. While the rest of the group stands in a circle reading in unison the ritual instructions printed on what appears to be an aged piece of parchment paper, the person who'll be receiving the benefits of the ritual sits at a small table in the center of the circle with a piece of paper, matches, pen, candle, and plate. As that person follows the instructions being read by the group, the ritual unfolds - working itself. The only suggestion is to collect the ritual instruction sheets at the end of the ceremony to keep the mystery in the experience - preventing...

No doubt you've seen this formula applied to magic tricks on television specials or internet websites where you've been encouraged to put your finger on any card showing on the screen. Then as you follow the magician's series of instructions - moving your finger from card to adjacent card (with a sense of free choice), the magician begins to inexplicably remove cards on which your finger isn't resting until only one clearly predetermined card remains.

Although the formula has been used for decades as the basis for creating variously themed magic tricks (from comedy to the bizarre), the sharing...

Ready to up your game beyond a pencil balloon animal . . . but don't have time to learn a complicated series of sculptures large enough for the platform or stage? Want a multi-phased balloon sculpture that plays well on stage and also serves equally well as a back-of-the-room sales piece? In spite of the fact that you only create one balloon reindeer as part of your show, no one in your audience needs be disappointed since they can purchase a kit (thoughtfully provided by you) with the necessary balloons and an instruction sheet that explains how to make one of the reindeers at home.

This...

Have you ever seen the paper puzzle where you try and find a hidden message or picture without tearing or ripping the folded paper? If not, you can see it here:

You'll be taken step-by-step in this instructional video as you learn to make The Paper Paradox (without any complicated origami folds) for your own fun (and/or marketing). You'll also receive an MSWord template for customizing to your own message (download from the digital shelf). Prospects sure keep this puzzle longer and show it to more people than any business card.

1st edition 2018, length 6 min 30 s.

The next time you select a volunteer for one of your magic routines, why not play a quick game of chance to decide who the volunteer's going to be? Yet . . . do so with total confidence that the person you want to use in your show is always the one who wins the game.

Here are two different versions where numbered word cards are selected by various members of the audience and then read aloud in numerical order by the audience members. From experience, it is strongly suggested that you consider using both versions in the same show. Both times you use these cards the audience laughs louder...

Most magicians are aware of the classic "Jumping Rubber Band Trick." However, here's a script and easy method for a full story routine about the exploits and escapades of that world famous escape artist Harry Houdini who in this case completely disappears from your fingers and reappears where least expected. Included with this routine is the more deceptive technique where the rubber band is "set" using only one hand rather than the customary two-handed "get ready."

1st edition 2018, length 5 min

1. Magical Bulletin - Volume I, Number 1 - January, 1914 - 4 pages
1. Magical Notes
2. Editorials
2. A Good Card Gag
2. Suggestions
3. A Billet Test
3. Mystic Bran and Ring
3. Acknowledgements - Thayer & Christianer

5. Magical Bulletin - Volume I, Number 2 - February, 1914 - 4 pages
5. Magical Notes
6. Editorials
6. The "Perfecto" Black Art Table - H. Syril Dusenbery
7. Notice
7. Wanted
7. For Sale
7. The Changing Bag
3. Card, Orange and Dove

9. Magical Bulletin - Volume I, Number 3 - March, 1914 - 4 pages
9. Magical Notes
10. Editorials
10. Thanks For This
10. The Pacific Coast Society of Magicians - H. Syril Dusenbery
11. A Tip...

1. Magical Bulletin - Volume II, Number 1 - July, 1914 - 4 pages
1. Magical Notes
2. Editorials
3. My First Magic Table
3. more magical notes
3. An Improvement - Christianer

5. Magical Bulletin - Volume II, Number 2 - August, 1914 - 4 pages
5. Magical Notes
6. Editorials
6. A Simple Fire Flash
6. Handy Thumb Screw Fastener
7. Hat and Cane - Marco
7. Some Fifty Dent Gems of Woodcraft - advertising
7. Another Sample of Satisfaction - The Great Alexander
7. The Knocker - poem - F.G.T.
7. more magical notes

9. Magical Bulletin - Volume II, Number 3 - September, 1914 - 4 pages
9. Magical Notes
10. Editorials
10. Pacific Coast...

1. Magical Bulletin - Volume III, Number 1 - January, 1915 - 4 pages
1. Magical Notes
2. Editorial
2. Shop Notes
2. limerick
3. How I Work the Dyeing Tube - P. B. DesRochers (Mysti)
3. The Mystic Fluid
3. A Coin Move
3. The Little Wanderer - Frank Holmes
3. Comedy Glove Opening

5. Magical Bulletin - Volume III, Number 2 - February, 1915 - 4 pages
5. Magical Notes
6. Editorial
6. The Pacific Coast Society of Magicians - H. Syril Dusenbery
6. more magical notes
6. Sense of Touch
7. Shop Notes
7. The Hindoo Turban Trick
7. A New Color Change - H. Syril Dusenbery

9. Magical Bulletin - Volume III, Number 3 - March, 1915 -...

1. Magical Bulletin - Volume IV, Number 1 - January, 1916 - 6 pages
1. Quality First Magic - Chicago Magic Co. - advertising
1. cover photo/article - S. S. Henry
3. Editorial
3. The Balanced Coin - De Vega
3. The Top Card - Sam Bennett
3. magical notes
4. More Magic by Christianer
   • The Paper Napkin and Ring
4. The Stabbed Card - Marco
4. News and Notes
5. The Old Linking Rings - T. J. Crawford
5. An Improvement - re: Twentieth Century Handkerchief Trick - E. E. Duryee
5. magical notes

7. Magical Bulletin - Volume IV, Number 2 - February, 1916 - 6 pages
7. The Psychic Ball - Chicago Magic Co. - advertising ...

1. Magical Bulletin - Volume V, Number 1 - January, 1917 - 7 pages
1. The Burned and Restored Turban - Chicago Magic Co. - advertising
1. cover photo/article - Prof. Harry Cooke
3. Editorial
3. A Lemon Trick - The Great Alexander
4. Good Chosen Card Stunt - Sam Bennett
4. More Magic by Christianer
   • The Conjuror's Touch
5. Publicus Curiositas - G. F. Schulte
5. News and Notes
6. Literature
   • Talks for Tricks - G. F. Schulte
   • Pictorial Review - January
   • The Sphinx - December
   • The Magic Wand - October & November
   • The Eagle Magician - December
   • The Breeze - weekly - E. E. Meredith
6. Chats...

1. Magical Bulletin - Volume VI, Number 1 - January, 1918 - 12 pages
1. cover photo/article - Thayer's New Magical Palace - A Corner of the Display Room
3. Editorial
3. News and Notes
4. Grand Magic Festival - Los Angeles Magicians' Club and Opening of Thayer's Magical Palace
4. An Easy Card Force - Maxwell Chamberlin
4. Paper Finger Manipulation - Kenneth Still
5. An Experiment in So-Called Psychromotism - Alexander
5. The Pipes of Japan - G. C. Bowen
5. Literature
   • Holmes' Magical Notes - December
   • The Sphinx - December
   • Eagle Magician - December
   • The M.U.M.
   • Magicians in Minneapolis private publication...

1. Magical Bulletin - Volume VII, Number 1 - January, 1919 - 12 pages
1. A Series of Essays on Magic Culture - A Series - Oscar S. Teale
   • Magic - Then and Now
3. Editorial
3. A thimble Move - Geo. W. Catlin
4. Old Tricks in New Clothes - T. J. Crawford
   • The Cigarette Papers
4. Penetrative Coin - Charles C. Arras
4. magic notes
5. Magicians Patter (Contributed)
   • "A Mirror Casket, Die and Flag Combination" _ Frederick F. Furman
5. Patter Tips By De Lawrence
5. Literature
   • The Sphinx - December
   • The Magic World - December
   • The Billboard
   • Holmes' Magical Notes and Comments...

1. The Magical Bulletin - Volume 8, Number 1 - January, 1920 - 16 pages
1. cover photo - H. Kellar & F. Trewey
3. Editorial
3. cover photo article - Two Deans of Prestidigitation - Adam Hull Shirk
3. note re: Edward H. Philbrook
4. Conquering a Handicap - Preston Langley Hickey
5. The Menace of Exposure - Edward H. Philbrook
5. Literature
   • The Sphinx - December
   • The Magic Wand - December
   • Felsman's Magical Review - third issue
   • Maddock's Magic Searchlight - December
   • Revelations
   • Passez Muscade (France)
   • Wilford Hutchinson's Conjurers' Chronicle
   • Billboard
6. Hoffmann's "Concentration...

1. The Magical Bulletin - Volume 9, Number 1 - January, 1921 - 16 pages
1. cover photo - A. H. Shirk
3. Editorial and notes
4. cover photo article - A. H. Shirk
4. A Tribute - to Trewey - Harry Kellar
4. Trewey - poem - Adam Hull Shirk
4. Literature
   • The Sphinx - December
   • The Magic Wand - December
   • Felsman's Magical Review - December
   • Hutchinson's Chronicle - December
   • The Magic World - December
   • The Astrological Bulletin
   • The Magic Art - Donald Holmes
4. magic note re: E. F. Rybolt
5. Magician Bell Chased by South Sea Cannibals - David Bell
6. Magical Dreams of Tomorrow - Adam Hull Shirk ...