Magic & Conjuring: page 92

The record of a career famous for adventure and vicissitude, and in which the jester won more tricks than the gamester.

• Preface
• Chapter I: Birth And Early Peregrinations
• Chapter II: Becoming A Patron Of The Pasteboards
• Chapter III: Early Times On The Mississippi
• Chapter IV: Getting A Sobriquet And Meeting Great Men
• Chapter V: The Turnpikes, The Packets And The Inns
• Chapter VI: Initiated In The Sons Of Malta
• Chapter VII: From The Green Mountains To Pike's Peak
• Chapter VIII: With The Bold Soldier Boys
• Chapter IX: The Fraternity Of Gamesters
• Chapter X: To Point A Moral And Adorn A...

Donald Holmes was a magic dealer and author from Kansas City, Missouri. This is a very nice illustrated supplementary catalog starting at item number 601 all the way to 664.

1st edition 1924, 36 pages.

This is a great little booklet where U.F. Grant teaches three non-sleight replacement methods for

• Pass
• Force
• Palm
• Switch

1st edition 1943, 1st digital edition 2017, 4 pages.

Here are six stunning mental and spirit-flavored effects from the creative minds of Larsen and Wright.

From the authors of The L. W. Card Mysteries comes this great ebook of effects for psychic entertainers that will leave audiences thinking that they have just witnessed genuine thought stealing!

You get:

• Psychic Vision - An ingenious method of answering a single question.
• The Quick or the Dead - Perhaps the best method ever for performing this great billet test. Put your thinking cap on and you'll find many uses for this, aside from the original premise.
• From a Shuffled Pack - A great test feature. ...

Vol. 13, No. 4, September 2017; 60 pages
Cover: Jamie Raven

5. Editor's Letter
6. Jamie Raven - Some People Believe in Ghosts - cover article/interview - Graham Hey
13. In The Phonebox with: ... Aaron Paul
14. In The News
16. Letters - Have Your Say
18. The Three Biggest Business Mistakes Magicians Make - Aaron Fisher
22. Paul Richards - From New York to New Approach - interview - Graham Hey
26. Corporate Gigs v Private Events - Understanding the Difference - Ken Dyne
28. Masterclass - From Screen to Page
    28. Cross Purposes - John Bannon
    29. The Sili-Coin Chip - Mark Leveridge
34. Reading Between the Lines - How to Truly Understand...

It's Not Just About the Cards is a brief look at performance skills for the magician.

It covers:

• The types of performing areas commonly used and how to utilise that space and engage the audience.
• The Physical and Vocal side of performing.
• An approach of how to build a 'stage' or 'performing' character.

1st edition 2017, 28 pages.

H. C. Evans was a company specializing in the manufacture and sale of gambling and carnival equipment. They also sold sporting goods like baseball gloves, various balls, hunting and fishing gear. Particularly noteworthy are their offerings for cheating purposes such as hold-outs, or dice which have been altered in a number of ways, or marked cards, etc.

1st edition 1909, 64 pages.

• TRICKS WITH CARDS
  1. How To Make The Pass
  2. The Long Card
  3. To Produce a Particular Card without Seeing the Pack
  4. To Call for Any Card in the Pack
  5. The Changeable Ace
  6. The Convertible Aces
  7. The Gathering of the Clans
  8. Everybody's Card
  9. Forcing a Card
  10. The Card hit upon by Guess
  11. Ups and Downs
  12. To Tell The Card That A Person Has Touched With His Finger
  13. The Card Discovered by Touch or Smell
  14. Confederate Cards
  15. The Ten Duplicates, or Cards in Couples
  16. The Turn-Over Feat
  17. The Nerve Feat
  18. To Tell The Number Of Cards By The Weight
  19. To Change the Card by Word of Command
  20. The Card in a Mirror
  21. The...

Ken de Courcy and Billy McComb took an old chemical effect, figured out the secret that makes it work reliably, and worked out all the other kinks, to make it ready for real world performances. The effect reads like one from Lubor Fiedler.

Effect: The magician introduces a circle of yellow tissue paper and hands it to a spectator to crumple into a ball. He receives it back then, holding it at his fingertips, concentrates on it for a few moments. The tissue ball is placed on an ashtray then ... it suddenly bursts into flames and burns away.

PDF 6 pages.

A complete Gambler Expose act.

• Introduction
• The Gambler's Touch
• I Get The Aces
• The Gambler Gets Your Cards
• The Gambler's Second Dealing
• Three Card Monte
• Cutting The Pack
• The Sensational Poker Demonstration
  • The Demonstration
  • The Shuffle
  • Suggestions For Interchanging Cards
• Heads Or Tails
• Hitting The Spots
• Predicting The Spots
• The Thimbles And Dice
• Suggestions For Arranging A Routine

PDF 25 pages.

Dieses Buch beinhaltet zwei Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Geschichten (Effekte), und eine Sammlung von Zeitungskritiken und Schilderungen von Hofzinser Vorstellungen.

• Vorrede
• Zwei weiße Rosen
• Gedanke und Bild
• Kritiken
• Miscellen

Erstausgabe 1857, 54 Seiten; PDF 41 Seiten.

• Baffling At The Bar
• Remaking A Cigarette
• Fun With Cigarettes
  • Self-Lighting Cigarette
  • Stretching A Cigarette
• Visible Elongation
• The Writing On The Palm
• Three In One
• Levitation
• Vanishing and Appearing Lit Cigarette
• Lighting A Cigarette By Magic
• Tossing A Cigarette
• The Invisible Influence
• Penetrating and Rising Lit Cigarette
  • Working
  • The Penetration
  • The Rising Effect

1st edition 1983, 12 pages; PDF 15 pages.

Paul Fleming wrote:

In this rare manuscript you will find several gags and stunts (exactly 21) that you can use with a rubber hand, which you can insert into your show in many ways to create laughter and mystery. There are some very funny and entertaining ideas here. Have fun!

1st digital edition 2017, PDF 4 pages.

Vol. 13, No. 5, November 2017; 60 pages
Cover: Young & Strange

5. Editor's Letter
6. Young & Strange - Can We Talk About the Boat Now? - cover article/interview - Graham Hey
13. Letters - Have Your Say
14. Masterclass - From Screen to Page
    14. The Hof - Liam Montier
    16. Aerial Splinter - Michael Kaminskas
18. Tim Ellis - The Master of the Milkshake! - interview - Graham Hey
26. Ask Christopher [T. Magician] - Part 2 - Mark Leveridge, compiler
28. Comedy and Authenticity - Mel Mellers
32. A Tribute to Eugene Burger - Jay Fortune, compiler
    32. The Curious Incident of the Curb Stone at the Convention - Jay Fortune
    35. David Berglas...

This charming act tells the story of the Willow Pattern plate design and the performer first shows how two sheets of ordinary newspaper have been glued together and pleated to make the basic paper fold. A variety of different figures is then produced by fanning, folding and twisting the pleated paper strip to illustrate the story of the Willow Pattern legend; they include a giant fan, double fan, bridge, pagoda door, sun, boat of dreams and twin stars. With a little practice, each figure flows into the next with almost magical effect and the complete routine is a good example of stage origami. ...

This quality volume contains 13 must-have card presentations and sleights, plus a no-sleight effect for the close-up entertainer. While not self-working, most rely on just one or two sleights. Easy-to-follow illustrations make the effects easy to understand and master.

Neal Elias was a confidant of Ed Marlo, Lin Searles, and other world class card experts. He also spent time as a demonstrator for George Snyder's magic shop in Cleveland, Ohio. No doubt several of Neal's creations will, after you read this ebook, find a place in your own routine.

Here's what's included:

• Foreword
• A Reverse Sleight ...

Effect: A quarter-size piece of newspaper is torn into six pieces. Two pieces are discarded. When the pieces are counted, there are again six pieces. This time four pieces are discarded. When remaining pieces are counted, there are again six pieces of paper. This time five pieces of paper are discarded. Now only one piece of paper is left in the hand. Suddenly the one piece of paper becomes a fully-restored paper.

1st edition 1987, 8 pages; 1st digital edition 2017, PDF 9 pages.

NOTE: This reading is also contained in the Nelson book, Confessions of a Medium.

Amaze any spectator, even one whom you've not met before, by giving an in-depth character reading that reveals psychological insights your client hasn't shared with anyone.

Spectators are more readily convinced by fortune tellers, and the like, if the reader begins the reading without first asking a lot of questions. In other words, the psychic gives the reading "from the cradle to the grave," as though the spectator's life were the pages of an open book.

No sooner does the client enter the room, then immediately the reader...

25 new, good and unusual tricks plus ideas, gags, and advice. Text has been updated. This is a vintage release by U. F. Grant in the early 50s. Admittedly, a few of the tricks are dated; but, on the other hand, there are some excellent ideas suitable for today's audiences. In this release, you will find kid tricks not seen today. Your chance to be different from all the other kid show performers. The 'No Batteries' effect is novel and worth the price of this release alone. This release also contains a supplement of ideas and advice. An interesting read for Grant fans. Here is what you get.

Vol. 13, No. 6, January 2018; 60 pages
Cover: Bill Malone

5. Editor's Letter
6. Letters - Have Your Say
8. Magic Lookalikes!
11. Hooked on Classics - Mark Leveridge
14. Opening Salvos - Mark Leveridge
18. Gary Jones: The Festive Fooler! - interview
22. Shout Outs - Special 'extra' announcements from a few regular advertisers
24. Masterclass
    24. Thanks Mr. Hull - Paul Gordon
    24. 7 Keys to Paradise - Tim Ellis
28. The Fabulous Bill Malone! - cover article/interview - Graham Hey
36. Ask Christopher [T. Magician] - Part 3 - Mark Leveridge, compiler
40. Paul Gordon: The Finished Article - interview by Graham Hey
46. Product Reviews
    • Holey Change - SandsMinds - effect with...

Use lexicon or any 26 alphabet cards to present an astonishing display of mentalism and memory.

Effect: The mentalist thoroughly shuffles a set of 26 letter cards (the complete alphabet). One unidentified card is removed from the deck. Then three members of the audience divide the rest of the pack among themselves, shuffle their hands and call out in turn the letters they are holding.

Now,

1. the performer correctly names the single card originally removed from the pack.
2. he recites the sequence of the cards held by each of the helpers.
3. the deck having been reassembled, he tells from...

Here is another magical gem from Ken De Courcy. It is packed with mystery, humor and audience participation. This card effect is suitable for close-up, stage, cabaret-floor or where you want to present it. The totally unexpected (yet logical) climax really hits the audience between the eyes and cannot fail to gather applause.

EFFECT: A lady is invited to assist. She chooses one of four envelopes and the remaining three are left in full view. She is then handed a red-backed pack to shuffle while the magician shuffles a blue pack. Then the packs are exchanged and shuffled again if you want. ...

• A Brief Biography
• The Instant Memorization of Objects, Lists and Playing Cards
• Learning to Link
• The Peg System
• Playing Cards
• How to Know Which Cards Have Been Played

1st edition 2000, 12 pages.