Magic & Conjuring: page 23

From the back cover by Karl Fulves:

This is the book that tells the truth about cards, dice, punch boards, gambling wheels, races, and all other kinds of gambling.

Don't be a sucker! The Open Book reveals how crooked gamblers, cheats, and con artists fleece the innocent and unwary public out of thousands of dollars daily. Even that carnival game at the local fairgrounds may not be as innocent as it looks. Get the inside scoop.

Valuable secrets of marked cards, gaffed dice, ink formulas, holdouts and other cheating devices -- all clearly explained. Also included are scams and cons used by the unscrupulous to bilk the unwary....

Excerpt from the foreword by Paul Rosini:

Sleeving to me is one of my most valuable assets. As you well know, practical magic is what counts, and I have always found it my magical exploits that sleeving has been very practical. In fact, many well known magicians at conventions have passed...

Pet secrets of some of the most celebrated close-up magicians of all time.

• Preface: Close-Up Magic by Bert Allerton
• What Makes a Trick by Al Baker
• Bottoms Down by Al Baker
• Mobilizing the Aces by Dai Vernon
• Ball, Cone and Handkerchief by Dai Vernon
• Convening Kings by Francis Carlyle
• The Squeeze-Away Coin by Ross Bertram
• And the Part of a Garment by Emil Jarrow
• Card Effect With Two Packs by Nate Leipzig
• The Disconcerting Coins by Cliff Green
• Precognition by Cliff Green
• Scarne's Power of Thought by John Scarne
• The Coin Roll Vanish by Paul LePaul
• The Revolving Pass by Slydini
• Jacob's Ladder by Dr. Jacob Daley
• The Salt Trick by Dr. Jacob Daley
• Pop-Up Coins by S. Leo Horowitz ...

[Seventeen refers to "IBM Ring 17". There are nine items in the ebook.]

Released to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the Club (founded in 1942), this ebook contains contributions from the lecturers and speakers who presented at the club during the 2011-12 season. Material varies from simple to advanced, impromptu, close-up, mentalism and stage including cards, coins, iPads and band-aids.

• Inflated (Canadian) Transposition: Joshua Jay
• Fear and Loathing in Hong Kong: Richard Forget
• Band-Aid: Michael Weber
• Hold the Prosciutto: Matthew DiSero
• Guestimation: Will Houstoun
• Psycho2Metry: James Alan
• Musical ESP: Murray Hatfield
• Password Projected: James Biss
• That's What Key Said:...

[Seventeen refers to "IBM Ring 17". There are eleven items in the ebook.]

Seventeen Secrets Volume 2 includes a mixture of close up and stand-up, magic and mentalism with cards, money, cell phones and markers as well as previously unpublished stories from the road. The material is suitable for formal and impromptu performances and covers a range of difficulty.

• Impossible Killer: Bill Abbott
• Bill in Melon: James Alan
• Lie Detector: Denis Behr
• Three Card Monte: Eugene Burger
• Cell Mate: Alain Choquette
• Magic and Monkeys: Matt DiSero
• Lost Luggage: Tina Lenert
• Trinado: Chris Mayhew
• The Diagonal Palm Smith: Ricky Smith
• Forensic Specialist: Rob Testa
• Timecap:...

• Box, Handkerchief and Colour Change
• Handkerchief changed to Ribbons
• The New Magic Knots
• Wax, Ball and Handkerchief
• Egg, Glass and Handkerchief
• Tricks with Cigars
• New Sleights with Cigars
• Cigar Vanish and Recovery, No. 1
• Cigar Vanish and Recovery, No. 2
• Vanish and Recovery, No. 3
• To make One Cigar into Two
• How to Change a Borrowed Watch for a Dummy
• Hook for Watch and Nest of Boxes
• The Changing Coins
• How to produce a Bantam Cockerel from an Opera Hat
• Twelve Court Cards in Glass change places with Twelve ordinary Cards held in the Hand
• Carl's Cup and Saucer for Confetti
• New...

This is a two book series teaching principles and philosophy to bring you magic to the next level.

The first book analyzes secrets of Derren Brown, David Blaine and Penn & Teller's success and breaks them down into 13 powerful principles you can start applying to your magic now.

Here's what you'll learn in Secrets of Superstar Magic:

• How Derren Brown completely screwed up my magic for years
• The one true secret to magic and learning hidden inside Dani DaOrtiz quote
• How to use the power of Colliding
• The Louis CK method of creating material that will make you stand out from other magicians
• David...

This booklet doesn't deserve the name 'booklet', because it is packed with many wonderful effects using small objects, from cards and coins, to ropes and silks and everything in between. There is also a nice section on vesting and sleeving. Jean Hugard is one of the outstanding teachers and authors in magic. My friend Chuck has been vanishing an orange for the last forty years in much the same manner that this booklet reveals how to vanish a dinner plate. He also remembers reading of Blackstone Sr. performing some of these stunts. Whenever the author is Jean Hugard - read it!

Paul Fleming wrote:

In this classic manual, the first Hugard wrote for people outside the inner circle of magic performers, he reveals the secrets of a host of mystifying tricks covering all major forms of close-up and stand-up magic: conjuring with coins, watches, rings, balls, eggs, silks, cigarettes, cigars, thimbles, flowers, ropes, bills, cards and mental magic.

This is a great primer for anyone aspiring to be a performing magician. The large amount of effects also holds gems for the intermediate and advanced performer. There is some overlap of material with other Hugard publications.

Paul Fleming wrote:

In general magic books cover a certain subject area. Here a slice through time is offered. The 'Magic Annual' describes the best and most popular effects from one year. (There is a second volume in this series Magic Annual 1938-1939.)

Max Holden writes in the introduction: "Some of the items are new, some are old tricks given a novel twist, while other effects, although known in a general way, are now published in detail for the first time - among these latter, the Hugard Fire Eating Act, Hugard's Bullet Catching Feat and my own presentation of Smoke Pictures. Jean Hugard has given his best, as usual, and I am...

The second and last book in the Magic Annual series Jean Hugard wrote for Max Holden. (Also consider the first volume Magic Annual 1937.)

Paul Fleming wrote:

In 1853 the French La Nouvelle Magie Blanche Dévoilée by Jean Nicolas Ponsin was published. It was the first book to explain exactly how the leading magicians of the day in France performed their most prized effects. Sam Sharpe translated it to English and Wilf Huggins added a couple of clarifying illustrations.

This ebook is filled with intriguing effects with cards, coins and an entire section on the Cups and Balls. Surprisingly you will find here the idea of using metal balls, the same idea with which Paul Gertner created a sensation. You can find everything from mental miracles, to impromptu effects,...

This is currently the most complete and thorough work on the use of Frixion pens (heat sensitive ink) in magic.

At first glance, Stone Frixion Fire plumbs the depths of what can be accomplished with these ingenious pens to entertain your audience. But it goes farther: it cultivates directions in which these pens can take your performing. The effects presented are smooth and very reachable for nearly any performer. Good, solid material all the way around.

With the coming of Frixion to America, now is the time to ride the wave. Stone Frixion Fire is the most comprehensive study of this fascinating...

The Effect: The magi removes his house key from his key chain and entrusts the spectator with the remainder of his keys. The magus then promptly causes the house key to vanish and reappear on the key ring in the spectator's hand. Sleeves up, no holding out, completely clean vanish. Watch the Demo. This was another big hit of Jeff's on Underground Jam. The particular vanish (a Richard Ross idea) used for the key is the big killer that really inspired a lot of magicians. You don't want to miss this one!

Fun Side Note by Jeff: This effect was actually a dream that I had. I needed five effects...

Six different effects, coins, cards, drugs, money, tarot cards, plus 8 "rapid fire" ideas to take old props and ideas to a new level.

Quarter Bird
An update on the classic "pen behind the ear" vanish where the signed coin ends up in a nest of boxes that appears in the magician's hand.

The Target Card
A signed card across where the deck of cards becomes a makeshift weapon as the spectator fires the gun (with sound effects and all) causing his card to appear across the table.

Gift Vision
After seeing this, you'll dig our your Color Vision out of your magic drawer and actively begin...

The latest ebook from Jeff Stone, Diary of a Madman is an eclectic collection of ideas, tricks, presentations, moves, and routines ranging from card control, to mind control. Sprinkled in amongst the madness you'll find card magic, voodoo doll magic, stuff with pendulums, the zodiac and more. The variety of each effect when combined together can make a complete show with texture, and take your audience on an emotional journey from the silly to the intimate, the scary, and the creepy all in one show. Enjoy Diary of a Madman.

Over the Mountain: Use this technique to prove that you can...

A brand new lecture for 2022. This set of notes brings the live lecture footage directly to you with nearly 20 video clips and live performances.

• 140 pages
• Access to 17 video clips and performance footage
• Access to a secret website with bonus content.
• 12 effects
• 12 rapid-fire ideas / effects
• A total of 24 items!

Bermuda Box: A fun way to use a Gozinta Box set as something more magical than a mere puzzle.

The Man with the two Dollar Hands: An easy two in the hand, one in the pocket presentation.

Money to Burn: Make a drawing of a chosen coin turn into a real coin with no...

Everything you need for Halloween: effects, ideas, further resources on the Halloween theme.

This tome-let is broken down into three categories:

1. Tricks that are fully fleshed out.
2. Theme / Prop ideas and resources to customize your existing repertoire.
3. A quasi-bibliography of sorts listing Halloween effects, books, etc. from other creators.

Included throughout will be some effects that I've published elsewhere. I've culled a few ideas and effects from several of my other works and brought it all together into one little resource. You'll find that the "scary" type of effects pull...

A New Year, and new set of lecture notes from Jeff Stone. Dive into 14 effects and ideas ranging everywhere from gags to stunts to powerful, baffling, and visual magic. Everything in this set of lecture notes has been in Jeff's repertoire for several years, and in most cases, over two full decades.

Included is access to over a dozen video clips to create (as closely as possible) that in-person live lecture experience, plus multiple QR codes / links to other resources along with nearly 50 footnotes to get your history and resource juices flowing. It's time for you to "attend" the 2024 Stone...

These are notes for one of Jerry's lectures. It helps if you saw the lecture as only the essential workings are provided, but the drawings and details are sufficient to make out most of the effects. References several moves taught in Andrus Deals You In without providing the specifics.

• Vanishing Pen
• Pen Under Cards
• Reversing Pen
• Pill Tube Mystery
• Rope And Handkerchie
• Twin Pipes
• Tube Steal
• Tube Load
• False Load
• Extra Ball Move
• Lap Vanish
• Fist Vanish
• Slow Motion Vanish
• Ball Vanish
• A Utility Move
• A Routine For Twin Pipes
• Geiger Counter Routine
• They Pick The Aces
• Fan Reverse
• Torn Card
• "How It’s...

This was a lecture Jerry gave in Japan in 1974.

• Mylar Mystery
• Twin Pipes Routine
• Needle Thru Handkerchief
• Coins Thru Handkerchief
• Reverse Shuffle Mystery
• Sudden Surprise
• Coin Up Sleeve
• Waterfalls
• Vanishing Pen

1st edition 1974, 1st digital edition 2015, PDF 19 pages.

• Mylar Mystery
• Match Book Magic
• Bill and Pen
• Bill and Card
• Ring, Pen and Handkerchief

1st edition 1974, 16 pages; 1st digital edition 2015, PDF 17 pages.

• Mylar Mystery: ball and cone with a Mylar sheet
• Matchbook Magic
• Bill and Pin
• Bill and Card
• Ring, Pen and Handkerchief
• A Novel Force
• Slot Machine
• Coin Go
• Minor Miracle
• Effects with a Ball
• Perfect Package: ball appears and vanishes in a flattened box
• Paper Bag Moves

1st edition 1974, 28 pages; 1st digital edition 2015, 36 pages.