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Tired of just learning a bunch of tricks from books and videos? Now you will learn a terrific show that has three superb full-scale routines, all expertly spliced together by the author to produce an amazing close-up show. Whether you are performing for money, or at a party, or a gathering of any kind...you will now, always be ready to perform with these monster effects. Don't let the low price fool you. Plus a Bonus is included that has many different uses.

Video included with this e-book.

1) PASTEBOARD PRISON - This beautiful, colorful routine has many roots by Marlo, Mike Skinner, Alan Ackerman, Jim Surprise, and...

A great manuscript describing manipulative magic with cards, coins, and balls. Included are several moves and effects by legendary trade show magician Tommy Tucker, including the first release of his classic "Six Card Repeat".

Excerpt from the foreword:

Excerpt from the introduction by Herbert Holmes:

This book was rated one of the ten basic books for a working library of conjuring by H. Adrian Smith, historian, collector and owner of the largest private magic library in his time. It is a magnificent book featuring tricks from Germain, Conradi, Goldston, Okito, Elliott, and others. It is very difficult to get a hardcopy these days. Other books in this top 10 list are

• The Expert at the Card Table by S.W. Erdnase
• The Art of Magic by T. Nelson Downs
• Modern Magic by Prof. Hoffmann
• More Magic by Prof. Hoffmann
• Later Magic by Prof. Hoffmann
• The Modern Conjurer by C. Lang Neil
• Our Magic by Maskelyne and Devant
• Tarbell Course by Harlan Tarbell
• Greater Magic by John Northern Hilliard

Paul Fleming wrote:

Routines using the extra object principle.

Three small objects are shown, two are placed into the left hand and the third one into a pocket. On opening the left hand, not two but THREE objects are seen. This is repeated a few times, the effect becoming more bewildering as the routine proceeds. In some versions, the objects eventually vanish or are transformed into something different.

From this basic theme, a whole range of tricks has been evolved, the objects employed being almost anything of such a size that can be concealed in the hands.

This was part of the famous Ganson Teach-In...

This is a classic, a wonderful book now available as PDF. It contains the best of the best from 115 well-known professionals and clever amateurs. 193 tricks and routines from all branches of magic.

Paul Fleming wrote:

A collection of practical magical effects.

• the Introduction
• The Spinning Card
• The Flower Stall
• Raps!
• The Pusillanimous Pips
• Plonk!
• "A Hard Pill To Swallow"
• A Penny Bun
• The Sympathetic Sands
• Second Sight
  • "Say It With Flowers!"
  • The Signals
  • The Code
• Serve!
• " - And Hit The Crow"
• Hop, Skip, And Jump
• A Sensational Opening Production
• Light Fetters
• A Harmless Explosion
• Filling The Baby's Bottle
• A Lightning Wrist Tie
• A Bunch Of Bananas
• Coffee For Two

From the preface:

David Devant's books are some of the best books on conjuring ever written. This one is no exception. There is so much wisdom and advice in them. Following it is bound to make you a better magician, particularly if you are relatively new to this performing art, or if you are struggling to have success with it.

From the insightful introduction:

Excerpt from the introduction:

Programmes, ventriloquial dialogues, juggling, cartooning, paper folding, care of animals and birds.

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Please note that this video is in Vietnamese. There are some English subtitles, but for the most part you will get the instructions of how to make the gimmick and how to perform with it from the visual contents of the video.

With this gimmick you can vanish and change a range of small items.

1st edition 2016, length 31 minutes.

Encore by Kevin Schaller teaches you three easy to do effects with playing cards, a paperclip and a mobile phone.

MOBILE COIN - a very deceptive transposition of a signed coin and the battery of your mobile phone. It’s a very easy trick that uses no gimmicks and is almost impromptu.

SEARCH & DESTROY - A paperclip that is clipped to the card box vanishes and reappears on the selected card.

EDGY - The back and front of your prediction changes so it matches with the chosen card.

All the tricks are easy to do and don't need magnets, threads or big gimmicks. Learn three easy yet effective...

Grant's storehouse of material! Like ten books in one. Contents include 25 Tricks and Ideas, 20 Tricks With a Short Card, Card in Envelope, Rising Floating Silk, Two Other Cigarette Routines, 25 Tricks and Ideas Part II, Five Super Card Mysteries, Thimble Routine, Lighted Cigarette Routine, 30th Century Magic. Illustrated.

1st edition 1964, pages 64; 1st digital editions 2012, 60 pages.

These are the lecture notes for a lecture Charlie Miller gave at Magic Inc. in 1967. He offers great insight into the art of magic, presentation, routining and audience management. He also teaches several great tricks.

Also included is a six page essay by Roberto Giobbi titled "Charlie Miller's Wisdom". (This essay originally appeared in two installments within my column "The Genii Session" in Genii - The Conjuror's Magazine, May and July 2005. It appears here in a slightly revised form and in agreement with Richard Kaufman and his Genii Corporation.)

Contents:

• Foreword
• General Remarks
• Cashing a Check (Trick)
• Miser's Dream or Money Catching ...

Many famous magicians were Masons, including Harry Houdini, Howard Thurston and John Calvert. This ebook, only the second book ever written on the subject, explains magic effects with a Masonic theme.

Effects:

• The Pen is Mightier than the Sentinel's Sword
• Square and Compass Routine
• Masonic Bible Prediction
• Magic Compass
• Masonic Miser's Dream
• Masonic Torn and Restored Magazine
• Hiram's Hank/Invisible Deck Routine
• Masonic Business Card Routine
• The Cable Tow Rope Escape
• 21st Century Mason

1st digital edition 2012, 22 pages.

At the height of his success, Bert was the most celebrated close up performer and highest paid cafe entertainer. These are the tricks he made famous. Edited by Bob Parrish, illustrated by Howard Bamman.

Contents include his Seven Secret Tricks, Eight Favorite Card Tricks, plus his specialty-cutting to any card, Eight Novelty Tricks like his scissors, Little Hindu, The Flutist, and others, The Allerton Classics, The Jumping Flower, The Bird Cage, etc. Plus rules for a close up magician, and a bibliography. The seventy pages are wound throughout with a vast assortment of Allerton memorabilia. Here is...

J.J. ZAPPATTA. The enigma, the man of mystery who hung with the shadows throughout the course of many a magic convention, over many a decade. These books are a first glimpse at the crazy and wild world that was/is ZAPPATTA. And, at last, his clever levitation is fully explained in Volume 2!

All items are described in J.J.'s brief and point by point style. If you're not prepared to THINK, J.J's not interested in ya. Period. Illustrated with Mr. Zappatta's crude but informative sketches.

1. THWONG
Flip-Flops (or thongs) are a kind of footwear fashionable at resorts, beach-side, and other casual...

All items are described in J.J.'s brief and point by point style. If you're not prepared to THINK, J.J's not interested in ya. Period. Illustrated with Mr. Zappatta's crude but informative sketches.

1. ZIP-WOW
A super-quick torn and restored card or dollar note. Looks absolutely perfect and is examinable.

2. CELL-PHONE GLIM
Put the ubiquitous cell phone to clever use as a "glim device".

3. PERFECTO-CIRCLE CARDS
Revealed, the underground secret for cutting perfectly bur-less holes in playing cards. Idea for users of the Eidetic-type changes. (If you have to ask, then this is not...

One of America's finest close-up men has written a fine book on his work. Illustrated with excellent line drawings by Steranko. Makes all the tricks clear and easy to follow. Additionally there are a couple of photos of Milt demonstrating certain moves.

You will enjoy:

• Kortially Yours (card revealment)
• Homing Pigeon (a boomerang card)
• You Got Nothin' Poker Deal
• Cup Hola (paper cup and coin routine)
• Sheer Brute Strength (bending a penny by magic)
• Half From One (bill routine)
• Miser's Dream in Reverse
• Kort Coin Star
• Gone Again Coin Routine
• Miniature Cups and Balls
• Chromo Cups and...

• Lassoo A Silk
• Playing Cards
• Follow-Up Lassoo A Silk
• The Talking Frog
• A Card Vanish From The Table
• A Card Turn Over
• A Mental Effect
• A Champagne Production
• A Cigarette Production
• Linking Silks
• Rising Cards A La Svengali
• A Silk Vanish Opening
• Variation Triangle Silks
• A Perfect Glass Balance
• A Floating Record
• Cutting A Rope In Three
• A Folding Table Screen
• Silks In Loop-Holes
• Bottles To Doves Transformation
• The High Light Of The Show
• A Dove Or Rabbit Vanish
• A Card Fan Production
• Two Silks From The Air

Tips and tricks for the professional and aspiring restaurant magician.

PART ONE - ESSAYS

• Tips on Tips
• The First Ten Seconds
• Working the Room
• Problem Patrons
• Choosing Material
• Choosing a Restaurant
• Getting an Audition
• Winning the Audition
• Developing a Following
• Dealing With Other Magicians
• Changing Performance Modes
• Keeping It Simple

• Transmutation - Jim Sisti
• Signature Transpo - Tom Ladshaw
• Forget Me Not - David Acer
• The Happy Birthday Card Trick - Al The Only
• The Two-Card Trick - Bert Allerton
• The Flushing Joker - Chris Hurlbert
• Torn - Tabman / Tom Mullica

1st edition 2014,...

Someone once commented that "If you want to hide a magic secret, put it in a book or magazine!" There is probably some truth to that statement, as there is "buried treasure" on each and every page of this work. Tricks, ideas, gags, presentations, suggestions and routines from a full complement of magical authors. Bag-O-Trix is a collection. It contains the complete texts of many books previously issued separately. Some of these volumes are (and have been) out of print. Some others are in short supply. None will be reprinted as a separate item again. This massive ebook will be the only source...

The last book of the late Stewart Judah. A remarkably fine magician with a wealth of material, and the ability to teach it through the printed word. This ebook reflects all his favorite themes, cards, ropes, ribbons, childrens' tricks, coins, all written in his scholarly way, with reference to other sources, philosophical observations, and the gentle sweet humor that was Stewart.

35 tricks and routines, illustrated by John Braun, plus rare old photos, a profile by Leslie Guest, an introduction by Mr. Braun.

• Introduction
• S.J. Four Paper Balls And Two Hats Routine
• Penetrating Bill
• Torn...