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This could very well be Val Andrew's most important work. He describes with several great examples and historical effects, how one can entertain and amaze employing nothing but simple audacious ruses or outright bluffs. If there is a showman in you, you will love these effects and ideas. If you rather rely on your bottom deal and classic pass, then you will probably not be able to appreciate the value of this information.

• Taking advantage of the situation
• The uses of a "magician" as an assistant
• On the use of "stooges"
• Giving the cue...
• A bluff-pass
• Two bluff card rises
• Bluff wand vanishes ...

Tenkai was a legendary magician from Japan. As his gift for achieving the 'living legend' status in Japan he asked to meet Dai Vernon - which he did, but that is a story for another time.

In this manuscript Robert Parrish describes several wonderful effects created by Tenkai. All illustrations are drawn by Tenkai himself.

20 pages.

5. Tenkai Dye Tube Technique
7. Knots Supreme - Tenkai Silk and Tapes
11. Tenkai Three Dice Trick
13. Tenkai Two Penny Trick
15. Two Coin Moves
17. Tenkai Card Flight

Moves and tricks culled from the early issues of the Magic Wand.

• PREFACE
• WITH BILLIARD BALLS
  • A Billiard Ball Colour Change / Stanley Norton
  • Magical Juggling / T. Wilson
  • A Billiard Ball Sleight / Edward Victor
  • New Billiard Ball Production and Manipulation / Kingsley Ronald
  • Legerdemain / Horace Rose
  • Rice, Silk and Ivory / Stanley Norton
  • A Billiard Ball Trick / Phillip Lenard
  • A Billiard Ball Move / Tom L.Waterman
• WITH COINS
  • A Novel Tourniquet Pass / Chris Van Bern
  • A Feat of Dexterity / Horace Rose
  • Moves With a Penny / T. Wilson
  • A New Coin Pass / George Johnson
  • A Coin Effect / Stanley Norton ...

This is an all time classic with 57 beautiful illustrations. It is one of the most complete books written on magic, because it teaches both stage and close-up magic (cards, coins, silks, cups and balls, etc.), technique, presentation, and all the peripheral skills necessary for great conjuring.

"I beg to say that it is far and away the very best work of its kind ever published" - Harry Kellar

"My den contains a large collection of books on magic, but none has a cover so worn as 'Sleight of Hand' by Edwin Sachs." - David Devant

Close-up magic tricks for everyone - from cards to general close-up

This ebook is filled with various commercial close-up tricks and routines that have been tried, tested and performed for live audiences over many years. These are practical and commercial effects that will appeal to the working magician whose focus is on captivating and entertaining his audience.

You will find a mix of old and new items, original tricks, twists on old routines and ideas to tweak those close-up effects gathering dust in your cupboard.

For the card magicians, you will find sensational routines, such as...

• 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.

• Foreword
• Introduction
• Coin Section
  • Single-Handed Vanish of Four Coins: especially for use with the Hughes' Coin Tray
  • Disappearance by Misdirection: of a single coin
  • Flying Coins: coins are dropped into a folded handkerchief and vanish
• Card Section
  • Something New in Top Changes
  • Leading Them up the Garden Path: using the Top Change
  • Everybody's Card: top change and dealing 2nds
  • All Change: Card A is placed on the table, Card B inserted to middle of deck. Card B is found on top of the deck, Card A in the middle, and the card on the table is a 3rd card
  • Vanishing Faces: cards appear...

Mainly billiard balls but also thimbles, cards, coins and silks.

Contents:

• Introduction
• Billiard Balls
  • The Production Drop
  • The Best Change-Over Palm
  • An Easy Transfer Palm
  • Twist-Over Acquitment
  • Vanish from a Full Hand
  • A Colour Change in the Fist
  • The Fadeaway Vanish
  • The Enlarged Ball
  • The Drop Vanish
  • A Ball Passes Continuously From Hand to Hand
  • Color Change on Palm
  • Improvement on Standard Acquitment
  • Four Billiard Balls to a Cannon Ball
• Thimbles
  • A "Steal" Thimble Vanish
  • The "In and Out" Thumb Vanish
  • Vanish of Two Thimbles
• Coins
  • Special Coin Tourniquet
• Cards ...

This two-hour lecture will teach you a heightened awareness of how Slydini thought, moved, constructed, and achieved his magic. You will learn many of the underlying principles and concepts Slydini used to misdirect and apply sleight of hand. Dennis Barlotta demonstrates and explains the various ideas with examples mostly taken from Slydini's routines. No entire tricks will be taught. While it is helpful to be familiar with some of Slydini's tricks, their knowledge is not necessary to understand the various concepts taught.

Some of the topics covered are:

• stance, attire, performing conditions...

This volume can be considered the continuation of The Magic of Slydini. Here, Slydini reveals for the first time two devilish sleights the Imp-Pass and the Revolve-Vanish. These enable some of his most characteristic routines.

Excerpt from the editor's preface:

Slydini Encores is a great book with many photos, but despite the genuine efforts by the author and editor to capture Slydini's magic and teach it, it is tough to learn the details and the exact timing from the book. This is particularly true for students who have not experienced Slydini live. Dennis Barlotta, aka D. Angelo Ferri, who studied under Slydini for several years, provides in this video lecture the missing details and demonstrations so that you can actually learn and perform these miracles.

Dennis demonstrates and discusses almost everything from the book, Prediction in Red, Alladin Purse,...

Slydini was Jim Cellini's friend, mentor, and teacher. In this wonderful lecture Cellini shares the many lessons and unique points of the legendary Slydini.

• Introduction
• Slydini Silks Routine
• Cut and Restored Rope
• Vanishing Silk
• Chinese Linking Rings
• Paperbox and Balls Routine
• Coins Through Table
• Silk Fountain

• Cellini Meets Slydini
• Movements and How to Take Bows
• Table Work and Lapping
• Slydini Silks
• Cut and Restored Rope
• Thoughts on Slydini (the rope trick)
• More Thoughts on Slydini (the card trick)
• The Thumb Tip
• Vanishing Silk (story of Adam and Eve)
• Six Coins Through...

Magic, sleights, humor, opinion, history, presentation, theories, reviews, cartoons, advice, laughs, observations, ramblings, tricks, tricks, tricks, ...

Chapter 1

• Introduction
• No Other Card Quite Like It!
• Lead-In to Wallet
• The 30 Second Memorized Deck
• Backspin

Chapter 2

• Casino Style Zarrow Shuffle + Revised Poker Deal
• New Works on Marlo/Gardner/Webb Poker Routine
• New Ending for the 4 Bikers of the Apocalypse
• Doug MacGeorge - Magic Square as a Card Trick
• Backspin

Chapter 3

• The Law of Conservation of Matter and Energy
• Changes in Philosophy
• Poor Man's Raven III...

This ebook includes innovative sleight of hand routines for the modern magician. A familiarity with basic sleights is required. This is book one of a trilogy. The other two titles are The Shade and The Lizard Wizard's Diary.

From the Foreword by Doug MacGeorge:

• Introduction
• The Watch, Handkerchief, And Bran
• The Egg And Handkerchief
• The Flying Glass, Watch, And Flag
• The Lamp-Chimney Color Change
• The Twentieth Century Trick
• Quadruple Flag And Handkerchief Trick
• The Phantom Handkerchiefs
• The Wedding Ring Trick
• Invisible Flight Of Handkerchiefs
• Another "Invisible Flight"
• The Latest Handkerchief "Flight"
• Handkerchief And Paper Tube
• "Primary And Compound"
• A "Changing Tube" Suggestion
• Handkerchiefs And Flag
• Loading The Paper Cone
• Numbered Cards
• The "Invisible" Charlier Pass
• The Transformed Handkerchiefs
• The Flag, Bran, And Orange Trick ...

From the Foreword:

• Preface
• The Vanishing Fan
• The Fountain Of Fire
• New Candle And Handkerchief Illusion
• New And Novel Watch Manipulation
• A New Impromptu Card Trick
• New Handkerchief Illusion
• Novel Transformation Of A Billiard Ball To A Bouquet
• A New Vanish For Coins
• A New Tub For The Production Of Live Stock
• Soup Plate And Handkerchiefs
• The Great Slate Mystery
• An Improved Coin Holder
• A New Card Trick
• A New Coin Trick
• Novel Change Of Handkerchief To Streamer
• Sensational Flag Production
• Anti-Gravity Ball
• New Card And Bird Trick
• Latest Omelette In Hat
• Billiard Ball Manipulation
• A Few Wrinkles ...

Back at long last is this masterpiece of close-up work featuring cards, coins and mental effects. The genius of Paul Curry lives on in this newly expanded edition. The privately printed first edition is now a prized collector's item. When one does come up for sale, it fetches a high price. Indeed, a soft cover first edition recently sold on the big auction site for well over $100.

The tricks in this ebook were created, as all tricks should be, with an accent on the effect. Take a look to see what is included:

• About This Book
• Introduction
• Foreword
• I.O.U.
• Think Of A Card
• Next!
• Follow...

A collection of non-card effects

"I need more non-card stuff," is a familiar refrain with most close up magicians. Well, it's Cameron Francis to the rescue as he presents 8 stunning routines with business cards, coins, coin holders, sugar packets and matchboxes. That's right, no playing cards! Just practical, astonishing, real world effects using everyday objects which you will want to add to your repertoire straight away.

• The Unfolding – A business card transpo that means business.
• The Magic Coin – An offbeat Wild Coin routine that will surely lay them flat.
• Business Burn – A...

This was Robert Harbin's first publication writing under his real name 'Ned' Williams. Already noticeable in this first work his creative genius.

• INTRODUCTION
• SILK SECTION
  • Novel Silk Changes
  • The "Silko" Table Change
  • The New "Sun and Moon"
  • The Penetrating Tumbler
• CARD SECTION
  • A Card Restored
  • Four-Ace Supreme
  • The "Zomah" Force
• MISCELLANEOUS SECTION
  • A Colour-Changing Wand
  • The Penetrating Ball
  • Ink Transposition
  • The Psychic Cigarettes
  • "Will O’ the Wisp"
  • The Clothes-Line Mystery
  • The Wandering Fan
  • Ropes Thro’ the Body
  • Telepathic Paper-Tearing
  • A Mistake, But.....
  • A Castle Conundrum ...

Original ideas across the spectrum for magicians.

A collection of magical ideas, most of which have been tested on genuine living audiences. Pete Biro has been performing and lecturing, as well as dropping juggling props here and abroad since 1966 - plus a bunch of time in the early 50's. "Most original tricks and ideas" he says, "come from having a creative memory!"

• Greetings
• Philosophy Of Magic
• Simplicity
• Stealing Material
• Here 'Tis - The Jumping Cigarette
• Card Control & No-Palm To Pocket
• Invisible Hair
• Severn/Biro Impromptu Rising Cards
• Inspected By Number 27
• Sock Purse ...

Soumya Deb is one of the most prolific magic ideas-men it has been Sam Dalal's privilege to come across. Sam has been inundated by contributions from him. He has regularly sent several contributions for every Electro Fun Update, although space and the requirements of variety restrict the publication to a small fraction of his ideas.

When Sam told Soumya they would put out his better ideas in book form, he again received twice as much material as they could possibly use. This ebook brings you the best and most practical of his "brain storms" spanning from novel card tricks to easy to make...

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.

A fabulous download DVD featuring four of the best tricks from Spell-Binder magazine. Martin Breese asked Stephen Tucker the creator of the magazine to choose four of the best tricks that he created for the magazine and he has selected four wonderful effects. Each is performed and then clearly explained move by move.

Watch the performances of all four routines below.

[Note: If you prefer a physical DVD disc please go to Martin Breese International.]