Magic & Mentalism: page 406

Büchlein mit Klebebindung in sehr gutem Zustand. Zum Inhalt siehe die digitale Ausgabe.

Heft geklammert in exzellentem Zustand. Zum Inhalt siehe die digitale Ausgabe.

Heft geklammert in gutem Zustand. Zum Inhalt siehe die digitale Ausgabe.

Das Buch ist in sehr gutem Zustand. Es hat keinen Schutzumschlag. Zum Inhalt siehe die digitale Ausgabe.

Buch mit Schutzumschlag sehr gut erhalten. Der Schutzumschlag ist an den Kanten leicht beschädigt. Zum Inhalt siehe die digitale Ausgabe.

Buch mit Schutzumschlag der an den Kanten etwas beschädigt ist. Das Buch selbst ist in sehr gutem Zustand. Zum Inhalt siehe die digitale Ausgabe.

Hardcover without dustjacket in very good condition. It has an exlibris of Leslie C. Smith. For the content see the digital edition.

This is the Gambler's Book Club reprint version. It has a price sticker on the cover. Stapled softcover booklet in very good condition. For the contents see the digital edition.

The 24 routines from the 2022 Kaymar Advent Calendar.

The Contender - A sure bet where you put £1000 on being able to read the spectator's mind - and you are right every time. With a kicker!

Coinkydink - A self-working 'Do As I Do' with two regular, shuffled decks.

Locked Room Mystery - a secret so baffling it needs to be kept under lock and key for the sanity of your spectators. They open it at their peril.

Make Your Own Luck - Fortune Telling meets 'The Signed Card' as a reading ends with the revelation of a signed card from an impossible place.

Off-Colour Hummer - A spectator...

It talks, it answers questions, it floats, etc. The most complete treatise on the talking skull ever published. The Talking Skull is an entertaining and versatile effect that will find a place in any magician's act. It's as much at home in a Midnight Spook Show as it is in a straight magic routine. It plays as well on a nightclub floor as it does on television. The Talking Skull can be performed as seriously as the occasion requires, or it can provide much-needed comic relief in between the more serious effects in your show.

There have been a number of methods for the Talking Skull released...

You show four blank cards. Progressively their backs become blue, then faces of queens appear, then their backs become red, and finally all their backs change to yet another new back.

1st edition 2023, video 3:30.

An instructive warning to those who must play for stakes. Interesting amusement for those who do not.

Excerpt from the Foreword:

This book is nicely illustrated by Charles Remmers from photographs by the author. It contains a description of cheating at the popular Australian game of Two-Up which makes it unique.

• Foreword
• Spotlight On The Card-Sharp ...

Being an explanation of the game, and a warning against its dangers.

Excerpt from the preface:

A translation of Les Trickeries des Grecs by M. Robert-Houdin, one of the most valuable and interesting works on the subject of card sharping.

Excerpt from the preface:

• "S.O.S." Triangle
• Dance Of Death
• How's Your Bird?
• The Tattle-Tale Heart
• Return To Boggart’s Inn
• The Laughing Skull
• Train To Nowhere
• A.K. Cassette - Improved
• Electronics In Mentalism
• Source Section
• Final After-Thoughts

Note that this digital edition does not include the reprint of the first volume. The first volume is available separately here.

1st edition 1975, 59 pages; PDF 54 pages.

Elektronische Zauberkunststücke aus den Bereichen Mikro-, Salon- und Mentalmagie.

• Zauberstab mit Glühzünder
• Die Stanleykassette
• Die Edison-Box
• Salzstreuer mit Musik
• Pirouett
• Mein Karten-Roboter
• Tuch durch Kerzenflamme
• Vom Devano- zum Förderband-Kartensteiger
• Gedankenübertragung mit Disco-Antenne
• Elektronischer Würfel
• Riesenpointkarten Mental
• Lügendetektor

Erstausgabe 1986, 31 Seiten; PDF 33 Seiten.

The dark side of gambling.

"Loaded with rare, inside information." - Darwin Ortiz

"Absolutely fascinating and enlightening! Ingenious methods that boggle the mind." - Daryl

"Inside techniques exposed for the first time in print." - George Joseph / Director of Surveillance, Bally Entertainment Co.

It may be shocking and it's certainly dangerous. Nevertheless, this unique ebook represents the definitive resource on how professional con men cheat at Blackjack and other card games. The author, a former high-stakes cheater, explains an amazing array of specific moves with clear, understandable text and...

"Must reading for all card magicians!" - Allan Ackerman

"Outstanding!" - Darwin Ortiz

"This book should be on your shelf alongside The Expert at the Card Table, The Man Who Was Erdnase, The Annotated Erdnase, and Loaded Dice." - William P. Miesel

His name is not "Marks," but when you buy this ebook you will learn why he had to write under an alias. The ebook covers advantage play, cheating, and the moves that get the money.

"Exceptional. Controversial. Highly recommended." - Michael Dalton / Blackjack Review

"WOW! The real world of cheating and the plays that get the money." - Bob Snyder / Gaming Consultants

• Introduction
• My Credentials
• Casino Organization ...

It isn't what you do but the way that you do it.

A lecture on magic featuring all the original, unusual methods of handling, which have been applied to standard tricks, and, for the first time, revealing the secrets of sixty years, performing original effects that have proved enduring with audiences.

• A Cigarette
• Ed Mishell's Cut And Restored Rope
• Ribbon Production From A Handkerchief
• A Ring On A Ribbon
• The Impossible Bill Tube
• The Animated Match Box
• A New Slant On Three Ropes
• Handkerchiefs Produced From Ribbons
• The Coin That Vanishes
• The Cut And Restored Ribbons

1st edition...

A lecture in the art of close-up magic.

Excerpt from the introduction by Val Andrews:

After 70 years in the magic business Glenn Gravatt compiled this wealth of effects and tricks, all are provided with presentation. They are generally speaking easy to do and do not require exotic gimmicks or apparatus.

• Introduction
• Chapter One: Some Unique And Unusual Wonders
  • Chameleon Spots
  • Gravatt's Instantaneous Triple Penetration
  • Crazy Colors
  • Color Spots Get Together
  • Punctured Poker Chip
  • Crystal Tube And Patriotic Blocks
  • Block And Cord Escape
  • The Wonderful Thingamajig
  • Stab-A-Ring
  • String Loops Entwined
  • Color Changing Cards
  • New Floating Ball
  • Visible Penetration
• Chapter...

Note: In order to perform these tricks you will need some standard bicycle gaffs.

Originally available only as a limited edition booklet, Shenanigans was a complete sell-out at Blackpool Convention a few years back. In it are the full explanations of three of Liam's most commercial routines. These aren't for the 'move monkeys', these tricks are for those who like to get out and actually do the magic for their friends, or for their profession.

IN3D

"This is a shockingly cool trick. Plays so strongly to a large crowd or amongst friends. It's just a brilliant trick and in the current...

You show four cards with blank faces and red back except one card has a blue back. Suddenly and magically the blue-backed blank card changes to a point card with a black back and a big hole right in the center of the card. How did that happen?

1st edition 2023, video 2:49.

At long last this booklet of seven new routines for use with your Chinatown Quarter (they also work with the Chinatown Half and Chinatown Dollar) is once again available. Leave it to the fertile mind of "Hen" Fetsch to come up with these clever money mysteries with which you can enchant most any audience. Get that Chinatown quarter, half or dollar coin you already own out of your magic drawer and put it to use.

Contents:

• Foreword by T. A. Whitney
• Chinatown Finale
• Chinatown Flip
• Chinatown Surprise
• Chinatown Letter
• Chinatown In-Out
• Chinatown Buddha
• Chinatown Monte
• Additional References ...