Magic & Mentalism: page 19

For several years Aldo had a column in the Linking Ring magazine. At the time Phil Willmarth was the editor and he was so kind and open minded enough that he basically let Aldo make fun of everything and everyone.

The columns not only contained some good magic but Aldo was able to include some funny stuff as well. Also, between tricks and gags you will find suggestions on how to improve your presentations with regards to our art of magic.

The structure of the column was an easy one: 1) Some fun and 2) some magic and it worked. Aldo has collected in this e-book many of his favorite columns...

This is the sequel of underground magician, Paul Lelekis' last e-book - My Favorites. This latest tome, My Favorites II, is a JUGGERNAUT of magic! Not only does Paul provide 8 more winning routines, but in addition we include three videos of Paul performing the following:

• Video #1: The Lelekis False Shuffle - A full deck, in-the-hands false shuffle that Paul has fooled many professionals with…and the best part is that it's easy to do!
• Video #2: Paul's wildly popular effect, "The Trick That Can't Be Explained" is performed and explained in full. The editor of The Linking Ring mentioned that this...

Harlan's greatest hits with previously unreleased material. A handpicked collection of the highest quality original magic that has defined Harlan's incredible career. It's a long, strange trip through a creative mind filled with cards, coins, ropes, rubber bands and processed cheese. So, turn the pages to discover how a legendary magical genius thinks.

Includes:

• All Clear
• Hologram Hare
• Snappy Penetrations
• Traveling Cash
• Burnt to the Core
• Meltdown
• Whiplash
• One of These Days
• Joint Venture
• Psychotic Surgery
• Rising Dough
• Newsline
• Equalibrium
• Tight Rope
• World's Saddest Trick ...

Here is a lively mix of 25 effects using cards, silks, cigarettes, matches and more, directly from Solyl's professional repertoire.

1st edition 2007; 48 pages.

Table of Contents

5. Introduction
6. The Tools of the Trade
8. Floating Matchbox
10. Balance
11. 21st Century Torn and Restored Card
13. It's Me
15. Colors In Flight
16. It's Me! (No. 2)
18. The Rainbow
20. Confetti Caper
22. Beauty and the ...?
24. The World's Best Magic
26. Indian Cups and Balls, Nu Style
29. Good Bye
31. Elmsley Count
32. The Animated Cigarette
33. A Magic Give-Away
34. Calling Cards Capers
35. ESPecially Yours
36. Coincidence!
37. Fishy Cat
38. Floating Cigarette Caper ...

From the Foreword by Bill Wells:

Excerpt from the preface:

• Preface
• Introduction
• Chapter I The Wandering Wand
• Chapter II The Adventures Of A Thimble
• Chapter III The Card And Cigarette Trick
• Chapter IV The Jazz Ray
• Chapter V "Mademoiselle From Armentières"
• Chapter VI Spirit Photography
• Chapter VII "Holding Up The Mail"
• Chapter VIII "Patter"
• Chapter IX Setting
• Chapter X Pocket Tricks

1st edition 1924, reprinted...

With this ebook Dan shares a wealth of experience, thoughts and tips with you. It splits into four sections:

1. Routines, Effects & Trickery
2. Techniques, Sleights & Tools
3. Shifts, Subtleties & Spices
4. Thoughts, Essays & Theory

Dan has a genuine desire to teach you from his experiences performing and living magic. Here is Dan in his own words:

How years developing my personal repertoire can contribute to the success of yours today...

When I first became interested in magic, my passion initially bordered on obsession. I became committed to learning,...

• Introduction
• Preface by Horace Goldin
• Liquer Glass Trick
• The Simp-Bern Speller
• The Van Bern Card Penetration Mystery
• Eastern Miracles
• The Sword Card Effect
• The Card & Ribbon Effect
• The Great Long-Distance Mindreader
• The X-Ray Card Effect
• The Lighted Gas Trick
• The Sympathetic Liquids
• The Simplex Silk Penetration
• The Simplex Ribbon Effect
• Invisible Transit
• The Ten Card Effect
• Novel Cup & Ball Effect
• The Colour Spot Mystery
• Production Of Bowl Of Water And Goldfish
• The Milk & Pagoda Mystery

1st edition 1935, 30 pages; PDF 47 pages.

• Introduction
• A Few Hints
• Hearing With The Teeth
• To Cause A Coin To Vanish
• The Vanishing Ring
• Another Ring Trick
• The Penetrating Pennies
• The Vanishing Handkerchief
• A Thought-Reading Trick
• More Thought-Reading
• The Vanishing Cigarette
• A Hole In The Sleeve
• The Four Coins
• String Magic
• The Latest Disappearing Sixpence
• Three Hypnotic Tricks
• The Candle And Flag Trick
• Keda
• "Figaro," Monday, 21st, 1930
• Your Future Foretold

1st edition 1930, 34 pages; PDF 36 pages.

A collection of close-up and platform effects including split fan productions, an eight coin production, a simplified version of Slydini's ball and cone, Kosky's dice and The Chimp.

1st digital edition 2012, 12 pages.

1st edition 2022, video 11:43

Jim Coles, who is the author of the best selling PK Revolution, describes in this ebook four stunning routines with cards, coins and cigarettes.

Mirror Image
Showing his hands to be unmistakably empty, the performer displays a small mirror and a half dollar. Holding the half dollar above the mirror, he tilts the mirror forward, making the coin's reflection slide off the mirror's surface and become a perfect duplicate of the coin he holds! No shell. Everything may be examined.

Shadow Of A Thought
Do thoughts have physical substance? Can that substance be captured? Using a pack of cigarettes as an...

This rare booklet contains some real gems. The routines are described concisely and with lots of clear photos.

• Introduction
• Fooling with Hoola Fooler
• A Ring and some rope
• Matched Up
• Card Production
• Phoa Yan Tiong's Cut and Restored Handkerchief
• Coin Manipulation
• Eddie Wards Card rise
• Quick Tricks
• Malini's Vanish of Note from a Handkerchief
• An effective routine for Equally Unequal Ropes
• Giant fans

The performer displays two straight large nails held at his fingertips. Slowly the two nails visibly bend to a 45-degree angle. The nails continue to visibly bend to almost a 90-degree angle. The nails remain in view throughout this bending process. The nails continue to bend to almost a horseshoe angle. The spectator can actually hear the nails bending, immediately hand the bent nails out for examination. The nails can even be examined before the bending. Nothing concealed in the hand. Resets in seconds. Nails can be used over and over again. No, you do not need super strength to perform this...

Beautiful sleight of hand close-up magic abundantly illustrated:

• Novel Card Test
• Handkerchief Card Change
• Coins Under Card
• Needle Through Handkerchief
• File Card Revelation
• Dollar Bill Delusion
• Card to Pocket
• Coins and Handkerchief

1st edition 1964; 1st digital edition 2015, 15 pages.

More beautiful sleight of hand close-up magic this time with pen, card, bill and a handkerchief. Jerry carried the 'nameless' theme further and didn't even give the routines a name. You will learn three effects:

Effect 1: A ball point pen is rolled up in a dollar bill. The bill is then unrolled and shown repeatedly on both sides, with no sign of the pen. The bill is again rolled into a tube and the pen produced from same.

Effect 2: A playing card is folded up with a dollar bill. When they are unfolded the card is found to be undamaged.

Effect 3: The penetration of a pen thru a handkerchief. ...

A pro stage performer opens his vault of treasured miracles, revealing his favorite magic and psychic effects, plus secrets to get your act booked.

As Nelmar, the author entertained thousands with his stage hypnotism, magic and psychic act. He reveals his favorite effects, ranging from mentalism to card effects to sleights with coins. But that's not all! Nelmar also reveals important business aspects, including how to get booked, how to make "cold" calls, and even two samples of letters he used to get more gigs.

Here's a look at what's included in this ebook:

Chapter I (MENTAL MAGIC)....

Massey was the inventor of many mechanical magic tricks that have become part of the routines of modern magicians. Probably his most successful invention was the Finger Guillotine, which he sold to Max Holden. More than thirty of his tricks are explained in this beautiful and scarce publication.

There are 26 mechanical gems described and explained with enough detail to allow the home builder to construct them with little trouble. He explains six utility devices and seven sleights. His electro-magnetic drumhead loader uses technology which was innovative for 1922. The clockwork "automatic...

Here are more beautifully routined professional effects to add to your act, from the minds of Berland and Whitney. The experts agree that the effects in this book are applause-getters. We concur, as well. Not just one or two, but seven separate routines that you'll want to put to use right away. The crystal-clear illustrations by Herb Borin and Mickey O'Malley make it easy to follow every move.

Just look at what's included:

Super Card Impalement - A card stab effect using two knives that reveal the selected cards from a pair of spectators.

Triple Magical Surprise - Three lit cigarettes...

Shaw was a dealer in Chicago during the time of Erdnase, who specialized in manufacturing trick apparatus, illusions, and gimmicks. Most of the effects described in this work are apparatus type of magic. There is also a sizable section on Chapeaugraphy.

New Ideas In Magic

• The Demon Cards Of Faust
• Mystic Envelopes And Cards
• The Magic Growth Of Flowers
• The Changing Cards
• The Birth Of Floris
• Cassadaga Propaganda
• New Knotted Handkerchiefs
• New Color Changing Handkerchief
• Three Legged Lady
• Four Legged Lady
• The Soldier's Fate
• The Mysterious Glass Jar And Coins
• The Crystal Decanter And Mysterious...

New Ways To Mystify carries on its prestidigitation in the vein of For Magicians Only. Again Mr. Parrish has presented thirty "tricks" that can be performed without elaborate equipment, and with no more skill than the average person can muster. It's all in practice and in knowing how to distract the audience, Mr. Parrish says, and he demonstrates in such a simple manner that anyone, young or old, can master these feats of magic.

The general plan of the ebook follows that of the earlier volume, and Mr. Parrish again writes in his witty, urbane fashion. Dozens of simple diagrams, as well as clever chapter head...

These are Daniel's impromptu magic notes.

"Cliptrip alone is worth the price of these notes!" - Chris Kenner

"Stretch is the best use of this old rubberband principle i have ever seen." - Dan Harlan

" .....(smile)...." - Paul Harris

Borrow a ring and a set of keys and visually link the ring onto the keyring with a tap. Impromptu and clean, nothing to find. The ring is seen to go right through the keyring with only a tap, highly visual and undeniable, then you let go of the ring and let it hang from the keyring clearly and unmistakably. After they confirm that that is their ring hanging from the keyring, you melt the ring back off the keyring where you tapped it, and hand everything back, completely clean.

1st edition 2016, length 7 minutes.

No Adult Supervision is an updated compilation of Geoff's first two sets of lecture notes: The Lecture Your Mother Never Gave You and The Lecture Your Father Never Gave You.

Updated with lots of new text and illustrations, this ebook is filled with outstanding tricks, illusions, sleights and advice. Just a few of the highlights include:

THE "I HATE DAVID COPPERFIELD" TRICK: Based on "Close-Up Illusion" by Larry Jennings, a card visibly melts through another. The visuals here go way beyond the original.

JUST A BIT MORE ULTIMATE THAN JOHN MENDOZA'S "ULTIMATE TORN & RESTORED CARD": You're clean at...