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Teach your class members to do the 20 magic tricks on this video. All of them are different from any others taught on his other videos or in his Tricks 4 Trainers ebooks. Watch as your class participants perform the magic - showing others and reinforcing your content at the same time.

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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 ...

Critics and customers unanimously agree that Encore 3 contains more practical, powerful, performance material than any other book of its kind.

Reputations have been made from the material in this ebook, and over a dozen of the items have been used on national television in the United States, Russia, Japan, Canada, Australia, England, France, and Norway.

When Michael put a card on the Kremlin ceiling, Russia became the 25th country Michael had performed in using the method taught in this ebook, and almost a dozen more countries have been added to the list since then.

For almost 10 years...

This famous Canadian performer and author was guest of honor at the 1973 Collector's Weekend. To honor him, this booklet of his early, unpublished material was made into a 36 page booklet. Besides fifteen Lorraine tricks and a section of miscellaneous gags, the booklet contains photos and a reproduction of the Berlinski poster made special for the occasion.

Sid is known for his humorous approach to magic, and the great number of users of his stuff show, his strong influence on magic.

1st edition 1973, 36 pages; 1st digital edition 2012, 38 pages.

Here is a manuscript obviously born out of Dave Arch's fascination with the Circus Sideshow genre. He has collected twenty sideshow attractions that he has presented from pure bluff to minimum skill, commissioned an artist to create a poster for each act and assembled it all into a 30 page manuscript. The attractions in this manuscript can be performed in a stand alone show by itself or inserted into your current show as an example of a bygone era when P.T. Barnum ruled the entertainment world.

1st edition 2012, 31 pages.

Honed in 100's of performances, this routine brings together the excitement and suspense of a Game Show with questions, prizes and mystery. It packs a full ten minutes of fun with audience participation and customization possibilities once you know the principles and routining that make this an award winning routine for any family audience.

1st edition 1990, 1st digital edition 2012, 6 pages

Whether you choose to use this as another act in Dave Arch's One Man Circus Sideshow or as a stand-alone twenty-minute act or merely take some of its effects and insert them into a show you currently do; you'll be using a routined collection of flea circus acts with complete scripts refined over ten years of performance. No mechanical contrivances to go wrong. Minimalistic in props and yet believable in the effects it produces - causing an audience to enter that world of fun where reality blurs with fantasy. Comes complete with its own specially-commissioned poster for advertising your next appearance....

Probably the greatest collection of close-up tricks ever assembled. And no card tricks are included in this first volume. It is so important not only because of its size (see the humongous table of contents below) and quality, but because the author has gone beyond the mere explanations of tricks and routines. The opening chapter, 'The Presentation of Close-Up Magic', embraces the whole approach to close-up performance. Includes hundreds of illustrations by Dennis Patten.

1st edition 1967, 344 pages; PDF 254 pages.

Table of Contents

9. Foreword

   Chapter One: The Presentation Of Close-Up...

The second volume continues with more than 60 outstanding close-up routines from the best names in magic.

1st edition 1967, 300 pages; PDF 184 pages.

Table of Contents

6. Foreword

   Chapter 1: Destroyed & Restored

7. Cut & Restored Silk
9. Yarn Trick
11. Ten Shilling Note Trick
15. Torn & Restored Cigarette Paper
16. Bennett's Boner
17. Note In Cigarette

    Chapter 2: Three Rings For Dai Vernon

    Chapter 3: Mainly Mental

33. Seven Colours Of Wisdom
34. Elizabeth Arden
35. The Taste Tells
37. Mollusca Mental
39. Idento
40. Noted Number
42. Pseudo Psychometry
45. Transversale
47. Licensed Telepathy

    Chapter 4: Novel Necromancy

49. Miniature...

Three updated effects from Ottokar Fischer's Illustrated Magic, double card to wallet, and a unique false cut ... and more.

• The Fischer Series
• - The Miniature Silk Handkerchief
• - A Snobbish Coin
• - Four Englishmen
• Silver to Copper
• Double Card to Wallet
• The Lost Cut
• Katie's Favorite

1st digital edition 2012, 16 pages.

Five effects suitable for performing on a pool table, a clever "camera" give-away item, and an extremely difficult to solve puzzle give-away item. For one of the pool effects you don't need to have any pool playing skill.

• Tom Poolery
  • First Stunt: CrazyBallz
  • Second Stunt: Make a Wish
  • Third Stunt: Two-Dollar Trick Shot
  • Fourth Stunt: Varner's Closer
• Pool's Best-Kept Secret
• Instant Camera
• Square Me Puzzle

1st digital edition 2012, 12 pages.

Very well done strolling, walk-around, or restaurant magic. The effects are clear and have a strong impact, and most don't require any difficult moves. The first third of the book provides some general discussion of getting restaurant work and how to promote yourself. Beautiful illustrations have been drawn by Tony Dunn.

1st edition 2003 by The Cairn Press, 96 pages; 1st digital edition 2012, 92 pages.

Table of Contents

6. Foreword
7. Further Foreword
9. Carl's Comments
10. Introduction
12. Magical Beginnings
13. Work
16. More Opportunities
18. Booking Agents
19. Promotion
20. Advice On Strolling
22. Material
23. Approaching...

Stretching a handkerchief - taught to Blackstone, Sr. by Milbourne Christopher. A simple but effective book test. A simplified version of Albert Goshman's Cards Through the Newspaper. Card to Pocket. A false cut. Phantom Diminishing Cards.

1st digital edition 2012, 14 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.

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.

This is one of the all-time great books on magic, because it teaches not just a large selection of great tricks, but also a lot of concepts, applied psychology and ways to handle spectators.

A great big wonderful ebook about a great big wonderful performer and his tricks - the late great restauranteur, Matt Schulien. Schuliens Restaurant, the legendary and favorite eatery of local Chicagoans and visitors from abroad was a family owned enterprise for 113 years. Matt grew up in the family business and a lifetime of fooling patrons at his saloon made Matt one of the world's finest close-up men....

These tricks originally appeared 1999-2010 in the print magazines Club 71 (later The Magician), Abracadabra, The Mystery Magazine, and in the online journal Visions.

The list of effects:

• An "Honest" Card Trick
• Janus-faced
• The Magnetic Joker
• Royalties
• Daltonico
• No Risk But Fun
• Thanks to Fibonacci III
• Orthochromatic ESP
• Aleaque
• Sex and the City
• Betwixt
• Family Affairs
• L'addition, s'il vous plait!
• Bizarre or Romantic
• BalVallaBel
• Happy Birthday!
• Bubble Sort
• Swindle Sudoku
• Shake Well Before Use
• Mixed Double
• Seeing Black
• Age Cube
• 4-3-2-1
• More Monge Shuffle Trickery
• Obedient to the Word
• Two Spelling Tricks ...

These tricks originally appeared 2006-2012 in the print magazines The Magician, Abracadabra, The Mystery Magazine, and in the online journal Visions.

The list of effects:

• Astro Nonet
• Double Sandwich
• Taken In Tow
• Quadrigula
• Stebbins Combo
• Joker Out – Your Card In
• ESP Twins
• Three Predictions
• Nothing
• Color Filter
• Sey On
• J. O'Seph
• Liar's Clock
• WYSIWYG
• Good Bye, Joe!
• Symbol Pattern Squares
• Migratory
• Lined Up
• Vive le Roi!
• Magic Patchwork
• Ghost Rider
• You Push the Button
• Fives or Sevens?
• He & She
• High Math
• Higher Math
• Quod Licet Jovi
• A la Harry
• Six Times No
• Not

1st edition 2012; 31 pages....

A collection of 21 columns Ali Bongo wrote for Abracadabra magazine. The column was called "Backsheesh" and teaches mostly comedic parlor and stage effects.

• ALL ABOUT ALI
• NUMBER ONE: DOVES A LA CARTE
• NUMBER TWO: SNOWSTORM IN PONGOLIA
• NUMBER THREE: OUT OF THE PICTURE
• NUMBER FOUR: WITCH SWITCH
• NUMBER FIVE: THE TEARABLE OGRE
• NUMBER SIX: PENETRATION MINUS
• NUMBER SEVEN: THE LADY’S NOT FOR BURNING
• NUMBER EIGHT: BONGO’S BLOOMING BUSH
• NUMBER NINE: THE PRINTER’S NIGHTMARE
• NUMBER TEN: FRUIT SALAD
• NUMBER ELEVEN: THE BALANCING YOGI
• NUMBER TWELVE: ONE ROPE ONLY
• NUMBER THIRTEEN: THE...

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...

A classic effect from the early days of magic catalogs. An effect that every kid wanted to order so he could impress his friends. Ads for this trick appeared in early Boy's Life and in comic books. It's an effect that is still effective today but is almost forgotten.

It is a little known secret that is even being used by some rock bands today to make their eyes flash during concerts.

Here is the ad copy from an early Vick Lawston magic catalog.

Underground magician, Paul A. Lelekis, presents six big effects designed for close-up and table-hopping. All the effects have been performed hundreds and even thousands of times. Included is excellent advice from a working professional with decades of experience.

Also included is some sage advice on approaching tables and making the spectators feel excited about your performances. This is what makes REAL magic! All patter is included. Photographs of Paul's hands explain every move.

Included effects:

1. Inspector #1953 - If ever there was a great "ice-breaker" for approaching tables –...

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 ...