Magic & Mentalism: page 35

This is truly a gem, an early Vernon publication, the lecture notes to his first European lecture tour in 1955. Explained are classics of card, coin and ball magic and Vernon's Thumb Tie routine:

• Three Ball Transposition
• Ball, Cone and Handkerchief
• Seven Card Monte
• Expansion of Texture
• A Chinese Classic
• The Thumb Tie

1st edition 1955, 1st digital edition 2014, 14 pages.

Paul Fleming wrote:

This is the revised and expanded second edition. (The first edition can be found here.) In particular it includes two additional effects: "Follow the Leader", and "Vernon's Automatic Gambler".

• Introduction
• "Topping The Deck"
• The Royal Marriages
• "Follow the Leader"
• Vernon's Automatic Gambler
• Addition And Subtraction
• The Little Dictators
• Winged Silver
• Two Impromptus
  • (1) Fallacy Of Vision
  • (2) Matchless Digits
• A Cigarette Switch
• Heads Or Tails
• Twentieth Century Handkerchief Trick
• Snow Storm In China

2nd edition 1949, 41 pages; PDF 38 pages.

This is a fascinating combination of biographical detail and carefully described magical secrets researched and recorded by Dai Vernon and Lewis Ganson.

Vernon was an intimate friend of Leipzig. Vernon not only saw many performances given by Leipzig, but Leipzig also explained Vernon in detail how all of his tricks worked and how they are to be performed. Vernon recorded this in his notebooks from which this publication was prepared by Ganson and Vernon. It is therefore fair to say that this is as close as you will ever get to learn from Leipzig.

Leipzig was a gentelman of magic who could...

These were Ken de Courcy's USA lecture tour notes. It includes great material which puts entertainment first and foremost.

• The Haired Card - a comedy surprise with four outsize cards from a pack.
• Balloon Prediction - three balloons, the audience nominate the colors, these magically burst one at a time ... then you show that you knew the order the spectator chose and made a prediction to that effect!
• The Economy Card in Balloon - a simplicity version of the great classic effect.
• Explosive Rope Cut - cut and restore a rope with a bang. Unusual and good!
• Seeing is Disbelieving - spectators...

Definition of DARE

As you read this ebook, "may your deceptions dare to dazzle and delight". May you find the imagination and boldness to take the mechanics of the tricks herein and find the dynamics to make them dazzle and delight.

In this ebook, you'll learn a diverse range of unique close-up and mental magic effects --- discover how to use a GPS Card with strategic roughing techniques, how to pre-stack a deck that can be freely shuffled, accomplish the pen-thru-bill trick with a borrowed pen, learn how to visually...

From the Foreword:

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...

Parlor and stage magic updated! Includes a version of the 6 Card Repeat that has an actual climax as well as a Vanishing Candle you can perform within inches of the audience.

This ebook is for the parlor/banquet/stage performer that wants to add funny, well-thought out, and highly visible routines to his or her act.

A performer that wants tricks that actually work. Where the nasty things, like angles and spectator management have been thought out.

The material is:

• Solution 6 - a 6 card repeat that has an actual magical climax and a totally logical story line. This routine is loosely...

The story of the late Jesse Demaline and 65 years in magic. Apart from his interesting life story there are lots of his effects: Mental Magic 21 items, Children's Magic 21 items, Close Up Magic 23 items, Miscellaneous Magic 26 items. This ebook received great reviews from Terry Seabrooke and The Magic Circular when it was first published.

MENTALISM AND SECOND SIGHT

• The Act
• Card Mentalism
• The Handkerchief Test
• The Jay Dem Book Test
• Card Transition
• Psychic Visions
• Absolutely Silent Card Mentalism
• Designs
• One In Fifty-Two
• Animal Magnetism
• Jay-Dem Mentalism (Using a Dictionary)
• Pools Win
• A Good...

Just as the last release Magic of the Depots 1924, Depot Magic lines up several dealers to describe a few tricks each. However the most interesting article in this book is by Leo Rullman and is entitled "The Hobby of Book Collecting".

1st edition, 1925, Harry Leat, London; 92 pages.

6. A Bad Trait.
7. Liberty.
11. Introduction.
    Mr. CHARLES R. BRUSH
21. Two Handkerchief Secrets.
22. A Colour Study.
24. Magician's Wax.
25. The Cigarette Stand.
26. Magician's Elastic.
27. His End.
    MESSRS CHICAGO MAGIC Co.
29. The Magicians Card Box.
31. The Penetrated Card.
33. Improved Glass of Water Through Hat.
36. The Enchanged Tube.
    MESSRS B. L. GILBERT MAGIC...

Dieses Buch ist für den jungen angehenden Zauberkünstler geschrieben. Es ist in einem netten Dialog verfaßt und lehrt dem jungen Zauberkünstler alle wichtigen Lektionen. Einige Kunststücke sind recht schwierig und nicht unbedingt für den Anfänger geeignet. Die zweite Hälfte des Buches widmet sich dem Schattenspiel und dem Puppenspiel.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Erste Abteilung: Die große und die kleine Kunst
  1. Vorbericht
  6. Erster Abend: Vorbereitungen und Kleinigkeiten
  15. Zweiter Abend: Das Becherspiel und die Escamotage
  24. Dritter Abend: Die Kartenkästen, das Tinteglas, der Eierstab und...

Mr. Deb was initiated into magic at an early age. As a teenager, he was inspired by the Late P.C. Sorcar’s Magic Shows, and soon started performing his own magic shows in local clubs on many occasions. He developed an interest in the 'mechanics' of tricks and started making his own props in his own small home workshop. He gained a wealth of knowledge by avidly reading a wide variety of books on this subject.

The eight effects described in this ebook are mechanical self-working props, that "do" the magic. The performer has little else to do, once the props are ready, than pull the correct...

For many years David Devlin has been creating some really great magic and mentalism. This is a collection of 17 terrific effects, some of which is being released here for the first time. This ebook has something for everyone, packet tricks, mentalism, full deck magic, bizarre magic, scams, impromptu magic, and more.

• Symphony
• Inside Out (Previously Unreleased)
• Outside In (Previously Unreleased)
• Paramnesia
• Nitration
• The Best Scam You Can't Do Anymore
• The Okito Voodoo Doll
• Zodiac (appearing here for the 1st time in eBook form)
• My Favorite Anytime Scam
• Aces Under Control (Previously...

The latest ebook from Jeff Stone, Diary of a Madman is an eclectic collection of ideas, tricks, presentations, moves, and routines ranging from card control, to mind control. Sprinkled in amongst the madness you'll find card magic, voodoo doll magic, stuff with pendulums, the zodiac and more. The variety of each effect when combined together can make a complete show with texture, and take your audience on an emotional journey from the silly to the intimate, the scary, and the creepy all in one show. Enjoy Diary of a Madman.

Over the Mountain: Use this technique to prove that you can...

The format follows Gregg's established style of illustrations and hand-lettered text. The material is classic Gregg Webb.

From the introduction:

As magicians we are hired to entertain. The show must go on is a harsh truth that we all accept responsibility for. The fact is performances do not always take place without problems. If you have ever found yourself standing in the lights, with a failed trick you know what I am talking about. The audience knows the magic was a complete flop. There is no one else on stage with you. When that happens, we all promise we will never put ourselves in that situation again.

Your magic may be "performance ready" but is it also "audience ready"? This text talks about conditioning for the unexpected....

Effect: One of the most novel vanishes of a silk or bill ever created. Performer shows a small metal tube and inserts a silk handkerchief or borrowed dollar bill into it. Suddenly, the tube disintegrates and falls onto the table as loose rings! The silk or bill has vanished. Your hands are seen to be empty. This makes a stunning vanish of a silk if you sprinkle confetti over the tube, then let the loose rings and confetti cascade onto your table top. At the end everything can be examined. The spectators will have no clue as to how the rings were just a solid tube a few moments before.

Easily...

From The Sphinx: Diversified Magic is Harry Leat's latest contribution to magical lore. Diversified rightly describes the contents of the book. The variety is great, the quality superior, the originality genuine. Of the twenty chapters it is difficult to say which is the most interesting, and of the tricks and other effects, which is the best. The Organ Pipe Pagoda, and the Eclipse Ventriloquial Figure are alone worth more than the price of the book. Mr. Leat's introduction is full of matter for serious thought and consideration. The patter for the tricks, and the dialogue for the vent. figure are lively,...

Music control for the solo entertainer

This ebook describes how any solo entertainer can easily build and set up their own music control system. Many entertainers are looking for an easy set up to be their own sound technician. The system can be operated by the push of a button and the button can even be in the performers pocket.

I tried a lot of hardware and software and I think that I found a good working solution. This system is easy to build, reliable, cheaper than some other sound systems and cheaper as hiring a sound technician. The ebook covers all aspects to setup such a system...

Includes four sections, one on mental magic, card magic, silk magic and rope and lace magic respectively. All effects are easy to perform and do not require any exotic requisites.

• MENTAL MAGIC
  7. Wrong Number
  9. A Prediction to End Predictions
  12. The Payoff Prediction
  14. . . . Things to Come
  17. The "Direct" Divination
  17. The Phantom President
  19. Picture Projection
  21. Transposed Minds
  23. Comedy Color-Changing Slate
  25. Two Routines
• CARD MAGIC
  27. Thought on the Line
  29. "Picture This"
  30. Name Your Favorite
  31. Remote Re verso
  32. Synchronism
  35. Dual Impulsion
  37. Duo Prediction
  38. The Triple Enigma
  39. Nu-Locato
  40. Simplex...

This is a great self-working effect that can even be done over the phone or over the radio.

A dollar note, a five dollar note, a ten dollar note and a 25 cent piece are lined up on the table. A spectator is allowed to mix and rearrange the setup without the performer knowing how the bills are arranged. Then without seeing the table the performer gives directions to exchange some notes and in the end the performer knows where the 25 cents are.

Then in a second phase of the effect the spectator clips the 25 cents on to any of the other three bills. Again there is a sequence of shuffling...

Long out of print, this classic of close-up magic is back with a new look and even more tricks. Through the clever use of dominoes, those attractive, wooden tiles that everyone is familiar with, this ebook explains 18 close-up and parlor mysteries with which to entertain any audience. Beginners and seasoned performers alike will find something of value here, as most effects end with a domino that can be examined to the heart's content of any spectator. Difficult sleights have been dispensed with, relying instead of subtlety and the occasional piece of standard apparatus already owned by most...