Mainly Close Up
by Paul Hallas

Mainly Close Up was Paul Hallas's first book published in 1979 and has been unavailable for around 30 years. Rather than just copy the book for an e-version it was re-typed and some corrections made and additional comments made from a 2013 perspective. Some of the original sketches have been left, others removed as not necessary and occasionally some photos added. Twenty seven ideas are described (though a couple will need patter updates) and it is perhaps Paul's most varied collection. As the title suggests, the book is mainly close up, and mostly cards, but also a couple of coin items, a stretching shoelace (rope in the original edition) a couple of things for smokers, a mutilated magazine and a packet trick for stage.

With 61 pages and over two dozen ideas you're bound to find something to spark your imagination.

1st edition 1979, 1st digital edition 2013, 61 pages.

Table of Contents

3. Introduction
4. Jekyll and Hyde Revisited
6. The Surprise Deck
8. Invisible Removal
9. With A Little Bit of Magic
10. A Silly Card Rise
12. Miracle Square
16. ESP Perhaps?
17. ESC Card 1 and 2
18. Colour Changing Cigarette
19. One And One Makes One
21. The Visible, Invisible, Penetrating Coin
25. Chinese Colour Coin Transpo
28. A Mutilated Magazine
30. Jaws—The Trick
32. The Vampire Strikes
36. Girl Trouble
40. 3-D Magic
42. The Practice Pack
43. Blank Account
45. Stretchit
47. That Crimp
48. The Imaginary Aces
51. Where Are The Ladies
53. I Know Him From Somewhere
56. A Couple Of Card Forces
57. Negative Thinking
59. Colourful Business
62. End Word