A personal selection by Eric Lewis of the best and most interesting tricks he encountered during a lifetime of magic. Everything is stunningly illustrated.
Excerpt from the introduction:
This book is a four-fold labour of love; of a lifetime love of magic, a love of books, a love of writing and a love of drawing and the daubing of colours. It is unique. There is only this one. It was born of a desire to take the magical impedimenta that one gathers throughout a life-time of magic; the notes in exercise books, the dealer's instruction sheets of personal interest, things which have had a particular interest to me in magazines and books which have passed through my hands, tricks given to me by word of mouth or by letter, tricks I have seen - indeed, from all sources by which one gains a knowledge of magic. It is truly personal, because not only are the contents just those which strongly appeal to me, but in many cases there are slight variations or adaptations which bring the originals into line with my personal requirements.
- CLOSE UP MAGIC
- Bean Cup / David Hemmingway
- Silver & Sponges / L. L. Ireland
- Passing The Buck / Tom Osborne
- Chinese Color Change Coins / Harlan Tarbell
- Congregating Coins / Sands & Slyker
- Copsil / Ed Marlo
- The Silver Spheres / Ed Marlo
- The Bewitched Disk / "Werry"
- Chromo Cups and Balls / Milton Kort
- Dice Dice Dice / Milton Kort
- Red Moon / "Unique"
- Tube-It / Ian Adair
- Rapid Transit / Trevor Hall
- Ultimo / Jordan
- Fantasm / Fred Payne
- Kidnapped / Ireland & King
- Lesson in Card Magic / Jack Shepherd
- Unimentality with Cards / H. P. Albright
- Sooper-Dooper Optical Illusion / Clayton Rawson
- Technicolor Follow-My-Leader / Peter Warlock
- Mental Discernment / R. W. Hull
- 20th. Century Spell or Count / R. W. Hull
- Jim Jam Cards / R. W. Hull
- One Chance in Eight / Francis Haxton
- Worlds Fastest Card Trick / Joe Karson
- Cards to Pocket / Larry Knecht
- Progressive Cards to Pocket / Stewart James
- Five Ace Alex / Tom Sellers
- You Do As I Do Miracle Routine / Bob Weill
- Color Change Deck / Paul Curry
- All Do As I Do / Jay Dee
- One Hand Six Card Repeat / Senator Crandall
- Eleven Card Trick / Edward Victor
- Coincidence Code / Laurie
- The Recurring Card / George Blake
- Card in Cigarette / Douglas Hood
- The Story of Each Individual Card / G. McKenzie
- Look at a Card / Moe
- Ajax / Stanley Collins
- Kortially Yours / Milton Kort
- The Rogues (Monologue) / Anon
- Son John (Monologue) / Anon
- Aces for Connoisseurs / Cy Enfield
- The IQ Test / R. W. Hull
- CHILDREN'S EFFECTS
- Two Girls and Oranges / U. F. Grant
- Fairy Tales (patter) / A. Crowther
- Flower Show / Ian Adair
- Scatty Skittles / "Supreme"
- Socko Comedy Watch Routine / Cliffe & Bee
- A Letter for the Conjurer / Bertram
- Comic Combination / H. P. Allbright
- Flying Saucers / Louis Bertol
- Ready Freddie / Anon
- Humpty Dumpty / Anon
- Sorcerer's Apprentice / Supreme & Lewis
- Eddie's Ghost House / Jeremy Crockett
- The Fairy Tree / Bertram
- SILK EFFECTS
- Six Silk Repeat / "Erebus"
- The Undisturbed Knot / "Vampire"
- Single Knot Release / Herpick
- Knot Release / Middleswart
- Wonder Box and Cane / R. W. Hull
- Silks and Tapes / Tenkai
- Clean Cut Color Change / Harlan Tarbell
- Acrobatic Silks / Haskell
- Color Change Supreme / Jack Channin
- 'Orrible Murder / Eric Lewis
- Eggst-ra-ordinary / "Supreme"
- Rainbow 20th. Century Silks / "Supreme"
- MENTAL MAGIC
- Phenomenal Memory / Will Blyth
- 4th. Dimensional Telepathy / Annemann
- Probabality Zero / Paul Curry
- Psychic Vision / Robert Harbin
- The Moving Finger Writes / Robert Harbin
- Spectator's Privilege / Frank Lane
- Lexicography / Eric Lewis
- GENERAL APPARATUS EFFECTS
- Bending Glass Oswald Rae
- L. W. Buried Treasure Larsen & Wright
- Light Bulb Penetration Lewis & Craven
- Ink Bottle and Turnip Trick Anon
- Mad Mad Balls "Supreme"
- Switch-it Glass "Supreme"
- Counters of Chu Chin Edward Bagshaw
- Sand and Sugar Louis Histed
- Monkey Ribbon Anon
- MISCELLANEOUS
- Ring and Rope Release / Peter Warlock
- Reilly's Rope Trick / Reilly
- King King Rope Rings / "Supreme"
- Close-Up Floating Light Bulb / U. F. Grant
- Evolution of the Afghan Bands / Ellis Stanyon
- Glove Dyeing by Magic / Professor Hoffmann
- Egg Bag Routine / Proudlock
- Musical Monologue / Anon
- Lighted Pipe Production / Various
- Ribbon Fountain / "Dell"
- Ribbon Rings / "Supreme"
- Who Done It? / Jack Shepherd
1st edition 2023, PDF 355 pages.
