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ABOUT RUB-A-DUB: The rhyme is of a type calling out otherwise respectable people for disrespectable actions, in this case, ogling naked ladies - the maids. The nonsense "Rub-a-dub-dub" develops a phonetic association of social disapprobation, analogous to "tsk-tsk," albeit of a more lascivious variety.

The Rub-a-Dub Move's inauspicious beginning began in 1909 at a time when, relatively speaking, magicians had a limited number of utilitarian sleights and techniques at their disposal. Besides, the Rub-a-Dub Move happened in the blink of an eye and was only an offbeat way to make a card disappear. ...

As the title says, this is an overview of the subject, impromptu and otherwise. For the really sincere mentalism worker, a carefully worked out ebook on the subject. Several spectators are asked to choose numbers at random, which are then added together in a totally random manner. Yet in spite of the fact that the mentalist could have no idea what numbers would be chosen, and couldn't control what order they would be added up in, when his prediction is shown, it is seen that he was somehow able to predict the exact total!

From the early methods of accomplishing this miracle, to the most recent...

• ...Liebesromane
• "Namenszüge"
• Mikro-Magie
• Münzen-Effekte
  • Eine Münze durchdringt das Taschentuch
  • Eine Münze verschwindet
  • Eine andere Methode
  • Wie werde ich reich?
• Transmutation nach Eduard Victor
• Mein Mikro-Geistertäfelchen
• Für die Bühne
• Die "Zauberkreide"
• Seil-Ring-Tücher
• Karten-Kunst
  • Card Control nach Dai Vernon
  • Heimliches Merken
  • Zufallskarten-Glückszahlen
  • Eine Karte präsentiert sich!
  • Telepathie mit Karten
  • Eine Fortsetzung
  • Übereinstimmung
  • Eine magische Prognose
  • Problematik
  • Zweimal "Tu, was ich tue" in höchster Potenz
  • Die Glückskarte
  • Zwei Zuschauer lassen die Asse...

Deception, subterfuge, sleight of hand: 30 entries, 171 illustrations, 37 pages, 1 in depth lesson on the deceptive sleights of Daniel Madison.

• An introduction to III by Daniel Madison
• An introduction to III by Chris Alexander
• The D Double - A rotating double lift from the center of the deck
• The M Double - A rotating double lift from the center of the deck with a one-handed opened
• Mad Tenkai Steal - A technique for stealing a card into Tenkai-palm from the bottom of the deck with one hand
• Inverse MTS - An inverted MTS [Mad Tenkai Steal] reversing the top card into a face up Tenkai from a face-down deck...

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   1. ... - Marcelo Contento
   62. The Classic Farce - Mark Jenset
   64. Doubly Daring Revelation - Doug Conn
66. Loving Mentalism - Ian Rowland
    • Espresso ESP
68. Bent on Deception - Mike Bent
    • Ella the Extremely Efficient Elf
    • One More Thing
70. Real-World Methods - Fielding West
    • Stage Control
72. The Monk's Way - Steve Reynolds
    • C&B Uploaded: Phase 1
76. Marketplace
    • Art Decko - Simon Aronson - book - reviewed by Francis Menotti
    • Ocular - Alexis de la Fuente - effect with DVD - reviewed by Peter Duffie
    • Ahead of the Game - Jonathan Levit - 2 DVD set - reviewed...

Volume 1, Number 5 - Volume 2 Number 4
January 1992 - December 1992
Stan Allen & Associates
Stan Allen, Editor

751 pages (9 double pages)

1. Magic - Volume 1, Number 5 - January 1992 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Britain's Secret Cabaret
5. Contents
7. From the Editor - Stan Allen
   • Dear John: Thank You!
8. Letters
12. Editorial - Why Not More Quality Lectures? - Paul Gertner
15. Parallax - Max Maven
    • New Year's Grating
      • A Rose
      • Lecture Lecture
      • Meow Mix
      • Bonus Meow Mix
      • Extra Bonus Meow Mix
      • Remote Control
17. Inside Magic - Patrice Moore
    • Penn &...

The ebook is very hands-on and written to encourage you to build some of the things explained. In fact, there isn't that much text...

"Dai Vernon was a huge admirer of Jack McMillen, and so am I. The content of this book, capably presented by McMillen's friend and student of many years, Michael Landes, will bring great happiness to any advanced practitioner of the art. I have printed and spiral-bound the PDF into a book, which is now full of underlines, highlights, and personal notes. One of the Top Ten Buys at lybrary.com!" - Roberto Giobbi

Jack McMillen is famous for his (plunger) card rise. Seventy-five years after first appearing in print, it remains the preferred pure sleight of hand method for the rising cards, as well as a powerful more...

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     • ... Connection - Magic Ronnay
     • How to Entertain Children - Wilfred Tyler - Magicassette
     • Now You See It - Ken de Courcy
     • I Scream - Ice Cream! - Supreme
     • Tele-Frame - Supreme
     • A Magician's Approach To Advertising - Mike Schirmer
     • A Measure of Fun - Daren Dundee
     • The Card Expert Entertains - Dariel Fitzkee
     • Executive Mentalism - John Philip Machniak
     • The Anatomy of Misdirection - Joe Bruno
     • Ultimate Card Book #4 - Roger Smith
     • Joe Cossari's card fans and flourishes - John Fedko
     • Abracassetta, No. 5, October
     • Abracassetta, No. 6, November
     • The New Lexicon Phenomena -...

PART I: MEANS

• Chapter I: Riffle Selection Controls
  • R. S. Switch
  • R. S. Key Glimpse
  • R. S. Jog Control
  • R. S. Glimpse
  • R. S. Bluff Controls
  • R. S. Throw Forces
• Chapter II: A-D Multiple Control
• Chapter III: Variety Pack
  • Push Up Force
  • Underturn
  • Underturn Force
  • The Catch Switch
  • Swing Slip Cut
  • Packet Palm
  • Turnover Glide
  • Friction Jog
  • Knuckle Jog
  • Plunger Top Shift
  • New Wave Change
  • Bluff Cull

• Chapter I: More With Four
  • A La Card
  • Four Downs
  • PersuACEive
  • Four For All
  • One Good Turn
  • About Face I
  • About Face II
  • A Common Mistake
  • Invisible Cut
  • Over and...

The Magigram, Volume 15, The Supreme Magic Company, Ken de Courcy, editor

812 pages

1. Volume 15, Number 1, September, 1982, 68 pages - Bumper All-Trick Issue
2. advertisements
9. Let's Face It - editorial by Ken de Courcy
10. My Routine with Supreme's Cocktail Sticks - Geoff Lawrence
10. The Fifty One to One Gamble - Phil Bennett
11. An Alternative Routine for "Migration" - Kenneth Lang
13. A Calcutta Routine for a "Boston Clip" or "Metamorphis Card" Revisited - Arun Bonerjee
14. Culling a Stack - Phil Bennett
15. Guessing the Unknown Card - Kishor N. Gordhandas
16. Secureasilk - Arthur setterington
17. Siamese Triplets...

Numbers 245-248

285 pages

1. Vol. 44, Number 245, March, 1955 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
1. Foreword - George Armstrong
2. The Zodiac Deck - Vivian St. John
   • A Card Vocabulary
   • Making the Zodiac Deck
   • Any Card Called For
   • The Colour Change Deck
     • To Show the Spot Cards Mixed
     • To Show the Spots All Black
     • To Show the Spots All Red
     • To Show the Backs All Red
     • To Show the Backs All Blue
     • To Show the Backs All Blue with Spots All Black
     • To Show the Backs All Red with Spots All Red
   • The Routine
     • The Brainwave Deck
     • Colour Change Routine
     • Any Card Called...

1. ... to performers
   • Herman Hanson
951. Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks - Martin Gardner
     • Cracker
     • Crayon
     • Cup (Coffee)
     • Cup (Paper)
     • Dice
952. Magicana - bits of wisdom
952. Classified Advertisements

953. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume X, Number 2 - July 1952 - 12 pages
953. "Effective Card Magic - Book Profiles - John J. Crimmins, Jr.
     • Effective Card Magic - Bill Simon
     • Hugard's Magic Monthly Book Edition Bo. 5 (Vol. VIII)
954. The I.B.M. Convention - Milbourne Christopher
954. Hu-gardenias - kudos to performers
     • Bob Lewis
     • Neil Foster
955. Milbourne Christopher's Column ...

Numbers 241-244

236 pages

1. Extra photo plate page 1 - The George Johnson "Magic Wand" Trophy
1. Vol. 43, Number 241, March, 1954 [48 numbered & 16 unnumbered cover, advertising & Index pages]
1. Foreword - George Armstrong
   • The George Johnson "Magic Wand" Trophy
2. The Merlini Card System - series by Jim Merlini - continued from V-42
   • "Name O'Card"
     • The Break Cards
     • The Spelling Cards
     • Special Spellers
   • Variations on a Theme
     • Divined by Spelling
     • The Card is Known
     • Behind the Back
6. For Sleight-of-Hand Enthusiasts - New Four Coin Production - E. Brian MacCarthy
7. The Conjurer's Table Cover...

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  • ...Symsilk / Robert Harbin
  • Double-Lift Plus / Stanley Collins
  • Chameleon Thimbles / Douglas Francis
  • Arcana (cont.) / Claude Collier
  • Arcana / Claude Collier
  • The Art To Enchant / S. H. Sharpe
• No. 7: April 1947
  • Robbers And Sheep / Peter Warlock
  • Have A Scotch / Douglas Francis
  • Prevhue / L. A. Belcher
  • The Nonsuch Card Prediction / Francis Haxton
  • Invisible Flight / Ken Burrows
• No. 8: May 1947
  • A Trick With A 'Punch' / Rev. G. E. Arrowsmith
  • Slates Of Hecate (cont.) / Jack Morrison
  • 365 / Tom Sellers
  • Slates Of Hecate / Jack Morrison
• No. 9: June 1947
  • You Can't Be Wrong / John Brearley
  • Welcome /...

• ...
  • ...Interpretation to confound
  • Conviction
  • By these signs ye shall know them
  • Acting
  • Diebox deception
• CHAPTER III - CONVICTION AND NATURALNESS
  • The important ingredients
  • If you believe it, it's so
  • Convince yourself
  • Spectator instinct
  • Naturalness
  • How to convince without argument
  • Disguise and attention
  • Attention control comes forward
  • Reasons
  • The importance of convincing yourself
• CHAPTER IV - WHAT ACTUALLY DECEIVES THE SPECTATOR
  • Money to burn
  • Marked and borrowed, but found in an impossible place
  • Behind the scenes
  • The plant
  • Pilferage
  • Disappearing rubber
  • No machinery necessary
  • All through psychology ...

Volume XVIII (June 1960 - August 1961), Milbourne Christopher & Fred Braue, editors

144 pages

1. Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volume XVIII, Number 1 - June 1960 - 12 pages
1. New Wine from Old Cups - Fred G. Taylor
2. Backstage - Frank Joglar
   • Bits and Pieces
   • Grim Reaper - re: Dr. Harlan Tarbell
   • News and Notes
   • Memo from Morris
   • Jottings
   • Syldini
   • Goodliffe
   • Rope Trick
   • Dunninger on Hurkos
3. The Wizard's Variations - Al Stevenson
   • My Card on Ceiling
     • Variations
4. Milbourne Christopher's Column
   • Phone in Bag
   • Phone Production
   • Emcee Item ...

A treatise on the science and art of the stock, cull, odd-number, and cull-stock shuffles. Presenting the Braue system, bringing these useful stratagems within the reach of every performer, together with a full description of a number of brilliant card feats made possible by this amazingly simple system.

Paul Fleming wrote:

Slip Cuts play a vital role in "Cutting to the Aces," a presentation auspiciously introduced in Stars of Magic (1946). Dai Vernon's handling sparked lots of interest when it first appeared, providing strong incentive to master the Slip Cut. Cardini, who also knew a great trick when he saw one, strongly endorsed Vernon's presentation:

"To lovers of outstanding card magic I heartily recommend 'Cutting the Aces.' It is showy and mystifying, more so than you would think a card trick could possibly be."

Therefore, this treatise begins with explanations of three versions of Ace-Cutting. This may induce...

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     • ... Notes - new edition
     • There's One Born Every Minute - Harry Blackstone, Jr.
     • The Blue Book of Mentalism - Phil Goldstein
     • nail writer - Johnson Products
     • Johnson Products - catalog
     • Would You Believe? - Mason Productions
     • Black Power - Mason Productions
     • The Bionic Card - Mason Productions
     • Peck-A-Card - Aldini
     • 3 Shell Monte Cards - Aldini
     • E.S.P.-A-Rama - Aldini
     • The Incredible Card Trek - Wilbur Kattner
     • Lecture Notes #1 - Jon Racherbaumer
     • Tru-Test - U. F. Grant
     • Innovative Magic No. 2 - Fort Worth Magicians' Club
     • Carlo Corda's Silk...

The act opens with a wonderful version of a modem classic, Gambler vs. Magician. A tale of the world's greatest gambler challenging the world's finest magician is related. A card is chosen, sight unseen, and the magician is challenged to cut to the three mates of the unknown card from a shuffled deck. He succeeds in cutting to three mates, but it is discovered in the end that they do not match the value of the selected card. A surprise ending is achieved when the three...

Psycho is an ebook of simple and subtle ideas and performance effects based on psychological suggestion and pseudo-psychological magic, written in 2007 and released in 2010. These notes offer a way of thinking and a refreshing approach to the art of using psychological suggestion as both a tool and an illusion within itself.

Psychological Forces
An insight into the idea of psychological forcing and 'pseudo-psychological suggestion'.

Playing Card Psychological Forces

• Four of Clubs
• Jack of Spades
• Jack of Hearts
• Queen of Hearts
• Four of Diamonds

Psycho
An expose on psychological...

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   1. ... It Away, Sell It! - Tony Giorgio
63. The Giorgio Letters - Tony Giorgio
64. Braintwister of the Month - Mel Stover
    • Sixophone
65. Tips & Bits - T.C. Tahoe and Friends
67. Light from the Lamp - Jamy Ian Swiss
    • Tullock: The Real Truth About Trade Show Magic and a Lot More! - Eddie Tullock
    • Card Stories - Ariel Frailich
    • The Art of Close-Up Magic, Volumes 1 and 2 - Lewis Ganson
    • The Baby Bag - Algonquin McDuff
    • Using Magic to Prevent Drug Abuse - Stan Davis
    • Darwin's Inexpensive Illusions - Gary Darwin
    • Miracle Material, The Close-Up Magic of Michael Kaminskas - Michael Kaminskas ...