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1. ... Braun
   • The Judah Slap Shift
17. Of Interest to Magicians Overseas
17. re: Encore Trick Contest
18. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
    • Some Rambling Thoughts
    • Just Saw Wood - poem
20. Wizard Club [of Chicago] Announces Annual Show
21. The Magic Marathon - Mariano Palhinha
    • Another Card Trick
22. Vents - Herb Rungie
    • The Drinking Stunt - Revello Petee
23. Saginaw Valley [MI] Mystics Hold Annual Ladies' Night
24. Magic Books of Another Day - H. Adrian Smith
    • The Bibliography of Scot's Discovery
27. Justo Hijo Jottings - Hugh Riley
28. Impromptu Pocket Tricks [Contest]
    28. Impromptu Routine - G. McAthy
    29. Lo! The Vanishing Silk -...

1. ...
   16. The Magic-Smith
   16. A Home-Made Shadow Scope
17. Facts Versus Fallacies - C. A George Newmann
20. "It's A Pip" Contest
    20. Turn-Overs - G. L. Lanier
    20. I.A.P. Uses - B. Bently
    21. The Spirits Or - Ormond McGill
    21. "It's A Pip" Paddle Trick - J. B. Bobo
    22. Transposition - Charles J. Jones
    22. Card In Frame - Charlie Roe
    23. New Era Remote Control - W. F. Van Zandt
    23. Suggested Uses - W. F. Van Zandt
24. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
    • The Birch Show
25. Read and Heed
25. Alberto - in Hollywood
26. Magic Books of Another Day - H. Adrian Smith
    • The John Mulholland Collection ...

January 1955 - December 1955
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor
Howard Melson "Mel", Editor

385 pages

1. The "Tops" - Volume 20, Number 1 - January 1955 - 32 pages
2. Floating Handkerchief
3. Perfect Transpo-Card - Rovelli (Tenente Jose Silvestre)
4. Silks in Chick-A-Dee - Anthony Dunn
4. Useful Cigarette Sleights - Roxy
   • Number One
   • Number Two
   • Number Three
5. Another Torn Restored Newspaper - Wilford Hutchinson
5. Penetra - Roxy
6. Tricks of East Indian Magicians - Part 3 - Eddie Joseph
   • The Cups and Balls
     • The Sleights
     • The Routine
   • The Egg Bag
10. Handkerchief-Rope...

January 1954 - December 1954
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor
Howard Melson "Mel", Editor

389 pages

1. The "Tops" - Volume 19, Number 1 - January 1954 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Mel
1. Contents
2. Ultra Four-Ace Trick - Billy Bell
2. Fifty-Fifty - S. Stern
   • Second Method
   • Suggestions for Preparing Props
4. Drum Head Tube Routine - James Reneaux
5. Simple Memorization
6. re: Goodliffe
6. re: Monk Watson
6. The Spider and the Pips - Lu Brant
8. Predicto - A Super Mental Card Test - Roxy
8. Some Patter in Rhyme
   • Dyeing or Color Changing
   • For Children's Shows
   • For Dyeing Other Colors ...

January 1953 - December 1953
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor
Howard Melson "Mel", Editor

385 pages

1. The "Tops" - Volume 18, Number 1 - January 1953 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Percy Abbott
1. Contents
2. Magical Card Finesse - Jerry Hornak
   • Sleights with Cards
     • A Rare Control
     • A Succeeding Control
     • Riffle Strip Control
     • Three Controls
       • Basic Move
       • 1 - Side Slip Action
       • 2 - Palm Slip Action
       • 3 - The Crimp Action
     • Ace Control
4. Remember Twenty-Two - Dr. Maurice
5. Some Magical Twists - V. C. Kitchen

January 1951 - December 1951
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor
Howard Melson "Mel", Editor

385 pages

1. The "Tops" - Volume 16, Number 1 - January 1951 - 32 pages
3. With the Editor - Mel
3. Contents
4. Lota-Gorda - George F. Wright
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Good Wishes
5. Matching the Card - Carl C. Newbold
6. Spotting the Spot - Eddie Joseph
6. Envelope and Handkerchief - Augustus Rapp
7. Coin and Matchbox Effect - Joseph Ovette
7. [Stewart] James Case Dismissed
8. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
   • Fun with Talking Teeth
   • The Party - A Skit with Talking Teeth
9. A Card in Balloon Idea - Joseph...

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   • ...
     • ... Monthly, November & December
   • club papers
     • Magic Makers
     • The Barnstormer, December & January
   • tricks
     • Neff's Miracle Rope
   • books
     • Paul LePaul's book
     • Conjuring with Christopher - Milbourne Christopher
8. Magic in Ontario
8. Conley Card Sword Routine - Percy Abbott
9. cartoon - Otho Blake
9. Sun and Moon - I. W. Roberts
10. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • Laughing Gas
11. re: Abbott's in India with Eddie Joseph
11. Wacky Wizardry - Davey Jones
    • Chinaman to Banana
    • Juggling Gag
    • Mickey Mouse Dye Tube
    • Jumbo Cards to Pockets ...

January 1949 - December 1949
Abbott's Magic Novelty Company
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor
Howard Melson "Mel", Editor

385 pages

1. The "Tops" - Volume 14, Number 1 - January 1949 - 32 pages
3. With the Editor - Mel
3. Contents
4. An Appreciation! - Percy Abbott - re: Howard Melson
4. A Toast to the Flag
4. New Indianapolis Store Open
4. re: Edgar Bergen & Jim Sherman
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • reviews
     • new effect from Eddie Joseph
     • Forbidden Wisdom - Howard Albright
     • I.O.U. - C. V. Tebbetis
     • Six Foolers with a Miniature Skull - Eddie Joseph - re; Skullo
     • Laugh Card ...

1. ... Aaron Weiss
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Questions and Answers
6. Vancouver Magic Circle
6. re: Herb Antes
6. re: J. C. Bisbee
6. Thought Lost (or The Flying Signature) - R. F. Sparks
7. Features Abbott Effects - photo - re: Tommy Windsor
7. Panama Rope Trick Idea - Carroll M. Smith
8. Finesse for Multple Card Pass - Mariano Palhinha
8. A 'Coke' Quickie - Murdon the Magician
9. Father Becomes a Magician - poem - Dyerino
9. re: Death of Dr. Lazlo Rothbart
10. The Campbell Caravan - Loring and Kathryne Campbell
11. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • Humor Hunting
12. Wizard Club of Chicago - Clettis...

1. ... March 1947 - 32 pages
1. Cover - P. C. Sorcar
3. With the Editor - Mel
3. Contents
4. Sorcar - "Best in India!"
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • reviews
     • Magic Is Fun
     • Flight Three - trick - Herman L. Weber
     • Magic That Is Magic - Loring Campbell
     • Tricks of a Trouper - Jack LeDair
     • Card Control - Arthur buckley
     • Paul Fox Rising Cards
   • Questions and Answers
8. re: George and Betty Johnstone
9. The Campbell Caravan - Loring and Kathryne Campbell
10. Allentown Sale Lures Magi - re: Max Hess collection
10. The Wizard's Show - Demon Rembrandt
11. Scrap Book Suggestions - Mariano Palhinha
11. re: Fred Beckman ...

1. ... and Better Magic - William Harry Montgomery
   • Preface
   • The Enchanted Croquet Balls
   • Spiritualistic Color Bars
   • The Great Orange Vase
   • Self-Adding Blackboards
17. Merchandising Magic - Tommy Windsor
18. Dorny at East Moline Rotary
18. Bertram's Livestock Case - Ross Bertram
19. Micardo (Your Card is My Card) - George F. Wright
19. re: Stan White
20. Not Magic - But Lettering - Demon Rembrandt
21. News from [Milbourne] Christopher
22. Colon Bus Schedule
22. A Note from "Down Under" - Albert C. Paull
22. 'Round the Round Table - Chic Schoke
22. re: San Jose Mystic 13
23. For Vents Only - George McAthy
23. Magic Outdoors - L....

January 1945 - December 1945
Abbott's Magic Novelty Company
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor
Howard Melson "Mel", Editor

385 pages

1. The "Tops" - Volume 10, Number 1 - January 1945 - 32 pages
1. Cover - Cazan
3. With the Editor - Mel
3. Contents
4. Cazan - The Girl Houdini!
4. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • reviews
     • The Trick Brain - Dariel Fitzkee
     • The Modern Magi, November
     • Card Mastery - Michael MacDougall
   • Questions and Answers
7. Magic Promotes War Drives
8. Drink Your Milk - Gene Gloye
9. Stoogeless Tie Trick - Sheldon Levy
9. Or Would You Rather Be a Dope? - McAthy's...

This is the book that has inspired most of the "zany" acts that have wowed them at magic conventions and other shows. Funny, funny stuff - but so easy for you to do, with these excellent instructions.

Topper Martyn is a lifetime magician, known all over Europe and here in the U.S. for his great ideas. In this ebook, he covers the preparation of your clothing for the act, the wild laugh-provoking dropping of stuff all over the stage, his collapsing table, crazy linking rings that are out of control, the mike cord that gets into the magic, various flashes and noises, the various tricks used...

The Tilt or Depth Illusion was developed by Dai Vernon. It is a great move, wonderfully deceptive and not at all difficult to do. Allan teaches a couple of ways to prepare for the tilt and a few fine points.

runtime: 2min 45s

The thumb fan is not just a nice display of cards but it also allows you to hide a block of cards. It is therefore not simply a flourish but an actual move that achieves something. Allan talks a bit about the philosophy of flourishes. Should you do them or not?

runtime: 2min 38s

A nice color change during a throwing action.

runtime: 1min

A collection of three re-worked card classics and as Dan Tong says in his Introduction, “Ian has produced three very usable approaches to three classic effects.” That says it all!

Easygoing Carlyle is a no-palm Card To Pocket with a repeat phase that any serious magician can do in a few days. It is almost self-working.

With Nicely Controlled, Ian has refashioned an old trick that was a favorite of none other than S. Leo Horowitz.

Follow The Leader is certainly a classic. What Ian offers here is a six card routine that is simpler to set up than most of the older eight card routines...

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...

• COUNTING CROWS - Daniel Madison - A force / A 4-card-revelation.
• COLT45 - Daniel Madison - Sandwich routine which begins with 4 aces vanishing one by one.
• TOKYO SMILE - Daniel Madison + Randall Freeman - A powerful method for changing four of a kind to another four of a kind. All in one hand.
• THROUGH PASS - Randall Freeman - A method for controlling a card to either the top or bottom of the deck.
• BACK DROP - Randall Freeman - A multiple shift variation.
• SPINAL CUT - Randall Freeman - Cut to a selected card from a shuffled deck.
• THE FINAL CUT - Randall Freeman - A mentalists approach...

Thirty Card Mysteries is the most important work Charles T. Jordan published. Several card moves and ideas are credited to Charles T. Jordan. The most well known one is the Jordan Count. In this book he details moves like a single card reverse or half pack reverse. He describes spelling tricks and the effect Coluria is probably the first magical use of a bracelet code (much more on this binary code can be found in Leo Boudreau’s work).

1st edition, 1919, California; 48 pages.

1. Preface
2. Introduction
3. Trailing the Dovetail Shuffle to its Lair.
6. 1. Close-Range Mind Reading
7. 2. Long-Distance Mind Reading ...

A novel mental force.

A spectator thinks of a card and changes it to a new one, in his/her mind. You predicted it, or you name it BEFORE the spectator names his/her own card!".

Impromptu - Anytime, Anywhere. Perfect for informal and casual setting, or when you have NOTHING with you (It can be performed naked on the beach!). You can also use this as a "warm up" experiment, to open your mentalism act.

No fishing or "PA" - Nothing needed, no cards, no props. Pure mind reading. Can fool performers as well.

It is not 100%. Most of the time (80% approximately based on probabilities and...

Fresh from the success of his Confession and Oblivion manuscripts, Avik is back, this time with a short treatise on cards.

The star of this show is his 'Vortex principle' - a method for covertly spotting and controlling multiple cards from a fairly shuffled deck. One could describe it as a 'control in stages', because it is not one single movement you do to control a card. It is something you do while you casually shuffle your cards.

Next, comes an effect called "Any Card at Any Name", which employs an age-old principle to powerful effect.

The central section of the manuscript details 'The Narcissus...

The Scrying Mirror: A spectator selects a card and the performer says he will go look into a mirror and ascertain the card. He walks over to a mirror and stands in front of it, but HAS NO REFLECTION to the amazement of the spectator's watching!

Al Mann's Smudge Effect: While performing some close up magic for a group, someone notices that the performer has a smudge on his cheek. The performer excuses himself and walks to a mirror with a handkerchief to remove the...