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If he'd had a touch of larceny in him, he could have been the number one card sharp of all time. Instead, the author of these fabulous memoirs, born to a mother who considered gambling the "devil's tool," puts his extraordinary gifts to far different purpose.

He has used his incredible gambling sense, his miraculously dexterous fingers, his brilliant mathematical mind, his fascination with carnival and gambling life, to become America's number one authority on gambling and odds.

He was the greatest practitioner and analyst of card and dice sleight of hand. His artistry impressed FDR as...

The Amazing World of John Scarne holds revelations and experiences in gambling, magic, carnival and show business; together with startling disclosures about hypnotism, extra-sensory perception and other mental effects.

The once world's number one expert on gambling tells in this no-punches-pulled, startlingly frank book the whole inside story of gambling, and reveals all the dodges, gimmicks and tricks used by cheaters at dice, cards, roulette and other games of chance. His sensational revelations extend also to magic and escape tricks, to the chicaneries of carnivals and even to the blasting...

No.3 - Stay At Home Coins Four coins and a Boston Box - pure visual magic.

No.4 - The Ring Competition Stand up routine with a 5” chrome ring and rope - terrific presentation.

No.5 - Wild Dice Cups and balls and walnut shell and pea with matchbox drawers and dice.

No.6 - The Ring And String Routine Four exquisite moves using a borrowed finger ring and cord.

No.7 - Spot The Difference A Jumbo ‘3 Card Trick’ with a presentation that actually makes sense!

No.8 - The Security...

1. ... Or High, Low Jack
27. The Half-Stock
27. The Whole Stock
28. Crimping
28. Marking The Edges
28. Strippers
28. Briefs
29. The High Hand
29. Holding Out And Dealing Seven Cards
30. Turning Jack From The Bottom
30. Paper
31. Euchre
33. The High Hand
34. Vingt-Un, Or Twenty-One
34. Whist
37. Cribbage
38. The Value Of "Paper" To The Gambler
39. Loaded Dice
41. Dice Tops
41. Dead Props
42. A Few Specimens Of Card-Sharping
45. Valedictory

This is the ORIGINAL! Do not be fooled by imitators. Released back in 2005 (and briefly in 2013) Astragalomancy, the hottest dice reading system for the Psychic Entertainer is back!

Astragalomancy is ...

• Sexy!
• Fast!
• Fun!

This PDF includes ...

• Detailed Explanation of the System
• Simplified Tic Sheet
• Astragalomancy WITHOUT DICE
• Significant Months
• The Zodiac
• The Timeless Language of Numbers

1st edition 2005; 16 pages.

On the covers are

• Hugh Wylie
• Fred Lowe
• Docteur J. Dhotel
• Dorothy and Al Roberts
• Hans Anderson and Jeanette
• George L. Boston
• Bill Simon
• Jimmy Findlay
• Johnny Hart
• Glenn G. Gravatt
• Ken Brooke
• Sitta

1. Volume 17, Number 1, May, 1961, 32 numbered pages - cover picture: Hugh Wylie
3. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
4. Card Magic
   • Dice Scripto - Frederica
6. Take It Slowly - Robert Hamilton
7. Silk Magic
   • A Silken Interlude - Hugh Wylie
11. Improvement for the "Knife and Square Papers" - Jean Charles (France)
12. New Lamps for Old - series by Rink of Holland ...

1. ...
   • ...
114. A Court Scandal - effect by Dorian
114. Northern Magical Society - club news
114. Jules Danby's "Spirit" Wand - prop
115. Do the Public Care or Why Worry? - article by Stanley Witcher
115. The Phantom Bunny - effect by Dorian
116. Entre Nous - A Magical Melange by Magicians for Magicians
     • Cards and Dice - E.V.
     • The Cracked Watch Glass - Gordon
     • A Handkerchief Vanish - G.A.J.
     • Pouring Liquid from a Bottle - S.W.
     • Orange and Postal Order - R.W.
     • Matchbox and Matches - errata for page 97
118. Sale and Exchange

121. Vol. 8, No. 7, September, 1919 [24 pages]
121. Monthly Chat - little bits of news and talk
     • Of What Use?
     • Our Hobby
     • "The Boy Conjurer"
     • One...

1. ... series by James B. Findlay
94. With Borrowed Cards - "Ten To One" Card Miracle - Jack Yates
94. Tricks of the Trade - Magic Words - hint by Nelson Lyford
95. A Swindle Expounded - George Johnson
95. The Magical Review
    • Varied Deceptions - Milbourne Christopher
    • A Stab in the Pack - Douglas Francis
    • Dice Dexterity - Audley Walsh & Ed Mishell
    • Latest 100 Tips on Tricks - Milbourne Christopher
    • Davenport's Lists

97. Vol. 42, Number 239, October, 1953 [48 numbered & 8 unnumbered cover & advertising pages]
97. On This and That - George Armstrong
    • It's the Latest Thing
    • A "Betcher"
98. Candle Balance - E. Brian MacCarthy
100. The Four Ace Trick (A New Method) - Edward Victor
102. The Merlini Card System - series by Jim Merlini
     • Two Basic Sleights ...

1. ...
   • ...
   • The Children's Conjurer by H. Abes
   • Professor Wiljalba Frikell's Christmas Entertainements
98. The Card Tricks of Gerry Lee - series by Gerard de Bodt
    • The Crazy Card Deck
    • Surprise at the End
    • Calculating Cards
103. My Magic - series by Bridger Lewis
     • Chung Ling Soo's Dice Box
     • The Crystal and the Coin
     • The Ring and Cord
     • Finger-Ring Release
106. Party Assembly - A. W. Roots
107. The Three Shell Game - series by Eddie Joseph
     • Learning the Fundamentals [continued]
       • The Wimco Slide
       • The "V" Slide
       • The One Finger Slide
       • The Cima Slide
       • The Card Slide
       • The Front Slide
       • The "Arc"
       • The "Magic Circle"
       • The Side Slide
       • The Turnover
111. Salutations to Robert-Houdin: His Life, Magic, and...

1. ... game, someone selects one of three cards as the winning one. He then mixes them. Although the magician is turned away the entire time, he is able to find the mentally selected card.
75. 10-11-12. The magician makes an open prediction by setting one card to the side, face up. Someone rolls three dice and deals the number of cards indicated by the dice. The last card dealt matches the prediction card!
79. Part 3
81. Infantastic. The magician predicts not only the name of a celebrity, but also someone's selected card that is connected to that celebrity.
89. Subconscious Poker. The magician deals five...

2. Introduction

4. Chicanery, Volume 1, Issue 1, June 1986 – Stephen Tucker, editor – 12 pages (beginning on file page 4)
1. Abdication – card effect - Stephen Tucker
2. Whispering Grass – card effect - Stephen Tucker
4. Chatterbox – comments from the editor
5. Why, for Two Pins – dice prediction from Ian Velleda
6. Les Counts de Monté Cristo – card effect - Don Parker
8. Redial – thoughts about telephones from Nick Fountain
9. Liquid Paper – card effect - Stephen Tucker
11. 12:55 pm – coin effect - Nick Erpen
12. i$i$ - card effect - John Lenahan

16. Chicanery, Volume 1, Issue...

The Magigram, Volume 3, The Supreme Magic Company, Ken de Courcy, editor

448 pages - 6 Issues. No page numbers on printed issues, page numbers refer to the page in the file.

1. Volume 3, Number 1, September-October, 1970, 72 unnumbered pages
2. advertisements
9. Let's Face It - editorial by Ken de Courcy
10. World-Wide Acclaim! - testimonials
11. Kennaugh Kalling - Alan Kennaugh on the Show Business Scene
15. At Homb with McComb - Billy McComb
16. picture of editor Ken de Courcy
19. 25 Tricks with the Self-Lighting Bulb - Ken de Courcy
21. Dominating Dice - Paul Marcus
22. Paging Ian Adair's Panello
    22. Magic...

1. ...Examined Red Hot Wire - Angus Lavery
153. Colombini's Card Magic - Lewis Ganson
     • Fabian's Double Lift
155. An Easy Card Control - from Magicana
156. News and Views from the Colonies - George Johnstone
159. The Supreme Prediction - Stanton Carlisle
161. Uncle David on the Windmill Wand - additional comments [v13, pg 190]
161. Duarte's Cups and Dice - additional comments
161. Superb! - testimonial
162. Novel Reverse - Mark Weston
162. The Shanghai Split - Keith Voles
164. My Fox Has a Hen Which Lays Golf Balls - Alternative ideas and handling of 'The Goof Ball' - Myster Yaffe
166. Another Magigram Fan! - testimonial
166. Tip-Tops - Ian Adair
     • Right Time Give-Aways
167. Happy Days - Being...

Bob Cassidy teaches a three part routine where each part's method cancels the other to leave the audience without a clue to how this is possible. One of the methods used is an adaptation of a Royal Heath idea. Thus the name of this ebook. The methods are very general and can be adopted to many personalized and customized routines.

"I believe that The Heathen Devices are my greatest contribution to close-up mentalism." - Bob Cassidy

A spectator is handed several dice - anywhere from...

Stage name of Robert W. Arkley. Semi-pro close-up in clubs and at kid-shows. Won British Ring close-up competition. Invented Dice Prediction (1953), Spooky Dice, Beam Shot = Laser Beam (1969), and Submarine Card. Wrote Fingertip Fantasies (1968, 88pp). Tricks in Abra, New Pentagram, Linking Ring, Magigram, New Talon, Genii, etc. Martin Breese recorded an interesting audio with him.

Friendly Fire is an exciting collection of almost 30 effects, routines and essays from the contributors to Ben Harris' New Directions Magazine published between 1985-87.

What exciting times these were. The masters like Marlo, Andrus, and Lorayne where at the top of their game and the new faces like Sankey, Sanders and Harkey were just emerging. And, New Directions captured a lovely slice of these changing times. We've even got Mike Gallo's ORIGINAL NO GAFF REVERSE MATRIX! Do you remember the excitement and torrent of creativity that spurned?

Exciting card, coin and dice magic awaits you inside. Full routines,...

An ebook with stunning routines using ordinary dice and a deck of cards. These effects are ALL DIFFERENT from the routines in Aldo's two DVD volumes produced by Meir Yedid and called Card and Dice Deceptions.

Contributors include: Howard Adams, Charles Brent, Aldo Colombini, Tom Daugherty, Karl Fulves, Thomas Henry, Stewart James, Lewis Jones, Stewart Judah, Marty Kane, Harry Lorayne, Max Maven, Norm Osborn and Robin Robertson. You will love these routines.

1st edition 2006; 54 pages.

Ten amazing routines using coins, dice, books, business cards, balls, paper clips…and no cards! Special guest appearance by Cameron Francis (who performs his two routines).

• A HAND AND THREE COINS (Aldo Colombini): The two in the hand one in the pocket classic theme performed with three different coins and with a logical climax!
• TEA FOR TWO (Ken Brooke): Two cups, a coin box and several coins. After some comedy by-play, the coins magically move from under one cup to the other!
• LINKLIP (Ken de Courcy): A small clip mysteriously links to a bigger one in your hand. Clean, clever method!
• CONSECUTIVELY...

• ... in rhyme.
• DIVIN-ACE-TION (Max Maven): An easy and strong way to produce the four Aces from a regular deck.
• KEN’S KLOCK (Ken de Courcy): A deck and an arrow (clock hand/paddle). A spectator chooses a card. That card appears on the clock hand and it is the only odd colored card in the deck.
• DICE IT UP (Aldo Colombini): Comedy with a deck of cards and four dice having math symbols on them.
• RIDER (Fantasio, performed by himself): A funny and unique comedy gag where the card box slides on the table as if it were….alive!

Easy to do magic tricks with everyday objects!

"I thought it was a joke. It isn’t! What unbelievable value for money. All the tricks are real easy to do, and for all ages. I cannot believe that Wolfgang is selling this E-Book for this price. Admittedly I took a chance when I bought it, really not expecting much. What a surprise. This is the best buy ever!”" - Brendan Trichardt

Easy to do with everyday items you can find around the home. Great for everyone, from children to business people. Tricks with coins, glasses, dice, eggs, paper clips, cards, rubber bands and bananas. Mind...