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In this book about all of Dr. John Nicholls Booth's (1912 - 2009) books the reader is treated to find information on many topics of interest written between 1929 and 2009 - 80 years! Ben Robinson and Dr. Booth worked on four books together from 1985 to 2009. Robinson indexed the first twenty-five years of Booth's celebrated Memoirs (the index published in 1990). The John Booth Reader gives a wonderful insight into Booth's multifaceted life of Unitarianism, preaching, stage and close-up magic, mountaineering, adventuring, filmmaking and travel to one hundred and forty six countries. The personalities...

The result: I was hired and performed in that bar without any inconvenience.

One final story (from many I have):

I go to an interview in a Bar, and I ask for the owner (who had asked me to met him there), when he sees me he says:

"I thought you were a mentalist"
"yes I am" I said
"Then, why are you carrying a guitar with you?"

I made immediately a demonstration...

This may well be the easiest Torn and Restored card ever created. With absolutely no sleight of hand what so ever you cause a torn card to reform inside your spectators very own hand! After watching this 17 minute download, describing everything in great detail, from the deviously simple gimmick to...

"I love this trick. It is one of my favorite packet routines." - David Devlin

"Raphael has a new packet effect based on the Friday The 13th movies that is off the chain!" - Cameron Francis

You display a packet of blue backed cards as you offer to explain to the audience your own remake of the “Friday the 13th” movie... with just a bunch of cards! Each card represents a character from the movie.

First, you introduce the Jack of Spades which symbolizes the killer. You explain that a legend says that a young boy tragically drowned in a lake during summer camp because the counselors didn't pay attention....

[Note: Despite all the rumors the cover does not show Jon in his younger years.]

This is an ebook about moves, card moves to be precise. If you are already familiar with the basics of card magic then you will find here a lot of advanced moves and concepts to significantly improve your magic. If you are an experienced veteran of card magic you will probably still find some moves you are unfamiliar with. It is also a great reference ebook to have in case you run one day into any of these moves. The moves are described in text and photos with references and sources in the usually meticulous Racherbaumer style.

• Adding To Vernon (Jon Racherbaumer)
• The Altman Trap (Art...

In Victorian London, the chimney sweep was a man who lived half way between night & day, between light & dark. A man who breathed smoke and handled hot coals. A man who, it was believed, talked to demons and angels as he made his way upwards through the chimney from the hearth to the stars. A man who cheated Death on a daily basis. To shake hands with a sweep was to bring yourself good luck, and if a woman should kiss a sweep then folklore dictated that she would be pregnant within the year, and the child would have the ’gift’ of clairvoyance. And for those souls brave enough to cross his...

With contributions by Werner Miller, Max Maven and Shigeo Futagawa.

The day was March 6th 2011 when Werner Miller sent me his Da Capo 3 and Da Capo 4 ebooks. Whenever I receive something from Werner I make time to read it. He has a knack to incorporate new twists and takes, or entirely new principles which stimulate my own grey cells.

Browsing Da Capo 3 I stumbled on an unusual effect which Werner titled "Pointing the Way". It was first published in 2001 in Club 71. This effect consisted of two parts. One was a printing effect where blank cards were shown, which later had arrows printed on them. This part of the effect was nothing special, the usual...

More than 30 card effects and 7 bonus coin routines.

1st edition 1984, 70 pages; PDF 87 pages.

Table of Contents

4. Dunbury Well
6. Judy
8. Distraction
11. Back From The Brink
13. All Change!
16. Creating A False Impression
19. Olympia
21. Variations
23. Those That Do And Those That Don't
25. Open Till Late
27. Short Break
29. Con Tents
31. Compute
33. Chicken Curry
35. Fake!
38. Back For Seconds
40. Sufferer
43. Superking
45. Enigma
47. Day Of Reckoning
50. Incentive
52. Three's Company
54. Mimik
56. Zig Zag Zone
59. Revisit
61. Twist And Twist Again
64. Better By Half
66. Xtro
67. Less Choice
68. Sell Out!
69. Trouble Spots
71. Paradise Twins

    Bonus Section

73. Glassgo
75. The...

This is a digital facsimile version of the original hardcover book. [The one hardcover I had left has sold. Sorry.]

Back in the 1970s Martin Breese had the chance to record Robert Harbin on one of his early Magicassette releases. The Harbin Magicassette probably rates as the most popular of his recordings.

In 1983 Martin asked the late Owen Griffith to transcribe the words from the Harbin Magicassette. The late and great Eric Mason created the illustrations for The Harbin Book. One day at a business trade fair Martin saw a full scale photo litho printing machine being demonstrated and decided to leap in to the deep end and he bought the demonstration machine and had...

Max Andrews' Magic Magazine: Volume 2 (12 issues)
Published by Max Andrews and Vampire Magic, 344 pages

Volume 2, Number 1, April, 1953, 28 numbered pages without covers

1. advertisements
3. Meet - - Jay Palmer
3. Contents
4. Editor's Page - Max Andrews
5. The Magic Circle - Month Concert report
6. Stand It Up - Jack Nightingale
7. Fishing-A-Ring - Jose Ablang (Singapore)
8. Bamboo Sticks - review by George Blake
10. The Annual Dinner of the International Brotherhood of Magicians (British Ring) - report
12. Almost in Confidence - series by Victor Farelli
    • Spectacular Production of a Coil (Using a Long...

You then give half of a deck of cards to the spectator and ask them to hold them in their hands and to put their hands behind their back. With their hands behind their back you ask the spectator to reverse one of the cards that they have in their hands. You, the performer, do the same with the other half of the deck in an attempt to create, between you, the perfect blackjack hand.

You and the spectator then bring the cards out from behind your backs and spread them, face down, on the table. This...

An Australian sleight of hand monthly magazine
Barry Govan & Ian Baxter, editors; 52 pages in Volume 3

1. Volume 3, Number 1, July, 1976, 4 pages - cover has drawing of a monster with cards
1. The Blueroom - editorial comments
2. Coin Sandwich - Barry Govan
2. Blueprint In-Print - Ian Baxter reviews:
   • "The Complete Mike Rogers"
3. The Dice of Zohar - Tom Gagnon (USA)

5. Volume 3, Number 2, August, 1976, 4 pages - no cover
5. The Blueroom - editorial comments
6. The E.R. Thimble Routine - Errol Robinson, described by Murray Cooper
8. Blueprint In-Print - reviews:
   • James B. Alfredson...

• ... (Aldo Colombini): A spectator makes up a card selecting the value and the suit and you have predicted it.
• COPPER-SILVER-RING (Cameron Francis): Copper, Silver routine with a surprising ending. Involves a borrowed finger ring.
• INCREDI-BOX (Aldo Colombini): You place four coins in a small box. One by one the coins disappear and reappear under one card.
• CERTAINTY (Cameron Francis): The spectator discovers his own card and at the same time the other mates appear.
• CENT’ANNI (Aldo Colombini): The words HAPPY BIRTHDAY appear on a freely selected card.
• BLUFFED ACROSS (Cameron Francis): An...

You know how very successful those tricks are in which seemingly the spectator "does it all himself." He gets a kick out of it, his friends love it because they hope he will mess it up, and you get all the credit for having a fun show. Here's an ebook full of mental tricks and stunts that the audience...

A cure is found for a children's disease but it proved to lower intelligence, starting with the scientists who devised the cure.

"A world lapsing into imbecility…true horror!" - New York Times

You are Dr. James Healey and last week you were a genius. That was before the DNA experiments. Before the accident you said could never happen…

Since then you have felt your mind decaying a little more each day. You have watched your wife slip into imbecility. You have seen the crowds growing murderous with animal terror, the President of the United States babbling and drooling on TV… ...

Issue 2 of this short-lived publication featuring magical bizarre effects, reviews and an original short story of fiction.

Contents:

• Beneath The Toadstool (introduction of issue)
• Pine Needles and Dirt (Tips, Reviews & Observations)

• Restored by Ed Solomon: A torn and restored effect (in comic...

Questa dispensa è dedicata, come si evince dal titolo, esclusivamente a stupende routines con le corde. Circa 40 pagine, 84 splendidi disegni, 9 routines!

Sicuramente Aldo Colombini è uno dei maggiori esperti in campo mondiale dei giochi con le corde.In questa dispensa illustrata con maestria...

CONTENTS:

• COMMERCIAL PREDICTION (Arthur Carter): You predict a single card which is removed from an apparently ordinary deck.
• I WANT (Geny Dellan): Four freely selected cards turn out to be the four Aces.
• CENTURY FORCE (Arthur Carter): A very unique way to force a number using discs.
• CARD IN WALLET (John Yeager): A comedy (and magical) way to reveal a selected card inside your wallet.
• MY FUNNY VALENTINE (Tom Ogden): Perfect for Valentine's Day (or any other day!). The spectator shuffles the cards and at the end all the Hearts are face up among the other cards face down.
• ANOTHER JACK...

Working amusement parks or festivals can be quite challenging. It can also be one of the easiest gigs you will ever do.

• Staying cool during the summer: Heat is a major concern when working amusement parks... be prepared.
• Fewer props means less to carry around: You'll be walking many miles a day... don't carry a suitcase with you.
• Be realistic: Know what you're getting into and map out what you want to accomplish. Then adjust your plans.
• Don't get lost when everybody else is: Expect to be asked for directions hundreds of times a day... perfect opportunity for a gag or two.
• Get the guests...

Tips and tricks for the professional and aspiring restaurant magician.

PART ONE - ESSAYS

• Tips on Tips
• The First Ten Seconds
• Working the Room
• Problem Patrons
• Choosing Material
• Choosing a Restaurant
• Getting an Audition
• Winning the Audition
• Developing a Following
• Dealing With Other Magicians
• Changing Performance Modes
• Keeping It Simple

• Transmutation - Jim Sisti
• Signature Transpo - Tom Ladshaw
• Forget Me Not - David Acer
• The Happy Birthday Card Trick - Al The Only
• The Two-Card Trick - Bert Allerton
• The Flushing Joker - Chris Hurlbert
• Torn - Tabman / Tom Mullica

1st edition 2014,...

There's no excess or waste of info - all is direct and has been used by B. Thomas and many of today's leading entertainers. One even gives an endorsement inside of the book - but uses an alias to protect his business.

B. Thomas covers:

• Setting up the belief system
• How you get the sitter to help YOU
• GIVE THE LADY WHAT SHE WANTS - appealing to your best clients
• An incredible technique he calls LOVE BITES
• Getting...

1. ... Sins of ... Children's Entertainment - Mark Leveridge
47. Smoke & Mirrors Bar, Bristol - Live Reviews
    • Jon Armstrong
50. Product Reviews
    • A Trip to Cancun - Twister Magic - effect
    • Five - Xeon Steel - effect
    • A.C.A.A.N. Meeting - Any Card At Any Number - Bar Magico Session number 1 - with Marcelo Issua - DVD and PDFs
    • Coin Thru Nose - Tyler Sutter & Lonnie Lyeria - effect on DVD
    • Comedy Book Test - Cody Fisher - DVD and gimmicked book
    • At The Table Live Lecture Series: Season One - Murphy's Magic - DVD lectures
    • Solid & Stress - David Penn & Jonathan Farr - DVD and gimmicks ...

• ...Bello Nock Rocks Broadway
• Six Short Stories
• Tapping Your Own Creative Potential
• David Berglas Q&A
• Car Launch
• Ten New Rules For Magicians
• Testimonials, Reviews, & Comments
• Outerbridge - Who's That?
• Do You Have A Back Up Show?
• Child's Play - Giving back to the community
• Save Time And Be More Productive With This One Tool
• Bricks And Mortar: Denny and Lee magic studio
• Bamboozlers
• The Archer
• Phoney Escape
• Creativity - scarf through body
• Magic Reviews

• Feature Story on Bill Abbott
• From the Editor
• News
• Show Me The Funny II
• TV Magic and TV Magicians - Good Or Bad?
• Ten Little Secrets
• Criticism ...

Two superb card routines that you will be proud to perform! PLUS...a four page INTRODUCTION about HOW to bring your spectators in your "magical universe", making the magic about THEM by using 3 examples - This Intro is a MUST READ! The INTRODUCTION is worth twice the price.

Paul has provided two videos, explaining Paul's famous underground sleight, The Simplex Bottom Reversal showing 4 different ways to use this valuable sleight.

1) JOKER SANDWICH SURPRISE - This is one of the best "openers" you could imagine. Place the Jokers out on the table - (they can be inspected) and then begin a...