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There's magic here with cards, dice, dictionaries, a paper giraffe, a restaurant menu ... even an Egyptian Scarab. Rarely does an ebook come around that's as much fun to read as it is to perform. This is just such an ebook. Here's a peek at what's inside:

• The Pasteboard Alibi
• The Card in the Ice Cube
• The Trick Without a Name
• The Nest of Sacks
• A Deck in Bondage
• Magic by the Hour
• With a Bit of Spice
• A Toast to Magic
• With the Sense of Touch
• Metamorphosis
• The Skeleton of Jekyll and...

• ... if you want to make money
• My 3 favorite words
• How to turn a 6 cent balloon into a $20 creation in 3 minutes! Seriously!
• What you should ALWAYS ask the kids
• What you should ALWAYS say to the parents
• What to say and do when you’re asked for a creation you can’t make
• The secrets of using a menu board effectively
• Everything I know and believe about pricing
• What is NONE of my business
• The answer to “What I charge.”
• What you MUST get from gigs, or you shouldn’t waste your time
• What balloons should you do and why
• The two balloons I did that surprised me the most in sales
• How...

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Vol. 4, No. 4, September 2008; 68 pages.

Cover: Marvin Berglas

7. Welcome – editor’s letter
8. Letters
9. News
10. John Lenahan – Around the World via the Action Banana! - interview
16. Paul Stone’s Big Plan! – MagiCares - interview
19. News
22. Marc Oberon, Storms The USA! – article about his winning the IBM SAM People’s Choice Close-Up Champion Award
23. News
26. It’s In The Bag, A Look At The Classic Egg Bag – Mark Leveridge
28. Egg Bag Reviews
    • The Santa Hat Egg Bag – Sean Taylor
    • The Zipper Egg Bag - Uday
    • The Malini Egg Bag DVD – Bob White
    • The Malini Egg Bag – practical-magic.com ...

On the covers are:

• Mildred and Rouclere
• Le Clair Zelleno
• Selbit
• Maro
• Victor Selden
• Prof. Ambrose
• J. DeWitt
• Mr. M. Dockweiler
• Sylvester
• The Great Dual Alliance
• Prof. Mingus
• W. Golden Mortimer

[Note: Page numbers refer to those in the PDF files when the collection was assembled. Originally this volume began with page 1 and page numbers appeared with page 60.]

483. Mahatma - Volume V, Number I - July 1901 - 10 pages
483. Mildred and Rouclere - photo & biography
484. The De Vere Ace Trick - Rupert De Vere
485. Stroubeika Persana - illusion
486. The Magic Bomb - Fred J. Peters
487. Here and There - news
487. Hal Merton's Revolving Servante - Hal Merton
488. The Mechanism of Ghosts - Henry Ridgely Evans - continued
488. A Unique Entertainment
489. London Notes - news -...

On the covers are

• M. D. Smith, Dai Vernon, Faucett Ross, Martin Gardner, and Jerry Lukins
• Christopher Woodward
• Kovari

1. Volume 26, Number 1, May-June, 1970, 52 numbered pages - cover picture: Marshall D. Smith (seated with, left to right) unknown magician, Jerry Lukins, Faucett Ross, Martin Gardner, and Dai Vernon
2. Menu - Table of Contents
3. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
5. Card Magic
   5. Potty Printing - Joe Riding
   6. Aberration! - Hugh Miller
   8. Deck Switch - Harry Stanley
   9. Tattoo - Mel Davis
   10. The Mark - Sid Carter
       • Card Stab
       • Coin Divination ...

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Vol. 5, No. 3, July 2009; 72 pages.

Cover: R. Paul Wilson

5. Welcome - editor's letter
6. Letters
7. News
10. The Flying Ring, The Ultimate Close Up Miracle? - Mark Leveridge on Ring Flight
11. What Can I Buy? - Reviews for The Flying Ring
    • Just In Case - Pete Biro & Joe Porper - effect
    • The Secrets Of Ring Flight- World's Greatest Magic by the World's Greatest Magicians - L & L Publishing - DVD
    • The Lord OF The Bling - Wayne Goodman - effect
    • El Duco's Ring Flight - El Duco - effect
    • Immakulate Ring Flight - MAK Magic -effect
    • Fly Ring - Mark Leveridge
    • Presto Ring Flight - Tony...

• Front Desk
• Alain Nu: Mystery Expert by Dave Shepherd
• The Personal Touch by Jim Sisti
• Against Originality in Magic by Whit Haydn
• In the Trenches with Paul Green
• Nuts and Bolts by Andrew J. Pinard
• The Financial Wizard by Eric Henning
• Virtual Magic by Richard Robinson
• Reviews
  • "Andrew's Ultra Smoke 2000" by Mark Zacharia
• Autograph Collection by Andrew J. Pinard

• Front Desk
• From A Corporate Viewpoint by Robert W. Bengel
• In the Tradeshow Trenches by Paul Green
• Thin Air: Doubly Mystifying by Dave Shepherd
• In the Trenches with Paul Green
• The Financial Wizard by Eric Henning
• Virtual Magic by Richard Robinson
• Reviews
  • "Magic for Humans, Richard Sander's Visi-bill"
• Lost and Found by David Acer: Early Vernon
• The Thin Air Split Deck Routine by Mark Phillips and Karen Beriss

• Front Desk
• Escaping the Mailbag
• Knocking Opportunity by Andrew J. Pinard
• Stalking The High School Senior In Its Lair by Jim Sisti
• Magic in Aisle Nine by Phil Smith
• Thinking Differently: David Parr on Theatrical Close-Up by Dave Shepherd
• Reviews
  • "The School for Scoundrels' Street Shells"
  • "Final Exam" by Harvey Berg
• In the Trenches with Paul Green
• Nuts and Bolts by Andrew J. Pinard
• The Financial Wizard by Eric Henning
• Virtual Magic by Richard Robinson
• Lost and Found by David Acer: Early Marlo
• The Kiss Trick by Shaun Robison
• Spots-A-Poppin by Shaun Robison

• Front Desk
• What's In A Name? by Jim Sisti
• Baggage by Alain Nu
• In the Trenches with Paul Green
• The Financial Wizard by Eric Henning
• Virtual Magic by Richard Robinson
• Real-World Marketing by Scott Davis
• Reviews
  • "In The Trenches"
  • "Out of Syzygy"
• Lost and Found by David Acer: Bert Allerton's The Close-Up Magician
• Poor Man's Nest of Boxes by Andrew J. Pinard
• Torn With A Twist by Jim Sisti

As stated on the cover, this is a book of ideas, tricks, routines and gags for the close-up worker. Not only tricks but practical ideas and presentations that can make the difference between "just another trick" and a "great trick".

• Close-Up-Magic: A Few Home Truths
• Advance Publicity
• Comedy In Close-Up
• Second-Strings
• Easier-Still
• Petite-Mannikin: A Close-Up Impromptu-Diversion
• "Cock-Eyed Cruet": A Lovely Table-Gag
• With Miniature-Cards: Sugar-Tong-Card-Location
• Presentation-Angles For "Close-Up Magic": "Magical-Menu"
• New Patter & Presentations For Close-Up-Classics: Chinese-Compass ...

• ...The Broken Match Restored
• The Flame In The Bottle
• A Rapid Vanish
• Slow Coin Vanish
• Hot Money
• The Thin Man
• The Aerial Match
• The Crazy Coins
• The Ring And The Coin
• You Can't Be Sober
• Sensitive Touch
• The Strait Jacket
• Hot Heads
• Personal Magnetism
• Transmigration
• The Magnetic Touch
• Glass Of Wine Production
• The Menu Mystery
• The Vanishing Coins
• Where Is It?
• Individualism
• The Absent-Minded Professor
• Mark Of Identification
• Gone With The Wind
• Penetramus
• The Travelling Ring
• The Vanishing Fruit
• Where Is That Coin?

PDF 32 pages

Classic text on effects that can be performed with a card index. This ebook does not describe how to make a card index. It describes sixteen effects achieved with the use of a card index. Many of these effects are original creations of Max Andrews.

Paul Fleming wrote:

This is volume 3 of a seven-volume series. The Himber Ring Routine and Night Club Magic.

• The Himber Ring Routine and Night Club Magic
  • Side 1 [36:53 long]
    • Night Club Magic – recording of a performance [0:00]
      • Half Dyed Silk [0:00]
      • Silk to Egg [4:09]
    • Cabaret Magic [8:46}
      • Heckler stoppers [11:46]
        • Coin in Bottle [18:32]
      • Gags and recording your act [23:02]
      • Opening Effects [24:18]
        • Six Card Repeat [25:06]
        • Golf Balls in the Handkerchief [27:37]
        • Torn and Restored Letter [27:47] ...

7 pages, photo illustrated

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,...

up with it."

"Dr.Bill's evolution of Mick Ayres' wonderful "RhymeTime" principle pens a plethora of possible presentations that any performer should appreciate....since it can incorporate nearly anything 'written'. I perform in restaurants...so for me, using a restaurant menu for the good doctor's "RhymeTime Sublime"...immediately came to mind...very nice Dr. Bill."

"This method is completely new to me. I can see how it could cause a participant's logical, rational train of thought to leave the tracks for a moment. Impromptu, gimmick-free routines...

This is the "We're Back!" issue. The Magic Menu ceased publication in 2001. In 2009 Jim Sisti brought it back to life expanding the focus to professional Close-Up Magicians rather than exclusively Restaurant and Bar. Jim's observation was that the opportunities for close-up magicians have changed and expanded, which prompted him to change the focus of his magazine, too.

• The Editor's Desk: Jim Sisti
• Sleightly Delusional: Christopher Lyle
• In The Trenches: Paul Green
• The Bar Top: Paul Gordon
• Ask The Only 2.0: Al The Only
• Yesterday's Treasures: Dan Doyle
• The Way I See It: Scott F. Guinn
• Tricks For The...

Are online forums hurting your magic?

• The Editor's Desk: Jim Sisti
• Cover Story: John LeBlanc
• In The Trenches: Paul Green
• Mobile Mysteries: Richard Osterlind
• Sleightly Delusional: Christopher Lyle
• Ask The Only 2.0: Al The Only
• The Way I See It: Scott F. Guinn
• Yesterday's Treasures: Dan Doyle
• The Bar Top: Paul Gordon
• Magic In Review: Mark Zacharia
• Tricks For The Trade: Daniel Greenwolf
• Profile Of A Worker: James Prince
• Frankly Speaking: Tom Frank

Corporate Magic - is it still a viable market?

• The Editor's Desk: Jim Sisti
• Cover Story: Jim Sisti
• In The Trenches: Paul Green
• Mobile Mysteries: Richard Osterlind
• Sleightly Delusional: Christopher Lyle
• Ask The Only 2.0: Al The Only
• The Way I See It: Scott F. Guinn
• Yesterday's Treasures: Dan Doyle
• The Bar Top: Paul Gordon
• Magic In Review: Mark Zacharia
• Tricks For The Trade: Daniel Greenwolf
• Bamboozlers: Diamond Jim Tyler
• Profile Of A Worker: James Prince
• Frankly Speaking: Tom Frank

• News and Reviews with Geoff
• Peter d'Arcy discusses the business of negotiating with bookers on the telephone
• Malcolm Yaffe asks why bookers on the telephone can be so blessed awkward
• Henrique tells it as it is — about backstage fiddlers, twiddlers and tinklers!
• John Rhodes keeps us updated on magic in the newspapers
• Eddie Dawes recounts the 9th Los Angeles Conference on Magic History
• Patrick Lindley's historical diary
• Letters — Your chance to have your say
• Unclassified Ads. Buy Sell, swop or exchange
• Magical event diary. Put your society on the magical map
• JJ and...