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• 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...

For many years, Devin Knight's Balloon Detective has been a runaway best seller with magic shops. Due to many requests, Devin is offering his Balloon Detective as a PDF along with the cards you can print out. This way when they wear out, you can print them as you need them without having to buy the trick over again.

This is a great tool for both family entertainers and mentalists. You can use this even if you have never made a balloon animal in your life. One of the effects doesn't even use real balloons!

Until now, there have been few ways to tie in your magic with balloon sculpturing....

1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 4 - bound volume cover and Index
4. Index

1. The Magazine of Magic - Volume 4, Number 1 - June, 1916 - 16 pages
1. Contents
3. Our Views
4. Interview and Photograph - Theo. Bamberg
5. News Notes and Notices
6. Magicians of the Past
   • No. 6 - Alexander Herrmann
7. Tricks, Tips and Talk - Contributed by Chris Van Bern, Gordon Freeman, Stanley Collins, E. B. Cole, "Alba", Prof. Hoffman, Theo. Bamberg, B. B. Low
   7. The Ever-Full Glass of Wine - Invented by Chris Van Bern
   7. The "Freeman: Smoke Vase
   8. The Famous Vanishing Cage Trick - Patter
   8. Cravat to Sailor's...

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,...

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

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:

• ...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

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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 ...

• ... 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...

January 1941 - December 1941
Abbott's Magic Novelty Company
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor
Howard Melson "Mel", Editor

638 pages

1. The "Tops" - Volume 6, Number 1 - January 1941 - 52 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Mel
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Questions and Answers
9. Jumbo Discovery - Bryce Chambers
10. Bingo - A New Clever Novelty Trick
10. re: J. C. Bisbee
11. Where Was I? - "Monk" Watson
12. The Card Trick Without a Deck - Allan Lambie
13. Sucker Die Box Gag
14. Chinese Lantern Trick - Otto Waldmann
15. The Stuck Card Trick
15. Bury Peter Rabbit
15. Swann Suggested...

1. ...
   • ...
16. Her Roving Majesty - Eddie Joseph
18. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
19. Reminiscing with Bob Nelson - continued
21. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Horoscope Forecast - Carroll Wronger
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - Brian Zimbler
23. Wizard Club of Chicago 40th Anniversary Magic Show - Mike Richards
26. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Ten-Card Mental Speller
26. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • holder for two thumb tips - Jerry Fulton
27. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 4, Part 5 - Robert E. Olson
    • The Boy and the Lion - The Lady and the Lion
29. The Thinking...

Greg Bordner, Publisher
Gordon Miller, Editor

631 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 23, Number 1 – January 1983 – 52 pages
1. Cover – Terry Seabrooke
7. Contents
8. This Business of Magic – Thomas Zoss
   • Another Working Pro Who Deserves Attention – re: Danny Orleans
9. More Information on Marlo’s Controlled Table Riffle Faro – Ed Marlo
15. Sucker Jap Box – Earle J. Coleman
15. cartoon – The Costumer - Philip Morris & David Lady
16. Sid Lorraine’s Chatter – Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • Martin Breese’s Convention Special No. 9 News Letter
      • Catalog No. 32...