Excerpt from the introduction by David Goodsell:
This book is not for everyone, because not everyone will want or be able to do the magic contained herein. It is a particular brand of close-up material with cards and coins that requires considerable practice to master, for the most part, and will send the intermediate or beginner to the reference books to learn specific sleights. For the serious student of close-up magic this issue will be a delight. The Marlo treatise on the "Observation Test" is very thorough and the items by Garret, Castillion, Aronson, Solomon, and Racherbaumer are all first rate. This is as good a brand of magic as you will find anywhere.
- Jon Racherbaumer
- The Casolomon Olram Aces
- About The "Card Puzzle"
- New Approach Observation Test
- Non-Confusing Observation Test
- Combination Observation Test
- Questionable Observation Test
- Donald Duck And Deal
- Purist Reverse Assembly
- Purse-Eption
- W(Hole) Card Departure
- Ungaffed Sign-Up
- Leipzig Improved?
- Illogical Spread Switch
- Buffalo'd Vanish And Collection
- Riffle Shuffle Drop-Off
1st edition 1983, 25 pages; PDF 58 pages.
word count: 23099 which is equivalent to 92 standard pages of text
