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L. W. Card MysteriesWilliam W. Larsen & T. Page Wright  Every effect in the L. W. Card Mysteries is an apparent miracle. None of the effects requires long practice or more than a modicum of sleight of hand. Many require little skill at all. Just a rehearsal or two and you'll be all set to amaze and, most of all, entertain.
Just think!
You'll learn how to make two selected cards turn over in the pack without the use of skill and no false moves of any sort; to make a selected card vanish from the hands of the spectator and be found elsewhere; to make two cards change places - the positions of the cards being seen up to the moment of the change;... | ★★★★★ $4 to wish listPDF |
The L. W. Mental and Spirit MysteriesWilliam W. Larsen & T. Page Wright  Here are six stunning mental and spirit-flavored effects from the creative minds of Larsen and Wright.
From the authors of The L. W. Card Mysteries comes this great ebook of effects for psychic entertainers that will leave audiences thinking that they have just witnessed genuine thought stealing!
You get:
- Psychic Vision - An ingenious method of answering a single question.
- The Quick or the Dead - Perhaps the best method ever for performing this great billet test. Put your thinking cap on and you'll find many uses for this, aside from the original premise.
- From a Shuffled Pack - A great test feature.
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The L. W. Mindreading MysteriesWilliam W. Larsen & T. Page Wright  A nice collection of five more entertaining effects for psychic entertainers that will leave audiences thinking that they have just witnessed genuine mind reading. You get:
Musical Mindreading - A spectator selects one of twelve songs, without revealing it to anyone else - and the medium (seated at the piano or CD player) is somehow able to play that very selection. Most musical mindreading acts have required long study. This can be learned in less than fifteen minutes. Little or no expense. An excellent, apparently impromptu item for the home, club or stage.
Distant Card Reading - A number... | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF |
Genii September 1975 (used)William W. Larsen This is number 9 from volume 39, with U. F. Grant on the cover. Issue is in very good condition with one pressure mark running across from top to bottom. | $5 to wish list |
Thayer's Comedy Crystal Gazing ActWilliam W. Larsen Here's the perfect "one man" comedy mentalism act that's great for those occasions when you aren't able to perform your regular show. Or add it as a feature to your regular act.
Don't confuse this with the old "two person" comedy mindreading act. This hilarious routine can be performed by you, alone, without assistants, stage hands or stooges. Using a crystal ball, a jumbo electric light bulb, or even a swirly-painted bowling ball, you cause a laugh riot by apparently answering questions which have been merely "thought of" by your audience. There's no mystery to it. All you need is this clever... | ★★★★★ $6 to wish listPDF |
The L. W. Pocket and Parlor MysteriesWilliam W. Larsen & T. Page Wright  Long out of print, we're pleased to bring you this collection of baffling close-up and small group effects for magicians and psychic entertainers, from the minds of Larsen and Wright.
The material in this ebook was chosen for its entertainment value, its suitability for small audiences, and to ensure that the methods are new and novel. Not a rehash of old content, this is magic that your audiences will enjoy as much as you will enjoy performing it.
You get:
The Magic Mail - The magician forgets to stamp a letter. A spectator chooses a denomination from among 16 choices and holds the... | $6 to wish listPDF |
L.W. Random Conceptions with CardsWilliam W. Larsen & T. Page Wright  Long out of print, we're pleased to bring you this nice collection of sleight of hand card work from the team of Larsen and Wright. These clever card miracles are written in a relaxed, personal style, just as if Larsen and Wright were sharing the various moves in the back room of your local magic shop.
You'd expect to pay a king's ransom for the original, single broadside sheet manuscript. Luckily, Magic World has reissued this hard to find manuscript in a revised, easy-to-read digital format. Unlike the original, the individual effects now even have titles, making it easier than ever before... | ★★★★★ $6 to wish listPDF |
Thayer's Vanish of a GirlWilliam W. Larsen & Ormond McGill  With this method, you can cause a girl to vanish from a nightclub floor.
When this was first introduced, Thayer claimed it was the dream of every magician. We agree. It seems impossible. Perform it on a regular nightclub floor. No stage traps, wings, flies or other conveniences that you'd find in a theater environment. That's what makes this illusion seem so utterly convincing. You even invite a committee of spectators (not stooges) to supervise and ensure that all's fair.
The girl enters a box, sitting atop a four-legged table. The box is lifted from the table and falls to the floor,... | ★★★★★ $6 to wish listPDF |
Tricks for TelevisionWilliam W. Larsen Learn what and what not to do when presenting magic for a TV audience. In no other field is it as easy to go wrong, or as easy to do right - if you're prepared with the proper information. Discover why these tricks are not good for television broadcasts: Twentieth Century Silks, Sucker Sliding Die Box, Zombie, Sympathetic Silks, Gloves to Dove, Cigarette Manipulations. Do you know the answers to why the above - and scores more like them - are so often performed poorly on TV? If not, you need this ebook, which gives you all the answers.
Written by a former television artist, Tricks for Television... | $6 to wish listPDF |
Dr. Q's Sight UnseenWilliam W. Larsen
Dr. Q not only tells you how to describe objects in detail after having been heavily blindfolded with cotton pads and heavy adhesive tapes, but he also tells you how to present the act in its most effective fashion and what to say while presenting it.
Yes, here is the whole secret of this act, described in detail, plus complete patter and presentation. Half dollars (borrowed and unprepared) may first be placed over the eyelids. Then more than half a dozen strips of adhesive tape are placed over the eyes and pressed down tightly at all points. (Tape is also unprepared and may be borrowed.)... | ★★★★★ $6 to wish listPDF |
Final Houdini SeanceWilliam W. Larsen
A captivating 45- to 60-minute lecture-demonstration about Harry and Bess Houdini's pact to find a means of communicating with each other after Harry's death. A complete lecture script with suggested effects. Perform it any time of year, but especially during the month of October (since Houdini died on Halloween). This is sure-fire entertainment for adult, college, and high school audiences. Earn money by performing this lecture-demonstration for civic group luncheons, college campus special events, at libraries, haunted houses, spook shows, and more.
This presentation revives the age-old... | ★★★★★ $7 to wish listPDF |
Conjuring for ChildrenWilliam W. Larsen Bill Larsen reveals the inside secrets for performing magic to children in this newly revised ebook.
Aside from the author's sage and practical advice, garnered from hundreds of shows for youngsters, you get twelve entertaining routines using standard equipment you likely already own. Now you, too, can crack this lucrative field and beat out the local competition. Included are tricks using toys, animals, rings, coins, handkerchiefs, silks, etc. Most of the described effects include full patter.
Best of all, this edition has been newly revised and updated with performance suggestions and... | $8 to wish listPDF |
Thayer's Life Span ReadingWilliam W. Larsen & B. W. McCarron  This superb script allows a mentalist or psychic entertainer to apparently reveal any spectator's life, from the cradle to the grave. Is it mind reading? ESP? Vulcan Mind Meld? No, it's Larsen and McCarron's Life Span Reading, the psychic worker's "secret sauce" that, judiciously used, will convince most anyone that you have real psychic ability.
Not a trick, but a psychological profile that fits nearly anyone who walks in the door. Life readings such as this have been jealously guarded by office mediums, who use the spiel to convince the client of the psychic's innate ability. Yet, no special... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish listPDF |
79 Tricks and Ideas for the HolidaysWilliam W. Larsen & B. W. McCarron  Do you want those extra dates between Thanksgiving and Christmas? Then update and transform your act with one or more of these sparkling suggestions for timely holiday magic. Let your agent or webmaster know that you've added something special to your act for the holiday season and watch those bookings roll in.
If you're interested in earning those extra dollars, this updated ebook is for you. With 79 ideas for tricks and extra seasonal revenue with Christmas ornaments, Santa Claus, candles, holly wreathes, mistletoe, holly berries, tinsel garlands, gift-wrapped presents, etc.
But don't... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish listPDF |
Thayer's Great Handcuff Escape ActWilliam W. Larsen A fast, modern escape act you can present at nightclubs, casino floor shows, and TV.
It's an ever-changing world. And with these changes come new modes in everything, including show business. Houdini could be heavily shackled, then retire to a cabinet for thirty minutes, liberate himself and the audiences clamored for more. But that was then ... Paying customers today demand two things: speed and comedy. Many successful professional magicians throw good tricks away if the item won't produce at least six laughs and takes more than two minutes to perform.
This act has been streamlined to appeal... | $8 to wish listPDF |
A Spook Show in Your ParlorWilliam W. Larsen & B. W. McCarron  Host your own entertaining séance or year-round haunted house with these frightfully spooky stunts.
Not just for Halloween, you'll be the life of the party any time with more than a devil's dozen effects and stunts that take place around the séance table or darkened room. They won't break the (blood) bank, either.
Newly revised, with over 20 pages of added content, including new methods, attractions and ideas to make yours the most talked-about event in your city or town. Don't just perform magic . . . live it in your own house of spooks and ghosts.
Here's a partial look at the contents:
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Thayer's Fifty Workshop IdeasWilliam W. Larsen Here's a rare opportunity to obtain 50 of Thayer's ideas for tricks that they planned to release in the 1940s, but due to wartime restrictions, were unable to produce in large quantities. Back in the day, hundreds of magicians said: "Thayer, I wish I could go through your files. You must have hundreds of ideas stored away: tricks that magicians have sent you for sale and manufacture." And Thayer listened. In their files and desk drawers were literally hundreds of ideas. Some they sought out and paid for. Others were given to them. But because of wartime government priorities, it was impossible... | ★★★★★ $10 to wish listPDF |
Genii June 1973 (used)William W. Larsen This is number 8 from volume 56, with Jonathan Pendragon on the cover. Issue is in very good condition with one small crease on the lower right corner of the cover. | $10 to wish list |
Palm Reading for MagiciansWilliam W. Larsen
This psychological reading allows most anyone to present a convincing demonstration of palmistry, even if they've never read palms before.
Thayer originally sold this Larsen title as a manuscript in their catalog (Item No. 1394). Now once again available in this expanded and updated book edition, the original content has been supplemented with new features to make it even more complete.
Understand, this is not a trick, but a stock reading that you can easily memorize and give to any person without further study. Use it to supplement, dramatically, your usual readings. Or if you're entirely... | ★★★★★ $10 to wish listPDF |
The Gyp ArtistWilliam W. Larsen Here's an entertaining, 25- to 60-minute lecture that you, the magician or mentalist, can present on the topic of scams and cons. And it's a money-maker.
Become an Expert on Cons and Swindles...
Or just talk like one. This is a new field for most magicians and mentalists, allowing you to give your lecture to civic groups, security seminars, government agencies, corporations -- anywhere people gather. And these organizations have deep pockets, too, able to pay you well for your time.
Fabled Bunco Games of History...
Now become practical, effective tricks in the magician's hands, each... | ★★★★★ $12 to wish listPDF |
Fraudulent Spirit PhenomenaWilliam W. Larsen (Larsen is writing as Rev. Dr. Richard Straussberg)
Whether you want to haunt a house, perform a parlor seance, or entertain a private audience with a series of ghostly mysteries, this book shows you how to do it. Long out of print, this limited edition manuscript is now available to a new generation of house haunters, spirit mediums and practitioners of bizarre magick. Use these spine-chilling effects to scare the yell out of your victims. If you're a storyteller, use one or more of these macabre stunts to accentuate a horror story.
Use an effect or two to spice up your existing act.... | ★★★★★ $12 to wish listPDF |
Evidence of DeceptionWilliam W. Larsen Here's an entertaining, 40-60 minute lecture that you, the magical performer, can present on the topic of paying attention to avoid getting taken in by scams, cons and crooked politicians. And it's a money-maker, too.
Entertain your talk with magic: Your audience will not only be informed, but entertained with magic effects that you likely already have, or modestly priced items easily obtained from most any dealer. This newly revised edition also includes three effects recommended by Larsen, that you would previously have had to buy separately.
This lecture is in demand: Not a magic show... | $12 to wish listPDF |
The Magical PitchmanWilliam W. Larsen & B. W. McCarron  Add variety and comedy to any act with this delightful presentation, based on the outlandish medicine pitches of yesteryear.
Entertain your pitch with magic
Interspersed throughout the comedy pitch are honest-to-goodness magic effects that you likely already own. In this revised edition, you are given several examples that will give you additional ideas. There's no need to go out and buy new tricks.
This lecture is different
Not a magic show in the strict sense, this is a humorous act in itself, which is how you present it to potential clients. This talk is just the ticket for corporate... | ★★★★★ $12 to wish listPDF |
Magical Bulletin Volume 13 (June 1948, Fall 1948)William W. Larsen
- Thayer's Magical Bulletin - Volume 13, Number 1 - June, 1948 - 16 pages
- cover photo - Charles Kirkham
- Inside the Cabinet - Bill Larsen, Jr.
- Pipe Lines - Bill Larsen, Jr.
- Suggested Routines - Edw. W. Myers
- Why Doesn't Someone ...? - Bill Larsen, Jr.
- Interesting Combinations - Bowman and Clark
- So You Want to Play Casuals - Dale Williams
- Be Careful What You Say! - Pat Fitzgerald
- Whispers - Bascom Jones, Jr.
- Old Timer Recalls - Jerome Isaacs
- Put Your Act to Work - Bill Larsen, Jr.
- Talk for Tricks
- Patter for Multiplying Golf Balls - Pat Fitzgerald
- Patter for Mutilated Parasol...
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Genii Volume 01 (Sep 1936 - Aug 1937)William W. Larsen September 1936 - August 1937
Official Organ for The Pacific Coast Association of Magicians
William W. Larsen, Editor & Publisher
420 pages
- Genii - Volume 1, Number 1 - September 1936 - 36 pages
- Contents
- A Love Poem - T. Page Wright
- The Genii Speaks - editorial comments
- MAGIC
- The Error Aces - T. Page Wright & William Larsen
- Nothing New in Parasols - Dale Williams
- Felix, The Felicitous Feline - T. Page Wright & William Larsen
- The L. W. Stop Mystery - T. Page Wright & William Larsen
- McMillen-Wright Rising Cards - T. Page Wright & William W. Larsen
- The...
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Genii Volume 02 (Sep 1937 - Aug 1938)William W. Larsen September 1937 - August 1938
Official Organ for The Pacific Coast Association of Magicians and Official American Organ for The International Alliance of Magicians
William W. Larsen, Editor and Publisher
464 pages
- Genii - Volume 2, Number 1 - September 1937 - 32 pages
- Cover - Thomas Chew Worthington III
- In This Issue - Contents
- Thomas Chew Worthington III - biographical notes
- Genii Speaks - editorial comments
- MAGIC
- The Third Eye - William W. Larsen
- "Dots" - Frank M. Chapman
- The Chinese Bartender - Dale Williams
- Indian Prisoner Tie - Fred Kapp
- "Tattle-Tale" -...
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Genii Volume 03 (Sep 1938 - Aug 1939)William W. Larsen September 1938 - August 1939
Official American Organ for The International Alliance of Magicians
William W. Larsen, Editor and Publisher
412 pages
- Genii - Volume 3, Number 1 - September 1938 - 40 pages
- Cover - Al Robbins
- Albert C. Robbins - biographical notes
- In This Issue - Contents
- My Favorite Tricks - The Editor
- Genii Speaks - editorial comments
- Mr. Charles Waller, of Australia Presents The Parcel That Makes Itself
- "Old Stuff" - George G. Kaplan
- Eddie Clever Presents Measured Thoughts
- William Tell Up-To-Date - George Postle
- Oscar Weigle,...
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Genii Volume 04 (Sep 1939 - Aug 1940)William W. Larsen September 1939 - August 1940
Official American Organ for The International Alliance of Magicians
William W. Larsen, Editor and Publisher
403 pages
- Genii - Volume 4, Number 1 - September 1939 - 32 pages
- Cover - Maldo
- Maldo - biographical notes
- We Hope You Are Like One of These - testimonials
- In This Issue - Contents
- Genii Speaks - editorial comments
- The Inevitable Rabbit - Jon Kirby
- "Vernon's" Spirit Slate Routine - Vernon Cook
- Scattered Shots - L.O. Gunn
- By Touch Alone - Harlan Tarbell
- The Traveling Stamps - Loring Campbell
- Handkerchief Restored - Caryl S. FLeming
- Noting...
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Genii Volume 05 (Sep 1940 - Aug 1941)William W. Larsen September 1940 - August 1941
Official American Organ for The International Alliance of Magicians Including S.A.M. and M-U-M pages
Mr. and Mrs. William W. Larsen, Editors
420 pages
- Genii - Volume 5, Number 1 - September 1940 - 32 pages
- Cover - Bernard A. Giannini
- Bernard A. Giannini - biographical notes
- We Hope You Are Like One of These - testimonials
- Index- Contents
- Genii Speaks - editorial comments
- Nite Club Magic - Milbourne Christopher and Russell Swann
- Opening Tricks and Gags
- A Blare of Trumpets
- A Pin Please
- Introducing the Magician
- The Rising...
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Genii Volume 06 (Sep 1941 - Aug 1942)William W. Larsen September 1941 - August 1942
Including S.A.M. and M-U-M pages and Magigals
Mr. and Mrs. William W. Larsen, Editors
476 pages
- Genii - Volume 6, Number 1 - September 1941 - 40 pages
- Cover - Caryl Fleming Memorial Issue
- Caryl S. Fleming - biographical notes
- Genii Speaks - editorial comments
- Any Drink Called For - Caryl S. Fleming version
- Success - poem - Harry Opel
- I Spell Your Card - Gerald Kosky
- Do You Remember When? - Harry Opel
- Flower Fantasy - Jack Trepel
- The Inverted Cigarette - Dr. Ervin
- Just Paragraphs - Herman L. Weber
- Wallace Lee - memory feat
- The King Can Do No...
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Genii Volume 07 (Sep 1942 - Aug 1943)William W. Larsen September 1942 - August 1943
Including S.A.M. and M-U-M pages - and Magigals
Mr. & Mrs. William W. Larsen, Editors
432 pages
- Genii - Volume 7, Number 1 - September 1942 - 32 pages
- Cover - Floyd and Jennie Thayer
- Floyd and Jennie Thayer - biographical notes
- Genii Speaks - editorial comments
- Fame Maker - Harry Mendoza
- Caryl Fleming Suggested--
- Magical Impersonations
- Comedy Interruption
- Tips - On-Tricks - Milbourne Christopher
- Even Further "Out of This World"
- No More Gas
- Zipper Banana
- Papa Gag
- Pencil Tip
- "Here's Your Stamp" - Frank Herman
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Genii Volume 08 (Sep 1943 - Aug 1944)William W. Larsen September 1943 - August 1944
Including S.A.M. and M-U-M pages - and Magigals
Mr. & Mrs. William W. Larsen, Editors
432 pages
- Genii - Volume 8, Number 1 - September 1943 - 36 pages
- Cover - Del Monte
- Genii Speaks - editorial comments
- The King and Queen and a Bet! - Julien Proskauer
- Markers - R. M. Jamison
- The Relentless Reel - Charles Waller
- Two Favorites - Walter the Magicians
- The Ghost Knots and Flying Silks
- Cigarette and Fire
- You Didn't Notice It? - R. M. Jamison
- Del Monte [Charles Reagan] - interview by mail by Geraldine Larsen
- Pitcher Pips - "Hen" Fetsch
- The Invisible Cocktail...
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Genii Volume 09 (Sep 1944 - Aug 1945)William W. Larsen September 1944 - August 1945
Including S.A.M. and M-U-M pages - and Magigals
Mr. & Mrs. William W. Larsen, Editors
456 pages
- Genii - Volume 9, Number 1 - September 1944 - 40 pages
- Cover - Eugene Bernstein
- Genii Speaks - editorial comments
- Smart Silk - Dr. Raymond Beebe
- Encyclopedia Review Delay
- M.U.M. National Council - applications
- Odd Magical Facts - Frank Fewins
- A Super Mystery - poem - Morgan Sherwood
- S.A.M. 22 Show Sept. 23
- The Enigma Box - Len J. Sewell
- Gerrie Says "Thanks"
- A Comedy Chain Escape - Jim & Gerald Sedgwick (The Magic Sedgies)
- Conjuring for Castaways -...
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Genii Volume 10 (Sep 1945 - Aug 1946)William W. Larsen September 1945 - August 1946
Including P.C.A.M. News and Magigals - M.U.M. sent as special insert
Mr. & Mrs. William W. Larsen, Editors
416 pages
- Genii - Volume 10, Number 1 - September 1945 - 36 pages
- Cover - McDonald Birch
- Index
- Genii Speaks - editorial comments
- Rising Selected Cards from Cases - Jan Grippo
- Did You Know That - Maury Kains
- Gravatt's Simplex Penetration - Glenn G. Gravatt
- Easy Openers - Jack McMillen
- The Test of the Seven - Walter Price
- Two Selected Cards on Two Selected Carrots - Loring Campbell
- Did You Know That - Maury Kains
- Cigarettes...! - Irvin Turvey
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Genii Volume 11 (Sep 1946 - Aug 1947)William W. Larsen September 1946 - August 1947
Including M-U-M pages - and Magigals
Mr. & Mrs. William W. Larsen, Editors
392 pages
- Genii - Volume 11, Number 1 - September 1946 - 32 pages
- Cover - Claude S. Leaf
- Genii Speaks - editorial comments
- Stock Market Millions - Walter Price
- Facts and Fallacies - [Teral] Garrett
- Do As I Do Matchbox - Walter Price
- Did You Know That - Maury Kains
- The Drop Change Over - Glen [sic] Gravatt
- M.U.M. - The official news of The S.A.M. is an eight-page insert for S.A.M. Members
- Claude S. Leaf - biographical sketch
- The L.W. Mysteries for Children - William Larsen & T. Page...
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Genii Volume 12 (Sep 1947 - Aug 1948)William W. Larsen September 1947 - August 1948
Including Magigals
Mr. & Mrs. William W. Larsen, Editors
369 pages (7 double pages)
- Genii - Volume 12, Number 1 - September 1947 - 32 pages
- Cover - Frank Clinton
- Facing the Facts - Bill Larsen
- Square Deal for Dealers
- Keeps Your Hands in Your Pockets
- The Great Leon Denies
- Too Many Trophies
- Bickering
- Tribute
- Big Business
- On the Set at Paramount
- George Boston
- Too Good!
- Framed!
- It's Hot
- Rope of Quong Hi - Alan Wakeling
- Surprise!! - John J. Crimmins, Jr.
- cartoon - Tom Lawless
- One-man Blindfolded Psycho Act -...
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Genii Volume 13 (Sep 1948 - Aug 1949)William W. Larsen September 1948 - August 1949
Mr. & Mrs. William W. Larsen, Editors
376 pages (8 double pages)
- Genii - Volume 13, Number 1 - September 1948 - 32 pages
- Cover - Arthur Buckley
- Facing the Facts - Bill Larsen
- The Welcome Mat
- Loot
- Things I Like
- Things I Don't Like
- Dollar Value
- Editors
- Teletrixters
- All Change - Len J. Sewell
- What? Another Square Circle? - Mike Zens
- Odd Magical Facts - Frank Fewins
- Original Coin Sleights for Experts - Arthur Buckley
- Arthur Buckley - by Theo. Bamberg "Okito"
- Comedy Technique - First Article of a Series - Robert Orben
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