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The ultimate collection of mind-blowing English mind magic! Some of the world's top mentalist's tip their mitt! After the success of Miraculous Minds - Scotland goes mental Peter Duffie pulled off an even bigger job covering England with 41 contributors and 57 sensational routines. Do the math yourself, this is the quality and quantity bargain of the year.

The ultimate collection from some of the UK's finest performers. A Whopping 195 pages! Over 40 Contributors! 55 Sensational Routines! Illustrated with Photographs & Graphics

Marc Paul AAA Serial Number Divination / Shuffle Challenge Too
John Archer Back to the Future
Wayne Dobson Fluke
Stephen Tucker 58 to 1 / ACAARN
Paul Hallas Still Battling Along
Christopher Williams Ungaffed Entourage / Predictext
Abracadaver Con-Flatulation
Les Johnson Remote Viewing Magic
Harold Cataquet The Knight’s Tour / Seeing & Believing
Andy Nicholls Borderline Location / Out of the Ordinary
Shiv Duggal A Good Year / Frequency
James Ward What’s in a Word? / Sentimental Journey
Stephen Jones 1812 / Titanic
Russell Hall The Blackwood ESP test
Roni Shachnaey The Inquisition
Lewis Jones Concord
Scott Creasey The Eternal Triangle
Barry Cooper Are you a “real” mentalist? / The ABC of ESP
Al Smith Tryangle / Friendly Persuasion
Roger Curzon The Devil Rides Out
Andrew Brown The Living & the Dead / The Clairvoyant Card
Anthony Brahams Cabin Book Test
Dominic Twose Drawing Close
Justin Higham Double Minded
Mike Hopley Two-Person Book Test / A Card in Motion
Roger Ferriby The Ghost of the Ferry Boat Inn
Todd Landman My Ching
David Britland Fooler’s Gold – T. A. Waters
Walt Lees Ring Master
Andi Gladwin Mentalist’s Luncheon
Chris Hare Crab
Chris Wardle P.S.
James Brown Dark / Caught 3 Times
Olly Crofton Three Thoughts
Paul Gordon Twin Peeks / Thought Stealer Rethought
Steve Cook Balls 2 / Barefaced!
Stephen MacRow Brain Fry!
Mark Elsdon Bottle Capped / Best Telephone Trick / Brainwave-2
John Holt Absolutely Positive
Doug Segal I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Cluedo
David Penn Drawing Duplication – A Video Bonus!

Two Decades of Mental Magic. Larry Becker's magnificent opus, Stunners! was first published in 1992. In 1993 at the Society of American Magicians annual convention in New Orleans, Mr. Becker received the coveted Milbourne Christopher Foundation Literary Award for this Outstanding Contribution to the Art of Mentalism and Magic. Now, after ten years, not only may you enjoy this original masterly work, you'll also be able to delve into the many variations, improvements and new effects that were created during the decade following the publication of Stunners! In addition, this exciting new book also includes the instructions and presentations for many of Larry's commercially produced effects. Stunners! Plus! contains the more than fifty effects from the original Stunners! including Larry's original presentation of his death defying "Russian Roulette." A total over over 100 killer mental routines with books, coins, paper currency, cards, pencils and pens, watches, newspapers, boxes, props, no props, and so much more. Some of the most baffling entertaining, mental effects ever created, all bearing the Becker hallmarks of maximum entertainment potential and simplicity. These inexplicable mysteries, complete with presentations, will catapult you to a higher plateau as an entertainer.

Stunners! Plus! is also packed with major improvements to such effects as Casino Royale, Ultimate Flashback, Serial Killer, Sneak Thief and so many other powerful effects created over the decade following the original Stunners! release. And, as if all this wasn't enough, imagine peering into the inner workings of Larry's many commercial effects, including: Chameleon Chest, Versadex, Blockbuster, Incredible, Insight Wallets, Psiclops, Casino Light, Zenneristic and more. The Stunners! material has been completely re-typeset and all of the original art and illustrations have been preserved and upated. Stunners! Plus! is a must-have for mentalists from amateur to professional and for magicians who want to make the transition, there's no better place to start. Softbound, 674 pages, fully illustrated.

Mentalism has a colorful history of cutting edge periodicals such as The Jinx, The Invocation, and Magick ú and since 1995, SYZYGY has been the premier publication for Mentalists. Editor Lee Earle screened thousands of potential contributions to give subscribers the very best in Contemporary Mentalism.

Now the first five volumes are reproduced in a single, hard cover book! The index alone fills ten pages, listing material by category, contributor, and by title. Over 200 routines - Impromptu - Close-up and Platform. 80 pages of Professional & Promotional Supplements. More than 400 photos and professional illustrations Includes CD-ROM! The CD-ROM contains many images right from the book in full color and high resolution PDF format.

SYZYGY is the most important Mentalism book of the new millennium and qualifies for instant inclusion on everyone's 'five foot shelf'. Hard bound, 466 page, 8.5 x 11 inch format book (with dust jacket).

Lee Earle has spent a lifetime in the trade. He has earned his 'chops' as a performer, author of multiple books, columnist for the Society of American Magician's M-U-M magazine, editor of SYZYGY-The Journal of Contemporary Mentalism, publisher of books by authors Richard Mark and Larry Becker, creator and medium for Manifestations-The Ultimate Seance and originator of trademark Mentalism props, routines and concepts.

As recipient of the Psychic Entertainers Association Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Art of Mentalism, Lee Earle is acknowledged as one of the men who have changed the face of Mentalism forever. Now, the bulk of his creativity is assembled in this single, significant book. Over two decades of "outside the box" thinking from one of the most prolific minds in mentalism plus nearly all of Lee's published writings from the past twenty years-more than fifty routines, including many of his limited release commercial items-are literally within your grasp.

Included with each copy is a CD-Rom (Windows and Macintosh compatible) containing the necessary Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF files for producing a number of full-color, professionally designed props and promotional materials on your personal inkjet or laser printer. You get multiple templates for Sun Signs, more ready-to-print masters for the complete SuperScript materials and cards, Topologo's colorful single-page layout, color photographs and enlarged 'newspaper clipping' for Bascom Jones' Dark Memory, celebrity handwriting samples to use with an evocative Pretellus presentation, and full-size color copes of genuine stock certificates for the very contemporary Taking Stock.

BONUS: The CD-Rom also contains a thought-provoking interview with Lee Earle, conducted by the esteemed Dr. Juris, in which Lee discusses the distinctions between mental magic and Mentalism, the critical elements necessary for a successful performance, tips on how to present Mentalism to skeptical audiences and much, much more. Softbound, 264 pages.

It has taken more than twenty years, but Bob Cassidy, a founding member of the Psychic Entertainers' Association and one of the most influential and colorful creators of modern mentalism, has finally written a worthy successor to The Art of Mentalism! When the latter was first published in 1983, it was immediately recognized as a classic in the field and is on the "top ten" lists of many leading mentalists. We predict that this volume will eclipse the acclaim as the first. The first half of the book, reprints his Art of Mentalism 2 (a complete professional performance thoroughly explained), and his four Principia Mentalia volumes. As if that were not enough, the second half gives permanent form to 3 limited distribution manuscripts: Theories and Methods for the Practical Psychic: Strange Impressions: But Stranger Still...

1999 recipient of the Psychic Entertainers Association award for creativity, and with over fifty years of professional performance behind him, Barrie Richardson has gathered together 53 of his best mental routines, many with complete presentations, for this large volume of baffling experiences.In THEATER OF THE MIND, you will find page after page, of fresh, practical material, tested and perfected before thousands of audiences; astonishing feats that use only ordinary items, and few of them, entertaining mental experiments that involve the whole audience, that pack small and play big, and that exploit a devilish combination of simplicity and cleverness. What you will discover in Theatre Of The Mind is a wealth of professional material at a pauper's price. A 320 page hardbound book with detailed instructions and illustrations!

This is the long-awaited follow up to the first book. It is a quality soft back publication, perfect bound. It contains a lot of information that arrived too late for inclusion in the first volume.

13 Steps to Mentalism has become highly recommended as the most complete overall work on mentalism. A must have. Hardbound with dustjacket. In thirteen chapters, it details the workings of nearly every category and device useful to the working mentalist.

Swami Gimmick, Pencil Lip Sound & Muscle Reading, Mnemonics and Mental Systems, Predictions, Blindfolds & X-Rays, Billets, Book Tests, Two Person Telepathy, Mediumistic Stunts, Card Tricks, Question & Answer Effects, Publicity Stunts, Patter & Presentation. A complete course in mentalism all in one hardbound volume. The standard by which all other mentalism books have been judged.

As the Royal Road or Bobos are the Bibles in their fields this is definitely the Bible for mentalists it covers everything you could ever need to know. On any top 5 list that any mentalist recommends this is nearly always number one on the list! I can personally highly recommend this book.(It's one I've actually read, and those who know me will tell you that's a miracle in its self). - M

The Triumphant Return Of One Of Mentalism's Living Legends! Richard Osterlind’s name has always been associated with strong and practical effects guaranteed to leave a powerful impression on an audience. In this new manuscript, The Very Modern Mindreader and Other Miracles, his first release of completely new material to the magic and mentalism fraternity in over ten years, Osterlind delivers three outstanding effects, ready to go right into your professional repertoire.

The first, “The Very Modern Mindreader,” takes Annemann and Hewitt’s classic routine into the 21st Century. With practical touches developed over thirty years and never before released, Osterlind gives you the power to divine information sealed in envelopes by audience members with no gimmicks whatsoever-in fact, all of the elements may be left with the audience. This is reputation-making material, suitable for all venues from close--up to platform.
The second offering is the “Osterlind ESP Card System,” a revolutionary new
idea for ESP cards. Although there have been thousands of effects with these cards, there has never been a routine for the basic tests for which they were devised. Osterlind solves this problem with a stack for the ESP deck which looks random, has no exceptions to the rules and is cyclical so that the last card leads back to the first. In addition to allowing you to “test” your ESP powers according to the cards’ instructions, this new stack will open up realms of new effects with these wonderful cards.
The third effect is really two in one. The three-phrase prediction effect has always been a favorite of Osterlind and he’s released a number of these ideas over the years. “StenoESP” allows you to perform this classic “Mental Epic”-type effect using nothing but a steno pad and grease pencil. The working is clean, easy and convincing. In addition, Osterlind offers an additional routine that uses slightly different apparatus and streamlines the effect for a quick stage presentation.

This is the book that Richard Osterlind has been writing in his head for five years...and it's available at last.

Metalblast contains not the methods, but the real secrets of metal bending. In this exciting new work, Richard Osterlind discusses the mindset of the metal bender and the key ingredients necessary to make an audience believe that they're seeing miracles. What's more, these theatrical and psychological techniques are totally transferable and able to be easily adapted to just about any mentalism or magic you perform.

If you're an aspiring metal bender, or simply want to make the effects you already perform stronger and more impactful, you need to read Metalblast!

For years Ron and Nancy have fooled audiences worldwide with their Minds in Harmony act. Here, for the first time, they reveal all of their treasured secrets - secrets that will enable the reader to recreate this act in its entirety. In his foreword to this book Edwin Dawes says: "Despite the numerous times I have seen Ron and Nancy Spencer present their act it has never palled, the freshness and apparent spontaneity of their interaction (not to mention the challenge for the magician of endeavouring to detect their methods!) has captured the imagination. For much of the second half of the twentieth century Minds in Harmony brought pleasure and mystery to audiences. Now, as Ron and Nancy have retired from performing, they have decided to divulge the details of their techniques, a decision that will be welcomed by those who wish to emulate them as well as by those who are simply curious to learn how it was done. Hard work is the short answer but the reader will find everything he or she needs to set about mastering a two-person telepathic act and one that can be constructed from material that has been tried, tested and proven to be hugely successful."

The Spencer's complete act is revealed here for the first time anyone with the desire to learn a baffling two-way telepathy act need look no further. This wonderful book has 140 pages together with numerous line drawings and photographic illustrations.

This manuscript explains several variations of one incredible prediction effect. Every variation produces the same result, but along the way there is gambling, mentalism, and more than a few hustles.

"One of the most delightful conceptions in card magic...this is something not to be missed by the intelligent magician!" -Peter Warlock, Abra

"...(A)...collection of unusual mental/gambling routines based on ingenious principles that some top names have raved about, and been badly fooled with...The magician that bothers to learn...(Tsunami)...will have an anywhere-anytime game of Psychic Poker...that will destroy the laymen." -Jeff Busby, Magical Arts Journal

"...TSUNAMI, the best damn card trick since OUT OF THIS WORLD! My congratulations and admiration." -Dennis Marks

The groundbreaking material contained in 7 Deceptions is in a class of its own. After seeing these creations, Kenton Knepper was so stunned that he actually bought the publishing rights from Luke-the first time Kenton has ever purchased another's material. With endorsements from names like Docc Hilford, Steve Banachek and Kenton Knepper, you can rest assured that this is real-world material.

Stop your own pulse...with no gimmicks! And-stop a spectator's pulse without even touching them! No stooges, confirmed by another audience member, this is the real work!
A spectator simply looks at a playing card and you cause them to actually forget this card-they can't remember it! This really works!
A spectator's actual phobia is seen to go away through a magical, psychological event. The spectator takes home a special paper to remind them of this dramatic change. Is it real magic?
Two different spectators see two different words on one ungimmicked piece of paper without a single switch. You may also add to this, causing a third spectator to read a third word. A fascinating principle explained in full. This technique opens up many brand-new doors.
During a palm reading, the lines on the spectator's palm apparently move and twist on their own. A stunning combination of linguistics, psychology and neurology. And lots more, including in-depth extras from guest contributors and fans of Mr. Jermay.

Psychological Subtleties remains one of the best selling books in the magic and mentalism community and is considered a basic reference source for any complete library on our art. Psychological Subtleties offers ideas, tips and observations of natural human responses that can be inserted into performing situations to make the overall result of an effect much stronger, entertaining and memorable. Several performers incorporated that knowledge into their acts and built whole routines around those clever ideas. Psychological Subtleties 2 picks up where the first book ends. Whereas Psychological Subtleties was not a book of tricks and routines, this book contains complete routines from professionals who understood the value and impact of those ideas in the first book.

Here you will find routines from: Peter Arcane, Greg Arce, Lance Campbell, Dr. Bill Cushman, Christian David, David De Leon, Paul W. Draper, Gerard, Jonathon Grant, Patrick Kuffs, Andy Leviss, Rick Maue, Mike Merchant, Ravi Johannes Pazhur, Ian Rowland, Leonardo Silverio, and Michael Sibbernsen as well as routines and more subtleties from the mind of Banachek.

Psychophysiological Thought Reading - Banachek and How to Read People's Minds - H. J. Burlingame

Literally two books in one! On one side of this 180-page hardcover is a reprint of H.J. Burlingame's 1907 paperback release How to Read People's Minds which includes some history on muscle reading and how it works along with a fascinating section on training your dog to read minds!

Then give the book a flip end over end and you have Banachek's Psychophysiological Thought Reading. This section not only covers more details on the history of muscle reading, but also teaches updated effects using muscle reading as it is performed today by performers such as Kreskin, Derren Brown, and of course, Banachek himself, among others. These effects are used onstage and close-up in routined and impromptu performances.
Laminated hardcover, 180 6" x 9" pages with new illustrations by Earle Oakes "Psychophysiological Thought Reading is a must-have for anyone interested in learning contact-mind reading, and when combined with Burlingame, also a must-have for anyone interested in mentalism history. It is the most complete treatment of ideomotor effects I have seen written for mentalists."
-Christopher Carter

Pre Thoughts is a wonderful introduction to the Mentalism of Banachek.This treatise includes Banachek's theories and thoughts about his performance style. He then puts the theories into practice as he details several routines directly from his show.
More than a set of lecture notes, this is a complete mentalism act from start to finish as used by Steve Shaw. Excerpts can be used as stand-alone in your show! 20 page spiral-bound booklet includes detailed illustrations and instructions.

Edited by Martin Breese and illustrated by Eric Mason. Softback reprint in an edition of just 100 copies.

This book was first published in 1981 and has been reprinted several times since then. The current reprint is a softback as was the first edition. The book was created from the Magicassette recordings on Basil Horwitz made by Martin Breese. The book has received rave reviews from every magical magazine around the world. The opening chapter by Basil Horwitz details a method of linking a show with charity and using it to make a big income for the charity and a big income for the performer. During Basil's lifetime he was also involved in investment and finance. He used to perform for charity and demonstrated mental miracles that stunned his audience. When each member of the audience left the show Basil ended up with the name, address and telephone number of hundreds of people desperate for him to ring and discuss financial plans, investment and insurance. The seven tricks in the book are all total stunners. Over the years many of the top magicians around the world have each used one or more of the effects on tv or to close their shows. A classic of mentalism.

Kenton's renowned masterwork and his unique styling in the art of suggestion, influence, and apparent "telepathic hypnosis". Since eight years of age, hypnosis and what seemed to be actual magical, mental powers fascinated Kenton. Over the decades, Kenton has created and developed certain secret methods - known to but a very few of Kenton's closest friends. These are the exact methods used by Kenton to create absolute awe and fascination in the minds of Kenton's clients. Kenton has guarded these concepts most jealously. Finally, the full story can be told. What was once legend and myth is now within the grasp of anyone who cares to study and apply these ingenious concepts. So, what is "Kentonism"? What can you do?

Have a spectator slip into an altered state - just by looking at your business card!
Cause a spectator to choose thoughts and objects based on subliminal suggestion
Perform a full "hypnosis " type act, without having to learn or do hypnosis
Write thoughts down on a pad of paper, then stand back, and watch as audience members are compelled to do these things!
Apply telepathic and subliminal influence close-up or on stage
Learn legitimate suggestion techniques, and innovative methods created by Kenton. Includes special "subliminal" art designs to copy for your own business cards. We know what you usually get. This is not a work that uses "all stooges". Of course not - this is KENTON. Kenton has incorporated linguistic deception, dual-reality, and actual suggestion into these unusual principles and applications. KENTONISM is a rare look into Mr. Knepper's most secret work. This material is NOT for the magic hobbyist. This material is NOT a way to get people to date you. This is the real secret work for thinkers and performers. This book is over 60 full size pages in length.

Kenton Knepper is well-known for his work on suggestion and its application to magic and mentalism. In Miracles of Suggestion, Kenton reveals simple and profound examples of exactly how suggestion can be used in real-world performance situations. More than a few performers are a little disappointed that Kenton gave up this much inside information, but Kenton hopes this booklet will excite more performers into considering how the power of suggestion may be applied to their work. There is more here than just theory–you will learn the practical application of these miraculous principles to achieve effects like: Appearing as if you have erased a thought from a spectator's mind. Forcing someone to choose a particular card, even though they get to shuffle, cut and choose all by their own hand! Miracles of Suggestion also contains Kenton's ingenious work on equivoque or "The Magician's Choice". You will also learn "The Subconscious Book Test" and Kenton's finger ring routine in which the rings bend while on the table! This is the work Kenton is famous for, and now made more direct than ever. Staplebound, 29 pages.

Price: £22

Kenton's manuscript on cueing is here and includes marketed effects such as "My Mind/Your Mind Box", "Kenton's Kube" and "Sharpie Sense".

Kenton has been fooling many people with his subtle and devious methods of cueing spectators secretly. Kenton breaks it all out here in easily understood terms: From the set-up, follow-through and follow-up. This is NOT a work on how to verbally cue a spectator. This is non-verbal cueing for the most part which has allowed Kenton to stun audiences and performers alike. Several individual tricks sold by us are described in this manuscript. These tricks sell in the range of $15.00 to $25.00 each. That means getting this manuscript can satisfy your curiosity and save you money too.

Kenton explains original effects used by himself and by other performers on stage and television. Many of the secrets that have fooled you in the last decade are in here. You will be surprised at what Kenton tips of his creations, and who has applied these concepts in their own performances. Most importantly, you will learn the secret principles of Kenton's manner of cueing, so that you may apply this knowledge to YOUR effects and performance style. Much of what Kenton does that appears as mentalism is a combination of subconscious and conscious cueing. Kenton's The Secret details his use of subconscious cues. Q - The Book examines and defines Kenton's unique approach to consciously cueing spectators in mentalism. Many times the spectators themselves are in doubt of how they knew after the fact, and are as amazed as the rest of the audience - but in a different way. In other words, it's classic Kenton stuff. So twisted in thought, no wonder spectators wonder what on earth happened to them! Find out what has fooled countless numbers of people on stage and on television, with routines you can and will use. Rarely has spectator cueing been discussed outside the realm of stage whispers. Kenton has made a trademark of it, and now you can too.

Television personality Keith Barry tips some of his Q and X work in this manuscript! Direct from the material that fooled you on the tube, the inner Kentonism secrets and how Keith did it. YOU can too... Thanks to Mr. Barry giving Kenton permission to explain it all. An in-depth and novel approach to creative cueing and commercial mentalism. 70 PAGES, full sized.

X contains over a dozen extremely strong, yet very easy-to-do effects from Kenton Knepper, including pieces straight from his professional act. Kenton's unique use of linguistics, multiple-reality ploys and "special somethings" make for the sensational impact these effects have on audiences. Here are just a few of the effects in X:
Imagine giving a spectator a pair of "X-Ray Glasses" which apparently allow her to see inside a pocket or cardbox! The glasses can be examined and there is nothing to ditch, palm or sneak out.
A spectator seemingly uses her own intuition to pick the one unmarked coin from others donated and initialed by audience members. The coins are then handed back to the owners - no coin switch required.
A spectator chooses which bottle of three is the safe bottle - two are "poisoned". She easily chooses the correct "clean and safe" bottle, as the other two poisoned ones have large X marks on them (no nailwriter).
X also includes Docc Hilford's amazing Traveler effect: A spectator travels through time, and upon her return chooses three postcards in order. Each postcard predicts the exact order in which the spectator would select them! Staplebound, 26 pages.

Kenton Knepper has done it again! Definitely not the "same old thing," the Sorcerer Series contains breakthrough work in magic and mentalism for everything from close-up to stage performances. New concepts, new routines, new presentations, new props and new methods which have, until now, been kept quite secret. Each volume is staplebound and approximately 8.5" by 11" x 30 pages.

Imagine being able to take control of the very thoughts, perceptions, and responses of your audience.

Picture your audiences' amazement when they really can not explain the trick because the magic is done with words, not sleights or props. This is what Wonder Words will teach you. It is prestidigitation of the mind.

Over 100 full size pages on the secret principle of Association and how Kenton and students use this long ignored and mysterious factor. We simply cannot say enough about it, or what it will do for you.

Using association causes spectators to stop being spectators. Association actively engages onlookers, causing more of an experience and relationship with your audience. The audience becomes an active force in your performance. They do not feel left out of the act. With association, the audience is a willing and active participant, rather than an antagonistic force to be won over by manipulation.

Best of all, magic and mentalism can easily be made into legitimate art by applying association to standard tricks and presentations. In a sentence or less, with one object, or less, association casts its spell. Immediate ART and MEANING can be had without hard work, once you grasp the underused and oft ignored principle of association.

Influence and shape audiences to do as you desire by association and its related branches of sneaky psychology. People will follow your lead and more. Your audience is just waiting to be taught what to do!

All of this is just for starters. We know these sound like impossible promises, but they are true. Artists and psychologists have proved these claims about association reliable for ages. Association is the standard used in video, persuasion psychologies, advertising, art, music and theatre. Yet mentalists and magicians use it unknowingly, as if by happenstance.

Like Wonder Words, Kenton once again changes the landscape of mentalism and magic forever with this book. You will wonder how mystery performers ever performed without this incredible principle.

THIS work will remind you why Kenton is considered a groundbreaking leader in mentalism and magic.

New effects, tricks and methods included, as well as material from The S.E.C.R.E.T. School

This work contains six of Kenton's most unusual effects and methods. Previously unreleased except to a private few, these concepts will challenge you. Far from the "ordinary" this manuscript details:

How to find a card by "channeling" a spectator.
Perform a routine in which words and scent are the actual method.
Make vanished coins or charms reappear inside a lit candle.
And much more, of course, including further effects and presentations, more extended and diverse applications, and new gut-level essays.
It is little wonder that many have awaited Kenton's release of this "Weerd" material. Now these often startling effects and strange but magical methods can be YOURS.

As those who have attended some of Kenton's more exclusive and expensive workshops know, "Indirection" is a key principle in Kenton's work. Far more important than "mis-direction", indirection is a subtle way to cause the audience to accept things as true without conscious criticism.

This manuscript details new effects and techniques based upon this powerful principle. From making "standards" truly remarkable (such as the Linking Rings, Egg Bag and even the Lota Bowl) to new works such as Kenton's "Indirection Bowl" direct from the opening of his act, or "Drawing Duplication" from television, many great effects and ideas are examined in detail.

It's hard to get a room full of magicians to applaud a Lota Bowl or hardcore mentalists to be fooled by the use of a stooge. But "Secrets of Indirection" reveals how to do all of this and more. Once you grasp the principle, you'll apply it to nearly everything you do.

Kenton's use of making a compass move while attempting metal bending is in here too. This is not the same thing as "Kenton's Kompass". You'll find Kenton also tips for the first time his "Famous Bottle Vanish" used in clubs, banquets and on full stage. This alone is worth the price of this manuscript to any performer - and it is easy to do. Many more effects are detailed.

This manuscript will change how you look at everything you do in performance. The simple concept of "indirection" will radically alter our magical and mental arts - if we but think and apply this remarkable tool.

The majority of effects described are magical in nature, though some mentalism is of course included. Magic examples make for the easiest and quickest way to grasp the indirection concept, that you may then apply to mentalism and everything else you do. While effects may be magic oriented, this will not dissuade the thinking mentalist who is after principles, not simply tricks.

This key principle upon which Kenton depends in all manner of work and styles of performance is now revealed at last.

This is the latest of the in-depth work by Kenton upon which so many await and rely. You will want to get ahead of the pack and begin reconsidering your act using the power of indirection.

Here's what Kenton himself says about this "enchanted" work: "I am really excited about this diverse manuscript for a lot of reasons. It's 60 full size pages. It has magic, mentalism, readings, essays and more in it. I have put in some of my favorite new material for both stage and close-up. I really LOVE this material as I do it often!"

Here are some highlights:
Spoon Bending Parties - a detailed examination which many mentalists have asked me to share with them alone, or keep to myself.
Bending Coins - with no moves, and Manifesting Coins as desired by a spectator.
Packet Trick Readings - this is a riot! Magicians love it. Mentalists hate it. You should use it. How can it be this easy and startling too?
Flower Psychological Force as a Reading - with Outs as Personality Tests and more.
Flowers From Fingertips - A no palming, no holder spring flower production that has fooled many well-versed performers. It's EASY. An amazing invention.
A wide and eclectic blend of magic, mentalism, essays on enchantment, psychology, linguistics and more that I use almost daily in my work.
The Full Linguistically Twisted Kenton Tarot Trick for BSM - ALL the details! Beautiful, poetic, miraculous, memorable magic and mentalism that is truly different.

Packing a giant wallop in a small, compact size...About 60 pages packed with original Kenton material never published before. Here are some of Kenton's cherished secrets such as his work with The Hoy Deck which sent mentalists reeling recently. This 5 1/2 X 11 inch booklet has more truly creative and honestly practical effects than most books three times its size. EVERYTHING you enjoy can be found here. Close-up, mentalism, stand-up, weird magic. Plots never considered previously, and wild takes on a few forgotten classics. Here is a taste: Pop popcorn in your hand - Spectators HEAR it actually popping! Learn of Kenton's O.K. "Okito" box which uses hinged lids and mini-mint boxes. Yes, HINGED on lids as an Okito Box. This will create a new revolution in the Okito Box tradition. Don't just melt a spoon - squish the bowl like it were putty. Is it putty? No! The bowl while seemingly molten instantly becomes solid again and the hands are seen empty. NOT like anything you have seen before. This is different. Props are taken from a large Altoid type box, as the performer displays his unusual abilities. BUT, the box instantly seals itself shut with tape, postage stamps and more in a split second and in full view. The tape must be removed before the box can be opened to once again show all the props inside (including a borrowed item). This is impossible to describe and weird to experience! A key chain with a light is held over a spectator's hand. The spectator attempts to light it with her mind. That never happens. But what does happen will surprise you and your spectator for some time to come.

There is MORE in this little booklet to be sure. Any one of these effects could have been marketed on their own, as many are doing with manuscripts these days. But Kenton, as he begins to wind down his writing for performers, wanted to cram as much as he could into one little booklet. That he has certainly accomplished. Several secret groups were privy to small portions of this work last year. Each commented on how these methods were going to change their own methods, effects and presentations. Each group noted that at least several likely instant-classics were contained in this booklet. This is truly a Little Book of Wonder which you can't afford to miss, and at a special price to top it all off.

Ultimate proof that you can read minds even in the worst situations. K.E.N.T. is a wild mix of principles making for a REAL solution to mind reading. This looks like the REAL thing...Please read this entire ad carefully. All we say here is TRUE.

Whether you are a close-up performer or a mentalist that plays it seriously, K.E.N.T. is a must have for you. Kenton calls K.E.N.T. "One of two tools I rely upon for close-up work of any kind, magic or mentalism". K.E.N.T. is the creation of Irish magician and mentalist John Mahood. IMAGINE... A wise guy pulls out his own deck of cards and demands that you prove your abilities. He wants you to prove yourself, without touching the cards, without writing anything down, without others helping. NO touching, NO marks, NO sleight of hand of any kind. NOW WHAT? With K.E.N.T. you tell the spectator to make it tough on you and think of one of a few cards he himself removes from his own deck. You never see these. You instruct him how to focus upon his thought of card and you NAME HIS CARD to the degree that he freaks out and swears you are the REAL thing. He dares you to tell him what his card is, and that is exactly what you are seen to do. This friends is a true mindblower. It is POWERFUL stuff. But it is not for everyone. This is as close to real mind reading as you can get. Like real mind reading, you will at very rare times, miss. You should know this up front. K.E.N.T. is for performers. For many real performers, given the impossibility of this situation, this is not much of an issue. You would likely fail anyway, so why not have the tools to usually win out instead? Yet we wanted you to be aware of this possibility. Add Kolossal Killer to the mix, and you will do this and never fail. In an effort of complete disclosure, the effect is you name the entire card. The reality is you name the name or number of the card, not the suit generally. But due to the psychology used, it appears you have named not only the name, but the suit as well. You should also know that this is based upon English and American English as well as American playing cards, so this may make a difference to you. If you and the people you perform for will speak in English generally, then this is great for you. If not, this may not be perfect for you. You would surely have to make a fair amount of adjustments to be able to use the basic idea in other languages. We like to be as clear and open as we can about such things.

With that in mind, this and "Killer" Kenton calls his "lifeblood of close-up and mentalism" with cards.

K.E.N.T. is also a must have for the close-up card worker who faces the type of spectator that challenges you to find or tell him his thought about card. NOW YOU WILL. For the mentalist who is asked to prove the "impossible", this is a tool that must be in your arsenal. Perform K.E.N.T. over the radio, phone or Internet if you wish! Once you have K.E.N.T.in your mind, you will need nothing else. Another person's mind and their own deck of cards is all that is used. That and the special secrets explained in K.E.N.T. 25 pages of 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 size. Includes how Kenton uses K.E.N.T. in a One Behind or One Ahead effect as well!

Richard Webster is a New Zealander who has been involved with Magic and Cold Reading for many, many years and is one of the world's leading experts on the art of cold reading.

This complete mini-course in hypnotism starts with the assumption that the reader knows nothing about the subject at all and then rapidly leads him, step by step, to the point where he can hypnotize perfect strangers. Learn how to perform basics tests like tying a subject's hands together, making them fall backward, etc. Diagrams and concise prose make it all clear.

For many years "Riley" and David Deval talked of updating the SAS book. Unfortunately David passed away before they could do so. After a little persuasion to share his years of experience, Riley has put into print everything you need to know about getting out of a pair of handcuffs...

It covers methods for opening most of the styles of handcuffs and leg irons that you are ever likley to come across. Showing you how to adapt keys and make various shims and picks to cover almost any eventuallity, its all here.

How to escape from handcuffs...
In this booklet David explains all the known methods of escape from Handcuffs and Leg Irons in current use throughout the world. Escape from all types of handcuffs just like magic. Even double locking cuffs are covered. All is revealed in this essential must have booklet of Handcuff escapes.

Want to put a thumb tie in your act... Having difficulty in choosing a version to use! This book pretty much has them all! And at a fraction of the cost of some of the other books available! with in in this exceptional book you will find... History of the trick, its presentation and many variations on it. Comedy stunts, Scissors Tie, Wire Tie, Pipe Cleaner Tie, The Tape Tie, "La France" tie, gimmick tie, the Ten Ichi tie, Thumb Stocks, Thumb Screws, Etc. One of the greatest mysteries of all times. 50pp. Illustrated ... Almost a collectors item... And highly recomended!

Subtle Card Creations Volume 1 - Nick Trost

Nick Trost is well known for his simple, easy-to-do card magic. He uses subtle moves and principles rather than difficult sleight of hand to produce entertaining card effects.

The entire set of volumes contain his best card effects, plus variations by his fellow magicians. Many of these card creations came from his series of notebooks and most have not been published previously.

This volume alone contains 11 chapters describing over 100 tricks. Here are a few of the areas covered:

Coincidences - Transpositions - Court Cards - Special Decks - Gambling Tricks - Packet Tricks - Poker Tricks - ESP Cards

Also included is an appendix of useful sleights and subtleties.

Pages 300 - Hardbound

Price: £30

MindPlay - Christopher Williams

Imagine a routine based around the modern obsession with Poker, yet the routine plays to people who have no idea about Poker as well!!!

Imagine being able, to find four cards that are merely thought of, without any fishing of any kind! What is even better...there is a kicker ending which I will leave as a surprise, and best of all...this is self working, meaning ANY Magician can do this!

"Christopher Williams has added a substantial ending to the famous poker presentation of the 'Princess Card Trick' that has fascinated the top magicians of all time." - Jon Racherbaumer

14 page spiral bound manuscript. Signed and numbered limited edition of 250.

Price: £25

A Collection of Card Magic - Christopher Williams

Chris is young man who has an incredibally inventive mind. He is so full of ideas, that most days he cannot contain his excitement at some new move or idea. Chris is already becoming an underground legend amongst the "workers". Here is his first booklet of routines that he has created taking some classic effects and adding some different touches to them. Originally released as an E-book recieving many excellent reviews, we have decided to make it into a "Hard-copy".

Contents:
Oil and Hot Water - A four card 'oil & water' routine with a colour changing back kicker! Killer, practical card magic!
Named Ace - 'Twisting the Aces' meets 'All backs' with a named four of a kind. Then they change to the Four Aces! A LOT of magic in one very clever routine!
A Very Nice Pair - A tabled selection changes to a King then both Kings trap the selection in the deck! You'll be doing this very cool 'quickie' the day after you read it!
Joker in the Box - A brilliant exploration of 'Dr. Daleys Last Trick' that takes the effect way beyond the original. Flashy and impressive, this is a real gem!
Find that Ace - 'Spectator Cuts the Aces' routine. An excellent combination of devastating principles balled into one show stopping routine. Better make it a closer because this will be difficult to top!

"If you like visual magic with multiple climaxes, check out Christopher Williams new booklet, 'A Collection of Card Magic. "... Mike Powers

"Genuinely one of the most interesting manuscripts on cards I've read in a long time. All the effects are created with the real world performer in mind and they are put together beautifully. You WILL use the effects contained within 'A Collection of Card Magic', there just isn't any good reason not
to!"... Dave Forrest

Read a review of this book here!

Price: £10

Special Offer - buy Mindplay and Collection of Card Magic together for the special price of £33

Modus Operandi - Jack Carpenter

WANTED! Jack Carpenter for slaying audiences with high-powered card magic. Last known crime scenes - MULTIPLEX RESET - The suspect took four aces, signed by an innocent bystander, changed them one by one into kings, then caused the kings to instantly change back into aces. When asked where the kings were gone, the suspect produced them, each from a different pocket. By now the aces have vanished! When the bystander demanded to know where his aces were, the suspect brought each signed ace again from a different pocket!

NO TABLE ACES - The suspect was plainly seen to insert three face up aces into three different locations in a face down deck. He placed the ace of spades face up on top of the pack. Each time he riffled the cards a face-up ace rose to the top to join the ace of spades, until all four aces had gathered there. Then, with a final riffle, he forced the aces to return to their original positions in the deck! The suspect is also known to be expert at stacking and switching decks; dealing seconds, centers, and bottoms; and is said by reliable witnesses to be a master of the "Seattle Switch" and "West Coast Cooler." If seen at a card table, approach with caution. He is known to be armed and dangerous. As yet, no charges have been filed, as all his victims’ report enjoying being fooled by him. Hardbound, 163 pages.

Price: £26

Art and Ardor at the Card Table - Jimmy Nuzzo and Edward Marlo

Jimmy Nuzzo and Edward Marlo Collaborated on card magic that is visual and confounding because of sophisticated sleight of hand. It is these secrets that have formulated some of the most fooling magic ever created. “Any pulse-checking, hard-core cardmen in the late 60s, knew about Jimmy Nuzzo. If they didn’t get to see him in person, they were familiar with the select ideas he published—ideas that probably seemed celestial at the time but were nevertheless interesting and enticing.” - from Jon Racherbaumer’s Prologue In the Nuzzo Touch there is Jimmy’s audience-tested repertoire. It includes his fabulous Side Steal and lightning-fast Card to the Pocket.

The book incorporates three hard-to-find, private manuscripts that Nuzzo and Marlo published in the 1980’s, Plus Package; Unforgettable Wild Card; and 21 st Century Card Magic. Jimmy invented the Hung Card, one of the most tightly held secrets in magic.

Price: £34

Three Card Monte - John Scarne

A classic of gambling, explained by John Scarne, this 47 page illustrated booklet covers everything there is to know about the three card monte. The basics of the 'game' and a definition of gambling terms are given before Scarne reveals a variety of convincers, such as a bent or even torn corner on the money card.

Price: £4

Subtle Miracles - Peter Duffie

Peter Duffie is one of the world's most creative cardmen and Subtle Miracles gathers together some of his most inventive work. Many of these effects were marketed as exclusive manuscripts and are now brought together for the first time, together with a selection of brand new routines using equally clever methods.

Seventeen ingenious card miracles are featured in this collection, including:

Impulse: Two cards transpose under impossible conditions. The finish in which one card has a hole cut through the centre and yet still changes places with the second card has been described as, "Not Possible!"

Tarradiddle: A completely self-working Lie Detector trick. The spectator can tell the truth or lies but the deck will always find him out. What's more, you don't even know the identity of the selected card yourself until the pack reveals it!

Flashpoint: The ultimate Holey Point of Departure. A chosen card disappears from between two blank cards. The card is visible right up until the last moment through holes cut in the middle of the blanks. Yet it disappears without a trace and the blanks are handed out for examination.

Choca Block: A completely hands-off cards across with an extremely clever method. Two selected cards disappear from a box on the table and reappear in a packet of cards held by the spectator. At no time does the performer touch anything! And it's completely self-working too.

All Clear: You Do As I Do with a twist. Under the fairest of conditions the magician and spectator chose identical cards, twice! But the kicker comes when the rest of the deck is shown to be completely blank. No gimmicks. No switches. Everything examined. Easy to do.

Plus: Pure Devilry, in which a diary predicts two selected cards;
Clear Thought, a no questions asked revelation of a though-of card; Polythene Pam, a monte routine the spectator cannot lose and Dichotomy, a prediction effect with a finish that is simply beyond belief. And eight further knock-out routines!

Price £23

Mnemonica - Juan Tamariz

A celebrity of television and stage in Spain and South America, JUAN TAMARIZ is known internationally among magicians as a true master of his art, and one who generously shares his time and knowledge, both in print and in person, with the magic community. He is the author of three critically acclaimed best-selling books in English: The Five Points of Magic, The Magic Way and Sonata. Along with Arturo de Ascanio, Tamariz has spearheaded a school of thought in close-up magic that has produced FISM award-winning champions and deeply influenced the craft of magic worldwide.

Among those things Juan Tamariz is most recognized for, among magicians, is his trailblazing work with the memorized deck—a tool with extraordinary potential for creating utterly baffling magic. Over the past two decades, Tamariz has been the recognized leader in its use and, with Simon Aronson in the United States (who contributes an introduction to this book), the most influential.

Tamariz's memorized deck stack, "Mnemonica", has become a legend with card magicians throughout the world, and within this book he reveals at last its complete workings, as well as teaching the reader how to memorize the stack-forever—in as little as three hours. Accompanying this information are more than a hundred tricks and routines that radically expand the range of effects commonly thought possible with a memorized deck, and an annotated bibliography that leads the reader to an amazing body of additional material on the memorized deck, making Mnemonica the most complete study of its subject ever done. Mnemonica is a virtual encyclopedia on the subject of memorized-deck magic, by the world's leading exponent and one of magic's acknowledged masters. It is a book crammed with magic from the working repertoire of Juan Tamariz, magic that leaves everyone, public and magicians, utterly astounded. It is a book capable of changing the reader's entire approach to card magic, and a work that supports Juan Tamariz's reputation as one of the most important and creative thinkers in magic today. 432 pages, over 400 photos, hardcover.

Price: £45

New Era Card Tricks - Roterberg

A true magic classic has been reborn! New Era Card Tricks is one of the most incredible collections of card tricks ever assembled. This masterpiece was written by August Roterberg in 1897 has been lusted after by magicians ever since. Copies have been hard to come by and purchased by magicians and collectors for as much as $250! Now you can get you hands on this fundamental collection of card tricks for a fraction of that price, thanks to Stephen Minch and Byron Walker. They have reintroduced New Era Card tricks for everyone to enjoy. This hardbound beauty includes 278 pages of clear and concise card magic with illustrations throughout. Every real card magician needs to own a copy of this masterwork.

Price: £29

56 tricks and sleights from two top close-up creators. Includes a special chapter by Jerry Sadowitz on The Double Deal. Plus a chapter on Okito Box magic and Peter's incredible Bedazzled routine. In 1987, Martin Breese wrote: The clever card and coin magic of Sadowitz and Duffie has helped us gain various accolades including one for Card Magic Publisher of the Year and now 14 years later, Martin's respect for these two talented close up workers remains unchanged.

Docc Hilford's Cassandra Deck is a special deck of cards that made magical history in 1999 when it sold to a very select group of inside professionals for the unprecedented fee of $100! Those few fortunate enough to own one, guarded its secrets closely. Now, you can learn the innermost secrets. The Cassandra Deck is so much more than a special deck of cards, it's a tool that enables the amateur or professional magician to perform miracles. This book contains 64 original tricks that are designed to shock both your audiences as well as you with their directness and mystery. You will also be shown what no one has ever known before, exactly how to build your own Cassandra Deck. Each trick is so uniquely different you can do an entire show with The Cassandra Deck and your audience will experience a wide variety of magic and mentalism-not just card tricks! Absolutely one of the finest pieces of workable mentalism.

A tossed out deck where you name each person's card directly! - A method for learning real contact mindreading! - Poker and Blackjack demonstrations - A Cards Across where thought of cards fly across the room! - Any Card at Any Number and you predict both the card and the number! - A Card in Cigarette with a thought-of card! - And 57 more ways to learn pocket writing, swami writing, sound reading, pencil reading, plus book tests, billet tests, cold reading effects and more! Staplebound, 64 pages.

This comprehensive, in-depth, easy-to-understand, alphabetized encyclopedia of FALSE COUNTS and DISPLAYS is now available. Award winning author, Jon Racherbaumer, has compiled over 70 techniques-a virtual vade mecum-into a handy, easy-to-access, eye-arresting reference book. This instantly and literally puts them at your fingertips.

With the advent of packet tricks in the 70's, not to mention all of the innovative close-up card tricks devised in the past 30 years, a remarkable number of false-counting and false-spreading techniques were developed-so many, in fact, that it was difficult to find and keep track of them. Enhanced by over 200 digital photographs, you no longer have to search for or wonder what this-or-that count is or does. This book runs the gamut from Ascanio to Vesser, including the esoteric and arcane techniques buried in our literature.

This 208 page spiral bound book was written by Jon Racherbaumer. Included in Counthesaurus are 81 detailed descriptions to perform sleight of hand tricks such as; All-Alike Count, Biddle Count, Broken-Up Elmsley Count, Everchange Count, Fingertip Rhythm, Gemini Display, Ghostover Count, Hamman Count, Jimmy Cricket Count, Kosky Count, Marfoe Count, Neo Jordan Count, Omega Count, Pinch Grip, Razor-Edge Pivot Count, Six-Card Repeat Count, Smile Count, Tokagi Turnover Count, Unlimited Count, Vesser Concept and MUCH, MUCH, MORE!!!

Sister book to the Royal Road, This concentrates on sleights and flourishes with a large selection of tricks including the famous"Ambitious Card Routine"

A text book for the student of card magic. In this 77 pages large size book the author has explained all the basic moves and sleights required for card tricks.
Contains 20 chapters, which describe various methods of Pass, Location, Palming, Forcing, False Cut, False Shuffle, False Count, Double Lift, Top and Bottom Change, Glide or Slip, Glimpse or Peek, Reversing the Cards, Treating the Cards, Prepared Cards, Card Subtleties, Producing Chosen Card, Flourishes, Back and Front Palm, Fanning etc.
There is also a complete chapter devoted to presentation. This will save the beginner much trouble and expense in acquiring the knowledge of basic card technique.

A great companion to the Royal Road this volume covers trick / setup / gaffed decks.

To the magician and to most audiences, card manipulations are the most fascinating type of card trick.

Since the manipulator's skill is the only determining factor, once a degree of card dexterity is acquired the performer can go on to learn tricks sure to entertain, at any time, with no further preparation, using any available deck of cards for the performance.

After showing the basic manipulations he develops a number of exceptional tricks where the manipulations are used. A number of illustrations and step-by-step explanations teach each detail, as the trick would be given in a performance. By working through these tricks, from the simple to the complex, the magician learns his skills in a professional manner and also gains a wide repertoire of specific tricks. Throughout the book a great number of manipulations and over a hundred tricks are explained.

The Stripper Deck is one of the most ingenious magic decks of cards ever invented. You can learn up to 110 amazing magic tricks using this apparatus. You can amaze your friends or audience after a short period of practice.

The Svengali Deck is an ingenious magic deck of cards. You can learn 110 amazing tricks & routines with this book. You can amaze your friends and audiences after practicing. Below are listed a few of the 110 tricks you can learn from this book...

- Show a normal deck - then change ALL the cards to the previously selected card.

- Seal a card in an envelope - then have a spectator pick the card in the envelope.

- Spectator stabs the deck - the selected card is where the person inserts the blade.

- The card that was selected appears anyplace where the spectator cuts into the deck.

Full Metal Jacket is a unique booklet from the creative minds of JC Wagner and up-and-coming magician Syd Segal. Beautifully illustrated by RFA Productions, this 35 page (high quality) booklet contains 7 BRAND NEW killer routines designed to fool layman and magicians alike.

ALSO INCLUDED - Syd Segal digs deep into the mind of JC and finds out what he's been up to for the last 10 years. A one-on-one interview that tells all.

Up In Smoke - Any four-of-a kind is removed from the deck. The magician blows a puff of smoke toward the cards, causing them to instantly vanish. The missing cards are then immediately produced from four different pockets.

A Handy Transformation - A card is selected and returned to the deck. Four cards are shown and this packet is placed between the spectator’s hands as the magician explains that he will cause the selected card to appear between the cards he is holding. However, when the spectator separates his hands he is surprised to find not five cards, but only one—the selection.

Estimated Toss - Offering to give a demonstration of estimation a card is selected and returned to the deck. The top card of the deck is removed and, using estimation, the magician attempts to toss it into the deck next to the selection. However, when the card adjacent to the tossed-in card is displayed, it is not the selection. Snatching victory from defeat, the tossed-in card is turned over to reveal that it has magically changed into the selection.

Oil And Water - The classic plot of red and black cards magically separating, culminating with a surprise finish.

K.J.V. Oil And Water - Larry’s favorite oil and routine combining the ideas of Ray Kosby, Dai Vernon, and himself.

Flawed Transposition - The magician offers to demonstrate a new trick, but mentions that it does have a flaw. The four kings are placed on the table while the magician holds onto the four aces. One at a time, the kings change places with the aces until the magician is holding the four kings. Reminding the audience about the flaw in the trick, the tabled packet is shown to also consist of four kings as the magician announces the trick’s weakness—“It takes eight kings to do the trick.”

New Outstanding Triumph - Larry’s stand-up version of the classic Dai Vernon effect employing his clever riffle display.

Hip Pocket Prediction - A spectator freely selects any card to act as a prediction. Another card is now selected, noted, and replaced while the deck is out of the magician’s sight. The prediction card is now revealed and its value accurately locates the selection.

This is the definitive work on card handling. Recognized around the world as the most remarkable course in sleight-of-hand card magic ever offered, Card College features engaging, detailed writing with many hundreds of clear drawings for gaining mastery over a deck. Teaches up-to-date information and the best methods.

Volume One Contains: The Overhand Shuffle, False Cuts, the Riffle Shuffle, Card Controls, Forces, the Glide, the Double Lift, Flourishes, the Top Change and the Spread Cull - 250 Pages

Volume Two Contains: Palming, Card Reverses, the Glimpse, the Pass, the Crimp, False Counts, Advanced Double-lift Techniques and an eye-opening major chapter on Misdirection, Psychology, Routining and Presentation. Professional caliber tricks are taught all along the way, so that you can put your new skills immediately to work. - 250 Pages

Volume Three Contains: Breaks, Steps and Jogs, Advanced Double Lifts, Card Controls, Multiple Shifts, the Side Steal, Diagonal Palm Shift, Color Changes, the K.M. Move, the Biddle Steal and the Faro Shuffle. - 300 Pages

Volume Four Contains: Forcing Techniques, Card & Packet Reversals, Advanced Passes, Culling & Stacking, Half Passes, Tilt, Sandwich Techniques, More Flourishes, Lapping, Card & Packet Switches, Estimation, Deck Switches, False Deals, Structural Theory. - 250 Pages

Card College is a modern classic. It is without a doubt the most important work on sleight of hand with cards. This is the first volume in a series of five. The speciality of this electronic book are its 89 video clips, which show how Giobbi executes each and every technique described.

Please note that there are significant differences between the latest printed edition of "Card College 1" and this ebook, beside the video clips. This ebook was based on the German edition "Grosse Kartenschule 1" which has a somewhat different selection of chapters than the English one from Hermetic Press. One could say it is the author's cut: Chapter 9 'The Glimpse' in this ebook appears in volume 2 of the Hermetic Press series. On the other hand chapters 13, 14, 15 and 16 from the Hermetic Press book are missing in this ebook. They will be available in the electronic Card College 2.

Beside the chapter differences between the paper edition and this ebook, Giobbi added about 20 new pages to "Card College 1" since the latest printing. There have been numerous additions particularly to the 'Final Notes' and 'Check Points' sections. Chapter 1 has a new section on the card case.You might think that opening a card case is a trivial matter. Not so, says Roberto, who disects this process into its smallest part and gives you plenty of good reasons why you should know all these details. A new routine 'Further than that...' was added to Chapter 5 'Force Techniques Part 1'. And finally the 'Bibliographic Notes' have been updated and extended.

With Contributions by David Mendoza & Tony Clark. The book features seven original illusions fully explained - (one is already licensed to David Mendoza-Magicraft), you also get illusion sketches, two unique illusions for TV & Film, thoughts on illusion and more.

There is a contribution by David Mendoza (This the first book since the Osborne Books, that David Mendoza has contributed to). And an excellent essay to improve your act by Tony Clark. Book is 122 pages with detailed routines & beautiful illustrations in full-color throughout the book. A first for Illusion Books. The price also includes full performance rights. This is an absolute must for any Modern Illusionist.

The author, in this soft cover large size 18 pages tape bound book, illustrated by Soumya Deb has collected the secrets of different ways of performing what is possibly the most mystifying magic illusion of all times.

The book includes Indian Levitation, Floating a Girl, Mystery of Lhasa, Aga, Sword Aerial, Bed of Arrows, Fan Illusion, Walking on Swords, Flying Carpet, One Man Levitation, Chair Suspension, Bamboo Aerial, Trilby Couch, Goldston Aga, Night Club Levitation, Another Asrah, Asrah, Kellar's Asrah.

This is not a book of illusion blue prints and is certainly not intended to be a complete source for the Levitation Secrets. As the title suggests, it is a book of 'secrets', illustrating how each Levitation is performed. The intelligent performer will find the information sufficient to construct some, if not all of these items from the information provided, adapting the details and measurements to his requirements. For the others, ''Levitation secret'' will give a reasonable idea of what is involved, so you could get a more complete blue print or additional details to make the item. A good and informative book for anyone interested in large illusion magic.

Ideal for the illusionist who doesn't have much time to create a miracle. Paul Osborne's book features hundreds of new ideas, tips and techniques to help the weekend builder who is faced with that last minute show opportunity - and on a budget! Productions, vanishes and mutilations are all covered in this one-of-a-kind book.

For the first time in any publication, corporate illusions are covered, detailing some simple solutions to making the Chairman of the Board appear by magic at his sales meeting.

Also included at no extra cost is the out-of-print Illusion Planning book that Paul created for the beginning illusionist. This chapter reveals how to select, stage and position illusions within your show.

Detailed in this book are: The In & Out Box, the Fall Apart Box, Fast Make Sub Trunk, The Mummy Returns, The King of Clubs, Fast Make Tip Over, The Shadow of Life, Blueprinted and At the Beach.

The Magic of Fred Robinson - Peter Duffie with illustrations by Paul Griffin and Roy Johnson

I am as always proud that Martin has offered me another exclusive!

Nearly 20 years in the making The reviewer for Genii gave the book the best review that Martin has ever had for any book he has ever published. And we have heard that the reviews in MAGIC magazine are going to be equally full of praise.

Here are just a few of the comments from those who have written lengthy tributes to Fred and his contribution to magic.

“I state without fear of exaggerating that Fred was one of the all-time greats; especially with cards.” DAI VERNON

“Card magic and techniques of card-handling have fascinated me for most of my life. Meeting Fred was a highlight of my life.” ROY WALTON

“Your journey with Fred is about to begin thanks to Peter Duffie and Martin Breese. I envy you.” SIMON LOVELL

“Always with a twinkle in his eye, Fred would fool you consistently.” GORDON BRUCE

The Magic of Fred Robinson may well be the most anxiously-awaited book amongst magicians the world over. It has been in the making for years and Martin has had literally hundreds and hundreds of emails and letters asking when it would be released. Finally it has been printed. It may well be the most significant magic book of this decade.

Fred Robinson was a private man but his skill at sleight-of-hand with cards and coins was legendary. He could be found at the Magic Circle on Monday evenings and many well-known names from around the world paid homage to Fred and travelled countless miles to witness for themselves his legendary skills.

He was the editor of Pabular magazine and inspired contributions from the finest magicians of his time. The Magic of Fred Robinson documents and describes every effect that Fred performed. It has been written by Peter Duffie who has skilfully described all of Fred's sleights and effects in the greatest of detail. There are pages of detailed drawings and photographs and the book pays tribute to one of the greatest sleight-of-hand magicians the world has ever known.

"Peter Duffie’s The Magic Of Fred Robinson is a wonderful book containing a gold-mine of ideas, subtleties and secrets from one of magic’s finest exponents and thinkers. ...

The Magic Of Fred Robinson is an excellent book full of wonderful ideas, useful sleights, and powerful effects. More than that, it’s a great read and takes me back to the feeling I had when I first read Vernon’s Inner Secrets books.” R Paul Wilson Genii Magazine February 2009

Price: £82 in the UK and £95 overseas (includes airmail postage of this heavy book!)

Arcade Dreams - Ed Marlo

While Ed Marlo was famous for his ingenious creations with cards.

He also devoted a great deal of creativity to magic with other objects including coins, bills, cups and balls, silks, mentalism, dice, linking pins, sponge balls, chop cup, and various small tricks usually sold to kids such as the ball vase, magic frame, snapper, and much, much more.

67 effects and routines, some never before published.

Price: £34

Magic By Gosh (book)

"I think any magician would do well to study his act, and learn how great close-up magic is created." -From Dai Vernon's Introduction

Over 15 routines and sleights from one of magic's most legendary characters. Includes Goshman's "The Act," a 10-trick set that was an audience favorite at the world famous Magic Castle in Hollywood, CA. Also contain's Goshman's handlings of: Cards Thru Newspaper, Card in Purse, Glass Thru Table and more.

Hardbound, 149 pages, fully illustrated.

Price: £25

The Dai Vernon Book of Magic

A revered classic, widely considered to be one of the most influential magic books ever written, and never has it looked better than this.

With this edition, The Dai Vernon Book of Magic has been completely re-typeset and every photograph re-screened for greater clarity.

Among the Vernon classics you'll find inside are Penetration of Thought, Three Ball Transposition, Expansion of Texture, Free and Unlimited Coinage of Silver, The Vernon Poker Demonstration, plus Vernon's famous Cups and Balls and Linking Rings routines. All in all, 24 chapters of pure Vernon gold.

239 pages, hardbound with dustjacket.

Price: £30

Strong Magic - Darwin Ortiz

Creative Showmanship For The Close-Up Magician

Why is it that some magicians get great audience reaction while others who are just as skillful leave audiences cold? The answers are in Strong Magic, the first-ever book on showmanship specifically for the close-up magician. As a successful professional magician for almost twenty years, Darwin Ortiz has appeared before thousands of audiences of all kinds. During that time he has studied what it takes to really move an audience. In Strong Magic he presents the results of those years of study and experience in a way that every magician can benefit from.

Do you want applause, gasps, and praise? Do you want your performances to be talked about and remembered? Strong Magic tells you how. You already own countless books on card and coipulation. Here is a book on something far more important: audience manipulation. Not a dry, boring treatise, it's funny, fascination, exciting reading. Not a book of vague theory, it's loaded with countless examples and concrete techniques that you can put to use right away to give your magic more impact. These are the real secrets of close-up magic--and they are all in Strong Magic. 379 Pages, Hardbound with Dust Jacket. One of the most sought after books of the last few years. Copies of this book have been changing hands for up to £100!

"The book is readable, it's extremely clear, it's clear, it's thrilling in its intellectual adventure. And it's also, clearly, enormously practical. It makes you think. It enriches you as an artist (and therefore as a human being.)" - Juan Tamariz

"A thought-provoking analysis of the performance of close-up magic. Just reading it was motivating. I incorporated some of Darwin's suggestions in to my presentations the same day I read them. Highly recommended to the serious student of close-up magic." - Paul Gertner

Price: £45

Making Real Magic - Richard Osterlind

In Making Real Magic, Osterlind exhorts mystery entertainers everywhere to take magic beyond the province of tricks and storybook tales and to make it a reality in their own lives and also in the lives of their audiences. In this major new work, almost twice the length of Making Magic Real, Osterlind encourages magicians to seize the birthright of their craft and restore magic to its rightful place among the performing arts. To demonstrate the reality of his assertions, Osterlind has also included his greatly expanded version of the Amazing Memory Demonstration. Appearing in print for the first time, this routine is an anytime, anyplace showpiece that will make you a miracle worker in the estimation of your audiences.

Price: £14

The Principles of Magic - Richard Osterlind

Why can two performers do the same piece of material yet one consistently gets much more enthusiastic audience responses? Is it possible that some of magic's most sacred axioms such as "never repeat a trick" and "never tell an audience what you're going to do" may ultimately be responsible for the huge amount of mediocre magic that abounds? What is magic's biggest lie?

These are just a few of the topics that Richard Osterlind tackles in what may be his most passionate argument yet for a return to the fundamental principles that once made conjuring one of the most respected of the performing arts. Over the years, these principles have become misinterpreted, misunderstood or largely ignored, resulting in magic's unfortunate and undeserving loss of its rightful place in the public's estimation. The Principles of Magic is Richard Osterlind's warning flag that, as performers, we have to change many of our approaches and attitudes before it's too late and magic vanishes forever.

As a bonus, Richard offers "Inside The Fold," one of the strongest openers possible for a magic or mentalism program. It's a surefire way to gain the respect and attention of any audience immediately. More than just a reasoned appeal to mystery performers everywhere to once again lift magic to its highest artistic potential, The Principles of Magic is about rediscovering what it was about magic that you first loved...and perhaps relearning how to share its original wonder with others.

Price: £17

Magic Of Ascanio Vol.2 - Studies Of Card Magic

This second volume, with forewords by Roberto Giobbi and Aurelio Paviato, contains an exhaustive study of the Ascanio Spread and its variants, and all the lay-downs. These sleights, the cornerstones of Ascanio’s magic, have never been explained so thoroughly before. Careful study of this section alone will give you a complete understanding of these marvelous sleights.

Get ready for the pleasant journey of studying the early versions of Ascanio’s classics. Oil and Water using the Ascanio Spread (a three-phase routine) and Father Ace and Sons (versions 66 and 67) will take you into the wonderful world of Ascanio's routining. See the theory in action, with examples of concepts explained in the first volume, such as the Parenthesis of Forgetfulness, the Anti-Contrasting Parenthesis, Stressing the Initial Situation, Slow Execution, misdirection, and the In-Transit Actions.

The next three chapters include magic by Ascanio's mentors, Kaps and Carles, by his colleagues Dany Ray and Fu Manchu, and by one of his idols in magic: Ed Marlo, all with the Ascanio treatment. This section contains tricks shown to Ascanio by these great masters.

Chapter Seven includes Ascanio’s favorite routines: If You Don’t Pay Attention…, Aunt Enriqueta’s Aces, The Trick I Would Show Dai Vernon, Sleightless Oil and Water (or so it seems), and Aces with Love. In Chapter Eight two other Ascanio favorites are described: The Wriggling Aces and Don’t Blink! Revisited. The Trick I Would Show Dai Vernon is a lesson on Conditioned Naturalness, and The Wriggling Aces was part of his winning act at FISM in Amsterdam 1970. Chapter Nine includes two Ascanian classics: A Baroque Transposition and The Mechanical Strength of Thought. Chapter Ten finally brings you some of Ascanio's minor masterpieces such as: Dolores’s Trick, The Pathology of Cards, X - 1 = 0, Triumph, Eight-Card Oil and Water, The Nine Facts, Antagonistic Aces, and A Hunger for Dreaming.

Pages 320 and 390 illustrations.

Price: £40

The Magic of Bob Ostin - A Lifetime of Magical Inventions

The name Bob Ostin has long been synonymous with creative close-up and card magic, but until now the true depth and breadth of his original effects and methods has remained hidden. No longer! This landmark volume, The Magic of Bob Ostin, will ensure the author his deserved place in history as one of the pre-eminent creators of the 20th Century.

Those who prize commercial, practical magic have long praised Bob’s earlier work, Fingertip Fantasies, as a classic in the field. Yet despite that book’s deserved status, and Bob’s underground reputation as creator par excellence, he has remained something of an unknown to the magic community at large. Well all that is about to change! In an era when so many are striving to ‘invent’ tricks that are fresh, novel and commercial, it is a genuine pleasure to see a master at work. Bob Ostin has been devising cutting-edge magic for over half a century and the material he created fifty years ago is as ingenious, practical and fooling as the new material he developed last week!

Always thinking, and more importantly always thinking outside-of-the-box. Bob is constantly working on new magical ‘problems’ as he likes to think of them and inevitably he works out a brilliant yet practical solution, resulting in a ‘worker’ that will happily do double-duty and fool the boys at the local magic club as easily as it will stun a lay audience.

One of the definitions of genius is someone who creates (music, literature, art and in this instance Magic!) something that would never have been created had that person never lived. Such a definition surely fits Bob Ostin. Even a cursory glance through this volume will be enough to convince the casual reader of Bob’s creative talents; the more diligent student will be amply rewarded by learning tricks and routines which simply seem impossible! Water that turns to beer, origami men that take on a life of their own, cards that just melt through one another Tricks with cards, coins, dice, rubber bands, chop sticks, liquids, matches, paper, plasters, numbers, photographs, torches, fruit, cars the list is almost endless! Think of any object you like and chances are Bob has a trick (or two!) with it.

Containing virtually all his published output from the past 50 years, this book includes the material from his limited-circulation lecture notes, rare manuscripts, dozens and dozens of magazine contributions, the full instructions for every single one of his marketed effects as well as the many gems that have remained hidden in his notebooks - until now. This book truly is a truly is a lasting and worthy record of The Magic of Bob Ostin A Lifetime of Magical Inventions.

Price: £45

Five Times Five (Japan Edition) - Richard Kaufman

Back In Print!

What happens when five superb Japanese magicians each contribute five effects for a book written by Richard Kaufman and illustrated by Ton Onosaka? Five Times Five, the Japan edition!

Masao Atsukawa : Four by Four - Four From Nowhere - Propelled Chinese/Silver - Fabric Through Pasteboard -The Knotted Letter

Tomo Maeda : Ambitious Clip - New Era Moving Pips - Match Transposition - BoxBack - Pieces of the Future

Ken Kuroki : Stanley Collins Meets Corinda - The Mystery of Width - Cocktail Bill Penetration - The Talisman - Illusion Box

Kuniyasu Fujiwara : Appearing Deck - The Card Machine - The Joker Takes a Ride - Soft Spots - Lie Detector

Hiro Sakai : My Little Kaps - Imprisoned Rising Card - It Doesn't Fit! - The Perfect Assitant - The Flowing Pips

Pages 104 - Hardbound

Price: £34

New Magic of Japan - Phil Goldstein and Richard Kaufman

Back In Print!

25 Japanese magicians each presenting one effect ranging from close-up to stage magic using

cards
coins
silks
paper flowers
sponge balls
canes
wands
rings
etc.

Pages 123 - Hardbound

Price: £34

Rara Avis (Jack Avis) - Anthony Brahams

Sixty Years of Magic from the Private Notebooks of Jack Avis!

After Jack's death in 2004, 28 notebooks were discovered among his vast collection of manuscripts, books and other publications that contained his collected thoughts over the past half century. Some original, some of his own handlings of effects of his friends, some sleights, some tips and ideas but all bearing the stamp that earned him a world reputation for simple, baffling, natural magic. This new, important volume contains much of Jack's original thinking and ideas as well as rare photographs and notes from throughout his sixty years in magic. If you are a serious card person, close–up worker, historian or a magic enthusiast you will want to own this valuable record of the work of a man who devoted every moment of his spare time to the pursuit of magic at its highest level and is honored wherever a deck of cards is shuffled.

Pages 220 - Hardbound

Price: £38

The Award Winning Rope Magic of Francis Tabary

Master one great rope trick and you will have a piece of magical entertainment that will serve you well for the rest of your life under almost any performing conditions. Rope Magic is the ultimate "packs small, plays big" effect. In The Award-Winning Rope Magic of Francis Tabary, not only will you learn the rope routine that won him the title of World Champion, but you will learn enough high-quality, stunning rope magic to keep you busy for a lifetime! Tabary's beautiful rope magic is visual, clean, brilliantly structured and flawlessly executed. He has used his F.I.S.M. act to baffle and confound magicians and laymen alike all over the world. To witness the finale of his act where one rope visibly melts into another is to see magic at its highest level. It is absolutely breathtaking!

The Award-Winning Rope Magic of Francis Tabary contains an incredible collection of mind-boggling original inventions. You will not find minor variations of tired old effects here. Tabary has created beautiful new effects, brilliant new methods, and even ingenious new principles. There is nothing ordinary or standard about this man's thinking! Every detail of Tabary's incredible rope magic has been painstakingly written, and is expertly illustrated by renown artist, JEFF. This book is sure to be a crown jewel in your library and will become one of your most treasured resources.

Price: £45

Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks - Stewart James

Enlarge your magic repertoire and amaze your friends with mystifying rope tricks you can easily learn from this legendary encyclopedia of rope tricks for magicians. Containing over 150 tricks, many created by masters of rope magic, this book shows you step-by-step how to perform the best rope tricks ever devised.

No matter how often you refer to it, this book will remain a complete and informative reference work that will be a valuable addition to your magic library. Grouped into nine chapters from knots and penetrations to cut and restored rope and more, each trick is clearly and precisely described and 510 illustrations add to the detailed presentations.

Rope tricks are always popular and this authoritative, comprehensive work on the subject gives the methods that the best rope magicians have used in their performances. Revealing the secrets of rope magic normally known only by professional magicians, this indispensable book is required reading for all aspiring and practicing magicians.

Price: £10

The Invisible Thread Manual - Ralph Wichmann

Here are the real secrets of thread work. This book was originally published by the Berlin Magic Circle, and in England it was sold and recommended by Ken Brooke, and you know my feeling on Ken Brooke! If you are prepared to spend the time learning some of the material in these pages you will have miracles at your fingertips. One routine for the floating cigarette was used by a young close up entertainer to win the close up competition at the Magic Circle a few years ago. This book also contains a special bonus: the full routine for Mike Danata's Floating Golden Stick. This is still acclaimed as the best book on the subject..

Price: £10

The Pull Book - Patrick Page

Patrick Page is acclaimed one of the greatest magicians still living. And he certainly knows his stuff! Now here is your opportunity to learn from a wonderful teacher how to use a "Pull" to create miracles. The possibilities are endless. You really should have a copy of this in your library

Price £12

Safety Pin Trix - Jerry Andrus

The Classic Book of Safety Pin Magic is back in print! Safety Pin-Trix by Jerry Andrus has the best selection of tricks & routines for gaffed & non-gaffed safety pins! J.B. Bobo said in his introduction that many of the effects look like real magic!

This is realized by performing many of the effects in a spectator’s hands! Includes a chapter with lots of great tricks with ungaffed pins.

Over 40 routines and moves, 135 illustrations.

Pins are not included. But we have a set of Andrus here

Price: £15

Special deal buy both together £34

Penultimate Cups & Balls! - Bob Read

I have been lucky enough to get my hands on a very small handful of Bob Read's Penultimate Cups & Balls Routine. You supply your own props such as one traditional cup for the cups and balls, a paper cup and a china mug. The routine is based on the Dai Vernon classic routine but is much easier to perform. The entire routine is a comedy classic and the final load is a bunch of sausages.

Bob's complete patter is included and the jokes are so funny that they serve to provide the misdirection required:

"We also use this length of painted wood laughingly referred to as a magic wand."
"Rubbish like this and you wonder why magic is dead."
"You will notice the two white ends - I've been using it to stir the paint."
"A tap and two things happen. One, small red bruises appear on the back of the hand and two the ball completely disappears."
"Did anyone spot my deliberate mistake? My only mistake was coming on ... and here they are back under the cups. (No laughter) .. The acoustics in here are awful - I can hardly hear you."

If you ever had the chance to see Bob perform this you will know just how good this routine (as all of his were) is!

Price: £15

Complete Works Of Derek Dingle

TIME magazine has called Derek Dingle, "...the greatest card manipulator extant," and from his television appearances with Tom Snyder, Dick Cavett, Barbara Walters, and Mike Douglas to his many contributions to Genii, Apocalypse, The pallbearer's Review, Epilogue and Innovations he has consistently proven TIME to be correct: there is no one else like Derek Dingle.

There are over 120 items with cards, coins, and cigarettes in The Complete Works Of Derek Dingle, his first book in over a decade, and it's really two books in one. While containing the 60 or so classic routines which have already appeared in print, most of which he has substantially improved (the originals unavailable in out-of-print magazines), it also has about 60 never before released sleights, effects, and routines. Among them:

Four Handlings of The Classic Pass - Deluxe Double Color-Changing Aces - Ultra Clean Slot Machine - Two-Fisted Deck Switch - World's Fastest Card Under Glass - Super Floating Card - Copper Silver Brass (The Silent Steal) - Post It! - Inflation - Complete Torn and Restored Card - A Case of Kings - The Restoration Assembly (as performed by Doug Henning on TV)

Every nuance of technique, every line of patter, every ingredient that makes Derek's magic so special is captured by Richard Kaufman, on of magic's most innovative writers and illustrators. With over 11,000 words of text and 800 illustrations the very essence of Dingle's magic is clearly taught as never before.

Hardbound and Fully Illustrated 219 pages

Price: £37

Gary Kurtz Unexplainable Acts - (Book)

Over the years Gary has developed a slightly offbeat and eccentric performance style. He says, "These are the 90s, aren't they?" Capturing the essence of anyone's performance style in print is not an easy thing to do, especially if the main focus of the book is to teach that person's material, which in itself is an arduous task. However, within the effects, and patter given in their context, lies an indication of his style. In reading the patter of this book, bear in mind that isn't meant to be taken seriously or at face value. The presentations for some of the effects are meant to be delivered quite tongue-in-cheek; others in a somewhat forced, hyper pseudo-serious manner, pushing them to the extreme so they become absurd and funny. Gary is not interested in patter that simply states the obvious, or describes the proceedings. The script, for him, is what establishes an ambience (sometimes a sense of the weird and eccentric), hopefully inspiring the audience to see the magical occurrences in a new light.

Above is a paraphrase of the preface of this very funny, very enlightening and instructive book. It is hardbound, well illustrated, contains over one hundred pages and is written in the Kaufman tradition. Contents include his Hypothetical Possibilities, Inside/Outside, Constant Return, Attraction, Wishful Thinking, Split Disclosure, Body Heat, Four-Fisted, Special Delivery, Orange, Name It, The Anticipator, The Empty Hand, Interchange, Coming Out Ahead, Artistic License, Trio, All Together, Cigar, Mirror Image, and his famous Flurious Coin Routine

Price: £24

Combined Inspirations - Anitha and Sreenivas

This is not a book of advanced sleights.

This is a collection of tricks meant to be performed. There are a few tricks for beginners, several more for the average performer, and some for serious sleight-of-hand artists.

There are 12 different routines in the book for you to learn. This is a very enjoyable book, which comes to us from India.

It is 30 A4 pages of well illustrated magic by two performers from this magical land. It is well written and easy to follow. It is very reasonably priced.

Price £5

A Magician Among the Spirits - Harry Houdini

The Original Manuscript, from the Christopher Collection - In 1924, Houdini's prized effort, A Magician Among The Spirits, was published. Much to his dismay, the editors at Harper & Brothers rearranged, rewrote and above all cut out huge portions of the text. The original typed manuscript for A Magician Among The Spirits survives in Milbourne Christopher's collection, unread except by a few people, for nearly half a century. Now Richard Kaufman and Maurine Christopher have published the original typed manuscript in facsimile, with handwritten corrections by Houdini and Oscar Teale. The edition is limited to 1000 copies. This 400 page oversized book is adorned with the same sepia-toned rare photograph of Houdini that accompanies the manuscript. Covered in black cloth and housed in a matching slipcase. This book will be published only one time. A true collectors book.

Price: £100

Sponge Balls - Library of Magic

Within its pages you will find knowledge on how to perform quality routines and performances using Sponge Balls.

Basics: Sleights, Holders, Attitude

Tricks: Ball Through pocket, Ball Through Table, One and Two, Baffling Balls

Routines: Three Ball Trick, How Many, A Bowl Routine, Chinese Bowl Routine

29 pages

Need Sponge Balls...then see our sponge ball page

Price: £3.50

The Sponge Book- Frances Marshall

Here is a concise volume on ball manipulation. From the basics to some fine routines, this book has it all. Make the sponge balls multiply, vanish and magically appear in the spectator's hand.

This fine book is a must for any magical library.
Full instructions for thirteen routines. The book is soft bound, well illustrated and contains 48 pages.

Price: £8

Slydini's Linking Rubber Band - AKA Crazy Mans Handcuffs

Part of the "Slydini's Untold Secrets Series" This covers Slydinis handling of the now famous penetrating bands illusion something every magician should be able to do! So if this trick is not yet in your repertoire get it now! A complete routine and bonus trick. Fully illustrated. A real crowd pleaser!

Price: £6

SWITCH - Unfolding The $100 Bill Change - John Lovick

Few objects that magicians conjure with stir the imagination the way proper currency does. Money never goes out of style. Imagine being able to increase a dollar's value a hundred-fold. In the 1970s, a handful of American magicians encountered an Eastern European circus performer named Vlado, who stunned them all by doing just that! Vlado never published his revolutionary bill change, but variations quickly spread throughout the world of magic. Today it is a close-up standard, known as the $100 Bill Switch.

In addition to a thorough description of the original handling, more than twenty variations are meticulously taught using hundreds of crystal-clear line drawings. Some variations use a thumbtip and others don't, some use fewer folds, and one uses no folds at all! There are instantaneous and visual transformations, multiple switches, a one-handed change, palm-up handlings, and more.

In addition, SWITCH contains over 60 complete routines as well as sleights, subtleties, utility moves (such as bill productions and vanishes), a definitive history of the bill switch, performance theory, presentation ideas, and several routines that don't even involve money. Plus, for the very first time, Vlado, the inventor of the $100 Bill Switch, emerges from the shadows to tell his own story in a revealing interview.

SWITCH is not just a book of close-up magic - a majority of these items can be performed in a cabaret or stage setting. With contributions from more than 70 magicians in 11 countries, this is probably the largest single volume in magic literature devoted to one principle. Thirty years after its remarkable arrival, SWITCH brings the bill change up to date and into the future!

Price: £35

Helter Shelter

The Optical Illusionist and Fire Cat Studios bring you the first resource book on the subject for one of the most unusual classics of magic around. The Razor Blade Illusion Mystery. Performed by some of the top names in magic such as the Amazing Johnathan, Vito Lupo, and Criss Angel this is the first time anyone has peered deep into the subject to bring you information on the various methods used to accomplish this wonderful effect. Included inside are discussions on the best places to buy razor blades, what kind of fake blood to procure, and the right kind of props to use. Weighing in at 36 pages, photo illustrations, and a dozen different applications and methods for performing the Razor Blade Illusion, this is a must have for anyone looking to add something unique to your act.

Price: £9

Linking Rings - Library of Magic

Within its pages you will find knowledge on how to perform quality routines and performances using Linking Rings.

The Basics: History, Selections, Designs
The Penetrations: Linking, Unlinking
Routines: Basic Routine, Don White Routine, Jean Hugard Routine
Subterfuges: The Odin Count, The wrist Count, the Drop Count

31 pages.

Price: £3.50

Zombie - Library of Magic

Within its pages you will find knowledge on how to perform quality routines and performances using Zombie.

The Basics:
History - Karson's Routine - Desmond's Routine - Variation - Pointers

Some Tips:
The Foulard - The Gimmick - The Ball

This book is softbound and is 22 pages.

Price: £3.50

Zapped - Ricki Dunn

This is the most up to date booklet on the Electric Chairs routine ever written! Although the effect (of audience members mysteriously been zapped by "an electric current" from a chair) has been around for many years, the number of magicians who actually know the secret to the Electric Chairs seems surprisingly small. this my be due, in part to the small amount of material that has been written on the subject. And what little there is has not been very informative. Past masters of magic, such as Chefalo, Fogel, and David Devant, all recognized its entertainment potential and featured this effect in their programs. Today, Dominique, Paul Daniels and Marvyn Roy are among the few professionals performing the routine.

This book will give you the insight and the necessary audience management skills to accomplish this entertaining piece.

(Softbound - 29 pages)

Price: £13

Cups & Balls - Library of Magic

Within its pages you will find knowledge on how to perform quality routines and performances using the Cups and Balls.

Basic Information: The Basic Moves, Production Loads
Basic Routines: Simple Routine, Seated Routine, Standing Production Routine
More Moves: Ball Grips, Working Tabled Cups, Cup Manipulation
Advanced Routines: Little Ones and Big Ones, the Alchemist's Ball

This is a great bargain for some GOOD Quality Magic

30 pages.

Price: £3.50

Thimble Magic - Jean Hugard

One of the best books ever written on the subject by one of the most prolific authors in magic. Contains 9 chapters, covering, sleights, finger practice, moves with one or more thimbles, etc. Also color changes, multiplication, vanishes, various routines, etc. 42 pages, dozens of illustrations

Price: £4

Animated Miracles Book - Yigal Mesika

Yigal Mesika is an incredibly talented young magician from Israel. He has created many powerful new effects with the loop. He also found it necessary to improve the quality of the loop and so, for the past seven years,Yigal searched until he found a better way to manufacture the loop. The product you see here can be stretched up to 400% of it's original size and is perfectly suited, in strength and invisibility, for the routines found in this book.Until now there has been very little information available on the loop and that kept the subject relatively unknown and rarely used. The aim of this book is to guide you through the techniques of working with the loop, as well as to give you some applicable routines for stage, close-up and mentalism. Most of the effects were created by Yigal Mesika. The rest of the effects, as indicated, were compiled from the repertories of working magicians, Yigal's friends.

Animated Fork - Phenomenon Fork - · Falling - The Floating Card - Jumping Fork From Glass - Mystery Glasses - Self Revealing Card - Matchical Magnetism - A Touching Trick - The Floating Ring

Price: £16

Magic with a Steel Ball and Tube - The Book

If you've got the steel ball and tube, then this book is a must. It is filled with new ideas on how to use this classic of magic, aswell as different methods of handling the trick.

Take this classic to the next level and beyond.

Does not include the Steel Ball and Tube, but luckily you can buy it right here.

Price £3.50

The How To Book on the Zombie - Merlyn T. Shute

Many performers have difficulty in adopting the zombie into their repertoire. In this work Merlyn T. Shute has separated the handling into discrete moves which can be re-arranged by the individual into personal routines. The text is divided into three sections

First, the apparatus itself, ball, gimmick, foulard, etc.Secondly, several moves are described. Finally, a discussion on zombie routines.

Price: £5

Spell-Binder Magazine edited by Stephen Tucker

Click here to read Martin Breese's entire introduction to Spellbinder Magazine

At long last the difficult task of reprinting the entire Spellbinder Magazine has been completed. In the three volumes there are over 700 pages of close up magazine edited by Stephen Tucker. Over 50 contributors provided effects and there are a total of 354 effects within the three volumes.

The list of contributors is overwhelming with the very best of the close up workers from around providing brilliant material which editor Stephen Tucker badgered them into contributing. David Britland alone contributed 40 items, there were 6 new effects from Basil Horwitz, 4 from Jerry Sadowitz, 2 from Gazzo, 5 from Gordon Bruce, 3 from Roy Walton,. To continue the list: 9 from Phil Goldstein, 12 from Reinhard Muller, 5 from Al Smith 2 from Bobby Bernard, 4 from Harvey Rosenthal, 7 from Ian Land, 12 from Paul Brignal, 7 from Peter Duffie, 6 from Roger Curzon, 6 from Shiv Duggal, 7 from Wayne Dobson and 109 from Stephen Tucker.

Other distinguished contributors include: Alex East, Bill Worsley, Colin Linn, Daniel Kalanofski, Dave Hambly, David Austin, David Robertson, Derek Robbins, Don Allessadnro Riario-Sforza, Dr Peter Moffat, Joe Dignam, John Fealey, John McClements, Mark Lee, Mark Russell, Martin Breese, Pascal Monmoine, Roger Crosthwaite, Simon Whitby, Steven Hamilton, Ted Lesley, Tim Gan (who under a new name was behind the famous pop group, Bomb the Base), Walt Lees and many more.

Spellbinder Magazine was one of the most radical and different close up magazines of the 1980's and it was illustrated throughout by Stephen Tucker and along with Pabular was considered to be an important contribution to the art of close up magic in Britain. The magazine was produced mainly during the period when Stephen Tucker and David Britland worked at the Magic Lounge which was a studio I ran in London for several years. The full story of the Magic Lounge and Spellbinder magazine as told in my introduction to the magazine can be found HERE

The Spellbinder magazine has been scanned from the original issues most of which are now unobtainable. Many of the pages were tidied up where text was difficult to read and the three volumes have been digitally printed on good quality paper by one of the leading digital printers in the country.

Price: £18 Per Vol £50 set

Stuff: A collection of Original Magic - Eric Mason

If you have never heard of Eric Mason then shame on you!!! Eric Mason Invented the "Boon, Thumb writer" Amongst many other tricks that have been "Borrowed" from over the years. So now I have enlightened you are you ready to learn more from one of the worlds great magical performers and inventors. Then here you have a beautifully designed and produced, large hard-backed book of top quality magic, including detailed descriptions of several marketed props and routines. Eric Mason was not only a brilliant inventor and magician, he was a creative and talented illustrator. All of these qualities are reflected in a book which comes highly recommend.

Price: £25

More Secrets - Terri Rogers

Terri Rogers can always be relied upon to come up with new and unusual tricks based on ingenious principles (think of Star Gate, Boromian Link and The Key). This 80-page hardbound book has 20 of them covering cards, rope and mentalism. Includes Squaring, and instant transformation of a disc with a round hole into a square with a square hole; Ring in Egg Timer; and much more. A great follow up to "Top Secrets"

Price £14

The Professional Stage Pickpocket - Ricki Dunn.

Probably the best book on pickpocketing ever written! Ricki Dunn had an impressive career that spanned over 50 years. Also known as 'America’s Funniest Pickpocket', Ricki worked at all the mayor nightclubs, hotels, casinos, and cruise ships around the world. He worked in cities like Miami, Chicago, New York, and Las Vegas.

During his 20 minute act he would steal everything from wallets, neckties, glasses, and belts, and have his audience roaring with laughter. This book is the result of his 50 years of experience. In it Ricki reveals how to steal every kind of item. It includes routines that incorporate the different steals, how to develop a pickpocket act, and how to market it.

Even if you do not plan to become a pickpocket, the knowledge of timing and the selection of material is well worth your consideration. This book is the legacy of a full-time professional entertainer who was one of the best in his field. Ricki is no longer with us, and for that reason we included a DVD of his act (performance only), giving the viewer a glimpse of his personality onstage, as well as his masterful timing.

Price: £35

The Professional Touch - Billy McComb

THE PROFESSIONAL TOUCH BY BILLY McCOMB is back in print again and this time as a hardback. This is a revised edition of the book with a superb introduction by Kirk Charles reproduced with kind permission of the Linking Ring.

First produced back in 1987 as a softback. Billy reveals some of his greatest routines in amazing detail. The book is edited and illustrated by David Britland with extra illustrations by JAT.

Billy McComb is one of the world's top cabaret magicians. He has worked all kinds of venues and performed all kinds of magic and in his book shares some of his many experiences, thoughts and routines and describes how you too can give the professional touch to your act. Being a professional means thinking about your act in a commercial way. Here Billy deals with such points as misdirection, patter, close-up, opening effects, cabaret - in fact a wealth of information gained during his many years as a professional entertainer.

Billy touches on so many varied and interesting subjects connected with show business that it is impossible to list them here. We can promise you that reading about them will be an entertaining and educational experience. In addition to the tricks and routines explained in this book, Billy has also included complete descriptions of three cabaret routines used by him for many years. Every nuance of the performance is explained. Not just how you do it but, more importantly, why you do it.

A study of these three routines and their construction should pay dividends when applied to your own act. This is professional magic by one of our most entertaining professionals. Amongst the routines and effects described you will find The Nap Hand routine, the Ring on Stick and Billy's Bill in Lemon.

This man is my hero... You need this book. Much very sound advice from a great pro!

If you own a Chop Cup, don't pass this book by! No matter what style of cup you have or routine you are now using. This is an in-depth study of the Chop Cup, through examination and analysis. An indispensable guide to anyone who is now performing the Chop Cup or is contemplating adding a Chop Cup routine to their close-up act. This book will either allow you to develop your VERY OWN ROUTINE or give you new ideas, moves and techniques. Many different kinds of facts discussed as well as history, paraphernalia and routining. It teaches the basic concepts and motivations, the history, the silk load, the Jennings load, the Moran load, left and right hand loads, the fluid load, failed load, routining—beginning, middle and end—and a suggested conclusion. Cover design and illustrations by Sid Lorraine. Written by Merlyn T. Shute, an author whose writings stand for excellence and clarity. 45 printed pages, 12 clear illustrations.

John Booth, in Extending Magic Beyond Credibility, his thirteenth (and possibly best) book on magic, looks back on his more than 70 years of experience with the conjuring arts and considers some of its most enduring mysteries, intriguing questions and fascinating personalities.

From legendary effects such as Robert-Houdin's Light & Heavy Chest and the Indian Rope Trick to the origins of dove magic, ventriloquism and automata, Extending Magic Beyond Credibility has the famous Booth blend of secrets, biography, philosophy and romantic history.

Whether you're a student of magic history or simply one fascinated with the art and its many facets, you'll find Extending Magic Beyond Credibility is more than just a book of magic history. It's a captivating read you'll find difficult to put down, written by a man who not only knows his subject...but who lived it as well.

Hard bound, cloth clover with gold foil stamping on spine and cover. 272 acid-free pages and a striking full-color dust jacket.

The classic street con revealed! This pocket trick has intrigued and entertained laymen and magicians alike for many years. This is one of the best books ever written on the shell game. Tom Osborne had the real inside dope on the moves, psychology and ruses of the street artists who challenged one and all to “follow the little pea.”. This is a must have resource for anyone who wants to master the shells. History of the effect, Equipment, Terminology, Sucker Moves, Shills and Sharpers, plus ten complete lessons and over 33 routines. Edited by Ralph W. Read.

The tricks contained in this book can be performed by beginners, amateurs or pro’s, kid show performers or mentalists. And you will probably come across something that will prompt you to wipe the cobwebs off that bag in your collection of junk, and put into your act! Or perhaps a presentation angle will spark an application for another of your Change Props, like a Card Box, or a Change envelope etc. Soft cover book, 5.5” x 8.5” size with 48 pages, and information on a variety of Change bags, and 101 tricks you can do with them. This new Electro Fun publication, includes never before published mental routines, worth 10 times the price of the book. Excellent value.

There is no hyperbole in the title of this book, as much of the magic contained here gained its John not only accolades from his peers, but one him one of magic's highest honors-a world prize at F.I.S.M.-as well as being the only American to win the World Championship in Magic in two different categories and the only person to win the International Brotherhood of Magicians Creativity Award three times! Thomas Edison, who knew a thing or two about the subject, said that genius was “one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” In The Award Winning Magic of John Cornelius, genius is apparent at every turn of the page. John Cornelius is one of magic’s most innovative performers and inspired inventors and his effects and routines are in use by magicians the world over. In this long-anticipated book, author Lance Pierce explains John’s magic in meticulous detail, covering everything from legendary effects such as "Marked For Life," "The Fickle Nickel" and the ingenious "Shrinking Card Case" to every last nuance of John’s world-championship winning card act, “Every Card Trick In The World In Ten Minutes."

More than just a magic book, The Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius is a journey into the mind of one of the foremost magical thinkers of our time, a man many have hailed as a creative genius. Hardbound with Dust Jacket, 192 pages, fully photo-illustrated

Troy Hooser has long been one of the magic underground's best-kept secrets. DesTROYers is your chance to finally learn all of the details and subtleties to Troy's high-impact, visual and audience-tested routines previously known by only a few top professionals. Written by Joshua Jay and generously illustrated by Tony Dunn, all of the routines have been meticulously explained. Here's just a short preview of what you'll find inside:

Produce a real bottle of wine close-up - Visually change the color and design of a card...twice - Cause three Chinese coins to visually melt through a ribbon one at a time - Direct and new methods for Coins Across, Coins through Table, Card to Box and many others

"When Troy performs, it looks like real magic! I admire and respect Troy's creativity, subtleties, misdirection, and routine construction. I'm thrilled that Troy has decided to share several of his most valuable secrets." - Daryl

"I'm really sorry to see some of the best underground material surface for everybody's eyes. Troy has been one of the best-kept secrets in magic for years. I've been using these routines in my professional shows...they kill!" - Bob Kohler

"I know a lot of people who have got a lot of good stuff out of this book even me!" - "M"

For magicians wishing to start a magic act with a dramatic visual effect, there is no better choice than a handkerchief trick. In fact, such airy bits of baffling illusion are among the most graceful and sophisticated tricks in the magician's repertoire.

This book is a treasury of handkerchief tricks that are easy to perform. Karl Fulves, one of today's foremost authorities on "self-working" tricks (i.e., tricks that do not require special feats of dexterity or long hours of practice), has collected 61 of the finest self-working handkerchief tricks and presented them in this easy-to-follow, well-illustrated guidebook.

Richard Kaufman's comprehensive book of coin magic is finally back in print! This 266 page hard-bound book has an incredible amount of coin moves and routines from some of the biggest names in magic. David Roth, Edward Marlo, and Slydini each have their own section of this masterwork. Each effect and routine is explained in exhaustive detail along with beautifully clear illustrations by Richard himself. If you are a coin magician, or an aspiring coin magician, you need this book. This collection of coin material will take your act to the next level.

I have 2 left and have been told it has been discontinued again! Don't miss this classic...again!

When party guests request a few tricks, be prepared. Ask for a coin, and perform some of the tricks in this book. Because you will not have been aided by special stage apparatus, the results will be all the more astonishing.

This book is the most complete treatise ever written on sleight-of-hand coin conjuring. Celebrated magician J.B. Bobo has gathered here the best and most useful of all coin tricks.

All the tested, traditional methods of coin magic are here.You will learn all about palms, holds, flips, switches, change-overs, steals, cuffing, sleeving and other sleight-of-hand techniques; coin tricks requiring special devices are also included. The author guides you systematically from basic techniques, concealments and vanishes, through integrated tricks, to complete routined acts.

Bobo's Modern Coin Magic brings a new form of entertainment to the magic world. Coin Magic can be performed any time, anywhere, on the spur of the moment. With Bobo's Basic knowledge and know-how, the best feats of the world's expert coin workers can be yours.

How often have you been asked, " Do us a few tricks, " and you have had to answer, " Sorry, I haven't anything with me."

Now that day has passed, coins are always at hand, and magic with coins always appeals. With this book as your tutor, you can master the world's best coin tricks.

Bobo wrote this book from his experience of many years, simplifying his wide knowledge of coin sleights, tricks, and presentations. John Braun, Editor of The Linking Ring worked elbow to elbow with Bobo, editing the text. Nelson Hahne, Magic's formeost illustrator, has amplified the sleights and tricks with almost seven-hundred of his clear-cut drawings!

Bobo is the first magician since T. Nelson Downs in 1900 to produce a complete manual of coin sleights and tricks and used them in a routined coin trick act.

Money and magic! A combination that never fails to attract attention. With this helpful and revealing book, even novices can astound friends and relatives with mystifying magical feats requiring little more than common coins and paper currency.

No previous experience is necessary to perform these tricks and apart from the required currency, most call for nothing more than a few easy-to-find items (tabletop, cup , handkerchief, playing cards, etc.). Almost all can be mastered in a short time.

All you need to know to make the most of the terrific Folding Coin effect! Instructions on penetrations, productions, routines, care and proper maintenance and repair. Included are four complete routines with folding coins

30 pages of illustrated instructions. From the basics to penetrations, productions and super routines. How to put someone’s coin into someone else’s bottle, plus variations that will baffle an audience without taxing your pocketbook for gimmicks. Another great party trick! Here is everything a beginner should know about his folding coin, from care and maintenance to odds and ends. Four chapters of exciting ideas that make the folding coin a very versatile piece of magical equipment. Included are the ever popular "Coin in Bottle", "Paper penetration", "Barehanded Production", "Making a Profit" and more. If you own a Folding Coin, add this book to your magic library.

If you have a "Lethal Tender" (The world's fastest trick!) Then this booklet gives you 23 routines to perform with it! Not got a "Lethal Tender" then you get get one here

If you have a "Scotch and Soda" Then this great booklet will give you 15 routines to perform with it!. Can you really afford to be with out it? Not got a "Scotch & Soda" then get one here

Another in the Slydini's Untold Secrets series. Here are six full routines all using a thumb tip. Full detailed instructions and photo illustrations for performing The Restored Ribbon, Miracle Rope Restoration, Silk from Dollar Bill, Adam and the Rib (Silk from an apple), Coin Guess (six coins vanish and reappear), and the bonus Flames to Red Ashes. All classic Slydini routines.

This three-volume set of books contains all of Paul's classics, updated and refined, as well as 73 brand-new creations! All in all, these books contain over 900 pages of Paul Harris including a ground-breaking essay discussing the feeling of astonishment as our natural state of mind. There are also six conversations with Eric Mead about effects that are too weird even for Paul.
Three Hardbound Volumes Each Containing Over 300 Pages. A Total of 222 Effects. 73 Brand New Creations

"Sooner or later you're going to have to buy these books. Very highly recommended!" - Michael Close

Amaze friends, astonish your family, fascinate any audience by infallibly dealing a royal flush, correctly predicting the outcome of the World Series, unmasking a psychic fraud and performing a host of other dazzling deceptions.

You can do it with the help this book, one of the best guides to magic tricks that don't require long hours of practice or elaborate preparation.

Now reprinted in its original large size

I cannot recommend this book highly enough. Here's possibly the only magic book you need. Master illusionist Mark Wilson has compiled the most comprehensive magic "teach-in" ever assembled. The secrets to more than 300 classic tricks-from sleight of hand to levitation-are carefully explained in this 503-page volume. It's all here: Card Magic, Coin Magic, Rope Magic, Mental Magic, Make-at-Home Magic, Sponge Ball Magic, Billiard Ball Magic, Cups and Balls Magic, and Magical Illusions. Mark Wilson devoted more than two years of research, writing, and technical preparation to this book. More than 50,000 still photographs were taken of the detailed execution of the tricks considered worthy to include in this course, and these photographs were edited and converted into hundreds of simplified line drawings. The straightforward text follows Mark Wilson's "step method" of magic instruction, the same method he has used to teach magic to Tony Curtis, Telly Savalas, Bill Bixby, Dick Van Dyke, Peter Faulk, Bernadette Peters, John Denver, and other professional entertainers. It's thoroughness makes Mark Wilson's Complete Course In Magic especially recommended for the beginner with absolutely no experience in magic. At the same time, its scope and depth has earned this book a place in the libraries of many of today's most accomplished magicians, professional and amature alike! Softbound, 503 8.5" by 11" pages

For the thousands and thousands of Cosmosis users who've been waiting...The 60 Second Hook Up lets you make a perfect and examinable Cosmosis card in just 60 seconds. Also included is Ben Harris' favorite complete clean-up and info about camouflage and handling. If you're a Cosmosis user this book will allow you to take the effect to the next level.

The New Bottle Book

This is the companion book to the Nielsen Vanishing Bottles®. It contains over 75 tricks, routines, tips and hints to do with the bottles. It explains how to gaff the bottles and how to use them to obtain maximum effect from your audiences. Comic, dramatic and even mental effects are described and explained. Contributors include: Harry Anderson, Bobby Baxter, Bev Bergeron, Rhett Bryson, Tony Clark, Bill DeMarr, Ricki Dunn, Karrell Fox, Bruce Gold, Ernie Guderjahn, Bruce Johnson, Tom Jorgensen, Ted Lesley, Mark Miller, Al Murdy, George Murray, Norm Nielsen, Johnny Thompson, Bruce Walstad and Michael Weber. (58 pages)

The Unexpected Visitor - Douglas Brewer

Coin Magic for the Walk Around Performer. Douglas Brewer was the 1998 SAM Close-Up Champion, and the coin magic routines featured in this, his first book, are fast-paced, resetting, and within the handling abilities of the average coin worker. Just about all of the routines can be done with little or no table space. Included on each routine is Doug's patter and step-by-step illustrations.

Captivating - A three-coin production using your pen and its cap. The routine is the epitome of simplicity (with a gaff that you already own) doing most of the work for you. It's the perfect way to begin your coin act.
EZ Triple Wildcoin - This is as easy as it gets. It's two coins changing TWO TIMES with very little work. It starts with two half dollars magically changing to English pennies. The pennies are placed in a coin purse and when dumped out, they become Chinese coins!
Backhanded - A coin matrix with three coins (from 3 different countries) and a single playing card. The vanishes are extremely clean and rely heavily on the use of sound. The backfire at the end is quite a kicker.
The Famous Three Coin Trick - A multi-phase smorgasbord of coin magic using only 3 coins! With only three half dollars and a coin purse, this is about the strongest opener you could ever perform. Each coin vanishes, is immediately reproduced, and then vanishes again only to jump INVISIBLY back to the purse where they started.
Sounds Familiar - A coins across routine in the spectator's hands that ends on a one-two punch. Uses English pennies and a single Chinese coin simple and memorable.
Chopped Taters Doug's only non coin routine is chop cup routine for table hoppers packed with comedy and surprises. It's got it all a mini cup (that fits unobtrusively in you pocket), and a cute mini potato finale that'll make them cheer. A restaurant worker's dream!
The Hook Revisited An even simpler version of the Jennings classic. Three coins are hung invisibly in the air. The hands are shown fairly after each vanish and you end completely clean after the last coin. There's no handwashing, sleeving, or lapping and you can do it surrounded.
Three Across the Fly - A dual phase coin routine that kicks off with Three Fly and ends with a crisp new Coins to Pocket routine that's candy for the eyes.
Down Spout - One of the easiest, no stress coin-in-bottle routines you'll perform. It plays huge because of how fair it appears.
The After Dinner Trick - A small thimble sized cup plays host to a vanishing act as half dollars mysteriously vanish from it and appear in your empty hand. With illustrations by Tony Dunn, 85 pages)