USD
Probably the greatest collection of close-up tricks ever assembled. And no card tricks are included in this first volume. It is so important not only because of its size (see the humongous table of contents below) and quality, but because the author has gone beyond the mere explanations of tricks and routines. The opening chapter, 'The Presentation of Close-Up Magic', embraces the whole approach to close-up performance. Includes hundreds of illustrations by Dennis Patten.
1st edition 1967, 344 pages; PDF 254 pages.
Table of Contents
- Foreword
Chapter One: The Presentation Of Close-Up Magic
Chapter Two: Bangle Dangle
- Bangle Delight
- Travelling Ring - Raymond Hafler
- Glen Gravatt's Magic Rings
- Ring Transposition
- Two Rings And A Silk
- Ring, Rope And Silks - Ravelle And Andree
Chapter Three: Boxes And Brass
- German Box Routine - Jack Ganson
- Coins Through
- Tea For Two - Ken Brooke
- Okito Box Routine - Ken Brooke
- Boston Three Step - Fred Lowe
- The New Pocket Coin Trick - John Ramsay
Chapter Four: It's A Gamble
- The Figure Eight
- Two Novel Moves
- Outline Of A Routine
- Triple Circle Routine - Fred Lowe
- The Modern Shell Game
- The Great Purse Swindle - Frederica
- The Phoenix Pound - Pat Sprake
- Unfair Shake - Horace Bennett
Chapter Five: Paddle Parade
- Spots And Paddle Routine - Frederica
- Sympathetic Matches - Bento
- Bento's Bat - Bento
- Slippery Rocks - Dick Zimmerman
- Colour-Change Knife Routine - Niberco
- Simplex Knife Routine - Rink
Chapter Six: That Nut Again
- Brema Nut Routine - Jack Ganson
- Bolted - Fred Lowe
- With The Brema Nut - Arnold Deseiver
Chapter Seven: Weird Ones
- The Thing
- Dual Control
- Voodoo - Albert Spackman
- Patter For Voodoo - Syd Bergson
- A Telling Beat - Wizard Beal
- Spiritune - Frederica
Chapter Eight: Four Gems
- The Ringer - Horace Bennett
- Thimble Box - Bob Ostin
- Peep-O - Dennis Patten
- Colour Magnets - Norman Gilbreath
Chapter Nine: Coins Alone
- Coins From Hand To Hand - Horace Bennett
- Coins For Connoisseurs - Roger Klause
- Chinese Coins - Dai Vernon
- The Duplex Coin - Ken De Courcy
- Four Coins And A Tumbler - Niberco
- Will-O'-The-Wisp - Roger Klause
- Coin In A Tumbler - Ross Bertram
- A New Coin Change - Dai Vernon
Chapter Ten: Coins And Things
- Cylinder And Coins (Or Poker Chips) - Johnny Ramsay And Dai Vernon
- The Disappearing Hole - Fred Lowe
- Self Contained - Frederica
- Ganson's Cushion
- Coins Through The Table
- Migrating Pennies - Rink
Chapter Eleven: Big Little Tricks
- Impromptu Pulse Meter - Roger Klause
- Ashes To Ashes - Roger Klause
- Pin-E-Tration - Roger Klause
- Easier Gypsy Thread - Norman Rhodes
- Black And White - Val Andrews
- The Torn And Restored Cigarette - Ken De Courcy
- Necklace Necromancy - Ken Macfayden
- The Hindu Needles - Roger Crosthwaite
- I. O. U. - Edward Victor
Chapter Twelve: Tantalising Tubes
- Cigarette Penetration
- Three From One - Dave Campbell
- The Bill Tube
- Arnold De Seiver's Routine
- Gozinta Pencils - Cecil Keech
Chapter Thirteen: Moving Around
- Three Little Pigs - Frederica
- Capricious Corks - Hubert Lambert
- Four Dice "Chink-A-Chink" - Bob Farrell
- Merely A Beer Matter - Al Spackman
- Oil And Water - Eddy Taytelbaum
Chapter Fourteen: A Little Squeeze
- Sponge Ball Routine - Remo Inzani
- Chinese Chow - Fred Kaps
- Rice Bowl And Balls - Phoa Yan Tiong
Chapter Fifteen: Jardine Ellis Rediscovered
- Jardine Ellis Routine - Horace Bennett
- Ken De Courcy's "Sheer Simplicity"
- Cylinder, Ring And Cord - John Howie
- Rope, Handkerchief And Ring Mystery - Ken De Courcy
- Tong's Trick - Horace Bennett
- Finger Choice - Ken De Courcy
- Ring Appear - Ken De Courcy
- Ringing The Change - J. B. Findlay
word count: 105705 which is equivalent to 422 standard pages of text
