BOOKS
NEW DOVE MAGIC by DAVID GINN
David Ginn has written a charming book on new and novel ways to perform magic with doves. Chapters include "Hints and Opinions," "Birds for Laughs," "Doves Appear," "Changing Birds," and "Disappearing Doves." With these chapters are routines, ideas, patter, jokes and techniques to make anyone perform at there best with doves.
Fifty-two pages. Profusely illustrated by Bill Blackard.
ITEM # BK0398 PRICE $7.00
This is one of the finest books on card and coin magic to come from Britain. It comes from one of Britain's most prolific magic authors. His previous book, Deckade, received critical acclaim. This book will be no different. Primarily card magic (there are 2 fine coin routines) using ordinary cards.
The routines include: Toastmasters, Waltz Time, Lunchbox, Mexican Turnover Sandwich, Austrian Aces, Room at the Top, and more. The book is hardbound and very nicely produced. It is fifty-five pages long.
ITEM # BK0169 PRICE $15.00
EASY TO DO ENTERTAINMENTS... by R. M. ABRAHAM
Over 300 entertaining games, tricks, puzzles, and pastimes for children of all ages are collected and explained in this inexpensive and handy volume. It will be virtually indispensable to anyone in charge of a group of youngsters: teachers, den mothers, camp counselors, scout leaders, Sunday school teachers, and others. An excellent gift for youngsters, it is also a treasury of suggestions for hard-pressed parents and the fine art of keeping their offspring amused, content, and quiet.
Card tricks, bubbles blowing, paper folding, and riddles, anagrams, tricks with coins and matches. These and other amusements collected in this book will provide young readers not with hours, but with weeks and months of entertainment. The sections on paper folding and string figures alone are concise introductions to hobbies that may extend over a period of years, and many of the other pleasures can be repeated again and again with equal enjoyment.
Section one, on card games and tricks, includes Russian patience, Pelmanism, arithmetical and spelling operations with cards, and simple solitaire and two-man games. The section on paper folding shows how to make nearly two score amusing toys and useful decorations from the most inexpensive of materials. The author goes on to explain more than a hundred tricks with coins, matches, and pieces of string.
Later sections include descriptions of games for the agile, a number of toys that can be made from common household objects, mathematical recreations, word games, and 50 miscellaneous pastimes, ranging from fox and geese to community songs. All are provided with a copious number of clear and amusing illustrations, and the accompanying text is written clearly and simply enough to allow all children to derive maximum enjoyment from it.
This book is an unabridged republication of 1st (1932) edition formerly titled "Winter Nights Entertainments." The introduction is by Lord Baden Powell. The book contains 329 illustrations and 186 pages. It is paperbound by Dover Publishing. This is a permanent book.
ITEM # BK0149 PRICE $4.50
SLEIGHTLY MAGICAL by DAN AND DAVE BUCK
Sleightly Magical is Dan and Dave’s sixth manual of card magic and they would tell you it’s their best yet. The effects are extremely visual and highly effective, the only problem is you’ll have to practice, a lot. Dan and Dave are known for their hardcore, flashy style, and this manual represents none the less. You will enjoy six brand new tricks featuring six original sleights that will entertain you with months of practice. And if that’s not enough, they continue their ongoing repertoire of flourishes with a new concept that is a must learn for any card manipulator. Although the majority of the material is demanding, there is something for everyone. Read through the content descriptions below and just think, the secrets are only a mouse click away.
TiVo 2: The most visual two-card transposition ever published, and we’re not the only ones saying that. Imagine openly placing a selected card out-jogged in the center of the deck, turning the top card face up and without ever covering either card, they instantly transpose. In addition, you’ll learn an awesome new double lift from the center. This trick rocks on all levels!
Hedbergs Peak: If you ever need a quick trick to shut that noisy guy up, this is it. It leaves them completely stumped after thinking they had you all along. It’s another quick transposition effect (might as well get them out of the way) but is open for tons of possibilities.
Carnahan Fan: An instant classic and a must learn for all card manipulators. This is a lighting fast, almost instant, production of a huge fan of cards and then as quick as it appeared, it is gone and the deck is ready to do your bidding. Not too difficult either.
Ginastaire Double: This is a beautiful flourishy double lift that spins from the top of the deck. This acts as a great opening for an ambitious card routine or just to produce a double from the top. Even a seasoned professional won’t believe this could be a double.
D. D. C: (discrepancy dribble control) - Similar to Lee Asher’s Losing Control but without having to spread the cards. It is very open with practically no movement and great for both large and small groups alike.
ITEM # BK1264 PRICE $25.00
A SETUP WITH ALDO COLOMBINI by ALDO COLOMBINI
I am sure that we would all agree that it is the EFFECT THAT IS ALL IMPORTANT and that some of the most astounding effects in card magic can be obtained by setting up the cards in a certain order before the performance commences. Here are five routines of mine which depend on set-ups.
ITEM # BK0922 PRICE $10.00
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