BOOKS
CARD TO WALLET BOOK by MENTZER
The "Card to Wallet" effect is one of the strongest possible effects with cards. Properly performed, it is incomprehensible to spectators. The trick has been featured by famous magical entertainers and technicians alike. This book is devoted exclusively to this classic magic effect! If you plan to buy a wallet, the book is an excellent source of information to inform you and aid you in your decision. If you already own one or more wallets, you will find this book a treasure trove of fresh ideas and methods for the trick!
The magic ranges from easy to do methods to more challenging items. Nine chapters !! Scores of beautiful line drawings by Richard Bartram, Jr. illustrate the text. If you are at all interested in card magic, you must have this book! To paraphrase an old magical adage, "The weakest place to reveal a selected card is in the deck." The creator of that phrase might well have had the "card to wallet" in mind. Ungimmicked wallets are featured in one large chapter of the book.
Other chapters are devoted to the fine gimmicked wallets available. Many of the ideas have not been printed before. This one hundred sixty-six page hardbound book contains over 100 items.
ITEM # BK0656 $40.00
DOC AND HIS DECK by JACOB TAUB MD
A card magic book for the middle level conjuror is what we have here, and
of which the magical writer Karl Fulves says there are too few!
But that has been changed somewhat since Tannen Magic, Inc. had Dr. Taub write The Doc and
His Deck exclusively for Tannen's. Doc Taub is one of the world's leading authorities on
card work, and as Karl has emphasized, the Doc knows just how to fill the needs of card
workers who are no longer beginners, but who are not yet absolutely full-fledged experts.
In short, the Doc has provided a roadmap through the impenetrable jungle of technical
jargon of the super-pros.
Doc's advanced "Easy Training" manual covers a fantastic variety of card
sleights and routines: The Ambitious Card; Card Transposition; Three-Card Ambitious;
Four-Ace Production; False Riffle; Card Forces; Card Control; Hindu Shuffle; Deliberate
Mistake & Recovery, Dovetail Shuffle; False Cuts; Double Cut; Faro Shuffle; 25-Card
Trick, Do As I Do; Four-Ace Production; Single Card Production; Buckle Maneuver; Buckle
Concealment; Hidden Card.
Is your mind beginning to reel a little with these entertaining, vitally useful card
techniques? The Doc provides still more: Blanks and Jokers; Floating Aces; Cards to the
Pockets, Plunger Four-Ace Production; Gambler and the Kibitzer; Rising Card, Universal
Modifications. And that is not all. He also supplies a few Bonus (Non-Card) Effects
(Four-Coin Penetration; Reverse Match; and Salt on Knife)! Go back slowly over that
listing, and if you're into magic, but not fully up on all the classic effects and
necessary moves, you'll appreciate how much Doc's book will mean to you as the ideal text
for the intermediate students of card magic.
The rave reviews for this book just keep on coming: "Explicit, detailed descriptions
and illustrations make Dr. Jack Taub's book an example of what magical scholarship should
be." - Ken Krenzel.
"A welcome addition to any magician's library. It is a compilation of methods and
effects that bring card magic up-to-date." - Sam Schwartz.
"If you have a little knowledge of card magic and wish to add to your arsenal of
sleights and tricks, Jacob Taub is a wonderful teacher." - Karl Fulves
The book is a full 8-1/2" x 11", contains 160 pages with 340 illustrations.
ITEM #BK0139 PRICE $15.00
DOING MAGIC FOR YOUNGSTERS by BERT EASLEY & ERIC WILSON
No matter what you've ever read, or whether you've paid 6 cents or $6 for
books on the subject of "Doing Magic For Youngsters," you cannot afford to be
without this remarkable work by that well-known professional, Bert Easley. Even if you've
been doing magic for juniors all of your life, there are valuable instructions, pointers,
rules, hints and vital information in this work that are worth $100 to anyone who
entertains the small-fry.
IT'S FULL OF SPECIALLY SELECTED MAGIC
Sure, Bert Easley gives you tricks that are suited to junior audiences, all tested
material as used by Bert in his own programs, but far more important are his detailed
instructions.
HOW TO MANAGE AND KEEP INTERESTED AND ENTERTAINED, ALL TYPES OF YOUNGSTERS, BOTH
MISCHIEVOUS AND OTHERWISE.
It tells you exactly what to do and how to do it, under the various trying situations that
always arise in exhibitions of this kind, and this information has never before appeared
in print, we assure you. Included also is the complete English work by Eric P. Wilson,
"Conjuring To Children." There is a total of 122 pages and the book is well
illustrated.
ITEM # BK0140 PRICE $6.00
CUPS AND BALLS LIBRARY by LEO BEHNKE
Thirty pages of illustrated instructions on "the oldest trick in the world." If you own a set of Cups and Balls this little booklet is for you. Covers basic and advanced moves.
ITEM # BK0130 PRICE $3.00
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CARD TRICKS by JEAN HUGARD (SOFT)
A truly staggering collection, this book explains how to perform over 600 professional card tricks including impromptu card tricks, spelling tricks, "you do as I do" tricks, diachylon (a paste for gluing cards together) tricks, calculation tricks, tricks using key cards, slick cards, double-backed cards, reversed cards, short cards. Also tricks based on a one-way pack, prearranged pack, Svengali pack, Mene-Tekel pack, stripper pack and special packs. Also included are miscellaneous tricks including Everywhere and Nowhere, The Case of the Four Kings, Card in the Orange, The Buddha Whispers, and Inseparable Aces and a final chapter on tricks using the famous Nikola Card System. In addition, a chapter on technique explains the most important sleights including the overhand shuffle, riffle shuffle, false cut, palm, simple pass, double lift, glide, and force.
Based on a volume compiled by Dr. Wilhelm Von Deusen and Glenn G. Gravatt, this collection was thoroughly revised by Jean Hugard and completely rewritten. It is easily the finest single compendium of classic card tricks, and the clear style makes the instructions easy to follow. An indispensable book for the professional or amateur magician, it is a magnificent source for anyone who wants just the right tricks to mystify his friends or delight his children.
This book is an unabridged, corrected republication of the 1937 edition. Introduction by Theo Annemann the book contains 66 illustrations by Nelson Hahne. It is 402 pages and softbound.
ITEM # BK0153 PRICE $12.00
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