Books: Close-Up Magic

The late David Alexander performed all over the world as a Stage Pickpocket, Magician and Mentalist. The protégé of famed Spanish Magician José Frakson, David's personality, skills and knowledge made him a popular and successful society entertainer in the Los Angeles area. There he performed for everyone from the stars of the...

"The 80's Called...They Want Their Magic Book Back" - Volume One , with an introduction by David Regal, is the first of a two-part series featuring 22 incredible effects and highly entertaining presentations from the slightly off-kilter mind of Jonathan Friedman. Filled with quirky, visual, and 'retro-istic' flair, Friedman's...

This booklet includes six fantastic routines hatched from Wayne Dobson's slightly Z wallet obsessed brain. Wayne has come up with a host of effects designed for the extremely versatile "Z wallet." Each effect is explained thoroughly, detailing; materials required, Set Up, and Performance.

Effects Included:

• - Improved...

INTRODUCTION
By Thomas McShane - FBI retired

(Author of Stolen Masterpiece Tracker)

"G man beware of this C (Con) Man!" was the caveat that was an FBI mantra when I tried to tackle Simon Lovell! Of all the world's con men, Simon Lovell was, for many years, on the top of the G Man's List. In...

This unique book is about a special group of alloys (safe & non-toxic) that can be used to create numerous magical effects, from vanishing (or bending or penetrating) a spoon, to mentally melting coins in the hands of spectators - even card peeks and locations using gallium.

All of the listed effects are constructed in the psychology...

Another collection of Al leech card effects!

Contents:

- Preface
- Alfred B. Leech: Magician—Of—The Month
- Major Surgery
- A Typographical Error
- Platform Wild Card
- A Bicycle Built For Profit
- Too Small
- Snap Change
- Crooked Card
- Three Cards...

From Tom Craven's introduction:
"What you'll find in this book covers a lifetime of magic of mine. I tried to put everything I'd come up with in here, but obviously, I know there are some missing items. Just about everything that has been in print before is here, but there are some that were never in print that...

Move objects with your mind, pass coins through tables, escape police restraints, and reveal other people's thoughts! Diamond Jim Tyler shows how to transform an ordinary act into a truly entertaining show. Learn 29 routines that include several original tricks as well as many tried-and-true crowd pleasers.

Written for beginners...

Book Contents:

• Preface - Hiroyuki Sakai
• Foreword - Phil Goldstein
• Introduction - Richard Kaufman
• Card Ping Chien
• Miser's Miracle Again
• Metamorph-rose
• Card Quake
• Glass Load
• Climax Flower Chains
• Double Shock
• Cell Division
• Cane From Fireball
• Coin Fugue ...

Eugene Burger's "Series of Evocative Essays" that he hopes will, "Challenge ou, cause you to stop and reflect upon your own magic, inspire you to practice and rehearse, and, in the process, improve your own close-up magic performances."

Contents:

About the Writings
Foreword by Channing Pollock
Groundwork
What...

This book by genius creator Jerry Andrus is really a bound republication of two seperate works. First: KURIOUS KARDS In Andrus's own words: "Here is a book replete with many of my ideas on Kurious Kards. Magicdom certainly has its share of 'Take A Card' tricks -- 'Mental Marvels' -- and 'Mathematical Monstrosities.'...