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 Close
Up File By Jerry Mentzer
Six big chapters *
35 different effects * Table Hopping * Money Magic * Cups and Balls * Coins (two
chapters)
Three Shell Game * Magic with miscellaneous items
CLOSE-UP FILE is a big book, 195 pages, hard bound with a two-color dust jacket.
The book contains many novel close-up effects. None use playing cards except as
incidental props. Most are previously unpublished and are worked with simple
props, which the reader can make up, or is likely to have on hand already.
Richard Bartram Jr. did the illustrations and they really help the reader
understand the magic.
 The
Commercial Magic of J.C. Wagner
Thirty-seven
magical, audience-tested routines. Highlights include: SuperCloser,
Entertainment Tax, Whispering Wagner, and the incredible, infamous Card Under
the Drink—the real work revealed in print for the first time. (This fantastic
routine alone is worth the price of the book.)
Softbound: 176
pages. Written by Mike Maxwell.
 SEALED
VISION by Will Dexter
A collection of
fifteen diabolical blindfold methods using a variety of ingenious principles.
From simple paper bags placed over the head, to leather masks, coins, adhesive
tape and heavy cloth bags totally obscuring the performer’s vision. Also
explained are principles, which use painted, magnetized, polarized and clear
spot goggles. Part II details methods using the downward glimpse. Part III deals
with subtleties that can be applied to the use of blindfolds and much more.
Finally, Part IV describes the sensational publicity stunts that these blindfold
methods can be used for. A definitive work on the use of blindfolds to entertain
and BAFFLE your audiences. Finely printed and superbly illustrated.
 CLOSE-UP
SEDUCTIONS
18 Immaculate Creations of
Sensual Sleight-of-Hand
READ ALL ABOUT:
Bushwhacker, Seductive Switch, Sensuous Shuffle, Cab Fare, Limousine Service,
Fan Dance, Air of Mystery, Deja Vu, Michael’s Proposition, “10” Looker, Blue
Tattoo, Unhinged, Sleight-of-Ear, Bleached Blonde, Too Slick, Sweet Stuff,
Wonder woman. ALL NEW AND ORIGINAL MATERIAL. HARDBOUND 153 PAGES BEAUTIFULLY
ILLUSTRATED.
Card File
Jerry Mentzer's
Jerry Mentzer has written numerous books of
magic including five "all cards" books, the well known Card Cavalcade
series. That series of books contained some of the finest new card magic of
the day.
CARD FILE is the largest, single collection of
card magic so far by the author. 74 tricks, moves and ideas! 237 pages,
profusely illustrated with clear line drawings.
CARD FILE emphasizes complete effects as
opposed to moves and sleights. Where moves and sleights are described, they
are used in the effects described. The card magic ranges from very easy,
nearly self-working tricks through the gamut of tricks requiring standard
skills, to advanced magic which requires skills which will be new to most
readers. Most of the book»s content is previously unpublished. And most of
the tricks in the book can be performed with ungimmicked playing cards.
The card magician
should find many tricks and ideas of immediate interest,and use!
 Card
File 2 Jerry Mentzer
CARD FILE TWO is a big hardbound book with 184 pages. The 7 by 10 inch size
matches the previous book in the series (Card File). Eight chapters and 58 top
quality tricks and items by very clever card men. Profusely illustrated by
Richard Bartram, Jr.
Some of the trick
titles will whet any cardician’s curiosity: “Face Off”, “Cardician’s Dream
Improved”, “Any Way”, “Deck Memorization”, “Hummer Clean-up”, “Nine Way
Variant”, “The Wild Exchange”, “Triple Indemnity”, “Frontal-Attack Top Change”,
“An-Out-Of-Deck Experience”, “Walton’s Ascanio Routine”, “Nine Card Monte” and
many, many more excellent items! Most of the tricks can be done with a regular
pack of playing cards.
 Close-Up
Entertainer
If you are
acquainted with Paul Harris books and magic -you know that “Close-Up
Entertainer” contains exciting, off beat, commercial and fun effects! Beautiful
card and coin magic, fully routined, illustrated and well written.
Included are
“Blackjack Challenge”, “Drop-Shot”, “The Silver Elevator”, “Quarter Caper” and
lots more. There is a special section devoted to contributions by Paul’s
Friends. Hardbound. 171 pages.
 Practical
Mental Effects
The Most
Sensational Book in Years. It’s the greatest book for the mentalist-magician to
see print in over a quarter of a century.
Between the covers
of this cloth bound book are to be found the finest of modern day miracles by
the leading performers in this field of pseudo-mentalism. Tricks that have baled
thousands are clearly explained for your immediate use. Here is Annemann at his
best! Tricks upon which he built his reputation. They’re all here, plus the
better mental effects from his famous Jinx Magazine making in all a gigantic
collection of up-to-the minute, audience tested effects that are in a class by
themselves. It’s superb! 194 tricks, twelve chapters.
Effects with
Billets and Pellets, Publicity Effects, Dead or Alive, Book Tests, Thought
Foretold, Miscellaneous Masterpieces, Envelope Necromancy, Miracle Slate
Routines, Money Mentalism, Blindfold Reading, Mentalism with Cards, and Psychic
Codes. 310 pages. Edited by John J. Crimmins, Jr.
 The
Chronicles
In any magical
publication the subject eagerly sought, and always difficult to obtain is high
quality non-card material. The Chronicles were particularly fortunate because of
the generous contributions made by many gifted minds. In particular, the reader
who masters just the coin material in this journal will gain a reputation as an
expert in the field. Two of the Dai Vernon contributions deserve particular
mention because they rank among Vernon’s strongest stand-up coin routines. The
first is “Spellbound For Experts” in collaboration with Frank Garcia, and the
second is the coin material that appears under the title “Two Tricks by Dai
Vernon”. This material was taught to students when Vernon lived in the New York
City area. To see these tricks performed was to see true artistry.
“Midnite Coin”,
attributed to Gus Davenport, “Hoax Coin”, invented by Howard Schwarzman, and
Derek Dingle's “Flash Coins” are other examples of outstanding stand-up coin
magic. In the realm of table magic with coins, the Max Williams “Subway Move”
and Nick Van Setten’s ingenious “Swindle Box” drew praise from readers. The
Chronicles also featured one of the most original coin tricks ever invented,
Jack Miller's “King Koin”, a curious effect where the face of a coin is
permanently altered in an amusing and very mystifying manner.
Herb Zarrow’s
“Pendulum Knot” and “Unlinking Rubber Bands” were two tricks that elicited much
reader comment, Frank Garcia’s “Bottomless Glass”, a highlight of his lecture,
Slydini’s “Hank Gag”, performed for, among others, an amazed Sophia Loren, Steve
Mathews’ “Gemini Rope”, which took conventions by storm, Steve Roth’s “Link
Illusion”, James Randi’s “Hydrick Effect”, a spooky effect that stunned a
nationwide television audience and Jack Mintz’s “Cigarette Go” drew high praise
from readers. Both “Hypercard” and Matsuyama's “Paradox” inspired numerous
marketed versions. Other card material that elicited praise included Stewart
Judah’s “Oil & Water”, Elmsley’s “Parity Failure”, Roy Walton’s “Riffle Aces”, a
beautiful handling of the interlock maneuver, J.K. Hartman’s “Band In Boston”,
and David Ossip’s “Airborn Aces”, a trick that got a sensational reaction from a
New York City audience. Special notice should be made of a Jack Avis trick in
the final issue “Court Spell” is an ingenious solution to a challenging Dai
Vernon card problem. Also included The Chronicles can be found, exceptional
magic with cards, coins, Okito boxes, bills, rope, rings and self levitations!
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