Completing the Cut is FULL of deeply mysterious card effects. This is the kind of card material that doesn't just amaze you now, but also perplexes you hours-even days-after viewing. For example, take The Mayhew, an effect where a deck of cards attaches itself to your hands by apparent static charges. The presentation and method work together to amaze audiences thoroughly. Or Symmetrical Matching, an effect that has fooled many expert magicians and received much praise online form the select f...
Take sixteen road-tested, audience-proven routines from one of the funniest magicians on stage today, combine with nine essays, hundreds of stylized color photos, fresh & original art, and a worker's perspective on the way to make your work your own, and what do you get?Offbeat.
The book contains 93 pages and takes virtually every Al Koran effect as performed on TV. It analysis the effect and the method, then provides the exact words of patter as used by Al Koran.There is a listing of all the books in Al Koran's library by Terry Seabrooke and Jack Avis contributes material on Al Koran. Al Koran is introduced by Goodliffe and Billy McComb also provides a comprehensive article on Al and his lifetime.
In this fascinating magic trick, you, the performer, will be able to present a mini version of the grand buzz-saw illusion, slicing 10 cigarettes in half and restoring them magically. Just learn the simple handling and in a few minutes you will even fool yourself.
The magician shows the transparent compartment of a wallet and inside it puts a white piece of paper after having folded it. He gives the transparent compartment a "snap" and take out the piece of paper that will now magically have writing on it! The same can be done with a playing card of hearts, for example, which will turn into a spades and for many more transformations in full sight!
In Stanley Collins-Conjurer, Collector and Iconoclast, master historian and author Edwin A. Dawes leads you through the life of happiness and heartbreak of this brilliant magician and collector.A great character of British magic during the first half of the 20th century, Stanley Collins was unique in that his tremendous conjuring skills were allied to high intelligence, musical talent and rapier-like wit. Moreover, in his own elegant style, Collins made important and long-lasting contributions ...
Selling a used copy of Larry Jennings: The Cardwright by Mike Maxwell. This is a hardcover, with brodart covered dustjacket. There's a sticker on the back cover. There are some light nicks along the cover edges. All pages intact and fully readable.Please note that this is NOT the deluxe version. L&L Publishing had a printing error with this book where all the dustjackets said "Deluxe", even though it's a standard.