This book came from the library of a magic collector who took pride in his books.This preowned book was professionally sealed in protective padding when the previous owner shipped it to us.We did not open the sealed protective padded wrapping.You will receive it in the exact condition it was shipped to us from the collector.
This out-of-print book is HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE and VERY HARD TO FIND.Even MICHAEL AMMAR doesn't sell it anymore!The few other copies currently available are priced from $200 and up! And they don't give you free shipping like we do!
In this book, the magic of this extraordinary inventor is brought together for the first time. Gathered here are his published tricks and an equal number of previously unpublished items. Much of this material has been guarded jealously by the privileged of magic, and some of it has been kept a secret from everyone. All of it is innovative, astonishing and marvelously entertaining.
This volume contains over 110 original Elmsley tricks and sleights, plus a ground-breaking essay by Mr. Elmsley on presentation, psychology and misdirection. Within the pages of this big book lie some of the most exquisite and mind-boggling magic ever conceived.
CONTENTS:
Chapter One: Alex Elmsley on the Theory and Practice of Magic The Automatic Producer On Misdirection
Chapter Two: Spirited Counts and Revenant Tricks The Four-card Trick Flight to Witch Mountain Shale Fellow Well Met A Rebours Elmsley’s Ghost Hoftwister Mini-Milton Mixed Marriages Serendipity One Poor Lion The Great Pretender Twister’s Flush Thoughts in Transit
Chapter Three: Sundry Sleights Break Time Fan Shuffle Strategies The Hook-strip Shift Top and Bottom Card Interchanges The Tabled Cover Reverse The Tabled Top Change Two Novel Slipcuts The Tipsy Turnover Pass A Polished Push-off A Biddle Displacement The Thumb Palm Addition A Card Fan Production New Techniques for the Rear Palm Variations on Erdnase’s First Transformation Two Pocket Deck Switches
Chapter Four: Minus Fifty-two Puncture! The Nodding Skull The Visual Torn and Restored Newspaper Ring and Paper Clip The Twister: A Puzzle Two Thimble Changes The Elmsley Color-changing Knife Routine The Perpetual Cigarette A Cigarette Vanish A Production of Cigarettes in Holders Magnetic Monte Ring on Silk Physical Medium Sleeve Loading for the Cups and Balls The Elmsley Cups and Balls Routine
Chapter Five: Twisted Classics 1002nd Aces The Atomic Aces Repulsive Aces Double Finders Apprentice Aces Pick of the Litter The Four Blanks Five-card Sam Bare-aced Hofzinser A Minor Triumph All Backs with Aces A Triple Reverse Infinity: Round Trip Chosen Cards Across Invisible Card in Cigarette New Pieces to an Old Puzzle Liar’s Club One at a Time Collectors Snap Swap Double Swap Ambitious to the End Ambitious Stranger
Chapter Six: Down and Dirty Deals 7-16 A Double Prediction Melbourne Australian Self-Help Chance and Choice
Chapter Seven: Welcome Correspondences Returned To the Nest Arith-mate-ic Pother Brownwaves I Shadowed Buried Treasure I The Memphis Matchmaker The Right Place the Right Time The Book of Fortunes
Chapter Eight: Where It’s At Buried Treasure II Hair Cut Calcolate X 2 Cross-25 Weight Choosey Rough Tracker Card Hopper Penny Plain The Clock Runs Down Mathematics and Mentalism
Chapter Nine: No Gamble Misogynist’s Monte The Bridge Builder Just Lucky Aces Up Pierce Arrow Four Flusher A Strange Story
This is a 1991 FIRST EDITION of this book.
Condition: excellent. Viewed through the protective sealed wrapping, the book shows minimal shelf wear. AUTHOR: Stephen MinchPUBLISHED: 1991 by L & L PublishingHardbound book. 404 pages.
You will receive the exact book shown in the photo above.