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Bill Hegbli Eternal Order Fort Wayne, Indiana 22797 Posts |
I don't have my Blok-Kord any longer, but I am 99% sure it was red ends. they were very stiff, as they were used to go through the block without figitting with the rope.
Magic Digest may be the book I thought Magic Inc. and Jay Marshall had something to do with. As I remember the only place it was being sold was through them. Here is a listing of the contents: Comment (magicref): George B. Anderson's Magic Digest is an excellent book for magicians of any level. Although aimed at the beginner, there are a lot of gems in this book; it is a shame it is no longer in print. This is a book that not many in this video age would likely read, however, as it includes a lot of text. This is not just a book of tricks, but one of advice and includes lots of stories and information about Magic History and performers. I put this book in the same category as the Bruce Elliot books. Highly recommended! Contents: There are many "sidebars" that include short stories, tricks, and anecdotes; these are designated as "Sidebar:" in the listing below 7 You Can Do Great Magic Tricks: a magic book for everybody 12 The Ground Rules of Magic: 11 rules of magic: decide on a style, personal appearance, don't perform until ready, routining, etc. 18 Anytime, Anywhere: 18 The Impossible Knot: knot magic with a 24" silk 20 The Instant One Hand Knot: with a silk 22 The Snap Knot: knot formed with a snap of the wrist 23 The Phantom Knot: a dissolving knot 24 Silk Through the Body: knot tied around wrist penetrates the wrist 26 Take Your Choice: spectator chooses a bracelet and it penetrates the silk 26 The Blow Knot: a knot is blown on and vanishes 27 Triple Choice: one of three knots instantly removed from a pole 27 Penetration: pen penetrates the silk 27 Instant Off and On: ring on and off a ribbon 28 Pin-a-Ribbon: ring removed from ribbon even though attached with a safety pin 30 Impossible Penetration: magician determines if bracelet comes free or not 30 The Indian Rice Mystery: bowl of rice picked up with only a knife 32 Burned and Restored Borrowed Bill: a bill is burned in an envelope but found restored 34 Dollar Bill in Cigarette: burnt bill is found inside a cigarette 35 Sidebar - Fishing for Money: a selected bill is found with a fishing rod 36 The Great Coat Trick: a rope penetrates a spectator's suit jacket 38 The Priceless Cups: tin cups and crockery cups are tied on a rope. When pulled, the tin cups fall to the ground, the crockery cups remain. 39 The Sponge Balls: a sponge multiplies in the spectator's hand, then appears under a cup in a Benson-bowl type routine 42 The Vanishing Coat Hanger: a coat hanger is wrapped in newspaper and vanishes within 43 Paradise Dice Routine: based on Dr. Zack's dice routine, using the paddle move 45 With Dessert and Coffee 45 The Vanishing Spoon: a spoon vanishes under the premise of being bent 46 Heads or Tails: a salt shaker vanishes under a napkin during a heads & tails coin game 47 The Coin and Glass Illusion: two forks balance on a glass with the help of a coin 48 Silver Through Glass: an excellent impromptu coin through the bottom of the glass 49 Borrowed Ring on Pencil: a ring is placed on a pencil while the spectator holds the ends 51 Sidebar - Quick Trick: number 9 force 51 Woofle Dust and Ice: picking up a piece of ice with a string 51 Knife Penetration: Penetration, but with a knife 51 The Numerology Trick: a numerical stunt where the result is a series of 6's 52 The Magic Square: magician can arrange numbers in a square so each row totals a number selected by the audience 53 At the Card Table 53 Mathematical Aces: four Aces appear on the tops of each of four piles 54 Sidebar - Quick Trick: spectator cuts the cards, and the cut to card indicates the top card, this is repeated several times 54 "Your Choice" Four Aces: 4 Aces appear in one packet 55 Choice Prediction: magician predicts the card selected by the spectator cutting the deck 56 Miraskill (Stewart James): Spectator picks a color, deals cards so that 2 reds go to red, 2 blacks go to black, and mix goes to discard. The result is predicted by the magician, and this is then repeated 56 Mental Card Sandwich: a self working card selection 57 How to Force a Card: several forces described such as the cut force, handkerchief force, etc. 59 Sidebar - A Message from the Flame: a burnt match reveals the selection 60 Super-Speller: spectator spells the name of the selection, and the final card is the selection 61 Safety Check Speller: another variation for a repeat 62 The Torn Deck Miracle: a deck is torn in two, and spectators stop the magician both at the 2 halves of the same card 63 False Shuffles: shuffling so the order of the cards is not disturbed 65 Simplex Poker Deal: magician deals winning hands 66 The Piano Trick: an even packet becomes odd with a bit of misdirection 67 Think Stop: Spectator yells "stop" at selection buried in the deck; with an out in case it doesn't work! 67 Sidebar - Master Location: a clever use of daub 68 Locator Cards I: an introduction to locator cards 68 The Twelve-Card Count: three cards pass from one envelope to another 70 Sidebar - Cutting the Aces: use of a natural break 71 The Golden Miracle: a penny is dropped by the spectator on top of the chosen card 73 You Do As I Do: an easy to do card trick 74 Sidebar - Cardology: stripping out cards to top or bottom of deck 74 You, Card Manipulator: an easy cut to the Aces routine 74 In Your Hat: Finding selected cards in the hat (using a crimp) 75 The Card on the Ceiling: a simplified approach 76 Al Baker's Impossible Card Location: a key card location 76 Sidebar - Cardology: Side Slip 76 Sheer Nerve: Annemann's pass substitute; and a card thru table application 77 Another "Think of a Card": Magician determines selection from the spectator's actions 77 Sidebar - Close Up Honor Roll: 25 nominations for close-up magician Hall of Fame 78 Follow-Up Card in Pocket: Clever follow-up to the Think A Card effect above 78 Countdown: Automatic location quickie 78 Double Reverse: Magician and spectator's selections turn face up in the deck 79 Stabbing a Card: a simplified approach 79 Another Card Stabbing: Pocket knife stabbed thru newspaper finds the selection 79 Restoring a Torn Card: Well done torn and restored card 81 Simulcast: Magician and spectator each deal and turn over selections at the same time 81 Sidebar - Cardology: the double-lift 81 Dublo-Cation: Spectator inserts 2 cards into the deck; Magician turns them face up next to their mates 82 Sidebar - The Jinx: Annemann's critical reviews 82 Want More Card Tricks?: Suggestions for further reading 83 At a Party: 83 The Telephone Card Trick: over the phone card prediction 85 Swindles: Introduction 85 "Gag" Three-Card Monte: Talks about E.O. Drane's backwards cards; the Q of Hearts turns out to be the Queen of Spades 85 The "Glide" Find the Lady: Simple Monte style effect 87 The Australian Belt: Loopy Loop, Chain of Chance - spectator can't pick the side that "catches" 88 The Shell Game: general approach described, no routine 90 Thirty-One (Percy Abbott): Mathematical 'game' with elimination of playing cards (a swindle) 90 A Ring, a Quarter and a Hankie: coin is apparently pulled through a ring while enclosed in a handkerchief (not a folder) 92 After Dinner Mints: Magician makes prediction of how many mints of a designated color will be chosen 92 Find the Body: The criminal is found out (uses a confederate) 93 Sidebar - Beginners: Broken and restored toothpick in handkerchief 94 Ice Breakers: Using magic to sell (includes hole-tite pencil discussion) 95 Sidebar - Making George Turn Over: simple dollar bill stunt 95 Clipped for a Snappy Buck (Bill Bowman): paper clips and rubber band link when a dollar bill is snapped 97 Keep it Brief: Clippo effect (cut and restored strip of paper) 98 Matching Pennies: a mathematical prediction 98 Sympathetic Coins (Karrell Fox): heads up and down coins are dropped one by one into the palm, they all end up one way 99 A Knotty Problem: Self untying knot in a silk (I.T.) 100 Print Your Own (Hugh Hogan): Paddle move with business card 101 The Indestructible Rubber Band: Band cut through an index card, but band is undamaged 101 The Jumping Band: from fingers to fingers 102 The Rubber Pencil: illusion 103 You're a Mindreader: discusses the difference between mentalism and other magic; covers the Q&A act a bit and some "cold reading" 104 The Sex Indicator: Weight on a sting indicates whether over boy or girl 105 Think of a Finger!: magician determines which finger a spectator is thinking of 106 Mental Choice: The '7 pile' is selected 106 One Chance in Ten: Magician predicts which of 10 cards will be chosen 108 The Hoax "Think of a Card": must be performed for a group, as the spectator quickly sees how its done'! 108 Sidebar - Lip Reading: and relation to mentalism 109 Three-Way Prediction: Three way prediction using magician's choice 110 Sidebar - Lightning Addition: clever mathematical trick 110 The Three-Digest Test: quickie mathematical divination 111 Money Talks: Serial number trick using 9 bills (must be sequential) 112 Simple Book Test: Impromptu with any book, and a few variations described 112 Sidebar - ESP Knockout: magician matches spectator's 5 ESP cards with a special rack display 114 Intermediary: 2nd spectator determines the number of a first spectator's selection (with help from magician) 115 Stopping the Pulse: a stunt where you stop your pulse (fun in the nurses office) 116 Message Reading: torn center steal 116 Matchbook Mind Reading: cleverly gimmicked matchbook reveals secret writing 117 The Window Envelope: Magician duplicates a drawing even though it is sealed in an envelope 118 A Clean Revelation: making a "copier" with soap 119 The Sealed Question Answering Act: discussion of various approaches 120 "In the Dark" Mindreading: reading messages in the dark 120 A Message from Zographos: a clever story reveals a predicted card 121 Newmann's Numbers: mathematical divination 121 Sidebar - Pseudo-Hypnosis: spectator can't open his/her eyes (a physical stunt) 122 Sidebar - A Magic Art: reading a pencil top as it writes 122 Dowsing Rods: a discussion 123 Pseudo-Psychometry: Magician describes people based on objects they have placed in sealed envelopes 124 Sidebar - The Mercedes Act: Joe and his wife's song playing act story 124 Par-Optic Vision: Blindfold driving 125 Sidebar - Silly Quickie: pencil will write any color named 126 Sidebar - Revenge: Charles Maly vs. Dunninger 127 Coin Tricks: 127 The Classic Coin Fold: described with some ideas on using it 129 The No-Sleight Coin Vanish: a vanish 130 The Han Ping Chien Coin Trick: Famous coin transposition routine 131 The Miser's Dream: for stage/parlor uses a gimmicked coin 133 Sidebar - A Staple Stop: coin penetrates a staple 133 Coins Across: with a coin adder tray 134 Sidebar - Mysto Magic: about Gilbert Magic sets 134 Coin Con: Bottom coin is heads up, and an unkind way to make a tip 135 Mindreading With Coins: Magician determines the date of a dollar bill and some coins 136 Breaking a Bill: quickie dollar to 4 quarters 136 The Bending Coin: uses a switch 137 The Sympathetic Coins: a simplified coin matrix routine 138 Sidebar - A Laugh With A Wand: a wand balances on the edge of a table 139 Truth in Advertising: a note about magic tricks and the way they are advertised 139 Chips Are Money: Make your own Cap and Pence / Stack of Quarters using poker chips 141 Heads or Tails: Magician can tell if a coin is heads up or down 141 Sidebar - Blackstone's Doughnuts: Harry's trick on a waitress 142 The Challenge 100-Foot Rope Escape: fully detailed in this dedicated chapter 145 A Spectacular Illusion: essay about stage illusions 148 The Nest of Boxes: Girl escapes from the nest of boxes 150 The Four Ads: Girl appears between three large panels 151 The Gift of the Magi: Magician and assistant transpose 154 A Close Up Routine: 155 The Silk Routine: introduction 155 Double Knot Vanish: knots disappear 155 World's Fastest Knot: instant knot 156 World's Fastest Bow-Tie: another instant knot 156 Bracelet From Silk: Plastic bracelet removed from silk 157 Silk Through the Arm: penetrates performer's arm 157 The Silk Routine: summary 157 Sidebar - Flash Production: of silks 158 Impromptu Close Up Routine: Introduction 158 The Bill Switch: no TT 159 Bracelet Over Rubber Band: bracelet penetrates rubber band 160 The Bracelet On The String: bracelet on string even though ends are held 161 Threading the Needle: Magician pulls end of rope through a loop without releasing his hand! 161 On Again, Off Again: Bracelet on and then off the string 161 The Paddle Trick: how to make and using a butter knife 163 The Rapping Pencil: answer questions through a "rapping" pencil 164 The Telephone Book Test: using a "36" force 164 Sidebar - Gus Rapp: a magician in a small town 165 Routine With Borrowed Cards: Introduction 165 Magic or Mindreading: selection ends up reversed in the middle of the deck, plus suggestions for using other card effects already described 166 Sidebar - Personal Magnetism: a few "magnetic" illusions 167 Sidebar - Smudge: ashes pass through spectator's hand 167 Card Routine With a Stacked Deck: series of effects starting with a stacked deck, and a few arrangements described (Nikola, Si Stebbins, etc.) 168 Sidebar - A Switch: card vanishes from envelope sealed by the spectator 169 Sidebar - Locator Cards II: double thick card 170 Sidebar - The Great Unknown: Eddie Tullock 171 "Kit" Impromptu Table Routine: starts with Ring & Rope routine; sponge balls 171 Square Knot Cut and Restored Rope: simple and easy with pop-off knot 172 Straight Arrow: arrow on card points every which way 173 Clippo: cut and restored newspaper strip 174 The Afghan Bands: Moebius Strip 174 Mental Telepathy: with a gimmicked envelope 175 Sidebar - Fu Manchu: brief bio 176 Kit Routine Summary: with other suggestions 177 Close-Up Mental Routine: Introduction 177 Magnetism: a physical stunt with the hands 178 Living and Dead Test: Center tear 178 Psychic Drawing: envelope 179 Spectator and Slate: Audience predicts number thought of by spectator 180 Sidebar - Simplicity: Annemann's cigarette production 180 The Rapping Cricket: metal cricket in a box raps out answers 181 Matchbook: using the gimmicked matchbook previously described 181 Sidebar - The Pill Boxes: clever rattlebox approach 182 Sidebar - Beyond His Powers: cute story of pulling something out of a hat 182 A Routine for a Children's Show: Introduction 183 Torn and Restored Paper Napkin: after a supposed mistake 184 Sidebar - Silly Quickie: 4-2=6 184 Allah Palooza: Rope through wand 184 Hydrostatic Glass: new patter 185 Bananas: as explained in On-Stage chapter (below) 185 The Educated Snake: spring snake finds the card 186 The Rabbit Tubes: Produce a live rabbit 187 Popping Corn in a Borrowed Hat: and how to make the props 187 Sidebar - A Wild Hare: know your rabbit! 189 You're On Stage: lots of tips, advice, and anecdotes about a stage act 190 Sidebar - Dante: mini bio 191 Sidebar - Let There Be Light: Marvin Roy's lightbulb act 192 Sidebar - Sorcar: and his Mysteries of India tour 193 Club Act Routine: Introduction 193 Rope Stretching: with prepared rope and tip-over box 195 Ropes Around the Neck: ropes penetrate neck 196 Sidebar - Chang: Chinese comedian who speaks broken Spanish (actually he was born in Panama!) 196 Block and Cord: Block with a hole in it penetrates a rope 198 Bananas: old illusion where one curved card appears larger than the other one 198 Sidebar - An Extra Trick: a ventriloquist seance act story 199 Sidebar - From a Borrowed Hat: pulling loads from a borrowed hat 200 Heavy Water: Liquid doesn't spill when glass is inverted 201 The Needle Trick: threaded needles from the mouth (ouch!) 201 Two Great Tricks: a funny story about Blackstone 203 The Card in the Orange: selection is found inside an orange 204 Sidebar - The Hindu Rope Trick: a legend 206 Sidebar - The Ultimate Trick: bringing a dead fly to life 206 Great Performers: essay on many of the greats including Dante, Blackstone, Thurston, and others 207 Sidebar - Magical Ego: a magician in the courtroom 208 Sidebar - Willard, the Wizard: a tent show magician 210 Where Do We Go From Here?: What to buy, lots of tips, what to read 211 Sidebar - The Bandanna Vanish: making a Devil's Napkin 212 Sidebar - The World's Greatest Magician: nomination to Fred Kaps 213 Sidebar - Quantity or Quality: Advice from Dante 214 Sidebar - Cardology: about palming 215 Let's Buy a Trick: What's good for one magician might not be good for you; lots of advice; more expensive does not always mean better; collectors; etc. 216 Sidebar - Floyd Thayer: and his magic apparatus 217 Sidebar - The Thumb Tie: Jay Marshall's is good 218 Sidebar - Laurant: an anecdote 219 Sidebar - A Minor Detail: Karrel Fox and baby chicks on stage, how a mistake turned out good! 220 Catalog: Sample catalog pages from Tannen's and Magic Inc.'s magic catalogs. (through page 259) 261 The Collector: Intro to collecting; chapter includes lots of photos of old Magic Posters along with mini-biographies 263 Robert-Houdin 263 Harry Houdini 265 Okito 267 Alexander Herrmann 267 Harry Kellar 269 Maskelyne's Mysteries 269 Harry Blackstone 269 John Mulholland 270 Howard Thurston 271 The Black Art Exposed: a literary magical curiosity reproduced in its entirety (with caution: don't try all of these, some are extremely dangerous!). Some of these range from regular magic (To Knock a Tumbler Through a Table; To Drive One Tumbler Through Another; To Bring Two Separate Coins into One Hand); some bizarre magic (The Dancing Skeleton; The Head of the Decapitated Speaking; How to Cut Your Arm Off Without Hurt of Danger). Some use dangerous chemicals (like mercury). 287 Acknowledgments: |
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Dick Oslund Inner circle 8357 Posts |
WOW Bill! That was a labor of love! I hope the guys reading this appreciate it!
Next time I'm out to my storage facility, I'll check a copy of the Digest. I'm fairly sure it was published by DOVER. But, I'm certainly not infallible. Maybe the reason it has not been "reissued" (?) ia that is isn't full of color photos, etc. The Eisenhorn (sp?) book is loaded with full color pictures, and that,I'm sure affects sales. for HARRY MURPHY>>> The ABBOTT Block on Cord that you mention was an OBEDIENT BLOCK (like CUBIO) I believe Roy Shrimplin (died 1955) "sold" the idea to Percy. You're right, Monk Watson did a great job with it. Jim Jayes had Dale Lorzo (mutual friend) make up, for each of us, a combination of the two effects. It works great.
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
Second the Kudos, Bill!! I got this book when I was maybe teens or early twenties. It is an unsung gem. I see copies float by, untouched on sale and auction sites all the time.
My copy says Follet Publishing Company - Chicago. 1972 Dick, that lecture was in Birmingham, AL, and I believe probably at a bank building in Vestavia Hills. Unless I'm really forgetting, it had to be early to mid 1970's. I'm originally from the Midwest and live there now, but lived in Alabama on two separate ocasions. Names like, Chris Frings, Arnold Drennen, Robert Chadwick, Cliff Holman may ring a bell.
~michael baker
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Harry Murphy Inner circle Maryland 5444 Posts |
Dick Oslund, yep the good ol' "OBEDIENT BLOCK" forgot the name since I got it used (gifted from Monk Watson) and only had a simple hand written set of performance notes written by Mon. I still have the prop well beat up from decades of use. Thanks for the Roy Shrimplin reference. Loved that little prop and routine.
I have a Block-o (blocks through a sheet of glass) which was custom made by Michael Baker to include a block painted to match the penetrating block but with a hole in it to perform the block off rope bit. I have built a longer and more involved routine combining the two props and routines. I have even added an element of old Monk Watson's routine into the longer routine.
The artist formally known as Mumblepeas!
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JonBarr New user New Mexico 73 Posts |
I got that book as a kid and absolutely devoured it. The tricks, the vintage posters, the stories...
I built one of those blocks and performed it, too. Great book. |
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Julie Inner circle 3936 Posts |
[quote]On 2013-01-29 18:11, Bill Hegbli wrote:
...Magic Digest may be the book I thought Magic Inc. and Jay Marshall had something to do with. As I remember the only place it was being sold was through them... ______________________________________________ For the record: Magic Digest, originally published by Digest Books, Inc., Northfield, Illinois (MCMLXXII) ISBN 0-695-80339-5 was sold through many different non-magic related stores for a paltry $5.95. What a deal! Julie |
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Bill Hegbli Eternal Order Fort Wayne, Indiana 22797 Posts |
Hi Julie, as you may remember, the Internet was not available back then, so I could only deduce things from what was being advertised in print. All print advertisement came from Magic Inc. for this book, and I believe they even advertised it in some magic magazines. Our local magic shop only ordered it from Magic Inc. as it was promoted by them as a wholesale item. I was a little young back then, and did not actually connect that magic books were printed by anything other then magic publishers. I guess it was a good deal for them with a publishing company near by.
By the way, that clarification you quoted was just for you, but you had to bring it up anyway. You may think $5.95 is a pittance now, but back then it was big dollars that required some in depth decision making. As a matter a fact, I could not afford it at the time. I only leafed through it at the magic shop. |
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Julie Inner circle 3936 Posts |
Hi Bill
For the record, that clarification was for the record. You never know how long these internet "conversations" will survive. For posterity and to assist anyone currently looking for the book I determined this correction appropriate. Please do not feel challenged or be offended. You are my old magic information hero! (There are random catalog pages from both Tannens and Magic, Inc. reprinted towards the back of the book which I can see might lead one to think there was a proprietary relationship between the publishers and either magic supply company.) Julie |
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Servante Inner circle 1330 Posts |
I've got Magic Digest right here in front of me. If only we'd had the Internet back in the day! As it was, we got scraps and bits of information, bought catalogues when we had a spare quarter, visited the magic shop if we had one in town, watched the Sullivan show hoping for a magic act, and did what we could to learn the craft.
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John Long Inner circle New Jersey 2826 Posts |
There are a few effects that may fit the original request, but none of my resources give much information on their construction. Yet, here are some related effects
Block-Kord: The ency of ROPE p333; Magic Digest p196 (published by Digest Books Inc) Houdini Block: an addition to the Block Kord effect Ency of Rope p334 Post & Ropes: uses a grandmother's necklace principle; Ency of Rope p336 Abbott's Block-It: a derivative of the post & rope method Ency of Rope p387 Block of Wood Release: a doubled piece of rope is threaded through a hole, and then tied in a knot (nothing to hide, all is legit and may be inspected before and after, but the release is done under a cloth); Tarbell V8 p168
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Julie Inner circle 3936 Posts |
Just saw a copy of Magic Digest on the big auction site...
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Jimmy Joza Special user New York City 760 Posts |
I came across this thread a week ago and realized I didn't have this in my collection. I remember having seen it before in late 70's but never got it back then. So I ordered it and just received a copy yesterday which I bought on Amazon for $7.95 plus shipping and handling. My copy was published in 1972 and sold for $6.95 back then.
Thanks to all those (especially Bill) who recommended this book. Even though I know many of the tricks found in it, it's nice to have. Especially since my 9-yeard0old daughter has now expressed an interest in magic and a desire to accompany me to kid shows to see about beginning to learn this craft.
"Those who simply walk in others' tracks leave no footprints."
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John Long Inner circle New Jersey 2826 Posts |
I don't consider it that great of a book given the many other very good beginner books available today, but it does augment material that I have in other sources. Yet, at the time it came out, MCMLXXII (translates to 1972; before Wilson's book), it seems to be good (or the best) for what was then available at that time. (The only beginners book that I own from that time, or earlier, that I would rate better are from Bruce Elliot).
It does have things I never saw before: Australian belt (Fast & Loose), and 100 foot rope escape. But it is an odd book: - for the 100' rope escape he says "The simplest explanation of how you do the trick is that you just do it". - Then something I can't comprehend is why he included a threading needles on a string (in your mouth), in a book that is for beginners/youth. He says "don't try to do it!"; so why include it? Yet, I got the book for a song, $2 + Amazon's $4 shipping. Can't complain about that. John
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Cardstuntman New user 97 Posts |
Magic Digest, One of my favorites, I had it early in my magic growing stage. I had a hardback version and a paperback. Loaned them out and they never came back. It is one of the lesser known gold mines. I still use the silk stuff all the time, rip the deck in half...always wanted to try the 100ft rope escape.
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casinoboss New user 75 Posts |
Magic Digest is now available as an ebook on Lybrary.com (http://www.lybrary.com/magic-digest-p-858710.html)!
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Dick Oslund Inner circle 8357 Posts |
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On Oct 18, 2016, casinoboss wrote: Thanks for that info! I only have one copy left! I just gave my last (and, only) hardbound copy to a young lad whom I am mentoring. As I mentioned above, somewhere, I had a half dozen copies in my "lending library" for young fellows that I was mentoring. One by one, I gave them away. IMO George did a fine job of teaching methods (many of them, "classics" that I first saw in the original Tarbell Correspondence Course). However, he also suggested PRESENTATION suggestions (a bit more "up to date" than the old Tarbell presentations) that were a great help to young guys. (I vividly remember Hoffman's very basic "infinitive form" of "bare bones" explanations!) John Booth's 'Marvels of Mystery' (1944) had John's professional presentations, from his night club act of the '30s which I found useful (at 14!) but I soon learned that John's presentations were "suave & debonair", and, I was a bit young for them!
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gimpy2 Special user 960 Posts |
Magic digest was my first magic book at age 9 Tried to learn everything in the book. Even did the 100 ft rope escape until my uncle who was a master at tying things up prevented my escape in a Christmas show for the family. Ran across the old book when we moved. The book was tattered from use and falling apart and think I tossed it. I think I will put it on my list of books to buy again.
Gimpy
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