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Qty:	Art and Ardor at the Card Table by Nuzzo and Marlo -Item# 02231
	200 Page Hard Bound Book with color dust jacket – over 200 photographs 19 new Jimmy Nuzzo techniques; Updated reprints of the highly collected Nuzzo Marlo manuscripts published in 1982, 21 st Century Card Magic; Unforgettable Wild Card and Plus Package “Any pulse-checking, hard-core cardmen in the late 60s, knew about Jimmy Nuzzo. If they didn’t get to see him in person, they were familiar with the select ideas he published—ideas that probably seemed celestial at the time but were nevertheless interesting and enticing.” - from Jon Racherbaumer’s Prologue In the Nuzzo Touch there is Jimmy’s audience-tested repertoire. It includes his fabulous Side Steal and lightning-fast Card to the Pocket. The book incorporates three hard-to-find, private manuscripts that Nuzzo and Marlo published in the 1980’s, Plus Package; Unforgettable Wild Card; and 21 st Century Card Magic. Jimmy invented the Hung Card, one of the most tightly held secrets in magic. Dr. James (Jimmy) Nuzzo is a Podiatric Surgeon in the Chicago Suburban area. He is an expert in sleight of hand. He has performed for corporate events, medical conferences and private parties of famous actors. He studied sleight of hand with Edward Marlo and published with Marlo three manuscripts included in this book. Jon Racherbaumer is a world famous magic wordsmith, publisher and lecturer who has written many of the most influential magic books in the last 30 years. A recipient of a Literary Fellowship from the Academy of Magical Arts and Science (Magic Castle), he also collaborated with Ed Marlo on the Hierophant, Kabbala, Marlo Without Tears, and Arcade Dreams. His bibliography is too long to list here, but currently he hosts jonracherbaumer.com, and is Parade Editor of the Linking Ring and Associate Editor of Genii Magazine. Edward Marlo (1913 – 1991) was Jimmy’s inspirational teacher and mentor. His brilliance in card magic can be found is his prolific writings including the Revolutionary Card Technique, MINT, Riffle Shuffle Systems, the Marlo Magazines. Marlo was a legend only known closely by a select few students. Jimmy was one of his closest friends and students. Art and Ardor at the Card Table Features THE NUZZO TOUCH – Jimmy Nuzzo • Jimmy’s technique on the Side Steal to Rear Palm • Shootist Coat Load – Fastest technique for card to pocket • Palm Spread Reverse – This reverse fooled all the fastest company • Hung Card routines – The hung card has been a secret known by few • Rear Palm Production – The card looks like it appears out of thin air 21 st Century Card Magic – Jimmy Nuzzo and Edward Marlo • Ungaffed Micro - Macro • A Card Case with two decks in it • Elasteroon – Marlo’s famous effect; the magician waves his hands over a rubber-banded deck and the face card changes to the selection • Speedy Assembly – Four Aces are dealt on top of 4 packets; the packets are assembled and the 4 Aces appear on top of the deck Unforgettable Wild Card – Jimmy Nuzzo and Edward Marlo • The Wild Card Effect as you have never seen it – no Gaffs Plus Package – Jimmy Nuzzo and Edward Marlo • A convincing all blank wild card effect • An updated All Backs Routine • Spectator selects all the cards for 4 card Matcho • Different methods to get signed cards to the wallet $45.00

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The Complete, Ultimate Paul Harris Collection

This three-volume set of books contains all of Paul's classics, updated and refined, as well as 73 brand-new creations! All in all, these books contain over 900 pages of Paul Harris including a ground-breaking essay discussing the feeling of astonishment as our natural state of mind. There are also six conversations with Eric Mead about effects that are too weird even for Paul.

Three Hardbound Volumes Each Containing Over 300 Pages
A Total of 222 Effects
73 Brand New Creations

"Sooner or later you're going to have to buy these books. Very highly recommended!"- Michael Close

Qty:	The Award Winning Magic of John Cornelius - Item# 02518
	The Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius. There is no hyperbole in the title of this book, as much of the magic contained here gained its John not only accolades from his peers, but one him one of magic's highest honors-a world prize at F.I.S.M.-as well as being the only American to win the World Championship in Magic in two different categories and the only person to win the International Brotherhood of Magicians Creativity Award three times! Thomas Edison, who knew a thing or two about the subject, said that genius was "one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration." In The Award Winning Magic of John Cornelius, genius is apparent at every turn of the page. John Cornelius is one of magic's most innovative performers and inspired inventors and his effects and routines are in use by magicians the world over. In this long-anticipated book, author Lance Pierce explains John's magic in meticulous detail, covering everything from legendary effects such as "Marked For Life," "The Fickle Nickel" and the ingenious "Shrinking Card Case" to every last nuance of John's world-championship winning card act, "Every Card Trick In The World In Ten Minutes." More than just a magic book, The Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius is a journey into the mind of one of the foremost magical thinkers of our time, a man many have hailed as a creative genius. Hardbound with Dust Jacket, 192 pages, fully photo-illustrated. $45.00

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Bobo's Coin Magic (paperback)
The most complete treatise on sleight-of-hand coin conjuring, including best traditional methods and modern innovations. Guides you systematically from basic techniques, through integrated tricks to complete routined acts (18 in all). 510 clear illustrations by Nelson C. Hahne. The best manual for amateurs, an encyclopedic source for professionals.. $10.00

BoBo's Modern Coin Magic (Expanded hardback)
A modern treatise of ways to conceal, produce, alter and multiply coins from the empty hands, being the first complete explanation of methods for doing so since 1900. THE MOST COMPLETE MANUAL OF COIN MAGIC EVER PRODUCED. Bob's Modern Coin Magic brings a new form of entertainment to the magic world. Coin magic can be performed any time, anywhere, on the spur of the moment. With Bobo's basic knowledge and know how, the best feats of the world's expert coin workers can be yours. This is the new, revised and greatly enlarged edition of Bobo's seminal text. 544 pages, 422 tricks and sleights, 669 illustrations. $40.00

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Card College 1
Unquestionably a defining work card magic. 1000 pages of easily understood instruction starting with the fundamentals of card handling and progressing to the crafts most advanced and secret techniques. This course has received the highest praise from amateur and professional magicians alike. Thoroughly illustrated for clarity and ease of learning. Includes the psychology, misdirection and theoretical structures essential to successful card magic. Giobbi has selected only the best sleights and handlings from thousands of books.
False Cuts            Card Controls
The Glide             Hindu Shuffle
Spread Cull          Key Card
Transfer Cuts       Card Forces
Double Lift           Top Change

Card College 2
Part two of a four volume course. Here are some of the topics covered in Volume Two:
The Glimpse           Card Reverses
The Crimp              Palming
False Counts          The Pass
Double Turnover    Misdirection
Psychology             Routining

Card College 3
Part 3 of a four volume set. Here are some the topics covered in Volume 3:
The Biddle Steal         The K. M. Move
Breaks, Injogs            Advanced Palming
Zarrow Shuffle            Multiple Shifts
Pull-through Shuffle     Color Changes
Side Steal                    Diagonal Shift

Card College 4
Long awaited by amateurs and professionals alike, Card College 4 is finally available! Just like Volumes 1 - 3, this latest volume is thoroughly illustrated with clear, engaging, detailed writing. Only the best sleights and handlings from thousands of books are selected here.
Learn such invaluable sleights as the invisible pass, the turnover and spread passes, the Christ twist, second and bottom deals, the Jinx change, the Green angle separation, the cut force, the dribble force, and much more-including many tricks and routines by Mr. Giobbi himself. Some of the topics covered in Volume Four include:
Forcing Techniques          Card & Packet Reversals       Advanced Passes
Culling & Stacking           Half Passes                              Tilt
Sandwich Techniques       More Flourishes                      Lapping
Structural Theory             Estimation                                Deck Switches
False Deals                      Card & Packet Switches

Card College Volume 5
It's finally here! In the fifth volume of the acclaimed Card College series, Roberto Giobbi has prepared a graduation party! In previous volumes the reader has been given a remarkable collection of tools for creating astonishing card magic. In the same vein, Volume 5 begins with a meaty chapter of new techniques and strategies, which include methods for covertly arranging stacks during performance, obtaining a duplicate of a spectator's signature with his knowledge, and secretly conveying cards to and from the deck-powerful tools indeed.

But then Volume 5 diverges from the established Card College formula. Judging that the reader now has more than a sufficient number of tools in his grasp, Mr. Giobbi provides eight chapters filled with tricks and routines that illustrate how various techniques are applied to create world-class card magic. These effects, however, are not mere constructions meant for teaching. Most have been drawn from Roberto Giobbi's professional repertoire-and because of this, even the classics of card magic are given a fresh gleam as Giobbi adds refinements won from years of performing experience.

His choice of material is impeccable, featuring not only original effects and handlings of his own, but tricks and routines by world-masters as well. One finds such gems as Fred Kaps' presentation for The Signed Card in Box, along with Giobbi's cunning treatment of this modern classic, Henry Christ's fabulous Ace routine and a superb handling of a forgotten masterpiece by Charlie Miller. And everything is taught with the clarity and attention to detail for which the Card College series has become known. Open this book and welcome to the party-prepare to graduate! Some of the topics covered in Volume Five include:

Making Secret Setups      False Shuffles      Obtaining Duplicate Signatures
Quick Tricks                     Favorite Effects   Openers and Routines with the Aces
Mental Mysteries            Gambling Demonstrations

All in all, Volume Five features 34 professional-caliber routines that have astounded audiences the world over.

Qty:	Carneycopia by John Carney & Stephen Minch - Item# 08555
	ONE IN STOCK In ancient Rome there was a horn from which the riches of the world flowed. Now, from the fertile mind of John Carney, magicians have a new source of magical riches at their disposal. Within the pages of Carneycopia are taught the prized secrets of one of today's most creative and magical entertainers-John Carney. Here is the close-up of which he is proudest; magic that has won its creator the acclaim of his peers and the public alike. Each routine, trick and sleight is taught in painstaking detail. Here, waiting to amaze your audiences, is a compendium of close-up magic, formulated on the classic values of entertainment and baffling mystery. Written by Stephen Minch Hardbound 266 Pages and Fully Illustrated $40.00

Qty:	Item#13765 Digital Effects
	Joe Mogar's life's work and love for more than fifty years. Use props that fit in a single pocket to perform new effects that will fool and entertain several to several hundred. Thimbles are extraordinarily visual. They will appear, vanish, morph, change color, migrate and penetrate. This volume contains diabolically clever sleights, effects and methods, with dozens of ideas for how to introduce thimbles into your act. Routine Builder will even help you pull together a cohesive and flowing presentation that is visual, humorous, colorful and practical. The first and only comprehensive manual on thimble magic, it will take you from beginner to expert in 230-plus pages. $45.00