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Collected Card Notes by Justin Higham Price: £25/$48 Add postage: £3.00 inland/$8.00 surface

This work on advanced card magic contains sleights and effects for the discerning amateur and professional card magician. See below for a full list of contents. CLICK HERE FOR CONTENTS OF COLLECTED CARD NOTES ---oooOOOooo---

Clairvoyant and Related Effects by Justin Higham Price: £12.50/$25.00 Add postage: £1.80 inland/$5.00 surface

In the early 1950s, Bob Hummer caused a stir with his rendition of 'Think-a-Card' called 'Mind-Reader's Dream', in which a card merely thought of was discovered without any questions asked.  It's drawback - a fairly complex dealing procedure and a book of tables consulted by the magician - inspired many card magicians to seek streamlined methods. Three decades later Justin Higham devised a method for the Hummer effect in which the dealing procedure was greatly simiplified and the book of tables eliminated.  This provides the basis for this new study of 'Clairvoyant' and related effects, including Marlo's seminal 'Mental Topper': an effect where not only is a thought-of card produced, but also its three 'mates'. The present ms. complements, and further examines themes previously studied in, Jon Racherbaumer's 2004 ms., Dreamwork: Minding the Mindreader's Dream. 66 pages, over 50 variations on 'Clairvoyant', 'Mind-Reader's Dream', and 'Mental Topper'. CLICK HERE FOR CONTENTS OF CLAIRVOYANT AND RELATED EFFECTS ---oooOOOooo---

The Illogical Dribble Force by Justin Higham £10/$20 Add postage: £1.80 inland/$5.00 surface

‘Someday, perhaps, the average performer will have at his disposal many...near perfect tricks devoid of illogical action and designed for...intelligent audiences.’ – Paul Curry, The Phoenix. There is, of course, illogicality and illogicality. Actions which are illogical from an effect viewpoint are, naturally, to be shunned. But there are certain moves which, although illogical or discrepant, pass by unnoticed. Examples include the Tenkai Optical Revolve, Through-the-Fist Turnover, Flushtration Count, Olram Subtlety, So-Simple Force, and Jay Ose False Cut. In this treatise on the Illogical Dribble Force, Justin Higham explains a method for forcing one or more cards from either a face-down or face-up deck. Although illogical, the move is easy, casual, and visually deceptive, and can be done in an instant with no get-ready. Contents include: The Basic Move, Face-Up IDF, IDF Aces, IDF Count-Down, Return of the Pseuds, Ambitious Estimation, IDF Ace Production 1 & 2, Illogical Prefiguration (Baker), Illogical Hofzinser (Baker), Palm-Replacement IDF, Casual Palm-Replacement IDF (Baker), Double-Sided IDF, IDF Plus Tabled Double, Illogical Ace-Cutting, Illogical Dribble Control, IDF Sandwich, IDF Key-Card Placement, IDF Predicted Indicator, IDF Predicted Sandwich 1, 2 & 3, Pseudo IDF 1 & 2, IDF Plus Ace Switch-Out/In, Illogical Acid-Jazz Aces, and Equivocal Acid-Jazz Aces. 20 pages, 15 photos, saddle-stitched with light card covers and illustrative cover design. CLICK HERE FOR CONTENTS OF THE ILLOGICAL DRIBBLE FORCE ---oooOOOooo---

Tricks with the Side-Faro False Shuffle by Justin Higham £5/$10 This is a pdf e-book not a hard-copy book

This pdf e-book explains over 15 effects using the Side-Faro False Shuffle.  This newly-released electronic edition contains new and updated material.  An explanation of the Side-Faro False Shuffle is included in the text.   This item comes in a password-protected pdf format.  (Purchaser's own name will be used for the password.) CLICK HERE FOR CONTENTS OF TRICKS WITH THE SFFS ---oooOOOooo---

Expansions and Notes on Expansions by Justin Higham £3/$6 These are pdf e-books not hard-copy books

The Expansions pdf e-book explains 15 effects, sleights, and ideas, including 'The Money Eater', a coin-and-sponge routine where coins are inserted inside sponges, sponges inside coins, and even coins inside other coins (based on a Gordon Bruce effect), and 'Crossover Coins' (as originally commended by Jeff Busby in a review), a sleight-free, no-palming copper/silver routine for use at the table (no lapping).   Also included is the Step Double Undercut, a finessed handling of the standard move, which gives the illusion of burying the selection somewhere below the centre of the deck while actually controlling it.   This new electronic edition is a pdf scan of the original, illustrated booklet.  Other than a digitally modified cover and title page, the scanned images are reproductions of the original pages from the booklet.   Notes on Expansions contains several additional ideas, notes, and corrections, and comes with the main book. CLICK HERE FOR CONTENTS OF EXPANSIONS ---oooOOOooo---

Bobby Bernard Lecture by Bobby Bernard £7/$14 Add postage: £1.80 inland/$5.00 surface

I have a very limited number of these lecture notes from Bobby Bernard.  They include a form of sleeve holdout for vanishing coins and other objects, two wand spins, Himber Vanish, Himber/Bernard Change, Purse Palm, Chanin Drop Vanish, Coin Card [requires one of those Jarrow/Sterling Card Coins with the index of a playing card punched through the middle, plus a shell], Knife or Paddle Change, Chanin Knife Change, A Surefire Turnover [Bernard method for an in-the-hands 'air-pressure' turnover of top card], Finger Tip Folly [vanish of two coins], and Bernard Handling of the Downs Coin Star.   These are among Bobby Bernard's 'stock' items, and are unreservedly recommended by myself and other Bernard students.   Please note that these notes have (a) been kept in storage for many years and are not in good condition, and (b) they have been very roughly photocopied and the text is faint in some places (though still readable).   10 pages, A4, corner stapled, and fully illustrated by David Britland. ---oooOOOooo---

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