Jack Avis & John Derris: Vis a Vis, A Jack Avis Book
Avis, Jack & John Derris: Vis a Vis, a Jack Avis Book
©1998 Kaufman and Co.
Hardcover, w/dj, 155 pages
Jack
              Avis & John Derris: Vis a Vis
Image courtesy eBay seller akwotoh

Comments: Illustrated by Earle Oakes

Contents (from book ToC, updated Jan 2022):

8 Introduction (Peter Warlock)
9 Foreword (Jack Avis)

11 Numisteria
11 Christmas Coin Vanish
13 Movie Coin Vanish
15 Namreg Coin Box Routine: Boston Box
18 Salute to Ramsay: Okito box
21 Gus 'n Jack Coin Trick (with Gus Davenport)
24 Two for the Flight of One
26 Avis Turnover

28 Card Technique
28 Dribble Top Palm
30 Swing Cut Bottom Palm
32 Double Undercut Bottom Palm
34 Thumb Clip Steal
36 Center Double Lift
40 Bonnie and Glide
42 Siva Hindu Force
44 Waterfall False Shuffle
46 Hugh's Cut
48 Avis Fan Switch
51 Siva Cut
52 - Ambitious Siva Takes the Count

54 Gambling Ways
54 Alaskan Poker
56 Auto Deck
58 Flipping Swindle
60 Mystery of Elliott's Last Legacy
64 Variations on Scarne's Runup System
66 Nu Way Shell Game: using cards
69 Pinochle Caper
70 Weight Lifter

72 Bullet Bits
72 Chosen Ace Through The Table
75 Hofzinser Ace Trick
78 Flash Ace Production
80 Siva's Ace Cut

83 PSI Games
83 Change in Handling
84 Sport Detector
86 Folding Numbers
88 Poker Chip Psi
91 Chance in Four
93 Impromptu Auto Cue
95 Spirit Detection
98 Spooky Time
100 All Fair Predict-O-Matic
102 Queen Tells All
103 - Avis Deal Switch
104 Tupax Into One
106 Predicted Stopping Plalce
108 Three to Die
110 Magical Sucuba
112 Cards of Pegasus
115 Slate of Hand

118 Master Plots
118 Hole In the Table
123 Rara Avis Card Stab
127 Wishing Envelope
129 - The Wishing Envelope
129 - The Dissected Joker
130 - Transposed Marlo Reverse
131 O-Connor Caper (with Billy O'Connor)
133 Hotel '81
135 So Fair Card/Cigarette Transpo
137 Userful Jokers

140 Wild and Woolly
140 Safety Cut
143 Cuball: sponge ball
145 Houdini Ring
148 Escape from Ellis: Ellis ring off cord
151 Loops Entwined



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