Brahams, Anthony: Rara Avis ©2006 Estate of Jack Avis, The Cairn Press, Norwich, U.K. Hardcover, w/dj, 220 pages

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Comments: Sixty Years of Magic from the Private Notebooks of Jack Avis. I'm not sure if the edition pictured at left contains the full contents or not.

Contents: (from hardcover book ToC)

7 Contents
13 Preface (Roy Walton)
14 Jack Avis (John Derris)
15 Introduction
16 Acknowledgement

17 Chapter One - Effects With Cards
18 Ace Routine Handling
20 Jack Avis' Notes on All Red
22 Another Call — From Another Place
24 Random Notes (Jack Avis)
25 Blind Choice
29 A Bridge Hand
30 Calculating Cards
32 The Card Between
33 Cards to Blanks with Signatures
34 Tip for Use with a Stacked Deck
35 A Change of Identity - Identity Crisis
37 Coincidence — Again
38 Thoughts on Vernon's Handling of the Ten Card Trick.
39 Colour Match
40 A Contrived Location
42 Court Card Spell
44 A Little Extra with the Multi-Spell
45 Diamond Cut Diamond-Variation
46 A Variation on the Diary Trick
47 Divination of Thought
48 A Dotty Location
49 Double Cross Cut Count Down
50 Double Cross Transpo
52 Turn and Take Bottom - a use for this
53 Envelope Prediction
53 Double Side Deal
54 Exchanged
55 Fake Memory Routine—Avis Handling
56 A Few Steps Further On
58 Flight Fantastique
63 Folded Card in Box (Kaps) — An Idea
64 Follow the Leader
65 Siva Follows his Leader
67 Follow the Leader — Again!
68 The French Reverse
70 The Fulves Problem
73 Jack Avis Ideas
74 Imp Bottle Idea
75 Hidden Power
76 The Hot Hand Test
77 The Houdini Card
79 Houdini's Unfinished Trick.
81 An Inside Straight
82 Isaac's Law
84 The Magic of Jack and Jill
85 The Jumping Aces
86 The Jumping Thought
87 I Knew that Hacker
88 Lie or Tell the Truth
90 Routine to Locate the Aces
92 Locate Four — Locate the One
92 Tell Me a Lie - Truth Will Out
93 Magic Bullet Effect
94 "Throw-In" Presentation
95 The Magic Card
96 Mental Control - Avis Routine
97 5 X 5 Mental Routine, A Handling
98 M.S. Poker Deal
99 Mechanical Second Elevator Aces
100 A Multiple Matching
101 The Mystery of X (Ten)
103 The Not So Friendly Giant
105 Oil and Water Again - Agai -Aga - Ag - A
106 An Oil and Water Move
107 Outside In
109 Perverse Card to Wallet Routine
110 Tips — Magic and Other!
111 The Old Q Card Trick
112 The "Professional" Cuts the Aces
113 Right Card — Wrong Colour
117 "Royal Triumph" (Jennings) - Avis Handling
118 Seven and Eleven Transpo
119 Shuffled Deck Poker Deal
119 Poker Demonstration
120 Simultwins
122 Siva's Aces
124 The Avis Multiple Glide
125 "Skullo" Handling
126 Table Reverse Location
127 Table Reverse Again
128 Thought Card Transposition
129 Tunnel Change
130 2-4-5-8 Find
132 Undercover Assembly
134 Who Wants Another Collectors?
135 No Fake Card in Balloon
136 Will the Cards Match? Variation
137 A Meeting With Jack Birnman

139 Chapter Two - Card Sleights, Subtleties and Other Artifices
140 An Idea for Adding a Card to the Top of the Deck
141 Bizarre Twist and A One Hand Twist
142 Diagonal Twist
143 To Control a Card to a Known Position
144 Centre Packet Switch
145 Centre Double Lift Variation
146 A Control
147 Ideas with a "Cutaway Deck"
148 Demo Deal
149 Double Flip Change
151 A Move with the Double Undercut
152 The Finger Clip Cull
154 Flip-Up Put Back Count, A Utility Move
158 A Discource on a Force Procedure
159 A Routine Using the Avis Double Knife Force
161 Thoughts on My Hindu Force Variation
162 Ideas for Forcing
162 A Method for the Cut and Stop Force
163 Another Force
164 The Magician Magazine - Jack Avis' Notes
167 Illogical False Cut a la Vernon
168 Use of a Key Card With Dribble Selection
168 A False Cut
169 Lace Through False Shuffle and Cut
170 Left Side Double Deal
171 Avis Handling for the Leipzig Pass
172 Technique for a Multiple Slip Cut
173 Some Thoughts on Old Card Routines
173 A Little Extra with the Multi-Spelling
174 A Placement Idea with the Master Move
176 Plot Idea for a Card Trick
176 Patter Lines
177 A Presentation
177 Spectator Learns a Trick
178 A Punch Deal that Isn't
179 Double Location
180 Riffle Shuffle Control
181 Siva's Switch
182 A Stack
183 A Switch Move
184 The Weave and Waterfall Bottom Palm
184 Table Edge Palm
185 Zarrow Shuffle Thoughts
186 A Zarrow Shuffle Setting-up Technique
187 A Zarrow Shuffle Tip
188 Historical Items and Magical Facts

190 Chapter Three — Effects without Cards
190 Count Dracula
191 The Last Straw
192 The Magnetic Straw
193 Message from Hades
196 Name that Tune
196 The Ghost Pen
197 A Tale of Two Slates
199 Scarab without a Brainwave
200 My List of Best Trouble-Free 'Workers'
201 Migratory Coins the "All Fair" Way
203 Four Coins under Cards - Opening Steal
204 No Pockets Stand-Up Routine for Siiver-Copper-Brass Transpo
206 Coin Box Idea
207 Triple Coin Penetration
210 Strip of Paper Tom in Half
211 Three Pellet Routine
212 Three Shell Game - Siva's Master Move
212 Rope and Rings Moves
213 Finger Ring Release
213 Ribbon and Ring — Avis Notes
214 Tom and Restored Banknote
216 Mike Skinner Lecture