Hull, R.W., Paul Gordon (editor): The
Complete Eye-Openers ©2006 Natzler Enterprises, U.K. Softcover, saddle-stitched, 8x10", 95 pages ISBN: 0955058767 |
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Comments: "An Unsurpassed Collection of Card Tricks". Comprising Eye-Openers and More Eye-Openers, plus R.W. Hull's Supreme Mental Discernment.
Contents (from book ToC):
2 Publisher's Note (Paul Gordon)
3 A Ticket To Crooksville (Jon Racherbaumer)
7 Eye-Openers Foreword (Ralph Hull)
8 Mental Abstraction or Cards by Instinct: Magician with cards
behind his back produces mate of every card the spectator presents
11 Hull's 'Eye Popper": any card selected by spectator pops to the
top of the deck
15 Hull's Marvelous Card Prediction: 3 selections are predicted,
two methods provided
22 Topsv Turvy Cards: full routine of card tricks
28 Magic Number Revealment: magician determines how many of a
packet of 13 cards were counted
29 A Mental Card Mystery: magician determines spectators card
selection; top-change
30 A Trick Exposed But How?: while showing how a color change was
performed, card vanishes to pocket
32 Single Card Wonder Prediction: spectator seems to perform the
trick, uses marked cards
33 A False Shuffle:
34 A Surprising Solitaire: in a demonstration of Solitaire, all
the cards are spelled
39 More Eye-Openers Introduction (John Northern Hilliard)
41 Valuable Card Sleights: the Glide, Optical Shuffle, Top Change,
etc.
46 Diamond Thieves and Blackmailers: a Four Ace trick with three
surprise endings
49 The Simplicity Four Ace Trick
50 The "Will-o'-the-Wisp" Card: thought of card vanishes and
appears face up in the deck
53 Any Deck Read From the Card Backs: using Eight Kings setup
57 The Jumping Jacks: Jacks transpose with three indifferent cards
60 Magic Touch Versus Mental Thought: magician removes one card
and places it in his pocket, which turns out to be selection
62 The Elusive Jack: impromptu Two Card Monte
64 Hull's "Magic Picture Book" Deck: deck changes to all backs, to
all reds, to double faces, and back again, uses a relatively new,
stacked deck
69 Magic Number Kevealment, Improved: improvement for trick from
previous book
70 Hull"s "Never Miss" Card Trick: card found at any number called
with repeat and apparent failure
73 Which Card Left?: Two Card Monte with Jumbo Cards
74 The New Tom and Restored Card: signed card
80 Birds of a Feather Flock Together: similar to Vernon's Picture
Puzzle
85 Supreme Mental Discernment: Performer is able to name any card spectator mentally selects and no questions asked
95 Last Word (Paul Gordon)