Klayder, Jim: Watch Closely
©1978 Jim Klayder, Appearance Press, Kansas City, MO
Softcover, saddle-stitched, 5.5x8.5", 83 pages
Watch Closely!
Image courtesy eBay seller RaolsonMagic
Jim Klayder: Watch Closely

Comments: Good close-up magic collection.

Contents (from book):

3 Preface
4 Close Up Mat

5 Cards
6 Color Change Sequence
8 Hemingway Aces: Aces Move One At A Time From One Pile To Another
11 A Bullet For The Cowboys: 4 Aces Turn To 4 Ace Of Spadesthen To Kings
13 Side Steal Technique
15 Surprise: Card Opener Using Side Steal
16 Victory: Version Of Triumph
18 The Blank Card: Changes To Selection
22 Faro Fall: Waterfall Shuffle Discovery
24 Fair Earl Control: Peeked Card, To Top Of Deck
24 Two Card Faro Control: Two Peeked Cards Come To The Top Of The Deck

25 Coins
26 The Opener: Magicians And Spectators Chinese Coins Change To Halves
28 Follow Up: Spectators Coin Changes Back
30 Spellbound Variation: Another Coin Change
32 The Improved Opener: Another Approach
33 Big Penny: Intro
33 It Shrinks Ii: Big Penny To Small
34 Coin-Glomeration: Series Of Coin Effects
34 - 1 Copper, Brass, And Silver Transposition
35 - 2 Opener Variation
36 - 3 In The Box
39 - 4 Up My Sleeve
40 - 5 Copper/Silver Transposition
41 - 6 Clean Up

43 Potpourri
44 Sponge Ball Routine
47 Impromptu Cigarette: Borrowed Lit Cigarette Routine
49 Color Changing Knives: Uses Two Gimmicked Knives With One Color In Common, And A Set Of Mini "Smash Climax" Knives
53 Dice Routine: Color Change, Grows, And Mini Dice
55l Aser Beam: Idea For Commercial Effect
55 Ideas For The Card Warp:
56 Cut And Restored String: Done Twice
58 Locked: Safety Pin Trick

61 Adaptations
62 Let's Twist Again: More On Twisting The Aces
63 Rrf Revisted: Derek Dingle's The Regal Royal Flush
64 The Ambitious Card: Quick Routine
64 Coins Across: Alternate To Part Of Coin Glomeration

65 Philosophy
66 How Can I Become A Restaurant Magician
72 Restaurant Magic By Pockets The Clown

77 Cabaret
78 Coins To Glass
80 Burnt And Restored Dollar Bill
82 Cards To Pocket


Previous