Marlo, Ed & N.C. Colwell (editor): The Final Cut ©2022 Magic, Inc., Chicago, IL Hardcover, w/dj, 312 pages ISBN 978-0-9729263-9-3 Was also available in a deluxe leather-bound edition

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Comments: From Magic Inc., "Spanning more than thirty different published sources released from 1941-1974, it covers hundreds of tricks, moves, routines, subtleties, musings, and thought problems. Not only does this volume compile thirteen distinct books, but it also reprints his contributions from a myriad of other publications—magazines to books to newsletters...Compiled and edited by N. C. Colwell with more than 300 endnotes and notations providing historical, literary, and clarifying context and foreword and remembrance by two of Ed Marlo’s most prominent students—Jon Racherbaumer and Allan Ackerman."

Contents (from book ToC):

1 Introduction (N.C. Colwell)
4 Remembering Eddie (Allan Ackerman)
6 Foreword (Jon Racherbaumer)

9 PART ONE: BOOKS
 
11 Chapter 1 - Card Fan Productions (1941)
11 Introduction
13 The Instruction
12 - Producing Multiple Fans of Cards
15 - Sample Routine
15 A Bad Technique
17 Types of Cards–One
17 Types of Hands
17 Types of Cards–Two
17 The Hat Steal (Mort Abrams)
18 Painted Card (Hank Nowoc)
18 The Card Clip
18 A Net for Catching the Cards
19 Two Types of Fans
19 Gloved Productions
20 Hand Care

21 Chapter 2 - Deck Deception (1942)
21 Foreword
21 Double Vanish and Recovery
22 - Casanova Card Trick (Martin Gardner, Ed Marlo)
23 - Marlo’s Double Vanish and Recovery
25 Torn Deck Mystery
27 A Good Number
28 Number Transpo
28 Marlo’s Running Cut
29 Marlo’s Lessinout System of Cull and Stock Shuffles
29 - Lessinout Cull
30 - Lessinout Stack
31 The Spy
32 Divining Hanky
33 Marlo’s Card to Card Case
34 The Magical Gambler
35 And in Conclusion…

36 Chapter 3 - Future Reverse (1945)
37 First Method
39 Second Method
39 Center Reverse/Future Reverse
41 Method Three
43 Method Four
43 Method Five
44 Method Six
44 The Bonus Effect

45 Chapter 4 - Havana Deal (1948)
46 First Method
48 Second Method
48 Third Method

49 Chapter 5 - A Devilish Miracle (Ed Marlo, Carmen D’Amico; 1948)
49 First Method
52 Second Method

54 Chapter 6 - Ed Marlo’s Lecture Notes (1951)
55 Sudden Aces
56 Cutting the Aces Routine
56 Ace Opener
57 Cardician Makes Good
57 Follow the Leader
58 Mr. Black Comes Back

60 Chapter 7 - The Future Classic (Ed Marlo, Carmen D’Amico; 1953)
60 A Future Classic
62 - Card Addition (Fred Braue)
63 - Turnover Change
67 - Hit Method
69 - Left Hand Palm/Dealing Position Palm/Future Classic Palm
70 - Summary
70 Streamlined Classic
74 Comedy Classic
76 Final Observations
76 - Alternate Set-Up
76 - Alternate Count One
77 - Alternate Count Two
77 - Glide Double Handling
 
79 Chapter 8 - The Magic Seven (1954)
79 Magical Seven
79 - Phase One
84 - Phase Two
84 -- The Glide
86 - Phase Three
89 - Phase Four
92 - Phase Five
92 - Summary
94 Opening Phase
94 - Alternate Methods
94 The Climax Phase
94 - Alternate Methods

96 Chapter 9 - Classical Foursome (Ed Marlo, Carmen D’Amico; 1956)
96 Foreword
96 A Classical Quickie
97 - First Method
98 - Second Method
98 - Third Method
99 - Fourth Method
99 - Fifth Method
99 - Sixth Method
99 - Seventh Method
100 -- The Open Reverse
101 - Eighth Method
101 - Ninth Method
101 - Tenth Method
102 The D’Amico Spread
103 Doubly Ambitious
105 Chameleon Queens
108 Marlo-Curry Change
110 Double Transpositions
110 - The Repeat
111 - Straight Presentation
111 Combination
112 Marlo Pivot Spread
112 - Basic Principle
112 - First
113 - Second
113 - Third
113 - Fourth
113 - Fifth
114 - Sixth
114 - Note on Sixth Method
114 - Triple Pivot Spread

116 Chapter 10 - Marlo Meets His Match (1959)
116 Foreword
117 Matcho
117 - Matcho Methods I-VI
121 Matcho Notes
121 - Variation of the Method II
121 - Possible Stage Presentation
122 - Matcho II—Single Deck Version
122 Marlo-Curry Change Variation
122 Double Thought—Single Deck
122 - Stooge Version
123 - The Exchange Version
123 - The Key Card Version–First Version
124 - he Key Card Version–Second Version
125 - Memory Version
125 Red and Blue—Spectator Coincidence
126 Double Coincidence
127 More Matchos
127 - Matcho Methods VII-IX
129 Double Thought and Two Billets
131 Gaffed Matcho
131 - First Method
133 - Second Method
133 Marked Matcho
134 Unmarked Matcho
135 Memory Matcho
136 The Fake Change

138 Chapter 11 - The K. M. Move (Ed Marlo, Tony Kardyro; 1962)
138 Introduction
139 The K.M. Move—Forward Fingering Action
139 Two Closing Actions
140 Reverse Fingering Action
140 Reversal Effect
140 Card Face-Up, Deck Face-Down
141 Righting a Reversed Card
141 Multiple Cards, Forward Fingering Action
141 Foreshadowing Later Ideas
141 Multiple Cards, Reverse Fingering Action
142 Multiple Out/Multiple Turnover Cleanup
142 Off the Face Changes
143 Ambitious Routine
144 Further Applications of the Reverse Fingering Action with K. M. Move
144 - All Alike Count
144 - The Transposition
145 Use of the K. M. Move in Devilish Miracle
146 K.M. Move Follow Up Aces
146 Another Exchange Procedure
147 The Four Ace and Four King Transposition
148 K.M. Move with the Peek
148 K.M. Move as a Passer
148 - First Idea
149 - Second Idea
149 - Packet Handling
149 Second Handling of K. M. Move
149 - Multiple Card Steal
150 The K.M. Move Force
150 Ace Producer
151 The K.M. Move Brush Change
152 Appearing and Disappearing Selections
153 Technical Variations of the K. M. Move
153 - First Variation
153 - Second Variation
154 - The Fan Method
154 Conclusions and Recollections

157 Chapter 12 - Tilt! (1962)
157 Foreword
158 More Bluff Shifts
158 - For One Card - Added Ideas
159 - Bluff Shift to the Top or at Any Number from the Top
160 - Bluff Shift to the Bottom or Any Number from the Bottom
161 - Bluff Shift and Palm Off
161 - Flexible Bluff Shift
162 -- D’Amico’s Idea (Carmen D’Amico)
162 - Front End Tilt
163 Mental Elimination
163 Effects with Figure Three
163 - First Effect—Rising Thought
164 - Second Effect—Quick Acembly
164 - Third Effect—4 and 4 Transposition
165 - Fourth Effect—Trapped
166 - Fifth Effect—The Pincers
166 -- Tilt Subtlety (Charles Aste, Jr.)
167 - Sixth Effect—Gathering of the Clan
168 - Seventh Effect—Surprise
168 - Ambitious Card Sequence
169 Add to Effects with Figure Three
169 - Eighth Effect—Another Classical Quickie
169 - Ninth Effect—Aces to Pocket
170 - Tenth Effect—The Prediction (Open or Closed)
170 - Eleventh Effect—Do as I Do
172 More Effects with Figure Three
172 - Twelfth Effect—The Tilted Transposition
173 - Thirteenth Effect—The Criss Cross Transposition
174 - Fourteenth Effect—The Tilt Stab
175 - Fifteenth Effect—The Tilt Sandwich
175 -- Alternative Handlings for The Tilt Sandwich
176 New Effects
176 - Sixteenth Effect—Tilt Doubly Ambitious
176 - Seventeenth Effect—Tilted Aces
176 - Eighteenth Effect—Tilt Addition
177 - Nineteenth Effect—Numbered Tilt
177 - Twentieth Effect—Tilted Dunbury
178 - Twenty-First Effect—Tilted Classical Quickie
178 - Twenty-Second Effect—Visible Tilt
180 - Roger Klause Fake Center Deal (Roger Klause)
180 - Neal Elias Tilt Contribution (Neal Elias)

182 Chapter 13 - Marlo's Objectives (1973)
182 First Objective
185 Second Objective
186 Third Objective–Re-positioning Spread
187 Fourth Objective–Four Card Location
188 Fifth Objective–In-and-Out-Jogging Cull
190 Sixth Objective
191 Seventh Objective
194 Loose Ends
195 Alternated Red & Black Shuffles
195 For Faro Shuffler Only

PART TWO: EXCERPTS (note: the table of contents doesn't list page numbers for this section)
  
Chapter 14 - STEELE & LEECH
52 Amazing Card Tricks (W. F. (Rufus) Steele; 1949)
- Double Thought
For Card Men Only (Al Leech; 1949)
- Aces Up (Ed Marlo and Al Leech)
Manipulating with Leech (Al Leech; 1952)
- Ace-King à la Marlo

Chapter 15 - IRELAND’S YEARBOOK
The Ireland Yearbook for 1950 (1950)
- Card Telepathy de Luxe (James Auer with Ed Marlo)
Ireland’s Yearbook for 1954 (1954)
- The Royal Assembly (Del Ray and Ed Marlo)
Ireland’s Yearbook for 1955 (1955)
- Bluff Ace Assembly
Ireland’s Yearbook 1959 (1959)
- Tabled Bottom Placement
-- Four Suggested Uses
Ireland’s Yearbook for 1961 (1962)
- The Master Position
- Transferring the Cards
- The Pivot Palm
-- Palm Pivot Transfer
- Pivot Palm Replacements--Three Methods
- Reversing the Cards--Three Methods
- The Spread Pass
- To Place the Card During the Spread Pass
- Multiple Spread Pass
- Nine Notes
Ireland’s Yearbook for 1962 (1962)
- Technicolor Prediction
- Impromptu Technicolor Prediction--Four Methods
- Alternative Presentation for Technicolor Prediction
--Six Versions

Chapter 16 - THE NEW PHOENIX
The New Phoenix #329 – The Ed Marlo Issue (August 20, 1955)
- Interview with Ed Marlo (Jay Marshall with Ed Marlo)
- Card Miracles from 1949
-- Throw In Location
--- Card Stab—Two Methods
-- Automatic Placement
---Six Applications
The New Phoenix #334 (December 12, 1955)
- Challenge to You from Edward Marlo (Jay Marshall)
The New Phoenix #338 —Ed Marlo Tells All! (1956)
- Real Gone Aces
- Additional Notes on Real Gone Aces
-- Swindle Aces Ideas
- For Use in Real Gone Aces - Ace Layout
- The Separating Aces--Three Methods
- Notes on the Mislide
- The New Elevator-Four Methods
- Vanishing Aces Theory
- Aces & Deuces
The New Phoenix #339 (1956)
- Case Card Again
The New Phoenix #346 (July 20, 1957)
- Six Card Repeat Climax
The New Phoenix #374 (November 1962)
- Marlo’s False Cut on Table
- Marlo’s Lengthwise Spread
The New Phoenix #375 (December 1962)
- The Open Travelers
-- Add a Subtlety for Open Travelers

Chapter 17 - IRELAND’S CARD ANNUAL
1956 Card Annual (1956)
- The Switchless Switch
-- First Effect
-- Second Effect
-- Third Effect
-- Additional Technique for the Switchless Switch
1957 Card Annual (1958)
- Marlo’s Hofzinser
-- For the Purists
-- Additional Climax to Marlo’s Hofzinser
- The Buckle Break
- Marlo Bottom Count
 
Chapter 18 - IRELAND’S TRICK TALK
Ireland’s Trick Talk Vol. 1 No. 1 (May-June 1957)
- Marlo’s Card Quiz: Spur of the Moment
Ireland’s Trick Talk Vol. 1 No. 2 (July-August 1957)
- Marlo’s Card Quiz: Out of Your Hands

Chapter 19 - KID STUFF
Kid Stuff 5 (1974)
- Entertaining Kids with Cards

Afterword (N.C. Colwell)
Appendix
Index