Stelzel, Christian (Magic Christian): Non Plus Ultra Vol II: Hofzinser's Card Artistry, Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser ©2013 Magic Christian, Stephen Minch, Conjuring Arts Research Center; Published by Hermetic Press, Inc. Hardcover, no dj, 469 pages ISBN: 978-0-945296-79-9

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Comments: Translated from the German by Dave Shepherd. German edition copyright 2004 by Edition Volker Huber, Offenbach am Main, Magic Christian, Vienna. Limited edition cloth bound set of 2 volumes, in a deluxe cloth bound slipcase (900 sets produced). Volume II: "Hofzinser's Legendary Card Magic. His Techniques of Presentation, Manipulation and Other Refinements."

Contents (courtesy Evan Shuster, magicbooks.be):

11 Foreword

13 1. Introduction
16 1.1 Hofzinser, The Man, And The Hofzinser Salon
20 1.2 On Hofzinser's Card Magic
20 1.3 On The Performance Of The Tricks
23 1.4 Card Techniques Used By Hofzinser
25 1.5 His Theories And Principles
29 1.6 Hofzinser's Playing Cards

33 2. Hofzinser's Card Technique
33 2.1 The Hofzinser Pass (The Herrmann Pass)
36 2.2 The Half Pass
38 2.3 Hofzinser's Top Change
41 2.4 The Hofzinser Bottom Change
44 2.5 The Packet Top Change
46 2.6 Hofzinser's Bottom Palm
48 2.7 The Hofzinser Card Control
50 2.8 The Under-The-Spread Force – “Touché”
53 2.9 The Classic Force, Showing The Backs Of The Cards, With The Gaze
55 2.10 The Glance Force, Showing The Faces Of The Cards
57 2.11 The Dealing Force, Using The Gaze
58 2.12 The “On-Top” Shuffle
60 2.13 The Two-Card Flourish Toss

65 3. Gimmicks And Gaffed Cards
65 3.1 Double-Faced Cards
69 3.2 Divided Cards
71 3.3 Transparent Cards
74 3.4 Double-Backed Cards
75 3.5 The Sewn Deck (Or Electric Deck)
80 3.6 Hofzinser's Flap Card (Torn-Corner Card)
82 3.7 The Card Box
88 3.8 The Sorting Case (Card Index)
91 3.9 The Metal Tray As A Card Index
94 3.10 The Leaping-Card Mechanism
95 3.11 Hofzinser's Card Purse
97 3.12 The Rough And Smooth Principle Not Hofzinser's

99 4. Card Tricks Without Trick Cards
99 4.1 The Eleventh Card, Or Thought Association
105 4.2 Equal Thoughts
109 4.3 The Thought, Or Idea Association
111 4.4 The Four Aces
117 4.5 The Four Eights
123 4.6 The Card Transformed In Flight
127 4.7 The Sympathetic Numbers
130 4.8 The Sympathetic Card Numbers

133 5. Card Tricks With Prepared Cards
133 5.1 The Omnipotence Of Women
144 5.2 The Power Of Faith
154 5.3 The Four Kings
162 5.4 Everywhere And Nowhere
172 5.5 Everywhere And Nowhere With Expanded Ending
181 5.6 Warning Against Games Of Chance
183 5.7 Think And Forget
191 5.8 Coeur Mariage
199 5.9 The Feeling, Or The Change Of Thought
205 5.10 The Ace Of Hearts – The Lonely Card
210 5.11 The Queen Of Hearts
215 5.12 Three Thoughts

219 6. Card Tricks With Stacked Or Prepared Decks
219 6.1 Three Is One, Or Count Cards Differently
224 6.2 The Wonderful Deck
231 6.3 The Thoughts, Or The Thought
237 6.4 The Forced Thought – First Version
244 6.5 The Forced Thought – Second Version
248 6.6 La Pensée Forcée Quand Même

257 7. Card Tricks In Combination With Other Objects
257 7.1 The Flying Thought
259 7.2 The Picture Of Saphir, Or Winter And Summer
264 7.3 The Three Powers – Winter And Summer
281 7.4 The Card Mirror
284 7.5 The Improved Card Mirror
287 7.6 The Vanished King
290 7.7 The Insoluble Impromptu
295 7.8 The Little Rose Pot
298 7.9 The Card Automaton
302 7.10 The Card Case, Or The Lonely Card
305 7.11 The Rising Card, Or The Magnetized Cards
309 7.12 The Card Star
312 7.13 The Card Sword

317 8. The Card Études
317 8.1 The Sewn Deck
324 8.2 Diminishing Cards
328 8.3 The Growing Cards
331 8.4 The Magnetic Cards
336 8.5 The Card Bridge
338 8.6 The Obedient Or Flying Card

341 Titles Of Card Tricks From Hofzinser's Program That Lack Existing Manuscripts
341 9.1 Original Theme With Variations
342 9.2 Étude D’Art Brillant
342 9.3 Magic In The Form Of Poetry
343 9.4 T5he Memory
345 9.5 The Magnetic Card – Second Version
346 9.6 Changements
348 9.7 Equal Rights
351 9.8 The Oracle Of The Turkish Women In The Harem In The Night Of The Second Beiram Festival
354 9.9 The Office Manager And The Intern
355 9.10 The Invisible Pass

357 10. Tricks Alleged By Ottokar Fischer To Be Hofzinser's And Their Solutions
358 10.1 Suit Selection
361 10.2 The Transformed Aces
367 10.3 The Cigar Case
368 10.4 The Mysterious King Of Spades
371 10.5 The Five Transformed Cards
373 10.6 Carte Blanche
375 10.7 The Magic Finger Ring
379 10.8 The Strange Match
382 10.9 Card And Banknote
383 10.10 Card And Handkerchief
387 10.11 Card And Clock
390 10.12 The Magical Separation
393 10.13 The Flower Mystery
395 10.14 Card Throwing
398 10.15 Rübezahl
400 10.16 The Calling Card
403 10.17 The Lansquenets’ Game
404 10.18 The Mysterious Card

407 11. Card Tricks Attributed To Hofzinser That Neither Appeared In His Manuscripts Or Programs, Nor Were Discussed By Ottokar Fischer
407 11.1 Professor Hofzinser's Secret
408 11.2 Prof. Hofzinser's Last Thought
409 11.3 Hofzinser's Divination Of Three Selected Cards
412 11.4 The “Hofzinser” Five-Way Transforming Card
413 11.5 Mysteries Of A Card According To Dr. Hofzinser
414 11.6 Hofzinser's Four-Ace Trick

415 12. A Collection Of Witticisms By Hofzinser Regarding His Card Tricks

419 13. Hofzinser's Tricks In The Literature Before 1910 And Through 1942
419 13.1 R. P.: Ein Spiel Karten
419 13.2 J. N. Ponsin: Nouvelle Magie Blanche Dévoilée, Physique Et Cours Complet De Prestidigitation
419 13.3 Carlo Nizzini: Magie Im Salon
420 13.4 F.Galliem: Eine Stunde Der Täuschung Oder Das Ganze Der Zauberei
420 13.5 Prof Hoffmann (Angelo Lewis): Modern Magic
420 13.6 Herrmann Davini: Catalog
421 13.7 Klingl Company: Catalogs
422 13.8 Rudolf Marian: Das Ganze Der Salonmagie
423 13.9 Rudolf Marian: Das Buch Der Kartenkünste
423 13.10 Carl Willmann: Die Zauberwelt
424 13.11 F. W. Conradi: Der Zauberspiegel
424 13.12 Carl Willmann Company: Catalogs
425 13.13 F. W. Conradi: Der Moderne Kartenkünstler
425 13.14 F. W. Conradi And Eduard Hensel: Der Vortrag Des Zauberers
426 13.15 A. Roterberg: New Era Card Tricks
426 13.16 F. W. Conradi: Der Kartenkünstler Im Xx. Jahrhundert
426 13.17 F. W. Conradi: Magisches Allerei
426 13.18 F. W. Conradi: Démonstrations Mystérieuses
427 13.19 Conradi-Horster: Catalog
427 13.20 F. W. Conradi: Der Tausendkünstler – Im Reiche Der Wunder
427 13.21 F. W. Conradi: Der Zauberkünstler Auf Der Höhe Der Kunst
427 13.22 Georg Mayer: Catalog “Zum Zauberkönig”
428 13.23 Harry Houdini: The Conjurers’ Monthly Magazine
428 13.24 T. Nelson Downs: The Art Of Magic
428 13.25 Ottokar Fischer: J. N. Hofzinser – Kartenkünste
430 13.26 Henry Hatton And Adrian Plate: Magicians’ Tricks: How They Are Done
430 13.27 F. W. Conradi: Im Banne Des Zauberkreises
430 13.28 Carl Willmann: Catalogs
431 13.29 Will Goldston: Modern Card Tricks Without Apparatus
431 13.30 Magie: Zeitschrift Des Magischen Zirkels Von Deutschland
431 13.31 F. W. Conradi: Wunder Der Kartenkünst
432 13.32 The Sphinx
432 13.33 Klingl Company: Catalog
433 13.34 Ottokar Fischer: Das Wunderbuch Der Zauberkünst
434 13.35 S. H. Sharpe: Hofzinser's Card Conjuring
434 13.36 Ottokar Fischer: Aus 1 Mach 10
434 13.37 Ottokar Fischer: J. N. Hofzinser – Zauberkünste
436 13.38 Richard Hatch: [I] The Magic Of J/ N/ Hofzinser

437 14. Overview Of Extant Manuscripts On Hofzinser From Various Collections
437 14.1 Library Of Congress Collection, Washington D.C.
442 14.2 Volker Huber Collection, Offenback, Germany
445 14.3 Lurz Family Collection, Munich
447 14.4 Peter Schuster Collection, Berlin
449 14.5 David Copperfield Collection, Las Vegas
450 14.6 Wiener Stadt – Und Landesbibliothek
450 14.7 Wiener Stadt – Und Landesarchiv
450 14.8 Magic Christian Collection, Vienna
451 14.9 Other Collections

455 15. Afterword

457 16. List Of Referenced Literature

461 17. Index Of Names

465 18. List Of Images

469 19. Image Sources