Jamy Ian Swiss: The Magic of Johnny Thompson Vol 2
Swiss, Jamy Ian; Johnny Thompson: The Magic of Johnny Thompson Volume II
©2013 Magicana, Ontario, Canada
Hardcover, no dj, 324 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9878686-6-4 (set)
Jamy Ian Swiss: The Magic of Johnny Thompson Volulme
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Image courtesy Potter Auctions

Comments: Edited by David Ben and Karl Johnson. Design and Photos by Julie Eng. Part of a Two volume set in slipcover. Volume 1 is listed here separately.

Contents (from book):

9 Foreword, Learning From the Master (Lance Burton)
11 Introduction, My Mentor (Levent)

15 The Cups and Balls: requires cups that can balance 3 balls on a cup, with another cup nested over them
18 Cups
18 Loads
19 Prologue
20 Max Malini Phase
25 Pop Krieger Phase
28 Dai Vernon Phase
29 Jamy Ian Swiss Final Load Sequence
32 Danny Dew Final Vanish
34 Jacob Daley Finale
35 Vernon's Pseudo-Exposure

41 More Coin Magic
43 Presto Chango: copper and silver routine with changes and transpo
49 The Golden Coin: coin turns to gold
51 Coin in the Bottle

57 Dai Vernon
59 Expert Vernons Variant: cards
69 Cutting the Aces
75 Copper Silver Transposition: no gimmicks
31 Dai Vernon’s Magic Castle Act: sequence of effects outlined and discussed, not detailed

85 Color-Changing Knives: using two gaffed knives
88 Handling and Performance
90 The Smash Climax

95 Even More Cards
97 The Five Senses: location of five cards, each by one of the five senses
107 Card on the Seat
113 Quadruple Coincidence
119 Grippos Card to Envelope
127 The Genii Stop Trick
131 The Scoot: seated alternative to standing Topit Deck Switch
135 Ravelli Meets Rix: prediction routine
141 Parrish the Thought: double card stab
147 Lazy Man’s Card Trick

155 Mentalism
157 The Koran Medallion: prediction matches numbers on a medallion
163 Polish Epic: three part prediction using just index cards, sketch pad and four color markers
171 The Pump Deck: card mind reading, using a special deck, and a version with a regular deck

179 Illusions
181 The Color-Changing Dress
183 The Transformation Tunnel: assistant changes to a different person in a tube instantly
185 The Trunk Trick: advice and touches to Johnny's comedy Metamorphosis trunk
189 The JT Asrah: assistant rises on a plate glass platform and vanishes in the air

191 The Great Tomsoni & Co:
193 The Act: history and act described
204 - Construction
211 On Birds
215 Pockets and Principles: Dove steals and more
229 Wings of Warsaw: silk to Dove
233 Unprepared Serpentine Silk: silk unknots itself
237 Color-Changing Silk
243 Color-Changing Dove
247 Multiple Dove Vanish
253 Paper to Parakeet

255 The Trade Show Act
257 The Act: described
259 Sample Script: demonstrating application of magic to the product promotion
271 The Opener: See the Cups and Balls routine in Vol II
273 Miniature Invisible Deck
279 Micro-Macro: a regular and miniature card effect
283 Triumph
293 Signed Card to Miniature Card Box
299 The Johnny Thompson $100 Prediction: sealed prediction in a wallet

321 The Final Word—Johnny Thompson
324 Acknowledgements


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