Torre, Jose De La: Magicana of Havana
©1975 Jose De La Torre
Softcover, perfect-bound, 5.5x8.5", 80 pages
Magicana of Havana
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Magicana of Havana
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Comments: "Wonderful Routines With Regular Cards, Jumbo Cards, Coins, and Ropes Brought From Cuba to New York." 

Contents:

2 Author's Preface
2 Editor's Notes
4 Caricature of the Author (Plazaola)

6 Section 1: Routines with Regular and Jumbo Playing Cards

6 Oil and Water Part 1: with Jumbo cards
7 Elmsley Count with Jumbo Cards
9 Follow the Leader
10 - First Part The Aces Follow the Leader
11 - Second Part Triumphant Aces and the Leader: Jokers and Aces end up reversed.
14 - Third Part Again the Aces and the Leader: Joker and Aces vanish and are found in the predicted pile
17 Oil and Water Reversed Part 2
17 - Special 4x4: Cards are shaken and found "mixed"
19 Impossible Discovery: With a marked short card; two cards are selected. Three various discoveries are provided
20 - Variation No. 1
21 - Variation No. 2
23 - Variation No. 3 The Great Impossible Discovery
23 -- Appendix How to Guess the Location of the Short Card
24 -- Appendix How to Expose the Corners of the Short Card at the End of the Deck
24 -- Appendix How to Cut the Short Card to the Bottom
24 Oil and Water Part 3. The cards separate from the heat of your hand.
25 Oil and Water Finale: Cards are visibly mixed but separate
27 The Three Diamonds and the Queen: plot story about three singers and a dancer. Uses double lift
32 With Jumbo Cards
37 Short Biography of Jose De La Torre

41 Section 2: A Coin Act in Three Parts:
41 A Coin Act in Three Parts: General Preparation for the complete Act (Downs'/Edge palm, coin frame, glass, etc.)
43 First Part, an Effect - Appearance of Four Coins: from edge palm. Over palm change, rolldown flourish: 4 coins appear at the fingertips!
44 - My Roll Down
47 Second Part, a routine - Bombshell Four Coins to Glass: Coins pass through tube up the sleeve into the glass
47 - On-Tip Palm
48 - Click Pass
50 - Sponge-Coin Palm
51 - Rear-Back Palm With First and 2nd Fingers
53 Third Part, a routine - Vanish of Four Coins: using a wand and moves similar to above, 4 coins vanish and appear back in coin frame.
55 - Rear-Back Palm with 2nd and 3rd Fingers

59 Section 3: Rope and Other Rope Subtleties
59 New Professor's Nightmare - A Few Words
60 Part One Cutting The Rope
60 Pat Two the False Count
63 Part Three The Illusion of the Short, Medium and Long Rope
64 Part Four The Triple "A" Illusion - All Alike Again
68 Part Five The Paramount Long Rope Illusion
70 Part Six Knots to You - The Sliding Knot
72 Optional Climax
75 Patter
77 A Few Comments
79 Ed Mishell's Subtleties



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