Rara Avis (Jack Avis) by Anthony Brahams PDF

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Sixty Years of Magic from the Private Notebooks of Jack Avis!

After Jack's death in 2004, 28 notebooks were discovered among his vast collection of manuscripts, books and other publications that contained his collected thoughts over the past half century. Some original, some of his own handlings of effects of his friends, some sleights, some tips and ideas but all bearing the stamp that earned him a world reputation for simple, baffling, natural magic. This important volume contains much of Jack's original thinking and ideas as well as rare photographs and notes from throughout his sixty years in magic. If you are a serious card person, close-up worker, historian or a magic enthusiast you will want to own this valuable record of the work of a man who devoted every moment of his spare time to the pursuit of magic - and particular card magic - at its highest level and is honored wherever a deck of cards is shuffled.

1st edition 2006 by The Cairn Press; digital edition 2011; original 220 pages; PDF 229 pages.

Table of Contents
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    Preface
    Jack Avis by John Derris
    Introduction
    Acknowledgements

    Chapter One Effects with Cards
    Ace Routine Handling
    Jack Avis Notes on All Red
    Another Call—from Another Place
    Random Notes by Jack Avis
    Blind Choice
    A Bridge Hand
    Calculating Cards
    The Card Between
    Cards to Blanks with Signatures
    Tip for Use with a Stacked Deck
    A Change of Identity (Identity Crisis)
    Coincidence—Again
    Thoughts on Vernon's Handling of the Ten Card Trick
    Colour Match
    A Contrived Location
    Court Card Spell
    A Little Extra with the Multi—Spell
    Diamond Cut Diamond—Variation
    A Variation on the Diary Trick
    Divination of Thought
    A Dotty Location
    Double Cross (Cut) Count Down
    Double Cross Transpo
    Turn and Take Bottom—a use for this
    Envelope Prediction
    Double Side Deal
    Exchanged
    Fake Memory Routine—Avis Handling
    A Few Steps Further On
    Flight Fantastique
    Folded Card in Box (Kaps)—An Idea
    Follow the Leader
    Siva Follows his Leader
    Follow the Leader—Again!
    The French Reverse
    The Fulves Problem
    Jack Avis Ideas
    Imp Bottle Idea
    Hidden Power
    The Hot Hand Test
    The Houdini Card
    Houdini's Unfinished Trick
    An Inside Straight
    Isaac's Law
    The Magic of Jack and Jill
    The Jumping Aces
    The Jumping Thought
    I Knew that Hacker
    Lie or Tell the Truth
    Routine to Locate the Aces
    Locate Four—Locate the One
    Tell Me a Lie—Truth will Out
    Magic Bullet Effect
    "Throw—In" Presentation
    The Magic Card
    Mental Control—Avis Routine
    5x5 Mental Routine, A Handling
    M. S. Poker Deal
    Mechanical Second Elevator Aces
    A Multiple Matching
    The Mystery of X (Ten)
    The Not So Friendly Giant
    Oil and Water Again—Agai—Aga—Ag—A
    An Oil and Water Move
    Outside In
    Perverse Card to Wallet Routine
    Tips
    The Old Q Card Trick
    The "Professional" Cuts the Aces
    Right Card—Wrong Colour
    Avis Handling for Jennings' "Royal Triumph"
    Seven and Eleven Transpo
    Shuffled Deck Poker Deal
    Poker Demonstration
    Simultwins
    Siva's Aces
    The Avis Multiple Glide
    "Skullo" Handling
    Table Reverse Location
    The Tabled Reverse—Again
    Thought Card Transposition
    Tunnel Change
    2-4-6-8-Find
    Undercover Assembly
    Who Wants Another Collectors?
    No Fake Card in Balloon
    Will the Cards Match? Variation
    Meeting Jack Birnman

    Chapter Two Card Sleights, Subtleties and Other Artifices
    An Idea for Adding a Card to the Top of the Deck
    Notes on the Bizarre Twist
    A One Hand Twist
    The Diagonal Twist
    To Control a Card to a Known Position
    Centre Packet Switch
    Centre Double Lift Variation
    A Control
    Ideas with a "Cutaway Deck"
    Demo Deal
    Double Flip Change
    A Move with the Double Undercut
    The Finger Clip Cull
    Flip—Up Put Back Count A Utility Move
    A Discourse on a Force Procedure
    A Routine using the Avis Double Knife Force
    Thoughts on my Hindu Force Variation
    Ideas for Forcing
    A Method for the Cut and Stop Force
    Another Force
    The Magician Magazine
    Illogical False Cut a la Vernon
    Use of Key Card with Dribble Selection
    A False Cut
    Lace Through False Shuffle and Cut
    Left Side Double Deal
    Avis Handling for the Leipzig Pass
    Technique for a Multiple Slip Cut
    Some Thoughts on Old Card Routines
    A Little Extra with the Multi—Spelling
    A Placement Idea with the Master Move
    Plot Idea for a Card Trick
    Patter Lines
    A Presentation
    Spectator learns a Trick
    A Punch Deal that Isn't
    Double Location
    Riffle Shuffle Control
    Siva's Switch
    A Stack
    A Switch Move
    The Weave and Waterfall Bottom Palm
    Table Edge Palm
    Zarrow Shuffle Thoughts
    A Zarrow Shuffle Setting—up Technique
    A Zarrow Shuffle Tip
    Historical Items and Magical Facts

    Chapter Three Effects without Cards
    Count Dracula
    The Last Straw
    The Magnetic Straw
    Message from Hades
    Name that Tune
    The Ghost Pen
    A Tale of Two Slates
    Scarab without a Brainwave
    My List of Best Trouble-Free 'Workers'
    Migratory Coins the "All Fair" Way
    Four Coins under Cards—Opening Steal
    No Pockets Stand—Up Routine for Silver—Copper—Brass Transpo
    Coin Box Idea
    Triple Coin Penetration
    Strip of Paper Torn in Half
    Three Pellet Routine
    Three Shell Game
    Finger Ring Release (Harvey Rosenthal)
    Ribbon and Ring — Avis Notes
    Torn and Restored Banknote
    Mike Skinner Lecture


word count: 48532 which is equivalent to 194 standard pages of text