My Best by J. G. Thompson Jr.
This is a classic, a wonderful book now available as PDF. It contains the best of the best from 115 well-known professionals and clever amateurs. 193 tricks and routines from all branches of magic.
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter I: Discoveries And Revelations
- The Card Between
- Cards Of Cairo
- The Middle Deal
- Dick Tracy Card Trick
- Tap Force
- Under Cover
- As You Desire
- So That's The Way You Want It!
- Kindred Spirits
- The Timed Turnover
- Magneto-Box
- The Kolar Card Trick
- My Clutch Slips
- Bill Mccaffrey's Prize Winner
- Card On The Wall
- Are You Sure
- The Principle Of Alternative Terminations
- Just Think Of One
- Here's Your Card
- Well, Well!
- That's The Way They're Done
- Chapter II: Cards In Motion
- "Insto-Transpo Perfected"
- There'll Be Some Changes Made!
- Technicolor Transpose
- Saturn's Card Transposition
- "Guess It"
- Again - The Card In The Wallet
- Parade Of The Lamas
- Up My Sleeve
- Effective Passee-Passee Card Melange
- Card Thru Hank
- Six Cards To Pocket With Extras
- Here. There And Everywhere
- The Improved "Zens" Cards & Envelopes
- Rising Cards From Houlette
- Mechanico Rising Cards
- The Impromptu Floating Card
- The J. M. Rising Card
- My Best Rising Cards
- Chapter III: Meeting Of The Minds
- The Master Mind
- At A Mentally Chosen Number
- Sensitive Fingers
- Four Ace Memory Test
- Extra Joker Prediction
- Next!
- Follow Me
- Bi-Mentalism
- Silent Stop
- Digivision
- In The Mind
- Spread, Shuffle, Spread
- "Dark Eyes"
- Turnabout
- The Blue Intruder
- Coincidence No. Prevision Yes
- The L. W. Stop Mystery
- Mental Rescue
- "Two Be Or Not Two Be - That Was The Question"
- My Best Trick
- Predictopack
- Encore
- Carbo
- The Mental Broadcast
- Peek Deck
- Out Of These Hands
- The Future Deck
- The Magician's Dream
- Victoria
- Chapter IV: Potpourri
- One Plus One Equals Three
- A Two-Tiered Blank Fan And Some Variations
- Flighty Aces
- Hallucination
- The Alpha Four Ace Trick
- New Color Change Of A Giant Card Fan
- I Won't Play Cards With You
- One In Millions!
- Telepathic Routine
- The Canfield Set-Up
- The King Can Do No Wrong
- Vanishing Aces
- The Four Burglars
- Greatest Four Ace Trick
- A New "Find The Lady" Illusion
- Mind-Testing Deck
- Chapter V: Pocket Tricks
- St(R)Ung!
- The Ghost Coin And Key
- Paper Napkin Vanish
- Ribbon Release
- Gone!
- Paper Money
- I.O.U.
- Impromptu Bill Reading
- Four Coin Transposition
- The Ring On Pencil
- Pop Through Cigarette
- The Ring Of Thoth
- A Cubical Curiosity
- Jamison's Spot Sticks
- Karger's Bent Coin
- A Hole In One
- The Pedagogue's Nightmare
- A Shot Of Scotch
- Three In One
- Peter Rabbit Goes To Town!
- Sefalaljia III
- Tapping Pencil
- Perpetual Pencil
- Poor Man's Bank Night
- The Philanthropic Poker Chip
- The Ghost Coins
- Hornswoggled
- Materialization
- Double Or Nothing
- Chapter VI: Tricks For The Home
- Pen-Plexity
- Vanishing Salt Trick
- Marbles And Marvels
- Under The Pan
- Finger Finger
- On The Cuff
- The Trick Without A Name
- The Perfect Pitch Test
- Kolar's Magic Shears
- Dead!
- "The Morris Plan"
- Telephone Book Trick
- Assisted By The Dead
- Trinket Test
- Chapter VII: Tricks For Home And Stage
- Multiple Slate Writing
- Wuxtra!
- Egyptian X-Ray Scope
- A Paper Cone, Silk N' Water
- The Spirit Mirror
- A Ring In Transit
- Humpty Dumpty Gets Around
- Double Locking Slate
- Double Locking Periscope Slate
- Cut Post Card Mystery
- The Watch, Glass And Handkerchief
- Hand(Y) Magic
- Big Money
- Physician's Ropes
- Dy-Cyphering Trick
- Chesbro On Heath's "Dy-Cyphering"
- Take A Number From 1 To 30
- Hugard's Butterflies
- Magnetic Spheres
- A Silk Production
- The Bewitched Paper
- Dollar Bill In Lemon
- The Rise And Fall Of Paul Mall
- Linking Rings
- Torn And Restored Strip Of Paper
- Psychic Impressions
- Mystic Sewing Machine
- The Ring From A Rope
- Tomorrow's News
- The Invisible Mischievous Genii
- Moonlight Madness
- Tear Supreme
- Refund
- Chapter VIII: Stage Effects
- The Telephone Drama
- The Test Of The Tiber
- The Arrowsmith Glass Penetration
- Hat'n Bunny 305
- The Color-Changing Hat And Gloves
- An Amusing Interlude
- The Flaming Punch
- Fountain Of Silks
- The Silver Shower
- The Elusive Canary
- "My Best" Club Laugh
- "My Best" Flash Opening
- My Favorite Trunk Routine
- The Four Door Production Cabinet
- The Magic Sewing Cabinet
- Magic Of The Wand
- "Pop's" Opener
- Karson's A La Die Box Illusion
- The Lamarque Rabbit Vanish
- Fatima
- A "Flash" Opener
- "Just Raising Cane"
- Modern Crystal Coin Jar
- Nite Club Teaser
- Thought Projection Test
- Odloscope
- "The Secret Of The Maharajah"
- Patter For The Egg Bag
- The Escape-Ologist
- Namreh's "Electrick"
- Cig To Pipe
- Watch And Nest Of Boxes Without Assistant
- Windsor's Egg Bag Routine
- The M. F. Zens Magic Table And Walking Through Ribbon Illusion
- Chapter IX: Biographical Sketches Of Contributors
- Theo. Annemann
- Charles Arbuthnot, III
- George Ernest Arrowsmith
- Roger Barkann
- Sylvan Barnet
- Joseph L. Barnett
- Raymond L. Beebe
- Eugene Bernstein
- J. B. Bobo
- John Nicholls Booth
- Tom Bowyer
- Vynn Boyar
- Joan Brandon
- Fred Braue
- John Braun
- Lu Brent
- R. C. Buff
- Clyde F. Cairy
- Loring Campbell
- Jack Chanin
- Frank Chapman
- Forest V. Chesbro
- Milbourne Christopher
- Eddie Clever
- Stanley Collins
- Mystic Craig
- Thomas J. Crawford
- John J. Crimmins, Jr.
- Paul J. Curry
- Del Monte
- Harry Dobrin
- Ronald B. Edwards
- Bruce Elliott
- Professor El-Tab
- Dr. E. G. Ervin
- Dr. Henry Ridgely Evans
- Val Evans
- "Hen" Fetsch
- Thomas B. Fitzgerald
- Dariel Fitzkee
- Sid Fleischman
- Joseph Harman Fries
- Martin Gardner
- Teral Garrett
- Walter B. Gibson
- Arnold L. Grubin
- Nelson C. Hahne
- Hathaway
- Royal V. Heath
- Charles H. Hopkins
- Jean Hugard
- Mark Jacobs
- R. M. Jamison
- F. H. Jeudevine
- Maurice Kains
- George G. Kaplan
- George Karger
- Joseph A. Karson
- Wilbur Kattner
- Gerald Lynton Kaufman
- Howard B. Kayton, M.D.
- The Great Kolar
- Gerald Kosky
- Abril Lamarque
- William W. Larsen
- Sid Lorraine
- Art Lyle
- L. Vosburgh Lyons
- Richard F. Madden
- Greer Marechal, Jr.
- George Mcathy
- William H. Mccaffrey
- Jack Mcmillen
- Harry Mendoza
- Orville Meyer
- John W. Mifflin
- Chester Morris
- Paul Morris
- Frederick Mosteller
- Robert A. Nelson
- C. A. George Newmann
- Grady S. Nicholson
- Dr. Cecil E. Nixon
- Charles Walter Nyquist
- Dell O'dell
- Tom Osborne
- George Harrison Pittman
- Julien J. Proskauer
- Clayton Rawson
- Ralph W. Read
- Dolf Rudin
- Herb Rungie
- Ned Rutledge
- James J. Sanders
- Lucille Pierce Saxon
- Sigmar - The Magician
- Jerry Sorensen
- Willard S. Smith
- George Starke
- Dr. Raymond V. Stone. Sr. (Ramo)
- Harlan Tarbell
- Dr. Franklin V. Taylor
- J. G. Thompson. Jr.
- Jack F. Trepel
- M. Van Reese
- Jack Vosburgh
- Audley Valentine Walsh
- Peter Warlock
- Herman L. Weber
- Bob Weill
- William H. Wilson
- Tommy Windsor
- Howard D. Wise
- Ed. Wolff
- Michael F. Zens
- "My Best"
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