Books

Ophiuchus by Mark Chandaue

Mark Chandaue’s Ophiuchus is a new tool for revealing a participant’s star sign and date of birth, or one could call it an old tool used in a new and deceptive way.

Ophiuchus comes with three effects:

Basic effect:
After testing the participant’s intuition, the performer gives a reading and correctly reveals the participant’s star sign.

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Card Dupery by J.K. Hartman

When Hartman meets your deck, first he will teach it to talk-then he will teach it to lie!

Seven years in the making! J. K. Hartman’s newest collection of card magic-more than 90 tricks, routines and sleights-over 400 pages and 600 illustrations!

The published history of J. K. Hartman’s card dupery began in 1969 and has continued unabated for thirty-eight years, producing along the way three large, significant, and widely respected works: Card Craft, After Craft and Trickery Treats. In the seven years since the appearance of the last Hartman tome, the creative mills have continued to turn, resulting in CARD DUPERY, a

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Requiem by Drew Backenstoss

“If you are at all curious about Memorized Deck work, you need to read ‘Requiem’… interesting, informative, and inspirational.” -Dan Harlan

Professionals all over the world understand the devastating impact that a memorized deck can have on their audiences. It’s a tool with unlimited potential – it allows for a myriad of immaculately clean card locations, revelations, and more.

But, until now, it’s been a difficult tool to master.

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Card Dodgery by J.K. Hartman

J.K. Hartman is a creative legend. He has been publishing groundbreaking material since 1970. With books like Card CraftAfter Craft, and CAAN Craft, he has cemented his reputation as one of the most prolific, innovative card magicians of our time.

Mr. Hartman has announced that his last contribution will be Card Dodgery, and we are honored to be the publisher. You will find that this volume is a swan song for the ages, and a fitting end to an illustrious publishing career.

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CAAN Craft by J.K. Hartman

CAAN Craft - J.K. Hartman - Vanishing Inc. Magic shop

Beginning with the now out-of-print and much sought-after Card Craft, the release of each new book from J.K. Hartman has been welcomed by discerning card handlers the world over for his direct effects and deviously simple handlings. Now, spurred by an underground handling by Tomas Blomberg and a yearlong correspondence with Gordon Bean, Mr. Hartman has turned his attention to a single plot: the fabled Any Card at Any Number.

The eight routines in CAAN Craft-clearly described by Mr. Hartman and ably illustrated by Tony Dunn-are already being hailed as a bravura display of creativity, and the many new moves,

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Trickery Treats Card Craft Continued by J.K. Hartman

Trickery Treats Card Craft Continued by JK Hartman - $14.00 :  magicianpalace.com

Comments: From the Introduction, “This book is a sequel to Card Craft Collected Trickery 1991, and After Kraft More Card Trickery 1995… The book comprises 60 separate items (not including extensions and variations Incorporated in the text).”

Contents (numbers are not page numbers until Ch5):

ii Introduction

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