Rara Avis by Jack Avis

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    Rara Avis by Jack Avis
    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

        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

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