Essential Stewart James by Allan Slaight

Details: Canadian Stewart James was the most prolific inventor of magic in the twentieth century. Where most magicians invent a handful of magic routines during the course of their life, Stewart James created over one thousand. His prodigious output has been recorded in two mammoth publications totally over 2,700 pages. James’ vast body of work has now been distilled to 50 of his “greatest tricks”, The Essential Stewart James. 

Allan Slaight, co-editor of “Stewart James In Print” and author of “The James File”, asked dozens of Stewart James’ aficionados including Max Maven, Michael Weber, Bob Farmer, Stephen Minch, Bill Goodwin, Gordon Bean, David Ben, Roy Walton, Charles Reynolds, Gabe Fajuri, Steve Beam, and Peter Duffie among others, to whittle over 1,000 of James’ creations down to their fifty favourite, in other words, the essential Stewart James. 

For those who own the earlier Stewart James tomes (“Stewart James In Print: The First Fifty Years” and “The James File”) but are intimated by the size and scope of the material, this book is for you! The Essential Stewart James serves as a tourist guide through the land of James. For those who are encountering this wily Canadian wizard for the first time, this book serves as a primer to the brilliance of the man, his methods and his magic. 

Contents:

Introduction
Stewart James: An Appreciation
xi
xiii
Jamesosophy, Indeed xvi
The Boy’s World 1
The Knot of Enchantment 3
A Match for Gravity 5
Murder by Suggestion 8
Spell of Mystery 11
Ball down 13 .
Freedom of the Seize 16
Simplicity Four-Ace Trick 19
Miraskill 22
Face-Up Prediction 24
The Book of the Dead 28
Sefalaljia 31
Sefalaljia Jr 36
The Man in Aberystwyth 38
The Love-Sick Tennis Ball 40
Remembering the Future 43
Further Than That 47
Half and Half 50
The Robot Deck 53
Silkscreen 59
Vocalculate 62
The Prophet’s Choice 64
Go Go Vanisher 67
The Clincher , 71
The Other Place 74
First Class Passage 78
Jamesway Poker Deal 81
Ten Nights in a Cardroom 84
Pokericulum 93
So-Fair Poker Deal 96
The Gobak Card Mystery 98
The Purloined Letters 102
Pocket of Persistence 105
Essay by SJ 108
Ring Leader 111
Falling Card 114
Micawber 116
Baker’s Dozen System 119
The Doozer 121
Matchimera 125
Lejun 127
The Gofar Ball 131
The Tenth Variation 134
My Father’s House’ 137
Card V 139
The AAG Principle 142
Split Second 144
Stranger from Two Worlds : 147
Double Boomerang 150
Incantations 153
Oraclew 156
Dollars and (6th) Sense 159
Parent-Thesis 162
The Secret Partner 167
TRY aNother FIELD 171
Ontene Prediction 175
The Dream Goes On 180
A Class by Itself 184
Anger with a “D” 186
Package Deal 189
While at the Talking Table : 192
Acknowledgements 199

• Publisher: Magicana
• Pages: 199
• Location: Toronto, Canada
• Edited by: Allan Slaight
• Dimensions: 9″x11″
• Date: 2007
• Binding: hardbound

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