Routined Manipulation (Vols. 1-2) by Lewis Ganson

Details: Now combined into one 250 page volume, these two books have to be some of the finest publications on magic ever! Most illustrations are actual black and white photos. Routines, moves, sleights are fully explained and patter is actually included in many of the routines. I grew up learning from these books and highly recommend them. *Presentation of Manipulation-This chapter includes presentation, dress and appearance, care of the hands, make up, stage setting, music, personality, lighting ,etc. A very important chapter.

• Production of Lighted Cigarettes-If you have ever seen John Calvert perform this routine then you know how effective it is. Here is a complete routine using the cigarette droppers and ending with the lit cigar and pipe production.
• How Right You Are-This is a complete 4 phase card routine that will make you dig out your old rough and smooth Svengali deck.
• Al Koran Newspaper Tear -This is the original version of the “flash restoration” torn and restored newspaper that Gene Anderson later released and has become the strongest newspaper tear ever!!
• Fan Finale-This is Ganson’s routine for card fanning using 2 decks of fanning cards interwoven to creat giant fans. I used this routine for many years when I was performing as a youngster.
• Crazy Fans-A unique way of presenting card fan displays by sleightly angling the cards.
• Multiplying Lighted Candles-Ganson’s complete routine using the Earl Morgan Nesto Candles.
• Fred Robinson Explains-The Bottom Deal and the Invisible Riffle Pass explained by a master. *Walnut Shells and Pea-A full three shell game routine with all the sleights and moves fully explained.
• Gambler’s Luck-A pet routine of Lewis Ganson’s with a normal deck of cards that will become one of your favorites also.
• Ken Brooke Cups and Balls Routine-The name Ken Brooke alone should be enough
• The Egg on Fan-The classic effect complete with full instructions on how to make your own egg skins for performing this miracle.
• Card Production Supreme-Ganson’s unique single card production based on an Edward Victor card grip.
• Matchic-Germany’s Hans Keiser’s routine with two matches wherein the heads vanish, appear, jump, change color, etc.
• Readapack-A secret “glimpse” move enabling you to call out cards cut to from a borrowed and shuffled deck.
• My Name, Your Name-Ganson’s version of Dr. Daley’s Ad Lib Spelling routine with cards using the spectator’s names instead of the name of the card.
• Coins and Glass Routine-A great routine combining a coins and glass routine with Copenetro. Nice multiple production of coins one by one from the Down’s palm.
• Koran’s Solo Aces-A very fine four ace assembly from Al Koran.
• Smoking Clay Pipes-The classic effect of producing smoke from two ordinary clay pipes with absolutely no tobacco or matches. This is a real fooler. I saw it performed only once when I was a teenager and it was extremely impressive.
• Harold Beaumont’s Dice Routine-A “quickie” routine with two dice that you can carry with you and perform anytime.
• Harold Beaumont’s Thought Prescient-A knockout mentalism routine with cards with a terrifc use of a card index.
• Linking Ring Routine-Lewis Ganson’s full routine using the standard eight ring set. Every move fully explained. Easy and effective!
• Money Attracts Money-An easy to learn classic coins across routine that Ganson claims to be one of the strongest coin effects ever.
• Color Changing Knives-Nine pages of sleights, moves, and full routines for the classic color changing knives.
• Thimble Manipulation-Sixteen pages detailing all moves and sleights for a complete routine with thimbles including color changes and a two handed ten timble production finale.
• Crystal Prism-A card revelation wherein a miniature of a selected card appears imbedded in a prism that has been totally examined.
• Card Quota-A chapter on new versions of existing card sleights including the Glide, A New Location, Card in Wallet, Card On Ceiling, a subtle Deck Switch,
• and many more …

Contents Part One:

4 Preface: by Lewis Ganson

5 Presentation of Manipulation: Essay introduction
6 The Performer: personality, dress & appearance, care and use of the hands, speech, behavior, make-up
11 His Outside Aids: Stage setting, lighting, music, apparatus
14 Technical Ability

16 The Production of Lighted Cigarettes: introduction
16 Requirements and Preparation: cigarette droppers, cigarettes, hollow pipe & cigar, lighted match from shoe
18 Manipulations
18 – The Thumb-palm
19 – To Switch a Cigarette
20 – Aquitment With a Lighted Cigarette
21 – Another Production
21 – A Vanish & Recovery
23 – A Triple Production
24 – Through the Knees
24 – Multiple Production
25 The Routine: in 8 stages

29 How Right You Are: Stop card trick, originally using a Svengali deck but updated for rough & smooth
29 The Rough and Smooth Pack
30 To Show the Cards All Different
30 To Shuffle the Cards
31 The Force
31 To Take Two Cards As One
32 The Routine: in four phases

36 Koran Torn and Restored Newspaper: Uses a tabloid size paper and needs a metal strip.
36 Preparation and Requirements
37 Performance
40 Notes

41 Fan Finale: Card fan flourishes
41 The Double Pack: cards to use and preparation
42 Performance
42 The First Fan
42 Closing the Giant Fan
43 The Second Fan
43 The Colour Changing Giant Fan
44 Splitting the Fans
46 To Close the Fans
46 The Single Handed Giant Fans
47 The Circle of Cards
48 The Routine: in 8 stages

50 Crazy Fans: a close up fan routine
50 Preparation
50 The Weave
51 To Alter the Angle of the Packs
51 To Make a Giant Fan
51 Possible Angles For the Packs
52 The Routine

54 Multiplying Lighted Candles: up to 8 candles produced
54 The Apparatus: describes gimmick by Unique Magic Studio, but adaptable to other brands
54 Preparing the Apparatus
55 The Size of the Flames
55 The Holder
55 Manipulation: for right and left hand
58 Suggestions For Routines
58 – Routine No. 1: four candles
59 – Routine No. 2: eight candles
60 – Routine No. 3: eight candles
60 Notes

61 Fred Robinson Explains
61 The Invisible Riffle Pass: top and bottom of deck is transposed during what appears to be a riffle
62 The Bottom Deal: uses a more natural method of holding the deck

65 The Walnut Shells and Pea: Three Shell Game routine
65 The Shells
65 The Pea
65 The Working Surface
65 The Basic Move
66 The Kick Steal
67 The Finger on the Shell
68 The Routine: in four phases
69 Notes
69 Additional Sleights for the Walnut Shells and Pea
69 – To Steal the Pea
70 – The Tea Cup
70 – Pic-a-Back
70 – The Spread

71 Gambler’s Luck: a Four Kings routine with a Four Ace poker hand
71 Effect
71 Preparation
71 Presentation and Patter

74 Ken Brooke’s Cups and Balls: As explained by Ken Brooke
74 Set Up: usual set of cups, three cork balls, and an onion
74 Working: a 24-step routine

80 The Egg on Fan: paper visibly changes to an egg when bounced on a fan.
80 Preparation
81 Performance
81 How to Prepare the Egg Skin

83 Card Production Supreme: cards produced from the hand, even with the fingers spread.
83 Method for Holding the Cards
84 To Change The Cards From One Hand to Another
84 To Interlock the Fingers
85 To Bring the Cards Into the Back Palm Position
85 To End a Back and Front Palm Card Routine

87 Matchic: Adapted from Hans Kaiser routine, a paddle routine using wooden matches
87 Requirements: two wooden matches specially prepared and an optional holder
87 Routine: in 5 stages

89 Readapack: Performer can reveal the next card cut, can be repeated and uses a non-gaffed deck; uses the Glimpse
89 Performance

91 My Name – Your Name:
91 Effect: Adaptation of Dr. Daley’s “Ad Lib Spelling” card trick
91 Method
92 Performance and Patter

93 Magic With Coins: from the weekly “Abracadabra”, first two sleights based on work by T. Nelson Downs.
93 Sleight No. 1: The “Ace” of coin productions. Four coins produced from the seemingly empty hand
96 Sleight No. 2: Coins in a clear glass are dumped into the hand, then invisibly tossed back into the glass
97 A “Coins In Glass” Routine: using the commercial “Copenetro” (which seems to still be available)

100 Koran’s Solo Aces: The aces leave the piles and join a chosen ace one at a time.
100 The Buckle Count
101 Koran’s Solo Aces Working

104 The Smoking Clay Pipes:  as performed by the German “Punx”; chemical magic
104 Effect: Smoke blown from two apparently empty pipes
104 Requirements: two ordinary clay pipes, liquid ammonia, spirit of salts, metal tray
105 Performance

107 Harold Beaumont’s Dice Routine: A clever four effect dice routine demonstrates magician’s control of the dots
107 The First Effect
107 The Second Effect
107 Third Effect
108 The Fourth Effect

108 Thought Prescient (Harold G. Beaumont – a different Harold than above!)
109 Effect: A card is shouted out. The Performer tosses a deck of cards in the case and puts it on the table. One card is missing: the named card!
109 Working

110 The Chinese Linking Rings: 8 ring routine follows advice from Robert Harbin
110 The Rings: recommends standard set of 10-inch rings
111 Performance and Patter
111 The Drop Count
112 Joining the Rings
114 I Can – You Can’t
115 The Long Chain
116 All In One
118 Dropping the Rings
118 Notes

Contents  Part Two:

5 Preface (Lewis Ganson, 1951)
6 Prefatory Note (J. Barrows Mussey): on Ganson and this 2nd volume

7 Money Attracts Money: Ganson’s coins across routine. Uses a 5th silver coin to “attract” the coppers
7 Performance
11 Outline

12 The Colour Changing Pocket Knife
12 The Type of Knife to Use: uses three knives: W/R, W/B, and Striped
12 A Convenient Holder
13 Methods of Making the Knife Twist: three methods
15 Three Vanishes
17 The Knife Changes Colour Whilst Held By a Spectator
18 To Change One Knife for Another
19 The Routine and Patter

21 Thimble Manipulation:
21 Objections: Three Objections to Thimble Magic addressed
22 Wilfred Bader’s Thimble Routine
22 Thimbles: Uses one red and 10 yellow thimbles, recommends giant wooden thimbles
23 Holders: described
23 Preparation
24 Sleights and Steals
27 Performance of the Routine
34 Alternative Presentations: doing thimbles for a cabaret setting or a children’s show
35 Levitation: levitating a thimble.

37 The Crystal Prism: A selected card is revealed in a prism.

38 Card Quota: Section presents variations on common card sleights
38 The Glide
39 A New Location: for controlling a torn-off corner card
40 – The Card in Wallet: use of location with the commercial wallet by Bill O’Conner, gaff not exposed
41 – The Card on the Ceiling
41 A Simple Pack Switch
42 Card Coin Cut (Dr. Georg Schitzkowski): Spectator cuts deck through a handkerchief, and a coin marks the selection

45 Ken Brook’s Chapter:
45 The Ken Brooke Routine For the Cap and Pence: Includes Ken’s effective vanish for small items.
45 – Requirements: stack of pence gimmick, stack of pennies, a box of matches, and two peanuts
45 – Preparation
45 – Performance
47 – A Clean Prediction
47 – Effect: Prediction removed several in a hat matches chosen object, no stooges.
48 – The Actual Force
49 – Method of Working

51 Henry Hay’s Coins Up the Sleeve: Includes descriptions of Hay’s palm and vanish sleights
51 – The Palm
51 – The Vanish

55 Colour Change, Penetration, and Vanish: a silk routine using the dye tube; includes a Jack Chanin vanish.
55 The Colour Change
58 Penetration Plus
58 Performance
59 A Vanish

61 Beer is Best: a paddle routine
61 The Paddle Twist
62 Beer is Best Routine

63 Cecil Keech’s Ropan Silk: 
63 Effect: Silk transposes between a long and short rope, and the rope grows
63 Equipment: uses a gimmicked rope
63 Preparation
64 Performance

66 My Opening Card Routine
66 Effect: Production of multiple fans of cards
66 Sleights Used
66 Requirements: white gloves, playing cards, champagne bucket dress stick or cane
67 Performance

70 Dr. Geimer’s Dice Routine (Dr. Alexander Geimer)
70 The Dice Move: the basic move used for the routine
70 The First Effect
71 The Second Effect
71 The Third Effect
71 The Fourth Effect

72 Koran’s Miracle Blindfold Card Act: A complete act with seven card revelations performed while blindfolded
72 Requirements
73 Preparation
73 Performance
73 Sense of Touch
74 Stop – By Power of Thought
74 Three Times Three
75 Double Thoughts
76 Prediction Plus
76 Force Superb
77 The Payoff

78 Harold G. Beaumont’s Quartet: 4 effects
78 – The Coincidental Cut: card routine with red & blue decks where the odd cards find their matches
79 – Maybe This Is Crazy!: Production of a giant fan of cards
79 – Clean Cut Transposition. Four aces transpose with four spot cards in glasses
80 – The Sympathetic Ropes: Tied and untied ropes transpose, required knowledge of Tom Osborne’s Three to One rope trick

82 The Sympathetic Disks: Hilliard’s Sympathetic Coins (Matrix) using coloured disks
82 Performance
83 Suggestions (Terence J. Coates)
84 To Show Both Sides of the Discs
85 Turning The Disc Under the Card

86 Egg Bag, Bag Egg: adapted from Percy Abbott routine
86 Effect: does not have a spectator handling the bag
86 Requirements: uses a Japanese silk egg bag, a duplicate ungimmicked bag, hollow egg with hole, latex rubber egg, etc.
87 Preparation
87 Performance

91 Will Ayling’s Fashion Parade: a rolled up magazine rises and falls over two cords

93 Modern Billiard Ball Manipulation: Introduction and brief history of ball magic
94 The Type and Size of Balls to Use: discussion of various types and colors available with advantages and disadvantages
95 The Half Shelf: to use or not to use
96 The Care and Preparation of the Hands
97 The Two Palm Positions:
97 – The Palm Proper
97 – The Finger Palm
98 Simulation
98 Exercises With the Palm Proper
99 Exercises With the Finger Palm
99 Methods of Vanishing a Billiard Ball: 5 methods
103 Producing a Ball In the Hand: 2 methods
104 Productions With the Aid of the Shell: 2 methods
108 Acquitments with Billiard Balls: 6 methods to show the hands apparently empty
113 Manipulation of the Shell
114 Palming the Shell: 5 methods
115 Acquitments With the Shell
115 Apparatus Used for Obtaining a Ball Secretly
116 The Use of Misdirection
118 The First Routine: single ball multiplies to four
122 The Second Routine: An extension to routine one
123 Colour Changes with Billiard Balls
123 The Substitution of One Ball for Another: 5 methods
127 Colour Changes by Means of the Shell: 2 methods
129 The “Eight Ball” Routine: climaxing with the production of 8 balls

133 Conclusion

• Publisher: D. Robbins
• Pages: 250
• Location: New York, USA
• Dimensions: 5″x8″
• Date: 1950
• Binding: softbound

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