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Watch This One! by J. B. BoboWatch This One!
by J. B. Bobo

From the author of Modern Coin Magic, heres more of Bobo's top flight close-up magic that'll get you noticed!

This hard-to-find book has a wealth of information for the performer who dares to use sleight of hand to accomplish his or her magic.

In this 124-page book, Bobo reveals choice items from his repertoire and instructs you in their presentation. The various chapters cover card, coin, thimble, and miscellaneous small magic in an instructive and entertaining manner.

The Bobo System of Card Control will especially please you, as it details the author's pet secrets for performing feats of pasteboard illusion that will seem uncanny to your audience.

Also covered are the art of Sleeving and manipulation of small objects; coin magic with ordinary and trick coins; professional advice on presentation and routining; magical psychology by a tested performer; plus choice secrets contributed by Wallace Lee, Paul Ebling, Paul Fox, James G. Thompson, Jr., Phil Huckabee, Harry McDaniel, and J. Stewart Smith.

Fifty-four top quality tricks in all!

Partial contents:

  • Chapter I—New Card Technique
  • Multiple Card Control
  • Bottom Up (2 methods)
  • Bottom Peek
  • Top Peek
  • U Peek, I Peek
  • Color Change
  • The Ebling Crimp


  • Chapter II—Keys and Tricks Therewith
  • A New Key Card
  • The Isolated Key
  • Stop Card Trick
  • Found
  • Bobo Locatrix
  • In His Hands
  • Telepathic Miracle
  • Two Backward Cards


  • Chapter III—Miscellaneous Card Tricks
  • Behind His Back
  • Card to Pocket
  • Double Discovery
  • Triple Thought
  • The Invisible Deck
  • “Out of This World” Follow-up (2 effects)
  • Cards in Flight
  • Four Ace Routine


  • Chapter IV—Bobo System of Card Control


  • Chapter V—The Art of Sleeving
  • Delayed Action Sleeving
  • The “Pumpkin Seed” Vanish
  • Chameleon Knives
  • Color Changing Thimble
  • Coin to Ring
  • Through the Table
  • Glass of Liquid Production
  • The Catapult


  • Chapter VI—Coin Tricks
  • A New Switch
  • Bobo Vanish
  • Knee-zy Vanish
  • Sucker Vanish
  • The Penny-trating Coin
  • The Squirting Nickel
  • Mystery With a Shell Half
  • The Magic Mint
  • The Ghost of a Coin
  • Peregrinating Quarters
  • The Inseparable Pair
  • Chinese Money Mystery
  • Silver and Copper (4 items)
  • Suggested Routine


  • Chapter VII—Tricks With Miscellaneous Articles
  • Match Penetration
  • Thimble Change-Over
  • Thimble Pop-Up
  • The Exploding Thimble
  • Throwing a Knot
  • Knots to You
  • The Ring on the String

 
"The Bobo CARD CONTROL SYSTEM is unsurpassed. DON'T pass this one by." (Bob Weil & Eddie Clever)

"A fine collection of Bobo's fine close-up magic." (Sam Berland)

"One item alone, Cards in Flight, is an absolute must as an example of how to entertain with cards. Bobo gives the exact routine with which he gets all those laughs. You'll find a flock of feats you can use." (Fred Braue)

"I recommend this book without reservation." (J. G. Thompson, Jr.)
 

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