Miesel, William P.: The Creative Card Magic of William P. Miesel ©1980 Ed Eckl, Unikorn Magik, Beverly MA Hardcover, no dj, 6x9", 177 pages ISBN: 9780960401604

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Comments: Edited by Ronald F. Zollweg and Philip R. Willmarth. Illustrated by Marshall Philyaw.

Contents (from book ToC):

1 Preface by William P. Miesel
5 Introduction by Neal Elias

11 Chapter I In The Beginning
12 I'll Find It the Easy Way: Two methods of doing a trick that does not appear to be one.
15 An Ambitious Surprise: Two Ambitious Card Routines with a real kicker.
23 The Double Lift: A different slant on making the Double Lift appear deceptive.
28 Double Lift Second Deals: A simple approach to the Second Deal for magical purposes.
30 The Buckle: The correct handling of the Buckle to make it invisible close-up.

34 Chapter II The Four Aces
35 Introduction Of The Aces: A flashy production of Four Aces.
37 The Solitary Aces: A gimmick makes a good trick look great.
43 The Progressive Aces: A very subtle avenue to the Successive
Aces that is completely impromptu.
48 Still Thinking Of An Ace: In this version of the "Think Ace" theme, a repeat is not only possible but is recommended.

52 Chapter III Favorite Routines
53 Rapid-Fire Reversals: Card reversals are always interesting, especially when they happen over and over.
56 Loving Couples: An "Oil And Water" principle with a "Royal Marriages" presentation.
59 An Alternate Puzzle: You can He can't.
63 Color fusing Monte: One change after another.
68 A Quick-Change Act: The spectator will be sure that he is color blind.

73 Chapter IV Spades On Parade
74 A Spade Of A Different Color: A different type of prediction.
77 Count Down: A clever small packet quickie.
79 Ambitious Five: A very popular version of a classic.

85 Chapter V Feature Tricks
86 Visual Transportation: Different approaches to transpositions.
89 Things Aren't What They Seem: Another look at the "Universal Card".
96 On The Make: A modern direction for an old effect.
101 Take Three: Some thoughts on a relatively little used theme.
106 Unforeseen Interchange: A transposition that isn't, but it really is.
114 Turning Over Another Leaf: A Hofzinser classic.
118 Down The River: A routine with lots of surprises.
123 Ten Hand Poker Deal: An interesting discussion on a modern day
routine that is destined to become a classic.

133 Chapter VI Wild Card
134 That's Wild: Let's get rid of the gimmicks.
138 Whole Deck — Wild Card: A rather elaborate routine that is very baffling.
142 Wildest Dreams: This is really wild.

149 Chapter VII Classic Card Effects
150 Follow The Leader: Some very clean thoughts on this Dai Vernon classic.
156 Oil And Water: A couple of very good reasons for performing this Ed Mario classic.
159 Oil, Water, And The Oil Barons: This is real entertainment.
163 Face The Ace: Thank you, Hofzinser, for this premise.
167 Everywhere And Nowhere: This has been a classic for over one hundred years.
171 Backward Everywhere And Nowhere: This routine is extremely subtle.
174 The Rising Cards: Still looking for that ever elusive impromptu rising card routine.

177 Publisher's Afterword (Ed Eckl)