Patrick Page: Magic Page By Page
Page, Patrick: Magic Page by Page
©2011 Patrick Page Magic Ltd.
Hardcover, w/dj, 9x12", 327 pages

2nd Edition in Softcover
Page: Magic Page By Page
Image courtesy eBay seller RaolsonMagic

Comments: Softcover 2nd edition adds some extra credits, a few extra photos, and a few minor corrections, but otherwise the content is the same. Edited by Matthew Field, Photographs by Philip Pound and Cheryl Bell, Illustrations by Patrick Page, Dennis Patten and Eric Lewis. Note that Patrick has also put out a set of lecture notes with the same title, so if you're buying just by title, be sure you're getting the version you expect!

Contents (from Patrickpage.co.uk, page numbers added courtesy Denis Behr's ConjuringArchive):

15 Random Forethougts From Patrick Page
29 Editor's Preface

36 Chapter 1 Cards
36 Cards to Pocket: Patrick’s take on a classic of card magic
40 The Continuous Do As I Do: featuring entertaining audience participation
42 An Impromptu Vanish
44 Beyond Coincidence: “strolling magic” which requires no preparation, just a deck of cards
46 Patrick Page’s Card in Wallet: selection is revealed from a zipped wallet
51 One, Two, Three, It’s Yours: an unexpected method of producing a previously selected card from a pack of cards
52 Heba Haba Magic: name of card appears on spectator's hand
54 The Davenport Deception: card under a coin changes to a selected card
56 The PrincESP Card Trick: a variation of the Hardin Princess Card Trick, with ESP cards
58 Three Cards Across: 3 cards travel from one pack to another
59 Princess Quatro: performer determines selected Queen
60 Peg It: producing a selected card and clipping it between the jaws of a clothes peg
62 Jumbo One in the Middle: a modern version of an effect devised by Patrick Page in the 1950’s, with Jumbo cards
64 Big Money Aces: a card trick with a surprise finish
66 The Top Change: how to perform the top change with a pack of cards
70 The Unknown Soldier’s Card Trick: a card trick based on an idea given to Patrick Page by Ken de Courcy
72 The Multiple Colour Change: Patrick Page’s interpretation of the famous Dai Vernon Tenkai Palm colour change
74 The Pageboy Card Switch: move to switch one card for another while the card is lying down on the table face down

78 Chapter 2 The Stacked Deck
78 The PaPa System
81 Things You Should Know About a Stacked Deck
82 Handling a Stacked Deck
84 Revelations
85 Other Revelations
86 Stabatwin
97 The Face-Up Revelation
88 Multiple Revelations
90 The Probe
91 Pocketed Cards
92 The Fernandez Miracle
93 Calling the Cards
94 The Pocket Card Index
96 Ted Danson’s Diary Trick
99 The Ultimate Variation: Old Moore’s Diary: Patrick Page’s own diary trick
101 The Four Packets: Parts 1 and 2
104 Coincidence
105 At a Number
106 The PaPa System Plus Si Stebbins
108 The Estimated Cut
109 Opportunism
111 Think A Card
112 Guesstimation
112 Name a Number
114 And Again
115 The Faro/Weave/Butt/Shuffle
115 Avoiding the Peek

118 Chapter 3 Coins
118 No Lap Coins Through Table & The Hang Ping Chien Move
124 The Big Coin Production
126 The Complete Coin Miracle
127 Spellbound Climax
128 The Pull Back Coin Vanish
130 A Coin Interlude
132 A Coin Vanish
133 The Sleeve Dropper
135 A La Malini
136 Coins Coins Coins

142 Chapter 4 The Miser’s Dream
142 The Bucket and Coins
145 The Necessary Sleights
145 The T. Nelson Downs “Palm”
146 The Classic Palm
146 The Thumb Palm
147 The Pull Back
147 The Drop Plus Finger Palm
147 The Back Clip
149 Coin Holders
149 In Lieu of the Coin Holder
152 The Chanin Coin Production and Variation on the Chanin Theme

156 Chapter 5 Miscellaneous: Sponge Balls, Ropes, Silks etc.
156 The Opener
157 Glass of Liquid Production
158 The Sponge Ball Routine
164 The Bowl Routine
169 The Sleeve Dodge
170 The Purse Frame
175 The Burned and Restored Bill in Wallet
176 The Ten Second Paper Tear
179 The Colour Changing Handkerchief
180 Bare Hand Silk Production
181 Dyeing the Silks
184 One More Torn and Restored Paper
186 A Thumb Tip Tip
187 The Al Koran Thimble Routine
188 Lighter Thru Table
189 Tambo Tambo
192 The Borrowed Finger Ring
195 The Purse Switch
197 The Pageboy Ball Vanish
198 The Cut and Restored Rope
200 The Everlasting Cut and Restored Rope
203 Three to One Rope Trick
204 The Rope Rope Rope Trick
205 With a Thumb Tip

211 Chapter 6 Dealer’s Delights
212 Easy Money: turning paper into money
219 One in the Middle: Monte effect
222 The Colour Changing Jumbo
223 The Golden Girdle
224 Cord–A-Cup
228 Acrobatric
229 Brainchild
230 Copycat Cards
231 The Fifty: Fifty Cards
232 Double Mirage: Parts 1 and 2
235 One More Time
236 Repeat Flag Production
238 Patrick’s Hatrick
240 A Handful of Magic
242 Chameleon Clown
244 The Invisible Chicken
246 Topsy Turvy Candle
248 Money Bag
249 Clink Coins
250 Ooooorange?
251 The Mini Money Miracle
252 The Big Four
254 The Noddy Handkerchief
256 Funny Bunny
257 The Hanky Panky Cloth
260 Patrick Page’s Ringstick
262 The Brainbuster Deck
264 Cash Catch

268 Chapter 7 Topit
268 Full instructions and tips on how to use the Topit Vanisher

282 Chapter 8 Patrick Page’s Comedy Magic: Topics covered are
284 The Magic Box
284 The Vanishing Birdcage
284 The Vanishing Apple
284 Val’s Opener
284 Tearing It Up
284 An Alternative
284 The Handyman
284 Meeeeoooow
284 Arrivederci Magic
285 Colour Blind?
285 A Colour Change
285 The Electric Deck
285 A Flashy Gag
285 Sharp As A Knife
285 A Flaming Candle
285 Whipcrackaway
285 Bang Bang
286 Attraction
286 A Prediction
286 Windy
286 Smoke Gets Everywhere
286 From Down Under
286 The Portable Cow
286 The Shot Knot
286 Smoke Smoke Smoke
287 A Cigarette Twist
287 Expensive Prop
287 No Smoking
287 The Buttonhole
287 The Vanishing Handkerchief
287 Sock It
287 The Legend
287 The Acrobatic Glove
288 The Flash Box
288 The Egg Trick
288 Missing
288 HG Wells Outdone
288 Striking It Lucky
288 God Bless Cardini
288 A Tissue of…?
289 Tale of a Fish
289 Jay’s Tale
289 A Con Trick
289 The Vanishing (?)
289 Another T & R Paper
289 The Breakaway Wand
289 See The Pretty Thing
290 Those Blinking Rings
290 The Electric Deck, Again
290 A Feat of Magic
290 Spots Off
290 A Sticky Moment
290 A Hat Trick
291 Billy’s Thimble
291 Up Up Up Up Up
291 Cue For Magic
291 That Rope Trick
291 And Another
292 The Indian Rope Trick
292 Wanderful
292 Home James
292 Half and Half
292 The Eye Card Trick
292 Wrong Card Right Card
292 A Table Tip
293 OOOOOOOHH!
293 Another OOOOOOOHH!
293 A Plate
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293 Name A Card 1
293 Ditto 2
294 Ditto 3
294 The Card Is?
294 The Windbag
294 The Diminishing Handkerchief
294 A Dodgy Rope
294 A Dodgy Rope 2
294 The Cannonball Illusion
294 All Seeing Blindfold
294 Baby Baby
295 Bloomer?
295 Milk?
295 Smoke Signals
295 Breakaway Props
295 Breakaway Wand
295 Breakaway Spoon
295 Breakaway Gun
295 Breakaway Fan
295 Breakaway Box
295 Breakaway Scissors
296 Just A Thought
296 Breakaway Breakaway
296 It’s My Turn Now
296 Rabbit, Where Art Thou?
297 Card In Wallet
297 A Green Pair?
297 Obedient Cards
297 The Flat Rabbit
298 The Baby Gag
298 Hanky Panky 1
298 Hanky Panky 2
298 Dowler’s Rings
298 A Coin Trick
298 It’s Handy
299 Good Evening
299 Pocket Magic
299 A Hole in One
299 Blank Him
299 Sleightly Different
299 Bigger?
299 Smaller?
300 19 different Comedy Props

305 Chapter 9 Misdirection
305 Ideas on misdirection
306 A Ball Vanish
306 The Big Steal
307 Card Under the Ashtray

310 Chapter 10 Now They See It: Effects concerned with a spectator assisting the performer
311 The Vanishing and Reappearing Saucer
312 The Early Version
312 Card on Forehead
314 Clayton Rawson
315 Which Hand Is It In?
315 Ditto
316 On The Back
317 Bonus Genus
317 Another Version
317 With a Balloon
317 Dr Giovanni’s Card on Back
317 Paper Balls Over the Head
318 The Egg Bag
318 The Vanishing Liquid
318 Variation 1
318 Variation 2
319 The Pitchman Routine
319 Six Inches More
319 The Eye Chart
319 This is the Big Time
320 The Coin Vanish
320 The Knotted Handkerchiefs

324 Appendix: Interview of Patrick Page (Matt Field): Editor in April 2007 for The Magic Circular



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