Warlock, Peter (editor): Come a Little Closer ©1953 Penshaw Press Softcover, saddle-stitched, 5.5x8.5", 39 pages

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Comments: Edited by Peter Warlock. A greatly expanded version edited by John Derris was republished by L&L Publishing in 1998. "Eight Sessions of Close-Up Magic".

Contents:

5 Foreword (Peter Warlock)
9 The Repeat Card in Hat (Tommy Vanderschmidt): card passes twice from the pack to a hat, and then the whole deck
12 The Cut and Restored Cigarette (Arthur Holland): cigarette restored after pieces dropped in a tube
16 Jet Transportation (Bobby Bernard): Coins Across from hand to hand, no gimmicks
19 Point Of Departure (Alex Elmsley): chosen card vanishes from between the Aces
23 Knifed (Roy Walton): a color changing knife routine using a four knife set: w/w, w/y, w/g, w/r 27 The Seance Card Trick (Ted Danson): a tongue-in-cheek card mystery
29 The Monte Cristo Ring (John Derris): a version of the ring on wand
33 The Cards of Pegasus (Jack Avis): one of five signed selections transposes with a Joker