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Minch Collected Works Of Alex Elmsley II Deluxe Signed

Minch Collected Works Of Alex Elmsley Ii Deluxe Signed

Tihs is the limited, deluxe signed edition the second of the two massive volumes by stephen minch that secured the brilliant work of alex elmsley for posterity. This volumes contains such seminal classics as between the palms and point of departure and concludes with elmsley's legendary dazzle act. Sadly, this volume is also now out of print, and with the recent passing of mr. Elmsley renewed interest in his owrk has not yet produced any announcement of a reprint of the regular edition, which has been fetching high prices. Here is the table of contents1 the microcosm of magic3 chapter one flourishes7 the tower bridge cut11 little-finger spinner13 the multiplying aces19 the rosette22 two-ball roll27 chapter two hidden thoughts and future deeds29 the fan prediction33 hidebound forecast37 the mexican prediction39 face your brothers45 a delicate balance48 it's a small world51 halfway to heaven43 verbum sapienti56 open intruder60 brownwaves i64 brownwaves ii67 multiple mind reading69 double-cross73 like a rolling bone76 failure80 auto-prediction83 divina-sign85 a card from cagliostro87 aussi-mental89 animal, vegetable and mineral93 the octal pencil97 verbum veritas100 pack of lies107 chapter three exotica109 still taking three118 point of departure122 economy class departure129 the fiddle with the biddle in the middle133 the red and the blue136 the shy chameleon140 turn-about card144 a small revelation149 fool's mate153 jubilee161 separating the men from the boys166 a problem with duplicate identities168 the imp of the inverse171 sum talk of alexander175 switchy-coo178 half packed183 second link186 diamond cut diamond189 signing off192 signature piece197 shakedown205 chapter four marsupial favorites207 pocketpick211 pockets full of miracles217 reluctant cards to pocket222 duplicitous cards to pocket228 flight plan233 en voyage241 processional243 daley double246 between your palms250 only child254 incommunicado259 chapter five coinages261 devaluation264 revaluation268 boston two-step273 the astral coin rides again280 milling a coin282 sucker silver287 the spider's treasury293 chapter six faro tapestries295 indulgences295 deck preparation for faro shuffles297 weave corrections for miscuts300 placing a key at twenty-sixth position302 the mathematics of the weave shuffle303 out- and in-weaves304 the odd pack and weave304 equivalent odd pack305 returning a pack to the same order306 solving the shuffle equation307 stack transformations308 royal flush deal309 the constant stack309 the restacking pack311 binary translocations312 double control313 penelope's principle315 penny wise317 prediction by proxy319 tuppence323 meet me on the road325 a woven and cut case326 autopilot329 direct link (featuring bill redi's automatic discovery)333 the custodial card335 the fan and weave controls335 the fan and weave control337 the fan and weave double control338 brainweave346 the obedient faro349 spell by the numbers353 paraspell357 collinspell365 arab roto-pack369 what a party! 372 late night location374 auto-discovery376 the elmsley rising card383 chapter seven stray stacks385 computer dating387 empty and full389 wedded ambitions391 topsy-turvy stray-stack392 parity failure396 tell me three times398 future stock401 through darkest peirce406 blind stud410 mental boxer414 kingfisher419 pursuit of thought423 chapter eight the dazzle act425 the dazzle act427 the properties433 fate's datebook440 cold steel449 the tale of the old timer463 dazzle471 tour de force481 notes on structure485 bibloigraphy of works by alex elmsley. 7.25 x 10.25, hardback with matching slipcase, 495 pages. First edition, first printing, copyirght 1994. The scan shows the front cover, but there is also a matching slipcase, not shown (the slipcase is plain black). This is #174 of a limited autographed edition of ujst 200 copies (see scan of signed limitation page). Very fine condition, with no known blemishes. A set of the regular edition of both volumes in lesser condition sold on ebay for $192.50 in october 2006 (ebay #270035462424), but as with our other current ebay auctions, we'll start the bidding ridiculously low, with no reserve! Good luck! We are clearing the shelves of our unpriced h & r magic books inventory (see our about me page), so check our other auction items often, as we add books by other classic magic authors. Powered by ebay turob listerthe free listing tool. List yoru items fast and easy and manage your active items.