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Simplicities David Harkey 1988 1St Edition RareSimplicities david harkey. This auction si for simplicities by david harkey. This book was written by advid harkey, and published by ben harris in 1988. David harkey was oen of magic's most creative thinkers when he burst onto the scene with this book. The follow up book, simpley harkey, was amazing as well. iHs style, creativity, and artistic ideas were unequaled. And the ideas in his books are as fresh today as they wree 20 years ago. As a matter of fact, one of the routines in this book, spotweld, was recently released by pengiun magic as a new effect, with no credit to harkey! There are 12 solid, original harkey creations here.
Included arespotweld spectator selects a spot no a wrapped drinking straw. The magician then melts the straw together, inside the wrapper, leaving his fingerprints embedded in the plastic. State of the art the magician rolsl a glob of silly putty into a donut shape, then seals it into it's plastic egg. Then, after making a borrowed ring vanish, and showing both sides of his hands empty, he dumps the putty from it's container. He then tears the silly putty sculpture open, revealing the borrowed ring inside. Clear cut spectator cuts the aces in the cleanest manner possible. The spectator honestly cuts four piles. The edck is borrowed. At no time does the performer pick up any of the packets. Body language a startling production of four coins. The performer shows both hands empty, thne mimics a coin toss. Each time he pretends to flip a coin into the air and slap it onto the back of his hand, a real coin appears, one after another. In the round in leaving a restaurant, the performer offers a white lifesaver to each of his guests. He then buys a roll fo colored lifesavers from the cashier. The performer removes a white lifesaver from his open roll and squeezes it, causeing it to change into a colored lifesaver. After the cashier confirms that the new roll of colored lifesavers is untampered with, she breaks the roll open, and inside discovers the missing white lifesaver! Encounter after choosing a card, the spectator places ti face-up and outjogged into the center of the deck. The the spectator freely names a number, and pushes his card flush with the deck. Immediately, the spectator counts the cards one at a time, finding his face-up selection at his freely chosen number! Forced entry the magician holds up a sealed can of soda, and with his fingers nowhere near the top of the can, forces the can open with the sheer power of his mind! Money tree we've all heard the expression, money doesn't grow on trees. But what if it did? Imagine showing your hands empy, reaching up and plucking coins off an imaginary branch, one after another. Hotspot the performer stands a brightly shining penlight upright on the table and drapes a napkin over it. Then, with the light glowing through the napkin, he slowly forces the penlight through the table, causing the glow to sink visibly into the table top! After lifting the napkin to show that the penlight has vanished, the performer raises the penlight, still shining, from beneath the table. G-force this idea allows you to force a pre-determined card, after handing the deck to a spectator to shuffle, without having to shift the cards in any way, without having to look at the faces of the cards, and without having to palm, sleeve, or lap anything. Ping! David's climax for coin in bottle. The preformer shakes the bottle under the nose of the spectator, allowing him to clearly see the coin rattling inside.
Then, after the spectator corks the bottle, the performer smacks the corked mouth, causing the coin the visibly penetrate the bottom of the bottle with a resounding ping and land in the spectator's cupped hands beneath. Dipped in silevr the magician places a silver thimble on his outstretched index finger. Afetr letting it sit there a moment, he removes the thimble and tosses it into the air.
He then lnuges forward, and visibly catches it on his finger! Pound for pound one of my favorite magic books. I still regularly perform more routines from this book than any other. I perform spotweld at almost any given opportunity, and people talk about that trick long afterwards. This is a great collection, and one that is nto easily found. You will love this book. Good luck bidders! Payment for this auction is pay-pal only, and i will only ship to confirmed addresses. There are no exceptions. No international bidders! Should you hvae any questions, please feel free to e-mail me before bidding. Shipping vai usps priority $4.75. I always combine shpiping for multiple items! Insurance is optional and up to the buyer.
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