The Close-up Magician

Contents include his Seven Secret Tricks, Eight Favorite Card Tricks, plus his specialty-cutting to any card, Eight Novelty Tricks like his scissors, Little Hindu, The Flutist, and others, The Allerton Classics, The Jumping Flower, The Bird Cage, etc. Plus rules for a close up magician, and a bibliography. The seventy pages are wound throughout with a vast assortment of Allerton memorabilia. Here is enough material to make a success of any sincere close up performer.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
FOREWORD

CHAPTER ONE: SEVEN SECRETS

• The Vanishing Cigarette

• The Bent Spoon

• Swallowing A Knife

• The Stack Of Quarters

• The Card And Cigarette Case

• Simplified Magic Square

• The Two Card Trick
  

CHAPTER TWO: SELECTED CARD TRICKS

• The Eye Popper

• Transcendence

• The Missing Deuce

• Surprise Spelling

• The New 21 Card Trick

• The Double Lift

• On The Slip Force

• Tricks With A Stacked Deck

CHAPTER THREE: ENTERTAINING NOVELTIES

• The Scissors

• The Sugar Cube

• The Flutist

• Impromptu Handkerchief Routine

• Magic Letter Square

• Winding The Pack

CHAPTER FOUR: MORE ALLERTON CLASSICS

• The Jumping Flower

• Vanishing The Bird Cage

• The Glass Through The Table

• The Aspirin Box

• The Nest Of Envelopes

BERT ALLERTON’S RULES FOR THE CLOSE-UP MAGICIAN
A BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE…
BIBLIOGRAPHY