Performance Of Close-Up Magic by Eugene Burger – Book

Eugene Burger’s “Series of Evocative Essays” that he hopes will, “Challenge ou, cause you to stop and reflect upon your own magic, inspire you to practice and rehearse, and, in the process, improve your own close-up magic performances.”

Contents:

About the Writings
Foreword by Channing Pollock
Groundwork
What Is Close-Up Magic?
The Main Road
The Bert Allerton Aspirin Tin Routine
Hands
Making Cigarettes Disappear
The Pivot Vanish
Up the Nose
Using A Cigarette Pull
A Question of Character
Uncle Geek
Three-Card Monte As A Magical Entertainment
Magic Lectures
Rosini’s Double Reverse
Conversation at the Airport
The Animated Matchbox
Performing for Magicians
Stealing
Spirit Candle in the Bottle
Books
Sylvia’s Cards: An Excursion into Bizarre Magick
Negative Thought
The Haunted Pack
Questions and Answers on the Haunted Pack
Daydreaming and Imagination
An Imaginary Conversation with Eugene Burger
A Final Examination

Pages 134 – Hard Bound