During a lecture tour of Europe in the early 1980’s, John Mendoza was shown many amazing tricks and moves by his hosts. He took the best of these, plus some by his American friends, and published them in this book. Long out of print, we have a few new copies left. Here are some of the contents:
Contents:
Foreword by Gene Devoe i-ii
Table of Contents iii-iv
Introduction v – vi
1 Francis Pelkey – Olmstead, New York
1 Xerox Card
5 Michael Gerhardt – Kressbronn, West Germany
5 D’Amico Spread Flourish
9 Tabled Ascanio Spread
13 Color Changing Deck
27 Jamy Swiss – Brooklyn, New York
27 The Most Difficult Card Trick in the World Part II
30 The Swiss Movement
45 Dan O’Donoghue – Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland
45 Miracle Ring in Box
59 Bernard Billis – Paris, France
59 Calculated Zarrow
69 Geoffrey Latta – New York, New York
69 Four What?
79 Topsy Turvy Surprise Plus
93 Paviato Aurelio – Milan Italy
93 Impromptu Reverse Matrix
105 Cutting the “Coins”
113 Jim Kahlert – Los Angeles, California
113 Marked Aces All Gone
121 Richard Vollmer – Strasbourg, France
121 Strasbourg Waltz
127 Mystery of the Seven Suspects
133 Mirko Ferrantini – Berlin, West Germany
133 Split Silver
137 Phillippe Warein – Lille, France
137 Coins and the Glass
143 Four Ace Discoveries
149 Ray Mertz – Buffalo, New York
149 R.M. Triumph
154 Hole Coin/Whole Coin
161 Paul Sorrentino – Blacksburg, Virginia
161 Boxcards
167 John F. Mendoza
167 The Strange 20 Card Coincidence
173 Impromptu Tunnel
180 The Scorpio/Gemini Count
185 Bro. John Hamman – St. Louis, Missouri
185 Universal Trio
191 BONUS (uncredited)
191 The One-Card Card Castle
