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Effect: J. N. HOFZINSER presents all of the master’s card magic, which was a specialty of this brilliant magician. This volume provides an in-depth study and explanation of Hofzinser’s huge contributions to the field.
Descriptions of card tricks can be found as early as the sixteenth century. During the centuries that followed, a body of sleights and techniques steadily developed and grew. But Hofzinser was the first to bring this art from the tavern into the salon, to amaze and delight society’s elite. The system of sleights he developed, his cunning use of regular decks in combination with trick cards, and above all the wealth of effects he invented, opened up possibilities that enabled the fertile growth of card magic to the present day. The reception of Hofzinser’s inventions by Dai Vernon and many other outstanding card magicians of the twentieth century proves the enduring qualities of his work.
Magic Christian has spent years researching Hofzinser and discussing his magic with magicians throughout the world. By this effort, he has been able to revise, correct, reconstruct and greatly enlarge what we know of Hofzinser’s life and card magic. The result is this magnificent two-volume set of books, a work that is already considered a fundamental text, and will serve as a springboard for further developments in this fascinating art of magic done with playing cards.
Comes with Volume 1 and both volumes are contained in an attractive and sturdy slipcase.
Only 1,000 sets of these limited edition books were ever printed. They are reserved for the most serious student of parlor magic and will sell out quickly.
Contents:
FOREWORD…………………………………………………………….. 11
1. INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………… 13
1.1 HOFZINSER, THE MAN, AND THE HOFZINSER SALON…………. 16
1.2 ON HOFZINSER’S CARD MAGIC……………………………………….20
1.3 ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE TRICKS…………………………… 20
1.4 CARD TECHNIQUES USED BY HOFZINSER………………………….. 23
1.5 HIS THEORIES AND PRINCIPLES………………………………………….25
1.6 HOFZINSER’S PLAYING CARDS………………………………………….29
2. HOFZINSER’S CARD TECHNIQUE…………………………… 33
2.1 THE HOFZINSER PASS (THE HERRMANN PASS)…………………… 33
2.2 THE HALF PASS…………………………………………………………………36
2.3 HOFZINSER’S TOP CHANGE………………………………………………38
2.4 THE HOFZINSER BOTTOM CHANGE……………………………………41
2.5 THE PACKET TOP CHANGE……………………………………………….44
2.6 HOFZINSER’S BOTTOM PALM…………………………………………….46
2.7 THE HOFZINSER CARD CONTROL………………………………………48
2.8 THE UNDER-THE-SPREAD FORCE-“TOUCHE “…………………… 50
2.9 THE CLASSIC FORCE, SHOWING THE BACKS OF THE CARDS, WITH THE GAZE ……………..53
2.10 THE GLANCE FORCE, SHOWING THE FACES OF THE CARDS …………………………55
2.11 THE DEALING FORCE, USING THE GAZE…………………………… 57
2.12 THE “ON-TOP” SHUFFLE…………………………………………………….58
2.13 THE TWO-CARD FLOURISH TOSS………………………………………..60
3. GIMMICKS AND GAFFED CARDS…………………………..65
3.1 DOUBLE-FACED CARDS……………………………………………………65
3.2 DIVIDED CARDS………………………………………………………………. 69
3.3 TRANSPARENT CARDS………………………………………………………71
3.4 DOUBLE-BACKED CARDS…………………………………………………74
3.5 THE SEWN DECK (OR ELECTRIC DECK)………………………………75
3.6 HOFZINSER’S FLAP CARD (TORN-CORNER CARD)……………. 80
3.7 THE CARD BOX………………………………………………………………..82
3.8 THE SORTING CASE (CARD INDEX)………………………………….. 88
3.9 THE METAL TRAY AS A CARD INDEX…………………………………. 91
3.10 THE LEAPING-CARD MECHANISM……………………………………. 94
3.11 HOFZINSER’S CARD PURSE………………………………………………..95
3.12 THE ROUGH-AND-SMOOTH PRINCIPLE NOT HOFZINSER’S…. 97
4. CARD TRICKS WITHOUT TRICK CARDS…………………….. 99
4.1 THE ELEVENTH CARD, OR THOUGHT ASSOCIATION………….. 99
4.2 EQUAL THOUGHTS…………………………………………………………. 105
4.3 THE THOUGHT, OR IDEA ASSOCIATION…………………………… 109
4.4 THE FOUR ACES…………………………………………………………….. Ill
4.5 THE FOUR EIGHTS…………………………………………………………… 117
4.6 THE CARD TRANSFORMED IN FLIGHT………………………………. 123
4.7 THE SYMPATHETIC NUMBERS…………………………………………… 127
4.8 THE SYMPATHETIC CARD NUMBERS………………………………… 130
5. CARD TRICKS WITH PREPARED CARDS…………………… 133
5.1 THE OMNIPOTENCE OF WOMEN…………………………………….. 133
5.2 THE POWER OF FAITH…………………………………………………….. 144
5.3 THE FOUR KINGS……………………………………………………………. 154
5.4 EVERYWHERE AND NOWHERE………………………………………… 162
5.5 EVERYWHERE AND NOWHERE, WITH EXPANDED ENDING . 1 72
5.6 WARNING AGAINST GAMES OF CHANCE………………………. 181
5.7 THINK AND FORGET……………………………………………………….. 183
5.8 COEURMARIAGE………………………………………………………….. 191
5.9 THE FEELING, OR THE CHANGE OF THOUGHT………………….. 199
5.10 THE ACE OF HEARTS-THE LONELY CARD………………………. 205
5.11 THE QUEEN OF HEARTS……………………………………………………210
5.12 THREE THOUGHTS…………………………. ………………………………. 215
6. CARD TRICKS WITH STACKED OR PREPARED DECKS….219
6.1 THREE IS ONE, OR COUNT CARDS DIFFERENTLY……………… 219
6.2 THE WONDERFUL DECK…………………………………………………..224
6.3 THE THOUGHTS, OR THE THOUGHT…………………………………..231
6.4 THE FORCED THOUGHT-FIRST VERSION………………………… 237
6.5 THE FORCED THOUGHT-SECOND VERSION………………….. 244
6.6 LA PENSEE FORCEE QUAND MEME………………………………. 248
7. CARD TRICKS IN COMBINATION
WITH OTHER OBJECTS…………………………………………….257
7.1 THE FLYING THOUGHT…………………………………………………….257
7.2 THE PICTURE OF SAPHIR, OR WINTER AND SUMMER……….259
7.3 THE THREE POWERS-WINTER AND SUMMER……………………264
7.4 THE CARD MIRROR…………………………………………………………281
7.5 THE IMPROVED CARD MIRROR……………………………………… 284
7.6 THE VANISHED KING……………………………………………………….287
7.7 THE INSOLUBLE IMPROMPTU……………………………………………290
7.8 THE LITTLE ROSE POT……………………………………………………….295
7.9 THE CARD AUTOMATON…………………………………………………298
7.10 THE CARD CASE, OR THE LONELY CARD……………………….. 302
7.11 THE RISING CARD, OR THE MAGNETIZED CARDS……………. 305
7.12 THE CARD STAR………………………………………………………………309
7.13 THE CARD SWORD…………………………………………………………312
8. THE CARD ETUDES…………………………………………………. 317
8.1 THE SEWN DECK……………………………………………………………..317
8.2 DIMINISHING CARDS………………………………………………………324
8.3 THE GROWING CARDS…………………………………………………..328
8.4 THE MAGNETIC CARDS…………………………………………………..331
8.5 THE CARD BRIDGE………………………………………………………….336
8.6 THE OBEDIENT OR FLYING CARD…………………………………… 338
9. TITLES OF CARD TRICKS FROM HOFZINSER’S
PROGRAMS THAT LACK EXISTING MANUSCRIPTS…. 341
9.1 ORIGINAL THEME WITH VARIATIONS………………………………. 341
9.2 ETUDE D’ART BRILLANT……………………………………………………342
9.3 MAGIC IN THE FORM OF POETRY………………………………….. 342
9.4 THE MEMORY…………………………………………………………………343
9.5 THE MAGNETIC CARD-SECOND VERSION……………………. 345
9.6 CHANGEMENTS……………………………………………………………..346
9.7 EQUAL RIGHTS……………………………………………………………….348
9.8 THE ORACLE OF THE TURKISH WOMEN IN THE HAREM IN THE
9.9. THE OFFICE MANAGER AND THE INTERN……………………….. 354
9.10 THE INVISIBLE PASS…………………………………………………………355
10.TRICKS ALLEGED BY OTTOKAR FISCHER TO
BE HOFZINSER’S, AND THEIR SOLUTIONS……………… 357
10.1 SUIT SELECTION………………………………………………………………358
10.2 THE TRANSFORMED ACES……………………………………………….361
10.3 THE CIGAR CASE……………………………………………………………367
10.4 THE MYSTERIOUS KING OF SPADES………………………………….368
10.5 THE FIVE TRANSFORMED CARDS……………………………………..371
10.6 CARTE BLANCHE……………………………………………………………373
10.7 THE MAGIC FINGER RING……………………………………………….375
10.8 THE STRANGE MATCH…………………………………………………….379
10.9 CARD AND BANKNOTE…………………………………………………..382
10.10 CARD AND HANDKERCHIEF…………………………………………383
10.11 CARD AND CLOCK……………………………………………………… 387
10.12THE MAGICAL SEPARATION…………………………………………… 390
10.13THE FLOWER MYSTERY……………………………………………………. 393
10.14CARD THROWING…………………………………………………………. 395
10.15 RUBEZAHL……………………………………………………………………… 398
10.16 THE CALLING CARD………………………………………………………. 400
10.17 THE LANSQUENETS’ GAME………………………………………………403
10.18 THE MYSTERIOUS CARD………………………………………………….. 404
11. CARD TRICKS ATTRIBUTED TO HOFZINSER THAT NEITHER APPEARED IN HIS MANUSCRIPTS OR PROGRAMS, NOR WERE DISCUSSED BY OTTOKAR FISCHER . 407
1 1.1 PROFESSOR HOFZINSER’S SECRET………………………………….. 407
1 1.2 PROF. HOFZINSER’S LAST THOUGHT…………………………………408
11.3 HOFZINSER’S DIVINATION OF THREE SELECTED CARDS…….409
1 1.4 THE “HOFZINSER” FIVE-WAY TRANSFORMING CARD……….412
1 1.5 MYSTERIES OF A CARD ACCORDING TO DR. HOFZINSER……413
11.6 HOFZINSER’S FOUR-ACE TRICK……………………………………….. 414
12. A COLLECTION OF WITTICISMS BY HOFZINSER REGARDING HIS CARD TRICKS ………………. 415
13. HOFZINSER’S TRICKS IN THE LITERATURE BEFORE 1910 AND THROUGH 1942 …………… 419
13.1 R. P.: EIN SPIEL KARTEN………………………………………………… 419
13.2 J. N. PONSIN: NOUVELLE MAGIE BLANCHE DEVOILEE, PHYSIQUE ET COURS COMPLET DE PRESTIDIGITATION .. 419
13.3 CARLO NIZZINI: MAGIE IM SALON………………………………….. 419
13.4 F. GALLIEN: EINE STUNDE DER TAUSCHUNG
ODER DAS GANZE DER ZAUBEREI…………………………………… 420
13.5 PROF. HOFFMANN (ANGELO LEWIS): MODERN MAGIC…….420
13.6 HERRMANN DAVINI: CATALOG………………………………………420
13.7 KLINGL COMPANY: CATALOGS……………………………………..421
13.8 RUDOLF MARIAN: DAS GANZE DER SALONMAGIE………….. 422
13.9 RUDOLF MARIAN: DAS BUCH DER KARTENKUNSTE……………423
13.10 CARL WILLMANN: DIE ZAUBERWELT…………………………………423
13.11 F. W. CONRADI: DER ZAUBERSPIEGEL……………………………… 424
13.12 CARL WILLMANN COMPANY: CATALOGS………………………424
13.13 F. W. CONRADI: DER MODERNE KARTENKUNSTLER…………..425
13.14 F. W. CONRADI AND EDUARD HENSEL:
DER VORTRAG DES ZAUBERERS………………………………………. 425
13.15 A. ROTERBERG: NEW ERA CARD TRICKS………………………….426
13.16 F.W. CONRADI: DER KARTENKUNSTLER IM XX. JAHRHUNDERT ………………………..426
13.17 F. W. CONRADI: MAGISCHES ALLERLEI……………………………426
13.18 F.W. CONRADI: DEMONSTRATIONS MYSTERIEUSES……………426
13.19 CONRADI-HORSTER: CATALOG………………………………………427
13.20 F. W. CONRADI: DER TAUSENDKUNSTLER-
IM REICHE DER WUNDER………………………………………………… 427
13.21 F. W. CONRADI: DER ZAUBERKUNSTLER
AUF DER HOHE DER KUNST…………………………………………….. 427
13.22 GEORG MAYER: CATALOG “ZUM ZAUBERKONIG”…………..427
13.23 HARRY HOUDINI: THE CONJURERS’ MONTHLY MAGAZINE ………………………………. 428
13.24 T. NELSON DOWNS: THE ART OF MAGIC…………………………. 428
13.25 OTTOKAR FISCHER: J. N. HOFZINSER-KARTENKUNSTE………428
13.26 HENRY HATTON AND ADRIAN PLATE: MAGICIANS’
TRICKS: HOW THEY ARE DONE……………………………………….430
13.27 F. W. CONRADI: IM BANNE DES ZAUBERKREISES……………….430
13.28 CARL WILLMANN: CATALOGS……………………………………… 430
13.29 WILL GOLDSTON: MODERN CARD TRICKS
WITHOUT APPARATUS…………………………………………………….. 431
13.30 MAGIE: ZEITSCHRIFT DES MAGISCHEN ZIRKELS
VON DEUTSCHLAND………………………………………………………431
13.31 F. W. CONRADI: WUNDER DER KARTENKUNST………………….431
13.32 THE SPHINX……………………………………………………………………. 432
13.33 KLINGL COMPANY: CATALOG……………………………………….432
13.34 OTTOKAR FISCHER: DAS WUNDERBUCH DER ZAUBERKUNST… 433
13.35 S. H. SHARPE: HOFZINSER’S CARD CONJURING……………….434
13.36 OTTOKAR FISCHER: AUS 1 MACH 10……………………………….. 434
13.37 OTTOKAR FISCHER: J. N. HOFZINSER-ZAUBERKUNSTE………434
13.38 RICHARD HATCH: THE MAGIC OF J. N. HOFZINSER………….436
14. OVERVIEW OF EXTANT MANUSCRIPTS ON HOFZINSER FROM VARIOUS COLLECTIONS …… 437
14.1 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS COLLECTION, WASHINGTON D.C. …………………….437
14.2 VOLKER HUBER COLLECTION, OFFENBACH, GERMANY…..442
14.3 LURZ FAMILY COLLECTION, MUNICH……………………………….445
14.4 PETER SCHUSTER COLLECTION, BERLIN…………………………….447
14.5 DAVID COPPERFIELD COLLECTION, LAS VEGAS………………449
14.6 WIENER STADT- UND LANDESBIBLIOTHEK………………………….450
14.7 WIENER STADT- UND LANDESARCHIV………………………………450
14.8 MAGIC CHRISTIAN COLLECTION, VIENNA……………………….450
14.9 OTHER COLLECTIONS ………………………………… 451
15. AFTERWORD…………………………………………………….. 455
16. LIST OF REFERENCED LITERATURE……………………….. 457
17. INDEX OF NAMES…………………………………………….. 461
18. LIST OF IMAGES…………………………………………………465
19. IMAGE SOURCES……………………………………………… 469
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