Jack Parker’s 52 Memories – Retrospective Edition by Andi Gladwin

Effect: 52 Memories honors the legacy of one of the most promising card magic creators of our time. It is one of those rare magic books that pass on the most fruitful creations from a lifetime of tinkering, experimenting and performing. It is an important book that shares the late Jack Parker’s lifelong mission to create the most amazing miracles ever decoded from a single deck of fifty-two.

52 Memories is one of the most important magic books to be published in the last ten years.Tomas Blomberg

Jack Parker had a knack for producing card tricks that were beyond extraordinary. He had an uncanny ability of twisting plots in new directions while using as few sleights as possible. His magic was typically easy, often visual and always astounding. He received praise from many of card magic’s elite and several even heralded the first edition as one of the most important published this decade.

As Peter Duffie predicted in his glowing review in MAGIC Magazine, 52 Memories went out of print quickly. This retrospective edition offers expanded text, more gorgeous two-color illustrations by Tony Dunn and a brand new layout. One reviewer said of the book,”It’s so nicely done that it’s almost hard to believe someone would care this much about card tricks.” This second edition is done with even more care and attention to detail.

With fifty-two items, just under 300 large pages, you are invited into a one-time tour of Jack Parker’s life in magic. The attractive two-colour printed pages in 52 Memories sit between thick hard backed covers, and contain all the elegance to sit alongside your most prized books on magic.

298 large-sized pages. Hardback. Two color print. This beautiful book is a second edition and contains the same tricks as the first edition.

Contents:

Remembering 52 Memories (Andi Gladwin)……………… 11
Foreword (Gordon Bruce)……………………. 13
Introduction (Jack Parker)……………………. 14
Small Packet Miracles
I Know Kung Fu…………………….. 19
Ouroboros………………………25
Girl’s Night Out…………………….. 29
Twelve Card Monte……………………..40
Magician Vs. Magician…………………….45
Cross Eyed Surprise……………………..49
Moves & Tools
Outjogging Jordan……………………… 59
The Guilty Change………………………61
Slip Slide Force……………………63
Parker Varies Regal………………………65
The Aerobic Switch……………………..68
The Ballerina Double…………………. 71
Thumbs Down Tent Vanish…………………. 74
The Zen Spread……………………….76
Tricks with a Full 52
Hair Raiser……………………. 83
Hard To Get Just Got Easy……………………88
Three on the Button…………………….92
The Bled and the Rue…………………. 97
Long Dimension Phone Call……………….. 101
Alone in the Dark………………….. 106
Thought Provoker……………………HO
Rump Shaker……………………..H5
U.D.S.I………………………H9
100% Confidence………………….. 125
Done Burying…………………….130
Trial Separation……………………… 134
Double Barrelled Shotgun…………………… 138
HofCity………………………… 142
Magic from the Lamp
Oddservation…………………….. 149
Detour…………………….. 152
Twisted Inversion……………………. 157
All That Jazz……………………….. 163
Remix…………………………169
Remote Control………………………173
Manual Operation……………………176
On, In & Under……………………… 180
Visualisation………………………..183
That Something Extra
Can Can Coin……………………. 189
Flat Rate of Interest…………………….. 192
Cain & Cord……………………….196
Ring Vanish Sequence…………………….. 201
Visual Acuity……………………..205
Double-Back Trilogy……………………209
Assemblage
Old Fashioned Aces……………………..221
Bare Naked Ladies………………….. 230
P.O.V……………………….. 234
The Three Stooges………………….. 239
The Old Itch Again
Sunken 21………………………245
Invisible 21 …………………….249
Fake 21…………………….. 253
You Plus One
The Thomas Crown Affair…………………… 259
Stooge Fright……………………… 263
Inspiration, Perspiration and Astonishment………………..271
Jackanory (Andi Gladwin)…………………… 279
Bilbiography………………………. 283
Trick Setup Reference…………………. 291