Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy by Richard Kaufman Book

Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy by Richard Kaufman Book

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The enormous Larry Jennings book you’ve been waiting for.  Richard Kaufman has been writing this book since 1991… it’s finally here!
If you’re a card magician, this book is a MUST-HAVE  in your library.

For Beginners and Advanced Card Magicians.

A new Royal Road to Card Magic, Jennings style.

  • Over 120 tricks
  • Over 120 sleights and techniques
  • 1,400 photographs

Prepare yourself to:

  • Improve your basic card handling
  • New ways to do the sleights you think you know.
  • Learn amazing tricks.

No passes, No culls, No palms, No half passes

  • Written by Richard Kaufman
  • Photos by Julie Eng
  • Oversized hardcover
  • 582 pages
  • Acid free art paper
  • Sewn binding to lay flat

 

Contents

  • Foreword (Tony Giorgio)
  • Introduction
  • Jennings Talks About his Early Exposure to Magic
  • CHAPTER ONE: THE BREAKS
  • History
  • The Left Pinky Break in the Center or Bottom of the Deck
  • Cliff Greens Multiple Buckle Technique
  • How to Spread Cards and Conceal the Break
  • The Left Pinky Break on Top of the Deck
  • Robert-Houdins Method
  • Okashina Dekigoto (Japanese Twisting the Aces)
  • The Buckle Count
  • The Push and Pull
  • The Double Push Off
  • The Thumb Count and Right Thumbtip Break
  • The Biddle Grip
  • Dai Vernon’s Squeeze Break
  • Two Hands
  • One Hand
  • Rescuing a Break (Dai Vernon)
  • Verdnase Break (A Right Pinky Break)
  • To Transfer a Left Pinky Break to a Verdnase Break
  • Erdnases Revolution from a Verdnase Break
  • The Jennings Pulldown
  • The Basic Technique
  • As a Glide
  • As a Cut Which Retains the Bottom Card
  • A Brief Yet Ambitious Effect
  • Greek Break
  • Converting a Greek Break into a Pinky Break (The Preferred Readjustment)
  • Dai Vernon’s Greek Break Cut
  • AutoBreak (Lin Searles)
  • Jennings Talks About the Need for Tools and Practice
  • CHAPTER TWO: DOUBLE AND TRIPLE UNDERCUT WORK
  • History
  • The Double Undercut with a Verdnase Break
    1. From Top to Bottom for a Single Card
    2. From Top to Bottom for Multiple Cards
    3. From Center to Top (or Bottom)
  • A Wee Equivoqu
  • Four-Card Cutting Control
  • Braue Reverse (Jennings Finesse)
  • The Four Ace Bet
  • Gordon Bruce Outjog Addition: First Handling
  • A Placement Cut
  • The Double Undercut with a Block Pushoff (the Reverse Double Undercut)
    1. From Bottom to Top for a Single Card
    2. From Bottom to Top for Multiple Cards
  • Method One
  • Method Two
  • Method Three
  • The Double and Triple Undercut Combinations
    1. From Center to Top, Top Stock Retained; Also a Multiple Control
    2. From Center to Top, Original Top Card to Bottom
    3. Top and Bottom Cards Transposed with a Double Undercut
  • Devious Open Prediction
  • Unpredictable Prediction
  • Cheshire Aces
  • Kings Trap Choice
  • Four Kings Trap Three Choices
  • Sandwich sans Roy
  • In Two Places at the Same Time
  • A Magical Appearance
  • The Paradoxically Simple Sandwich
  • Quick Reverse
  • The Simplex Visitor
  • ATFUS (Elmsley/Marlo) with a Verdnase Break: Version One
  • Without Warning!
  • Always Cut the Cards
  • Version One (Ungimmicked)
  • ATFUS with a Verdnase Break: Version Two
  • Version Two (Gimmicked)
  • Gordon Bruce Outjog Addition: Second Handling
  • The Joker Finds a Thought-of Card
  • Placement Cut Collectors
  • Elaborate 21-Card Force Mated
  • Jennings Talks About the Double Lift and Top Change
  • CHAPTER THREE: MULTIPLE LIFTS AND MORE
  • History
  • The Hit Minus One Double Turnover
  • The Covered Double Turnover
  • The Covered Triple Turnover
  • The Expedient Lift
  • The Dead Certain Double
  • The New Theory Getready
  • The Vernon Light Lift
  • The Dai Vernon Pushoff (Jennings Fingering)
  • The Larry Jennings Pushoff
  • The Stuart Gordon Lift (Jennings Finesse)
  • The Quick Tip Turnover (Covering Large Multiple Lifts)
  • Quick Tip Count Down
  • Center Double Lift
  • Jennings Turnover Switch
  • A Graceful Way of Holding a Double Card with the Left Hand
  • Uncommon Methods of Getting Ready for the Double Lift
  • First Method (End Over End Turn)
  • Second Method (Pivot and Duck)
  • Third Method (Outjogged Pivot and Duck)
  • Fourth Method (The Long Distance Double Lift Getready)
  • Vanish and Reappearance of a Card
  • Fifth Method (The Gordon Turnover and Isolated Reverse)
  • Unloading One Card from a Double Lift
  • First Method (Sideways Turnover)
  • Second Method: (End Over End Turnover)
  • Third Method: (The LJ Change)
  • Fourth Method (A Two-Card Change)
  • When the Double Card Leaves the Hands
  • First Method: Bounce Double
  • Second Method: The Free-Fall Double
  • New Dual Discovery
  • Third Method: Warp and Drop
  • A Simple, Yet Strong Prediction
  • Fourth Method: Marlos Two Card Throw (Jennings Finesse)
  • Ambitious Card Interlude
  • On Transpositions
  • The New Double Double
  • Vernon’s Clean-Up Move
  • The Bastard Son of the King of Hearts
  • Everyman’s Transposition
  • Circus Transposition
  • The Depth Illusion (Original Dai Vernon Get-Ready and Technique)
  • Deep Transposition
  • Deep Transposition II
  • Numerical Aces Plus One to Four
  • Return to 1002nd Aces
  • Version One
  • The Covered Double Turnover as an Add-On Move
  • Version Two
  • The Misdirective Outjog Switch
  • Version Three
  • Version Four
  • The Hofzinser/Leech Switch (with a Verdnase Break)
  • Slow-Motion Five-Card Ace Assembly
  • The Card that Changes in Front of their Eyes
  • Vernon’s Depth Illusion
  • A Mysterious Visit
  • Larry’s Pocket Twins
  • Four Aces and Four Selections
  • The Strange Case of the Unsinkable Ace
  • Version One (Ungimmicked)
  • Version Two (Gimmicked)
  • In Space
  • Version One (Ungimmicked)
  • Version Two (Gimmicked)
  • Remember and Forget-Me-Not
  • Triumphantly Turning Back Time
  • Ambitious Classic Revisited
  • Jennings Talks About Where to Look
  • CHAPTER FOUR: THE RELUCTANT PACKETEER
  • (Tricks Which Rely Mainly On False Counting a Packet)
  • History
  • The All-Count Technique
  • The Elmsley Count
  • The Flushtration Count
  • The Hamman Two as Four Count
  • The Hamman Count
  • Finessed Hamman
  • With a Verdnase Break
  • The Simplest Twist
  • Twisting the Leader
  • Underground Oil and Queens
  • One-Hand Maestros Poker Demonstration
  • The Grismer Count
  • Eight Damned Queens
  • The Rhythm Count (With Four Cards)
  • The Eye Popper
  • Finesse for Adding a Card to the Face of a Packet
  • The Rhythm Count (With Five Cards)
  • The Final Reset
  • Secret Subtraction with a Verdnase Break
  • The Rhythm Count (With Six Cards)
  • Four Cards All Alike
  • Version One: LJ Multiple Display Sequence
  • Version Two
  • Version Three
  • Original Uni-Flection
  • Four Cards All Alike: Version Four
  • Four Cards All Alike: Version Five
  • Progressive Assembly for Magicians Only
  • Walton’s Four-Card Brainwave: LJ Finesse
  • Knoxville Aces Rethought
  • Tilting Through Time
  • False Count As Add-On
  • Twisting the Aces
  • Jennings One-Hand Spread/Display
  • A Treatise on Bro. Hamman’s The Magic Cards
  • Method One
  • Method Two
  • Method Three
  • Method Four
  • Method Five
  • The LJAC Magic Cards (Method Six)
  • The LJLF Magic Cards (Method Seven)
  • Jennings Multiple Display Sequence
  • O Henry Gets Jazzed
  • O.J. Aces
  • Wild Card Jennings Style
  • Look An Illusion!
  • Classic Handling
  • New Handling
  • Jennings Talks About Flourishes, and Patter
  • CHAPTER FIVE: AN ASSORTMENT OF TECHNIQUES AND SLEIGHTS
  • History
  • Repeat Indicator: First Exercise in Holding Multiple Breaks
  • The Double Slop Shuffle: Second Exercise in Holding Multiple Breaks
  • The Spectator Peek
  • Overhand Shuffle Techniques
  • New Third Finger Break
  • Magician and Spectator Cut to the Aces
  • Additional Overhand Shuffle Work with the Third Finger Break
  • Overhand Shuffle Jog (Jennings Finesse)
  • Jennings Makes Good
  • The Last Card
  • Erdnase False Overhand Shuffle (Jennings Finesse)
  • Shelley’s Quadruple Coincidence (Mike Shelley; Jennings Finesse)
  • Gordon Bruce False Overhand Shuffle
  • Overhand Shuffle Speller
  • Free-Cut Poker Deal
  • LJ on Vernon’s Weight Guesser
  • Subtractions
  • LJ Unloading Move
  • Elevated Rub A Dub
  • Unloading Technique from a Packet
  • Switches
  • New Grip Hofzinser/Leech Change
  • Version One: A Covered Switch
  • Version Two: A Covered Multiple Top Change
  • The Optical Toss and Two Applications
  • Optical Transposition
  • Red-Black Separation and Mate Location
  • The Silhouette Switch
  • Controls
  • New Peek Control
  • Discrepancy Switch
  • Bottom Placement
  • Four Cards All Alike: Version Six
  • The Alpha Control
  • Faceless Mystery Card
  • Version One
  • Version Two
  • Two Card Control with a Plunging Cut
  • Multi-Directional Simple Shift
  • The Atrocious Bottom Deal
  • Discrepant See?
  • Stabbed Coincidence
  • Simon’s Business Card Prophesy Displacement (Jennings Finesse)
  • T.K. Change
  • T.K. No Turn
  • New Attempt at Thought-Card Trick
  • No-Gaff Handling of Don Englands Collectors
  • Double-Deal Drop Switch
  • Slip Cut Finesse
  • Technique One
  • Twin Peeks Control
  • Technique Two
  • Open Slip Cut Force
  • Two Optical False Cuts
  • The Lazy Mans False Cut
  • Wrist Turn False Cut
  • Frank Thompson’s EZ Ace Cut
  • Your Palms Between
  • Method One (With Duplicate)
  • Method Two (Without Duplicate)
  • Jennings Talks About Intimate Close-Up Magic
  • CHAPTER SIX: ALMOST SOLELY SELF-WORKING
  • History
  • Easy Intuition
  • Simplex Four-to-Seven Locator
  • Dissertation on an Old Trick
  • Version No.1
  • Version No.2
  • Version No.3
  • Version No.4
  • Version No.5
  • Version No.6
  • Smith’s Myth Turns Over
  • Smith’s Pocket Myth
  • Triple Discovery
  • Triumph for the Terrified
  • Two Knowns Equal an Unknown
  • Placement Cut with Verdnase Break
  • Lucky 32
  • Getting to Nine
  • The Mysterious Spelling Three
  • Number Transposition
  • The Relatively Unknown Location
  • Flush-ing the Relatively Unknown Location
  • Ace-ing the Relatively Unknown Location
  • Impossible Fore-Shadowed
  • Impossible
  • The Close-Up Illusion
  • Jennings Talks About Misdirection
  • CHAPTER SEVEN: BIDDLING AND OTHER WAYS TO AVOID PALMING
  • History
  • The Proper Ways to Perform Dai Vernons Strip-Out Addition
  • Rapid Transit District (R.T.D.) Aces and Faster Than Light (F.T.L.) Aces
  • The Gentlemen Aces
  • Vernon Transfer Move (Jennings Finesse)
  • DeeVee Miracle
  • Verily Visiting
  • Two Trips to the Hotel
  • Version One
  • Version Two
  • LJ on O. Henry Aces
  • Additions
  • Braue Addition Plus
  • Beyond Braue
  • Stolen Braue
  • The D.C.D. Switch
  • The Nopen Prediction (No.1)
  • The Nopen Prediction (No.2)
  • Coincidentally D.C.D.
  • Diamond Cut Diamond
  • Diamond Cut, Plus Jokers
  • Diamond Cuts to Your Pocket
  • Not Biddle, But
  • The One at a Time Add-On
  • Optical Add-On
  • Slow-Motion Add-On
  • The Transfer Add-On
  • Slip Cover Add On
  • Meta-Ssembly
  • Take and Leave Switch
  • Olde Tyme Aces
  • Add-On Aces
  • Simple Seven-Card Assembly
  • Monarch’s Quartette the Third
  • California Red Prediction
  • Mental Reverse
  • ATFUS with a Verdnase Break: Version Three
  • Multi-Faced Mystery
  • Ace-Faced Mystery
  • Simple Thought Card to Pocket
  • Card to Pocket Move
  • Audacious Collectors
  • Triple Cut Scatter Load
  • Cloudburst Selections

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