The Complete Guide to Billet Switching-Corinda & Ralph Read-Tannen Publ.1976-Af

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The Complete Guide to Billet Switching-Corinda & Ralph Read-Tannen Publ.1976-
ITEM:  Soft cover book,
The Complete Guide to Billet Switching
, by Tony Corinda & Ralph Read, a Lou Tannen Publication, 1976.
This is a combination of Corinda's Step 6 of his
13-Steps to Mentalism
on Billets, and Ralph Read's
One Man Mind Reading Secrets
.
Part One Technique
Introduction
A Few Simple Rules For Working with Billets
The Centre Tear - Corinda Variation
The Centre Tear -
Punx
- Meir Variation
Centre Tear - One Hand Variation
Centre Tear - Corinda's Backward Variation
Centre Tear - Preparation of the Billet
Centre Tear - Reading the Billet
Billet Switch - Bare Hand Method
- Billet Switch (
Annemann
)
- The Billet Switch Bare Hand Method (Corinda)
Billet Switch by Lapping
Billet Switch - Magnetic Clip Method
Billet Switch - Corinda's Billet Pull
Billet Switch - The Matchbox Swith (Will Dexter)
The Star Trap Billet Switch (
Eric Mason
)
Eclipse Billet Switch (John Henley)
Summary of Billet Switching
Marking of Billets
Billet Stands
The Use of a Crystal Ball
References on Technique With Billets in Other Steps
Part Two Tricks and Routines
The Crystal Locket (
Stanley Jaks
)
Three Little Questions (Corinda)
It's a Record! (Corinda)
Presenting the Living and Dead Test (Corinda)
Great Minds Think Alike (
Punx
)
The Flames of Zor (Chemical Reaction)
A Card and Billet Routine (Corinda - Fogel)
Inexplicable (
Al Koran
)
One Man Mind Reading Secrets (Ralph W. Read)
Introduction
The One-Ahead Principle
- Original One-Ahead Method
- Second Method Stealing Folded Billet
- Third Method Subtle Glimpse
- Fourth Method Thumb Tip
- Fifth Method Thumb Tip #2
- Sixth Method Cards in Envelope
- Seventh Method Faked Pile of Magazines
- Eights Method Novel Idea for Ascertaining the First Question
- Ninth Method
-- The Double Cutter
-- Old Fashioned Mediums Switch
-- The Double Envelope Switch
-- The Calostro Three Finger Shell
-- The Slit Envelope
From Magicpedia, courtesy of Genii Magazine:
Tony Corinda
(1930-2010) was an English magic dealer and businessman who was noted by magicians for having written the book
Thirteen Steps To Mentalism
. Corinda never made his birth date or birthplace public.
In the 1950s and 1960's he had at least two shops in London; prior to this, Corinda (a variation on the name Conradi) had a magic studio where he sold magic tricks, mostly with a mentalist flavor for which he became best known. The Magic Shop in Tottenham Court Road was originally run by Dick Chavel, and later taken over by Corinda. This store was at street level so catered mainly to the lay public, so many of the items sold were either practical jokes or beginners' tricks, but other items and small illusions for semi-professional magicians and hobbyists were also sold over the counter.
Around the same period, Corinda had the magic concession in
Hamley's
Toy Shop in Regent Street. This was located in the basement of the store and was run for a period by
Ali Bongo
, who also demonstrated magic at the Tottenham Court Road location.
Mark Lewis
worked there for a time.
Ralph W. Read
(1882-1952) performed as
Pseudo Calosto
as a mentalist and was the editor of the revised
Tarbell Course in Magic
for Vol. 3, 4, 5.
The section on the
Classic Pass
authored by Read in Tarbell has often been cited by
Ken Krenzel
as being one of the most well-written and instructive texts on this influential sleight.
Books
The Calostro Mind Reading Act
(1934)
One Man's Mind Reading Secrets (1935)
The Three Shell Game (1938)
Radio-Vision The New Mind Reading Code (1940)
Flash Paper Tips (with
Stuart Robson
) (1951)
DATE:  1976
SIZE:  5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches, 48 pages, plus blue paper covers.
COND:   Minor use and ageing. Cover split on top of fold, closed with archival tissue tape.  Minor damp staining on some edges, with slight color bleed from blue covers.  All in otherwise very Fine condition.  Please view the attached image to see the quality of this fine item.
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