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The Magic of Johnny Thompson Book-1st Ed-Coins Cards-Close-Up Stage Illusion-OOP:
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The Magic of Johnny Thompson-Autographed

Two-volume Hardcover, Slip-cased Set

Title: The Magic of Johnny Thompson

Author: John Thompson and Jamy Ian Swiss

ISBN: 978-0-9878686-6-4

Publisher: Magicana

Publication Date: 2018

Hardcover-2 Volume Set

Book Size: 12.5\" x 9.25\"

Pages: 663

Photographs: ~1100

Edition: 1st Edition/1st Printing

Book Condition: New

Slipcase Condition: New

Dust Jacket Condition: None-As Issued

Note: This set features two original signatures: one by Johnny Thompson and one by The Great Tomsoni!

Johnny Thompson is one of the most respected minds in magic. His distinguished, decades-long career has covered all facets of magic. As a pioneer of trade show performances, as a legendary dove worker—performed as his iconic stage persona, The Great Tomsoni & Co.—as a bamboozling bar magician, as a charming mentalist, as a surprising illusionist, and as one of the most sought-after magic consultants . . . Johnny Thompson has truly, done it all. And now, he is sharing it with you.

Written by renowned author Jamy Ian Swiss—Shattering Illusions (2001), Devious Standards (2011), and Preserving Mystery (2017) and the Lyons Den—and the master magician himself, Johnny Thompson, The Magic of Johnny Thompson meticulously details the real secrets of seventy-eight of Johnny’s most cherished and celebrated routines, including The Cups & Balls, The Balls in the Net, The Egg Bag and The Gambler’s Ballad.

It also includes previously unpublished material from Johnny’s respected colleagues and mentors including Dai Vernon, Harry Riser and Ed Marlo. There is an extended chapter devoted to the close-up magic of Charlie Miller and Max Malini. There is the entire Johnny Thompson Trade Show Act (complete with a sample script), including his incredibly impossible $100 Dollar Prediction. There is also a chapter devoted to dove and silk magic by The Great Tomsoni & Co., which incudes a thorough essay on the development of a dove act.

This handsome two-volume, slipcased set is over 660 pages and is illustrated with nearly 1,100 photographs and features forewords by Jamy Ian Swiss and Lance Burton, and introductions by Teller and Levent. This set features two original signatures: one by Johnny Thompson and one by The Great Tomsoni!

Contents

VOLUME I

Foreword (Jamy Ian Swiss)

Introduction (Teller)

The Gambler\'s Ballad (Harry Riser):

- Everywhere Nowhere

- All Backs

- The Ambilipstrous Card

- The Kissed Card

- Les Quick Cartes

- The Bean Coins

- Elmsley’s Brainweave

- Expert Dunbury Delusion

- Impromptu Shiner

Ed Marlo

- The Empty Balloon

- KF + BC + EM2 = Another Universal

- Stilted Tilt

- Mental Card Miracle

- Expert Estimating the Aces

Balls In The Net

Mixed Macs

More Cards

- Zarrow Translating Deck

- The Whispering Queen

- The Prowling Jokers

- Stopping Hofzinser

- Location with a One-Way Back

- The Classic Force

- Underground Card Moves: Finlay Shift

- Optical Shuffle

- Carlyle Top Palm Replacement

- Dribble Replacement

Benson Bowl

Miller & Malini

- Basic English

- Charlie’s First Card Trick

- Covering Erdnase

- Malini Side Steal

- Thompson Side Steal

- The Trick That Cannot Be Explained

- Manuel’s Phantom Cigarette

- Han Ping Chien

- The Vanishing Glass

- Miller Cups and Balls

- Sugar Cube Assembly

The Egg Bag

VOLUME II

Foreword (Lance Burton)

Introduction (Levent)

The Cups And Balls

More Coin Magic

- Presto Chango

- The Golden Coin

- Coin in the Bottle

Dai Vernon

- Expert Vernon’s Variant

- Cutting the Aces

- Copper and Silver Transposition

- Dai Vernon’s Magic Castle Act

Color-Changing Knives

Even More Cards

- The Five Senses

- Card on the Seat

- Quadruple Coincidence

- Grippo’s Card to Envelope

- The Genii’s Stop Trick

- The Scoot, Ravelli Meets Rix

- Parrish the Thought

- Lazy Man’s Card Trick

Mentalism

- The Koran Medallion

- Polish Epic

- The Pump Deck

Illusions

- The Color-Changing Dress

- The Transformation Tunnel

- The Trunk Trick

- The JT Asrah

The Great Tomsoni & Co.

- The Act, On Birds

- Pockets and Principles

- Wings of Warsaw

- Unprepared Serpentine Silk

- Color-Changing Silk

- Color-Changing Dove

- Multiple Dove Vanish

- Paper to Parakeet

Trade Show Act

- The Act

- Sample Script

- The Opener

- Miniature Invisible Deck

- Micro-Macro

- Triumph

- Signed Card to Miniature Box

- The Johnny Thompson $100 Prediction

The Final Word (Johnny Thompson)

Reviews

\"We have been fans of Johnny Thompson for more than forty years. He has helped create and refine virtually every branch of our stage and television work.\" -Penn & Teller

\"Johnny is not only the most knowledgeable and proficient magician I have ever met, he is also a great teacher who is happy to share his knowledge... I have learned more about magic from Johnny Thompson than anyone else in the world.\" -Lance Burton

\"More than 40 years ago Johnny Thompson welcomed me into his home and into his confidence. Since that day, every time I\'ve met with Johnny I have learned something valuable from him about the real secrets of magic. These books are a treasure trove of knowledge from a true Master who has seen it all, done it all, and is generous enough to share his wisdom with the rest of us.\" -Michael Weber

Johnny Thompson

John Max Thompson (July 27, 1934 – March 9, 2019) was an American comedian and Las Vegas illusionist who performed under the stage name The Great Tomsoni with his wife, Pamela Hayes. They had a comedic slapstick act with the well-dressed Thompson and his gum-popping assistant, Pam, performing illusions while enduring a series of mishaps. Within the magician community, Tomsoni was considered a virtuoso, widely known as a mentor and teacher of magic, and a creator of tricks, as opposed to simply a performer. He worked behind the scenes with magicians such as Penn and Teller, Lance Burton, Criss Angel and Mat Franco. In 1999, he was awarded one of the highest honors in the magician community, a Masters Fellowship with the Academy of Magical Arts. January 30, 2020, Showtime released a documentary about Thompson written and directed by Emery called Gambler\'s Ballad: The Legend of Johnny Thompson.

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