My Best by J. G. Thompson Jr.

his is a classic, a wonderful book now available as PDF. It contains the best of the best from 115 well-known professionals and clever amateurs. 193 tricks and routines from all branches of magic.

• Preface
• Introduction
• Chapter I: Discoveries And Revelations
  • The Card Between
  • Cards Of Cairo
  • The Middle Deal
  • Dick Tracy Card Trick
  • Tap Force
  • Under Cover
  • As You Desire
  • So That’s The Way You Want It!
  • Kindred Spirits
  • The Timed Turnover
  • Magneto-Box
  • The Kolar Card Trick
  • My Clutch Slips
  • Bill Mccaffrey’s Prize Winner
  • Card On The Wall
  • Are You Sure?
  • The Principle Of Alternative Terminations
  • Just Think Of One
  • Here’s Your Card
  • Well, Well!
  • That’s The Way They’re Done
• Chapter II: Cards In Motion
  • “Insto-Transpo Perfected”
  • There’ll Be Some Changes Made!
  • Technicolor Transpose
  • Saturn’s Card Transposition
  • “Guess It”
  • Again – The Card In The Wallet
  • Parade Of The Lamas
  • Up My Sleeve
  • Effective Passee-Passee Card Melange
  • Card Thru Hank
  • Six Cards To Pocket With Extras
  • Here. There And Everywhere
  • The Improved “Zens” Cards & Envelopes
  • Rising Cards From Houlette
  • Mechanico Rising Cards
  • The Impromptu Floating Card
  • The J. M. Rising Card
  • My Best Rising Cards
• Chapter III: Meeting Of The Minds
  • The Master Mind
  • At A Mentally Chosen Number
  • Sensitive Fingers
  • Four Ace Memory Test
  • Extra Joker Prediction
  • Next!
  • Follow Me
  • Bi-Mentalism
  • Silent Stop
  • Digivision
  • In The Mind
  • Spread, Shuffle, Spread
  • “Dark Eyes”
  • Turnabout
  • The Blue Intruder
  • Coincidence? No. Prevision? Yes
  • The L. W. Stop Mystery
  • Mental Rescue
  • “Two Be Or Not Two Be – That Was The Question”
  • My Best Trick
  • Predictopack
  • Encore
  • Carbo
  • The Mental Broadcast
  • Peek Deck
  • Out Of These Hands
  • The Future Deck
  • The Magician’s Dream
  • Victoria
• Chapter IV: Potpourri
  • One Plus One Equals Three
  • A Two-Tiered Blank Fan And Some Variations
  • Flighty Aces
  • Hallucination
  • The Alpha Four Ace Trick
  • New Color Change Of A Giant Card Fan
  • I Won’t Play Cards With You
  • One In Millions!
  • Telepathic Routine
  • The Canfield Set-Up
  • The King Can Do No Wrong
  • Vanishing Aces
  • The Four Burglars
  • Greatest Four Ace Trick
  • A New “Find The Lady” Illusion
  • Mind-Testing Deck
• Chapter V: Pocket Tricks
  • St(R)Ung!
  • The Ghost Coin And Key
  • Paper Napkin Vanish
  • Ribbon Release
  • Gone!
  • Paper Money
  • I.O.U.
  • Impromptu Bill Reading
  • Four Coin Transposition
  • The Ring On Pencil
  • Pop Through Cigarette
  • The Ring Of Thoth
  • A Cubical Curiosity
  • Jamison’s Spot Sticks
  • Karger’s Bent Coin
  • A Hole In One
  • The Pedagogue’s Nightmare
  • A Shot Of Scotch
  • Three In One
  • Peter Rabbit Goes To Town!
  • Sefalaljia III
  • Tapping Pencil
  • Perpetual Pencil
  • Poor Man’s Bank Night
  • The Philanthropic Poker Chip
  • The Ghost Coins
  • Hornswoggled
  • Materialization
  • Double Or Nothing
• Chapter VI: Tricks For The Home
  • Pen-Plexity
  • Vanishing Salt Trick
  • Marbles And Marvels
  • Under The Pan
  • Finger Finger
  • On The Cuff
  • The Trick Without A Name
  • The Perfect Pitch Test
  • Kolar’s Magic Shears
  • Dead!
  • “The Morris Plan”
  • Telephone Book Trick
  • Assisted By The Dead
  • Trinket Test
• Chapter VII: Tricks For Home And Stage
  • Multiple Slate Writing
  • Wuxtra!
  • Egyptian X-Ray Scope
  • A Paper Cone, Silk N’ Water
  • The Spirit Mirror
  • A Ring In Transit
  • Humpty Dumpty Gets Around
  • Double Locking Slate
  • Double Locking Periscope Slate
  • Cut Post Card Mystery
  • The Watch, Glass And Handkerchief
  • Hand(Y) Magic
  • Big Money
  • Physician’s Ropes
  • Dy-Cyphering Trick
  • Chesbro On Heath’s “Dy-Cyphering”
  • Take A Number From 1 To 30
  • Hugard’s Butterflies
  • Magnetic Spheres
  • A Silk Production
  • The Bewitched Paper
  • Dollar Bill In Lemon
  • The Rise And Fall Of Paul Mall
  • Linking Rings
  • Torn And Restored Strip Of Paper
  • Psychic Impressions
  • Mystic Sewing Machine
  • The Ring From A Rope
  • Tomorrow’s News
  • The Invisible Mischievous Genii
  • Moonlight Madness
  • Tear Supreme
  • Refund
• Chapter VIII: Stage Effects
  • The Telephone Drama
  • The Test Of The Tiber
  • The Arrowsmith Glass Penetration
  • Hat’n Bunny 305
  • The Color-Changing Hat And Gloves
  • An Amusing Interlude
  • The Flaming Punch
  • Fountain Of Silks
  • The Silver Shower
  • The Elusive Canary
  • “My Best” Club Laugh
  • “My Best” Flash Opening
  • My Favorite Trunk Routine
  • The Four Door Production Cabinet
  • The Magic Sewing Cabinet
  • Magic Of The Wand
  • “Pop’s” Opener
  • Karson’s A La Die Box Illusion
  • The Lamarque Rabbit Vanish
  • Fatima
  • A “Flash” Opener
  • “Just Raising Cane”
  • Modern Crystal Coin Jar
  • Nite Club Teaser
  • Thought Projection Test
  • Odloscope
  • “The Secret Of The Maharajah”
  • Patter For The Egg Bag
  • The Escape-Ologist
  • Namreh’s “Electrick”
  • Cig To Pipe
  • Watch And Nest Of Boxes Without Assistant
  • Windsor’s Egg Bag Routine
  • The M. F. Zens Magic Table And Walking Through Ribbon Illusion
• Chapter IX: Biographical Sketches Of Contributors
  • Theo. Annemann
  • Charles Arbuthnot, III
  • George Ernest Arrowsmith
  • Roger Barkann
  • Sylvan Barnet
  • Joseph L. Barnett
  • Raymond L. Beebe
  • Eugene Bernstein
  • J. B. Bobo
  • John Nicholls Booth
  • Tom Bowyer
  • Vynn Boyar
  • Joan Brandon
  • Fred Braue
  • John Braun
  • Lu Brent
  • R. C. Buff
  • Clyde F. Cairy
  • Loring Campbell
  • Jack Chanin
  • Frank Chapman
  • Forest V. Chesbro
  • Milbourne Christopher
  • Eddie Clever
  • Stanley Collins
  • Mystic Craig
  • Thomas J. Crawford
  • John J. Crimmins, Jr.
  • Paul J. Curry
  • Del Monte
  • Harry Dobrin
  • Ronald B. Edwards
  • Bruce Elliott
  • Professor El-Tab
  • Dr. E. G. Ervin
  • Dr. Henry Ridgely Evans
  • Val Evans
  • “Hen” Fetsch
  • Thomas B. Fitzgerald
  • Dariel Fitzkee
  • Sid Fleischman
  • Joseph Harman Fries
  • Martin Gardner
  • Teral Garrett
  • Walter B. Gibson
  • Arnold L. Grubin
  • Nelson C. Hahne
  • Hathaway
  • Royal V. Heath
  • Charles H. Hopkins
  • Jean Hugard
  • Mark Jacobs
  • R. M. Jamison
  • F. H. Jeudevine
  • Maurice Kains
  • George G. Kaplan
  • George Karger
  • Joseph A. Karson
  • Wilbur Kattner
  • Gerald Lynton Kaufman
  • Howard B. Kayton, M.D.
  • The Great Kolar
  • Gerald Kosky
  • Abril Lamarque
  • William W. Larsen
  • Sid Lorraine
  • Art Lyle
  • L. Vosburgh Lyons
  • Richard F. Madden
  • Greer Marechal, Jr.
  • George Mcathy
  • William H. Mccaffrey
  • Jack Mcmillen
  • Harry Mendoza
  • Orville Meyer
  • John W. Mifflin
  • Chester Morris
  • Paul Morris
  • Frederick Mosteller
  • Robert A. Nelson
  • C. A. George Newmann
  • Grady S. Nicholson
  • Dr. Cecil E. Nixon
  • Charles Walter Nyquist
  • Dell O’dell
  • Tom Osborne
  • George Harrison Pittman
  • Julien J. Proskauer
  • Clayton Rawson
  • Ralph W. Read
  • Dolf Rudin
  • Herb Rungie
  • Ned Rutledge
  • James J. Sanders
  • Lucille Pierce Saxon
  • Sigmar – The Magician
  • Jerry Sorensen
  • Willard S. Smith
  • George Starke
  • Dr. Raymond V. Stone. Sr. (Ramo)
  • Harlan Tarbell
  • Dr. Franklin V. Taylor
  • J. G. Thompson. Jr.
  • Jack F. Trepel
  • M. Van Reese
  • Jack Vosburgh
  • Audley Valentine Walsh
  • Peter Warlock
  • Herman L. Weber
  • Bob Weill
  • William H. Wilson
  • Tommy Windsor
  • Howard D. Wise
  • Ed. Wolff
  • Michael F. Zens
• “My Best”