Mainly Mental Vol. 2 — Book Tests

reprint and renewed from 1950 edition
1978
Written by C. L. Boarde
Work of C. L. Boarde
136 pages (Hardcover), published by Magico Magazine
Illustrated with drawings
Language: English
83 entries
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Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
C. L. Boarde Introduction
C. L. Boarde Preface to Mainly Mental - Book Tests
Section One - General Remarks
1
C. L. Boarde Forcing the Book - Variation A "Either or" technique
 		1
C. L. Boarde Forcing the Book - Variation B fake cover ploy
 		3
C. L. Boarde Forcing the Book - Variation C fake cover ploy, mixed with equivoque
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C. L. Boarde Forcing the Book - Variation D four books, naming a number, fake cover ploy
 		6
C. L. Boarde Forcing the Book - Variation E not forcing, books with certain properties
 		6
C. L. Boarde Forcing the Word - Variation A using the page number to force the word
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C. L. Boarde Forcing the Word - Variation B forcing a word using the properties of the book / magazine
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C. L. Boarde Forcing the Word - Variation C using other props to force a word, dice etc.
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C. L. Boarde Which One - Variation A using a marker or special dust jacket to force which page
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C. L. Boarde Which One - Variation B on finding out if the spectator has chosen the page on the left or the right
 		10
C. L. Boarde Reference Procedures - Variation A on hiding a list of words, with pad
 		10
C. L. Boarde Reference Procedures - Variation B on hiding a list of words, with a slate
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C. L. Boarde Reference Procedures - Variation C on hiding a list of words, pens and crayons
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C. L. Boarde Reference Procedures - Variation D on hiding a list of words, another book
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C. L. Boarde Pumping on fishing, words and letters
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C. L. Boarde General Remarks
16
Part A - Prepared Books
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C. L. Boarde Surrounded word circled behind back, with impromptu variation
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C. L. Boarde Aristeas Redivivus - Variation A using a business card as a marker
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C. L. Boarde Aristeas Redivivus - Variation B using a marker to select page
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C. L. Boarde Aristeas Redivivus - Variation C using cards as marker, several pages
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C. L. Boarde Aristeas Redivivus - Variation D using maker, prepared book
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C. L. Boarde Say When - Variation A riffle force, natural breal
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C. L. Boarde Say When - Variation B riffle force
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C. L. Boarde Say When - Variation C riffle force, trimmed and glued section
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C. L. Boarde Say When - Variation D riffle force, multiple areas, svengali book
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C. L. Boarde Bottoms Up two books, double faced cover, fake cover ploy, using a marker
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C. L. Boarde Tumbling Weed corner is bent to select a page
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C. L. Boarde Allez-Oop! add-a-number using the book as turnover pad, total to select page and word
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C. L. Boarde Ex-Spear-Ience using a knife, to select page
Variations 47
C. L. Boarde Do As I Think - Variation A do as I do style, two books and same word
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C. L. Boarde Do As I Think - Variation B do as I do style, two books using markers and exchanging the books, same word
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C. L. Boarde Do As I Think - Variation C do as I do style, circling a word behind the back, two books, same word
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C. L. Boarde Printer's Pleasure - Variation A same pages, Svengali book
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C. L. Boarde Printer's Pleasure - Variation B same pages
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Part B - Unprepared Books
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C. L. Boarde General Remarks
55
C. L. Boarde Shift using a marker, shifting it to forcing page
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C. L. Boarde In the Groove book in bag, stabbed with knife to select a page
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C. L. Boarde Billets and Books - Variation A numbered corners from a book are torn, one selected to determine a page in second book
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C. L. Boarde Billets and Books - Variation B number written down on billet by spectator
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C. L. Boarde Billets and Books - Variation C using multiple billets
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C. L. Boarde By the Marker - Variation A marker with extra page, postcard or playing card flap
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C. L. Boarde By the Marker - Variation B card with a hole to chose a word, flap
 		70
Section Three - The Ranging Force
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C. L. Boarde General Remarks
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Part A - Prepared Books
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C. L. Boarde Line Up - Variation A several page numbers are named and written on slate, spectator thinks of one and opens the book at that page, ranging force, list
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C. L. Boarde Line Up - Variation B marked pages, performer sees where book is opened
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C. L. Boarde Peek-A-Boo using a telephone book
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C. L. Boarde Roget to Merriam to Webster using a dictionary and a thesaurus
 		81
C. L. Boarde Under Cover - Variation A using an anthology, fake cover ploy
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C. L. Boarde Under Cover - Variation B magazines of different sizes, fake cover ploy
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C. L. Boarde Under Cover - Variation C several magazines, using a reference tome
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C. L. Boarde Under Cover - Variation D magazines, fake cover ploy
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C. L. Boarde Under Cover - Variation E do as I do with magazines, same word is chosen, fake cover ploy
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Part B - Unprepared Books
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C. L. Boarde Hot News with the ads section
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C. L. Boarde By the Numbers - Variation A addition of numbers to select page, range
 		91
C. L. Boarde By the Numbers - Variation B numbers written on papers are placed inside envelopes to chose a page, flapless envelope switch, range
 		93
C. L. Boarde By the Numbers - Variation C numbers from one to zero are written on a slate and three numbers named, list, range
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C. L. Boarde Statistics - Variation A several numbers added, ranging force, list
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C. L. Boarde Statistics - Variation B several numbers added, ranging force, list
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C. L. Boarde Magazine Mnemonics memorized
 		104
C. L. Boarde By the Phone over the phone magazine test
 		106
Section Four - The Post Factum
110
C. L. Boarde General Remarks
110
Part A - Prepared Books
110
C. L. Boarde Give Away - Variation A spectator opens book in the dark and looks at a page using a flashlight, luminous paint
 		110
C. L. Boarde Give Away - Variation B hair glued on book to locate page opened by spectator
 		113
C. L. Boarde Give Away - Variation C loop through book, to locate page opened by spectator
 		114
C. L. Boarde Open Sesame - Variation A hole in book
Related to 117
C. L. Boarde Open Sesame - Variation B carbon paper in book
 		120
Part B - Unprepared Books
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C. L. Boarde Brass - Variation A divination of word from a book
 		124
C. L. Boarde Brass - Variation B divination of word from a book, with gag prediction
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C. L. Boarde Peek-A-Boo Jr. using a peek mirror
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C. L. Boarde Plated Psychometry using daub
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C. L. Boarde Concluding Remarks
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?? Have You Overlooked Anything ??
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Data entered by Lorenz Schär, December 2023.