Sleights & Principles

46 entries in Book / Book Test / Sleights & Principles
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Book Test Force with playing card stuck into book, brief
 		1936 ca.
Twenty Magical Novelties
56
R. C. Buff The $64.00 Word Taylor's Peek Deck combined with a dictionary book test
Related to Oct. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 46)
189
Richard Himber Transcendental Book Test two page numbers selected and added, that number opened in third book and first word divined, using mathematical addition force and miscalling a page number
Also published here 1945/27
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4
192
Milbourne Christopher Milbourne Christopher's Column several ideas on book tests
  • Best seller book test
  • Bold Book Test
  • Conclusion
 		Dec. 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 7)
272
George Armstrong Miracle - Impromptu Book Test with borrowed book and borrowed deck of playing cards, information glimpsed on the fly and that page number forced with cards
Related to July 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 130)
522
Amazing James Randi A Clean Book Test words circled on page of Reader's Digest, page torn out and crumpled up, performer divines words, secret duplicate page under forced page
 		Mar. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 9)
3
P. Howard Lyons Martin Gardner Force Book comment that Martin Gardner's "Mathematics, Magic And Mystery" is a force book
 		Dec. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 12)
20
Tom Bowyer Book Riffle Force
Sep. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 14)
14
Tony Corinda Page Force same as David Hoy's
Related to 1959
Book Tests
205
David Hoy The Bold Book Test impromptu, glimpsing information on the fly and miscalling page number
Related toVariations 1963
The Bold and Subtle Miracles of Dr. Faust
21
David Hoy Miscall Page Force two books
Related to 1963
The Bold and Subtle Miracles of Dr. Faust
22
Edward Marlo Another Effect is the Following as a number force or book test
Inspired by 1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
19
Miscall Page Force
Related to 1968
Al Koran's Professional Presentations
40
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Change Bag to force Page Number
Winter 1969
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 3rd Folio)
302
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Phone Book Test No. 343, riffle force with phone book, broken binding for break
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
96
Jerry Fulton Book Note idea for book test
 		1973
Magick (Issue 88)
440
Gerald Kosky 1089 - Plus using a variation of the 1089-force for a book test
 		1975
The Magic of Gerald Kosky
170
Burling Hull An Old Word Force double-pocket bag with numbered chips
 		1976
The Amazing World of Mentalism
74
Karl Fulves Force Books on "Aftermath" and "Mother Good" (Martin Gardner)
Related to 1978
Interlocutor (Issue 21)
81
Eddie Goldstein Tele-Peek stop force
 		1978
Magick (Issue 211)
1053
Larry Becker Fool-Ette gambling and roulette theme, page force with playing card, book test, inspired by a Roulette Force from a Jerry Mentzer cavalcade book (?)
 		1979
The Best of Larry Becker's World of Super Mentalism Book II
198
Peter Warlock Knife Force with Book
Related to
  • Peter Warlock in "Pentragram" 1946, P.2.
  • C. L. Boarde's "Ex-Spear-Ience" in "Mainly Mental: Vol. Two"
 1982
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Grymwyr)
275
Thomas Alan Waters Miscellanea book test ideas
Related to 1983
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Mindscript 1: The Book Test)
376
Richard Himber Transcendental Book Test two page numbers selected and added, that number opened in third book and first word divined, using mathematical addition force and miscalling a page number
Also published here 1983
Self-Working Number Magic
134
Cushing Strout On Book Tests and Tarot Decks using tarot cards to force spot in book
 		Aug. 1984
Epoptica (Issue 6)
390
Ted Lesley Book of Seven Seals using attached book mark to force page, ribbon with seal
Variations June 1990
Magick (Issue 441)
2203
David Zver Book, Too spectator places attached bookmark in book to chose page, ribbon with seal
Inspired by Nov. 1990
Magick (Issue 448)
2240
Alan Nguyen The Silver Dollar Force ploy to force a specific section or specific group of words on a page
 		1995
Labyrinth (Issue 4)
26
Dan Tong Flashback Book
Aug. 2000
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 12)
78
David Jelinek Wordophile word selected from a book via riffle & stop, spectator looks it up in dictionary, performer divines page number on dictionary and word itself
Also published here Feb. 2002
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 6)
70
Book Riffle Stop Force piece of carton inside
 		2004
Deserting the Legion
2
Michael Sibbernsen Application Idea #2: AAA Book Test forcing page from a book, riffle force
 		2005
Mentalism, Incorporated: Volume Two
41
Alain Nu, Kevin Dunn Parties Over Progressive anagram idea using a single sentence for book tests
 		2008
Word Work II
18
Karl Fulves Flat Dice six dice, spectator rolls three, numbers drawn in 2x3 grid, repeated, addition made, number force, book test application or counting to Aces
 		2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
391
Christoph Borer Die Buchseiten-Force forcing page from a book
Related to
  • Borodin's "Die Riffelforce" in "Ex Faustibus", 1999. P. 24.
 2012
Endlose Möglichkeiten
32
Steve Bedwell The "I Choose You" Force forcing a book
 		Feb. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 2)
53
Book Riffle Stop Force piece of carton inside
 		2015
Tom Stone Seminar 2015
12
Christoph Borer Die Buchseiten-Force forcing page from a book
Related to
  • Borodin's "Die Riffelforce" in "Ex Faustibus", 1999. P. 24.
 2016
21
176
Christoph Borer Die Buchseiten-Force forcing page from a book
Also published here
  • Borodin's "Die Riffelforce" in "Ex Faustibus", 1999. P. 24
 2018
Mentale Notizen
141
Christoph Borer Buchtest - Einleitung chapter intro on book tests
 		2018
Mentale Notizen
193
Christoph Borer Buchtests selber herstellen making your own book test
  • 1. Das Buch erfinden (inventing the book)
  • 2. Der Text
  • 3. Das Buch gestalten (designing the book)
  • 4. Das Buch drucken lassen (printing the book)
 		2018
Mentale Notizen
194
Christoph Borer Effekte und Methoden effects and methods of book tests
  • 1. Der Grundeffekt: Ein Wort herausfinden (divination of a word)
  • 2. Variationen (variations)
  • 3. Andere Effekte (other effects with books)
 		2018
Mentale Notizen
199
Christoph Borer Spezielle Bücher using special books
 		2018
Mentale Notizen
208
Christoph Borer Crossing the line book tests with newspaper, diary, leaflets etc.
 		2018
Mentale Notizen
210
David Jelinek Wordophile word selected from a book via riffle & stop, spectator looks it up in dictionary, performer divines page number on dictionary and word itself
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
54
Christoph Borer Die Buchseiten-Force riffle forcing page from a book
Related to
  • Borodin's "Die Riffelforce" in "Ex Faustibus", 1999. P. 24.
 2023
Inventum
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