Samelson, Peter

Book

1984
Written by Peter Samelson
Work of Peter Samelson

89 pages (Paperback), published by Magical Publications
Illustrated with drawings by Joseph Wierzbicki
Language: English

22 entries

This publication has been reviewed by

John Holland (Epoptica, Issue 7, Nov. 1985, p. 421)

Theatrical Close-Up (written by Peter Samelson, work of Peter Samelson, 1984)
Creators	Title	Comments & References		Page	Categories
Jamy Ian Swiss	Introduction			7	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Peter Samelson	Foreword			11	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Peter Samelson	In The Hand-Off		Also published here Ring True (Peter Samelson, Apocalypse, 1983) Inspired by Ringer (Scotty York, Kabbala — Volume 2, 1972) Ring (Ray Grismer, Close-up Cavalcade, 1973) Variations Swinger (Bret Young, Top Secret Stuff, 1990)	15	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String
Peter Samelson	Cigarette and Thimble	chapter intro		20	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Peter Samelson	The Mat Opening	thimble appears with help of close-up mat	Also published here Thimble Opening (Peter Samelson, Apocalypse, 1983)	20	Mat & Close-up Pad Thimble / Production & Appearance
Peter Samelson	Mat and Thimble	thimble vanish and reproduction routine		22	Thimble / Routines
Peter Samelson	Thimble Imp Pass	table edge transfer with thimble	Inspired by Imp-Pass (Tony Slydini, Slydini Encores, 1966) Related to Thumb Tip Handling á la Slydini (Alexander de Cova, Secrets No. 1, 1994) also in: Thumbtip Table Load (Treasures, 2004) Slydini Thumbtip Handling (Burners — Vol. 4, 2016)	23	Lapping Principles / Imp Pass & Variations Thimble / Palming
Peter Samelson	Cigarette and Thimble Dance	close-up manipulation routine with a thimble and cigarette	Related to Cigarette From Thimble (Peter Samelson, Apocalypse, 1984)	25	Thimble / Routines Cigarette & Cigar / Routines Cigarette & Cigar / Appearance & Production / Miscellaneous
Peter Samelson	Smoke-less	tobacco vanishes, leaving behind only empty cigarette paper tube		31	Cigarette & Cigar / Vanish
Peter Samelson	Peter's Parable No. 1 - The Story of the Shouting Postman			34	Articles / Articles
	Sponge Ball Snacks			35	Articles / Chapter Heading
Peter Samelson	Samelson's Sensational Sponge Ball Surprise	cigarette paper changes to sponge ball in flash of fire,		35	Spongeball / Appearance & Production Light & Fire / Flash Paper & Material
Peter Samelson	The Samelson Split	clean handling for splitting of ball into two on the table		37	Spongeball / Appearance & Production Spongeball / Sequences
Peter Samelson	The Drop Ploy	subtlety for sponge-to-spectator's hand	Also published here The Drop Ploy (Peter Samelson, The Encyclopedia of Sponge Ball Magic, 1976)	40	Spongeball / Sequences
Peter Samelson	"The Peter Production"	final production of some item like lime		42	Spongeball / Sequences Random Object / Two in the Hand, One in the Pocket
Peter Samelson	Mimetic Slo-Mo Show'n Vanish	slow-motion coin vanish and reproduction, using back thumb clip	Variations Dust to Dust (Joe Rindfleisch, The Minotaur, 1993)	45	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed Coin / Sleights / Palming / Palm Positions
Peter Samelson	Ring of Truth	multi-phase routine		58	Ring / Ring and Rope Routines & Moves
Peter Samelson	Peter's Parable No. 1 - Pablo Picasso's Bicycle			71	Articles / Articles
Peter Samelson	New York Transpo	signed card is only odd-backed card, transposes with card signed on back, then they merge into one card	Inspired by Chicago Opener (Frank Everhart, Million Dollar Card Secrets, 1972) also in: Chicago Opener (Lecture Notes No. 1, 1973) Forgery (Wesley James, Stop Fooling Us Lecture Notes, 1990) Variations Let's Get Together (Paul Green, MAGIC, 2005) also in: Nothing Up My (Green) Sleeves	73	Cards / Effect Themes / Signature Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Fusion Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Red Hot Mama Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / with mutilated card(s) Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Odd-backed
Dai Vernon	Optical Monte Move			76	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Switching two visible isolated Cards or Packets
Peter Samelson	"The Invasion Of The Body Snatchers"	with story presentation		81	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Wild Cards Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Peter Samelson	Afterword			89	Articles / Intros & Epilogues

Data entered by Denis Behr, April 2020.

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