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Looking for a forgotten book

TheoryGV

TheoryGV

Jul 17, 2008
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Commerce Michigan
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So I haven’t been on here in ages or practiced magic in almost as long. I’m looking to pick up the art again And can’t for the life of me remember a specific book. I only remember very vague details. It was a white paperback (more so magazine than book really) by a if I remember correctly it was by a Japanese magician (again could be wrong going off memory of almost 20 years ago.) pretty sure Dan and Dave used to sell copies of it in the early 2000s on their site. Was a “book” on close up card magic.

Any one have any guess what I could be remembering? Driving me crazy not being able to think of what it was and would love to get another copy for the nostalgia.
 
I wish I could remember more I’ve been chatting trying to work it out with Grok and can’t remember to much detail.

It was all advanced card magic. I would have had it around the 2006-2008 range most likely. Black and white photos (but I think this this was more cuz of cost vs age).

Was just a random thought I had in a trip down memory lane 😂 also was driving myself nuts trying to find a specific twisting aces routine with a table transportation at the end which I used to do with no avail lol. Ordered a new copy of by forces unseen and just going to play around with that for a while.
 
I did a little research with ai, maybe it helps:

Most likely candidates (highest probability)
• Nojima Manuscript — Nobuyuki Nojima
• White minimalist cover
• Saddle-stitched/paperback booklet
• Black-and-white photographs
• Packet tricks and card magic
• Japanese author
• Very strong candidate
• Lecture Notes — Hiro Sakai
• Thin booklet
• English
• Black-and-white photos
• Elegant card magic
• Japanese author
• Lecture Notes — Tomo Maeda
• White/simple cover
• Small paperback
• Card routines
• Black-and-white illustrations/photos
• Lecture Notes — Ryu Kaizu
• Japanese card magician
• English manuscript
• Mostly card material
• Similar production style
Other booklets Dan and Dave sold around that era
• The Award Winning Magic of John Guastaferro
• One Degree — John Guastaferro
• Card Fictions — Pit Hartling (larger paperback, not really a booklet)
• Pasteboard Animations — Simon Lovell
• Tricks — Ben Earl (later edition)
• Various Genii Bash, Magic-Con, and Lecture Notes imports.
What makes me think it was Japanese
Your description is remarkably specific:
• plain white cover
• only black typography
• black-and-white photographs
• around 40–70 pages
• sold by Dan and Dave
• contained a "Twisting the Aces" variation
That is exactly how many Japanese lecture manuscripts looked in the late 2000s.
I think the best candidates are:
• Nojima Manuscript ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
• Hiro Sakai Lecture Notes ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
• Tomo Maeda Lecture Notes ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
• Ryu Kaizu Lecture Notes ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
One thing I can also do is reconstruct the entire Dan and Dave catalog from 2007–2009 using archived snapshots and produce a complete list of every booklet and lecture note they sold during that period. That would likely narrow it down to a handful of titles and give us a very good chance of identifying the exact booklet you're looking for.

Best regardes
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