Jim Ryan Close-up Series #1 "Sensational Stunners" 

By Philip Willmarth

These are the close-up routines that made Jim Ryan a magic legend in the magic circles of the 1960s and '70s when he performed in Chicago as a "Bar Magician". If you learn to perform the routines, in all five booklets of the Jim Ryan Close-up Series, you'll go very far in the world of magic and will not need any other material.

Contents Include:

• James Patrick Ryan: Biography
• The Bill Tear
• Jim's Toss-Away, An Easy Variation
• Ryan's Dunbury Delight
• Misdirection and Manipulation
• Warren Stephen's Helicopter Knot
• Ryan's Rope, Ring and Rod
• Advice For The Bride and Groom

Comments: The cover photo was taken by Tom Mullica, others by Rick Bamman. Black &White photo illustrated. Mr. Ryan used tapered cups (Ireland style cups) three sponge balls (Goshman brand will work), a carpet close-up pad, 3 load balls, and a purse frame.

 

Note of Interest: The Jim Ryan Close Up Series had five books: 1 - Sensational Stunners; 2 - Entertaining Card Quickies; 3 - Classic Card Routines; 4 - The Famous Cups and Balls Routine; and (not numbered) James P. Ryan Lecture Notes on Bar Magic.

Details: Jim Ryan Close-Up One - Sensational Stunners
©1981 Philip Willmarth
24 Pages, Softcover, saddle-stitched, 8 1/2" by 11".

The copies we have are from the Philip Willmarth Estate