Jerry Mentzer (Alfred Jerome Mentzer)

Simple Yet Effective Tricks with Cards

Jerry Mentzer (1982)

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58 pages | eng

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Mentzer, Jerry: Simple Yet Effective Tricks with Cards
©1982 Jerry Mentzer
Softcover, saddle-stitched, 5.5x8.5". 58 pages

Comments: (Joe Pecore)

Contents: (numbers are not page numbers)

1 Introduction

2 Chapter one - Card tricks
3 Spectator finds Your Card
4 Two Card reverse
5 The Leaders
6 Comedy Five of clubs
7 Card Mix up
8 Card to Pocket - Version one
9 Card to Pocket - Version two
10 Chapter two - Locators and Tricks with Locators
11 Bottom Card Locator
12 Top and Bottom Card Locator
13 Betcha
14 Think stop

15 Chatper Three - Prearranged Decks
16 Eight kings
17 Si Stebins
18 Pick A Card
19 Pick Several
20 Other Uses - Prearranged Decks
21 Mental Divination
22 Chapter Four - More Tricks
23 Ace - Two - Three
24 Stunning Production
25 The Burglars - First Version
26 - Second Version
27 The Twenty One Card Trick
28 Card Through Handkerchief
29 Panotomine Puzzler

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Owner	Bryan-Keith Taylor
Location	Magic Library (Home)
Index	5055
Added Date	Aug 20, 2018 05:24:24
Modified Date	Apr 06, 2026 14:23:18

Value

Book Condition	Near Mint

Notes

Jerry Mentzer

Born Alfred Jerome Mentzer
April 28, 1940
Wheeling, West Virginia
Died January 31, 2016 (age 75)
Greenville, Soush Carolina

Jerry Mentzer (b.1940-d.2016) was founder and operator of Magic Methods which he started in 1969. During his college years at Ohio State University he authored two booklets on card magic and one on silk magic. He went on to become a mechanical engineer employed by Union Carbide Corporation.[1][2]

Biography
He was the first to publish a book of Paul Harris' magic.

Mentzer contributed three Parades to The Linking Ring (May 1965, February, 1971, March, 1972) and many columns including "Best from Books" from March through August 1971. He was an active member of magic clubs in Ohio before moving to South Carolina.

Mentzer has won numerous awards for performing and writing about magic.[3]

Books
Card Cavalcade I (1972)
Super Cent (1972)
Close-Up Cavalcade (1973)
Card Cavalcade II (1974)
Magician Nitely: The Magic of Eddie Fechter (1974)
Close-up Cues (1975)
Club Cues (1975)
Another Close-Up Cavalcade (1975)
Card Cavalcade III (1975)
Card Cavalcade IV (1977)
Close-Up Cavalcade Finale (1977)
Counts, Cuts, Moves & Subtleties (1977)
Card Cavalcade Finale (1979)
Packet Tricks (Book) (1982)
Magic with Finger Rings (1984)
Card to Wallet: The Book (1991)
Card File (1994)
Close-Up File (1994)
Card File Two (2000)

References
↑ http://www.merlina.com/pipermail/magicians/2016-February/000527.html
↑ http://forums.geniimagazine.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=47784
↑ http://www.magicmethodsonline.com/
The Linking Ring, Vol. 42, No. 1, January 1962, Thoughts On Gimmicked Cards, Etc. by Jerry Mentzer, page 23
The Linking Ring, Vol. 42, No. 6, June 1962, Columbus Parade, Ring No. 7, by Eddie Clever, Jerry Mentzer, page 69
The Linking Ring, Vol. 45, No. 5, May 1965, Alfred Jerry Mentzer, Columnist, Creator, page 22, HOCUS POCUS PARADE, Jerry Mentzer Edition, page 57
The Linking Ring, Vol. 51, No. 2, February 1971, BEST OF BOOKS BY JERRY MENTZER, page 87
The Linking Ring, Vol. 52, No. 3, March 1972, HOCUS POCUS PARADE, JERRY MENTZER, Edited by Don Tanner, page 61
http://bryan-keith.angelfire.com/details/18841.html
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/greenvilleonline/obituary.aspx?pid=177608576