Introducing the Complete Marlo In New Tops Collection

Wesley James has embarked on an ambitious project to compile the entire Marlo In New Tops series, enhancing it with extensive annotations and supplementary materials. This first volume covers the years from 1963 to 1979, with 1964 to 1968 already in progress. It features eight significant articles from the inaugural year of Marlo’s contributions to New Tops, alongside innovative plots, sleights, and subtleties that have been largely inaccessible since the original publication of New Tops. While L & L’s MINT I and MINT II provided some insights, they fell short of fully capturing Ed Marlo’s genius. Wesley James has fulfilled Marlo’s vision with M.I.N.T III through VI, ensuring that his legacy remains alive for enthusiasts.

For those eager to truly grasp and utilize Ed Marlo’s material, these volumes are essential. Wesley’s annotations, clarifications, and personal notes—some complimentary, others critical—offer invaluable insights. As Wesley often says, “One can’t perform card magic without a tip of the hat to Ed Marlo.” His long-standing friendship with Marlo has inspired a wealth of material that Wesley has refined and adapted through his own performance experiences.

Card magic aficionados will find these volumes indispensable. The combination of clarified Marlo content, Wesley’s insightful notes, and original routines enhances Marlo’s legacy for future generations. Students of Wesley James’s work will also benefit from exploring these texts in depth.

If you already possess MINT III through VI, this volume will complete your collection of Marlo In New Tops, offering more than just the original text. You’ll gain access to Wesley James’s detailed descriptions, analyses, and historical context. Few collections provide such depth for serious card magic practitioners.

The material ranges from straightforward to technically challenging, yet it is all designed to be practical for your repertoire. This comprehensive collection includes articles from July through December, complete with corrected illustrations and additional content from Wesley.

The ebook is available for just $40, and the Table of Contents below showcases the wealth of knowledge contained within.

Don’t miss out on this unique blend of classic Marlo material and Wesley James’s innovative insights and creations. It’s all available for you now.

• Preface

• Introduction

• Table of Contents

• Clipped Thought – Vol 3, No 6, June 1963

  • First Phase

  • Second Phase

  • Third Phase

• WJ on Clipped Thought

  • Ultra-Mental Clip; New Box Transfer Deck Switch

• Cardician Makes Good – Vol 3, No 4, July 1963

• WJ on Cardician Makes Good

  • The Gambling Teacher

  • Patter & Presentation

• Remember And Forget – Vol 3, No 8, August 1963

• Miracle Incomplete Matching

• Staggering Power Of Thought

• WJ on Remember and Forget

  • Applying the Incomplete Faro

  • FI Glimpse

  • Vanishing Eleven

• The Incomplete Faro – Vol 3, No 9, September 1963

• The Incomplete Location

• The Incomplete Stop

• Incomplete Power Of Thought

• Incomplete Double Disclosure

• WJ on the Incomplete Faro

• A Table Pass – Vol 3, No 10, October 1963

• Variations

• WJ on the Table Pass

  • Erdnase Shift, One Hand

  • The Erdnase Description

  • Christ/Vernon Shift

  • Curry Shift

  • The James Shift

  • The Diamond Shift Stratagem

  • Table Pass Notes

• The Homing Card – Vol 3, No 11, November 1963

• Alternative Endings – FIRST METHOD

• Second Presentation

• WJ on Homing Card

• Gad-About Aces – Vol. 3, No. 12, December 1963

• Marlo Flexible Count

• WJ on Gad-About Aces

  • Count-Revertable Aces

• Original Homing Card Routine, Vol 3, Trick Annual 1963

• WJ on Original Homing Card

  • RTM II; Splay Grip

  • Neoteric Monte (Applying the Change)

• In Conclusion

• Bibliography

• Index

1st edition 2023, PDF 71 pages.