Close-Up Assassin

An 88-page, softcover book devoted exclusively to the magic of Richard Sanders, written by David Acer and published by the Camirand Academy of Magic in 1998. The book comes packaged with a performance-only companion video, designed to give the reader a sense of how the material looks in real-time, and, while still available, has never been reissued with a DVD in place of the tape.

Table of Contents

Foreword

• Richie's Double Bill Switch (a seminal technique that originally appeared in David Acer's Natural Selections, and has since been reprinted in John Lovick's Switch)
• Trick Photography II
• My Cupped Hands Runneth Over (a stand-up Coins Across routine most noteworthy for the inspired transposition of the fourth and final coin)
• Skinny Kreskin
• Richie's Little Stickman
• Cramped
• Trident Sugarless Bill
• Behind My Back (Richard showcased this on the Canadian television special, Urban Magic)
• Billboard
• Sour Dough (a benchmark bill-in-lime routine featuring Lime Richie, a barehanded transformation of a green silk into a lime)

Bonus: Sanders on the Bélanger Cigarette Through Quarter