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Emerson and West were Arthur Emerson and Larry West.

In 1967, they met in Washington D.C. and within a year they formed "Emerson & West" presenting original ideas for sale at Magi-Fest in Columbus, Ohio. The first effect which they marketed, Color Monte (by Jim Temple, 1974) became their biggest single items, selling over 500,000 copies. ^[1]

Over the years Emerson & West produced over 121 magic items.^{[2] [3]}

Emerson and West Presents products

• ADD+IX by Larry West
• All The Nonconformists
• Camouflage
• Coin-Cidental
• Color Blind
• Color Monte by Jim Temple
• Color Pack by Larry West
• Cut Throat Casino
• Dicey
• Dictionary Test
• Eight Ball by Larry West
• Encased in Glass
• Flik-Flik
• Flipped Out! by Ed Hollins
• Gag-bag
• Gems by Walt Maddison
• Gourmet Mouse by Larry West
• Gypsy Curse by Peter Kane
• Hamman Eggs by Bro. John Hamman
• Insight
• Keepsake
• Kling Ring
• Know-Fu-Ling
• The Four Card (1, 2, 3, 4) Trick by Larry West
• The One-Man-Two-Person
• Paleface Pasteboards by Horace Bennett
• Pegasus Page
• Pocket Secret-ary
• Rat Traps by Bob White
• Reflections by Peter Kane
• Round Trip by Peter Kane
• S and S Clip Board
• Sequence by Larry West
• Shaggy Dog Tale
• Signature by Tevor Lewis
• Silver Extraction
• Six Mix
• Soup To Nuts by Jim Callan
• Sympathetic Cards by Magic Ronnay
• The Tear-Apart Vanish
• Tra-Fix by Larry West
• Trans Print by Bill Taylor
• Triple-Cross
• The (W)hole Thing by Larry West
• Wild Wild West by Larry West
• Zig-Zag Can by Carlton Bradford

Books: THE MAGICIAN ON THE AMERICAN STAGE 1752-1874, by Charles J. Pecor

• The Tell-Tale Timepiece by Arthur Emerson (booklet)
• "Tricks You Can Count On" (book)

References

1. ↑ EMERSON AND WEST magician-of-the-month, MUM, November 1977 (cover)
2. ↑ http://themagicwordpodcast.com/scottwellsmagic/day-one-taom-2014
3. ↑ THIS IS YOUR LIFE Presenter PETER BLANCHARD, A.I.M.C., Magic Circular, Vol. 76, January /February 1982