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− | * [[Rara Avis Jack Avis]] by [[Anthony Brahams]] (2006) (Sixty Years of Magic from the Private Notebooks of Jack Avis). | + | * [[Rara Avis]] by [[Jack Avis]] Compiled by [[Anthony Brahams]] (2006) (Sixty Years of Magic from the Private Notebooks of Jack Avis). |
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Revision as of 12:25, 17 September 2011
Jack Avis (July 27, 1921 - January 8, 2004) a British close-up magician and inventor.
Jack Avis | |
Born | July 27, 1921 England |
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Died | January 8, 2004 (age 82) |
Categories | Books by Jack Avis |
A printer by profession, he served in the British army over in Africa and Italy.
At one time he performed under the stage name Siva, which is Avis spelled backwards, which is also the name used for the card sleight he created (Siva count).
Author of over four hundred items in magazines, books and contributions to Pallbearer's Review, Epilogue, Pentagram and many other magic periodicals.
Books
- Vis a Vis: A Jack Avis Book with John Derris, published by Richard Kaufman (1998)
- Ahead of the Pack with Lewis Jones (2002)
- Rara Avis by Jack Avis Compiled by Anthony Brahams (2006) (Sixty Years of Magic from the Private Notebooks of Jack Avis).