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Abundantly illustrated, easy-to-follow guide shows beginning and veteran prestidigitators how to successfully perform over 100 tricks, including The Inexhaustible Hat, The Cut and Restored Turban, The Chinese Rings, The Rising Cards, Steel Through Steel, Fingers That See and dozens of other remarkable feats — each graded according to difficulty.
Synopsis
Illustrations, simple instructions for performing over 100 tricks, including The Inexhaustible Hat, The Chinese Rings, Steel Through Steel, Fingers That See, much more.
Table of Contents
preface
introduction
questions and answers for the beginning magician
terms and miscellaneous information you should know
notes on construction
classic magic tricks
chinese rice bowls
the dollar bill in the lemon
chinese wands
the chinese rings
rope and bottle trick
the drumhead tube
the inexhaustible hat
the cut and restored turban
dyeing the silks
card on the ribbon penetration
the vanishing bowl of water
coin in the box
card magic
you do as I do
the rising cards
the four aces
reverso
the lazy location
muscle reading
you're the magician
the twentieth card
double reverse
the telltale card
one-way deck principle
"think "stop"
elimination
the impossible location
on forcing
no-skill card force
mental magic
second sight with cards
"numbers, numbers"
table divination
fingers that see
the great telephone trick
one ahead
magic squares
finding hidden objects
x-ray eyes
super memory
close-up magic
vanishing small objects
handkerchief vanish
paper-fold vanish
the coin pull
silk pull
cigarette pull
the rising cigarette
ring on string
the phantom cigarette
string and straw trick
paddle trick
paddle variation #1
paddle variation #2
the great matchbox escape
squash
miscellaneous magic
ring on the rope mystery
the paper tree
comedy flower growth
the cornucopia vanish
the magic mouse
snip-snip
wand from purse
the vanishing wand
production tubes
instant silk
super instant silk
the rising pencil
gloves to bouquet
vanishing gloves
flowers from nowhere
silk through glass
the restored necklace
the stamp-album trick
an easy production box
the penetrating silk
continuous cigarette production
two-handed instant knot
snap knot
one-handed knot
chalk mark through the table
quick tricks
the rising ring
wood through steel
the indestructible handkerchief
the clinging wand
the rising matchbox
Ralph Read's tapping pencil
steel through steel
the rising match
the divining stone
an easy coin vanish
a unique way to reveal a chosen card
the broken and restored match
the invisible lasso
the rolling cigarette
twin matches
pulse stopping
the standing pencil
stunts
clipped
relit
how to draw a perfect star
how to float a needle on a glass of water
the presliced banana
how to empty a bottle faster than anyone else can
the rising arm trick
room for one more
cutting a pair the hard way
the mouse
shadography
chapeaugraphy
the great magicians past and present
books of special interest
glossary