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Considered by many magicians and card sharps to be the one essential guidebook to attaining the highest level of card mastery. Includes author's own systems of false shuffling, false riffling and cutting, dealing from the bottom, palming cards, "skinning the hand" - even three-card monte, plus 14 dazzling card tricks.
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"Generations of entertainers have amused audiences of children and adults with the art of hand shadows, using only a light source and their own two hands to form immediately recognizable profiles of people and animals. Lovers of nostalgia and aspiring hand shadow artists will delight in this facsimile of a 1913 book, which features more than 50 hand shadows. These quaint illustrations depict many different types of shadows, from swans, rabbits, and...
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Make coins vanish and reappear, make handkerchiefs change color, and make friends, family, and other audiences gasp with delight at your dazzling sleight-of-hand tricks. You can learn the secrets behind dozens of classic maneuvers from Alfred C. Gilbert, a manufacturer of magic kits. The renowned toymaker shared his conjuring secrets in Gilbert Coin Tricks and Gilbert Handkerchief Magic. Published a century ago, these two charming guides...
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Originally published in 1952, this classic guidebook provides a complete treatise on sleight of hand coin conjuring, making an excellent companion for those who want to impress and entertain with some classic magic tricks. Complete with instructional diagrams, it explains a variety of coin act techniques, including vanishing, sleeving and cuffing. The final chapter helps you to prepare the routine for your coin magic performance. Contents include:...
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La habilidad y el ingenio para realizar efectos sorprendentes e inexplicables han sido siempre los rasgos fundamentales de la magia. Los juegos aquí explicados le permitirán desarrollar sus propias habilidades. * Las cartas de la baraja española, las de la francesa o las de póquer sirven en este libro para mostrar cómo se realizan apasionantes juegos basados en curiosas combinaciones matemáticas. * Unos cálculos extremadamente sencillos que...
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Not for the faint-hearted, this book contains an impressive variety of magic tricks using small props you might easily carry in your pocket. Its 79 pages contain a wealth of anecdote and information on tricks and stunts that are guaranteed to liven up your dinner party. Thoroughly recommended reading for the budding magician. Extensively illustrated with black and white explanatory drawings and diagrams. This book contains classic material dating...
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This text details a number of Houdini's famous tricks and techniques, offering comprehensive explanations of how the master escape artist achieved some of his most baffling and impressive tricks. Complete with detailed descriptions of the feats and information on the man behind them, this is a text that will greatly appeal to those with an interest in Houdini and in escapology in general. The chapters of this book include: 'Houdini as Handcuffed King',...
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This unusual book, containing an impressive variety of sleight of hand magic tricks, is sure to delight young and old alike and is the perfect introduction to magic of this type. Its 88 pages contain a wealth of anecdote on a variety of tricks and stunts that are guaranteed to liven up your dinner party. Thoroughly recommended reading for the budding magician. Extensively illustrated with black and white drawings and explanatory diagrams This book...
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This collection of card tricks is the perfect introduction to magic. Extensively illustrated with black and white drawings and explanatory diagrams. Thoroughly recommended reading for the budding magician. This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.
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This unusual book, containing an impressive variety of coin tricks, is sure to delight young and old alike. Its 57 pages contain a wealth of anecdote on a variety of tricks and stunts that are guaranteed to liven up your dinner party. Extensively illustrated with black and white explanatory drawings and diagrams. This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance...
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Change the Queen of Hearts into the Queen of Clubs, shoot a hole through the Ace of Spades, and toss a deck into the air and make it vanish! This classic guide is loaded with sleights and tricks, from the card palm and the false shuffle to illusions employing coins, handkerchiefs, and bottles. More than 200 illustrations and diagrams illuminate such tricks as how to make a desired card appear, setting up the prearranged pack, and compelling a spectator...
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This unusual book, containing an impressive variety of magic tricks, is sure to delight young and old alike. Its 52 pages contain a wealth of anecdote on a variety of tricks and stunts that are guaranteed to liven up your dinner party. Thoroughly recommended reading for the budding magician. Extensively illustrated with black and white drawings and explanatory diagrams. This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The...
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This vintage book contains an extensive catalogue of magic tricks, with full descriptions and information on where they could be purchased in 1923. "Magic of the Depots - 1923" is highly recommended for collectors of vintage magic literature and will be of utility to those with an interest in the development of magic tricks.
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This vintage book contains an extensive catalogue of original magic tricks, various interesting and entertaining anecdotes, and a number of articles of general interest to magic enthusiasts. "Diversified Magic" is highly recommended for modern magicians of all levels, containing full description of the tricks as well as a wealth of other information related to magic and illusions.
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This classic magic tricks book has long been out-of-print, but is now again available to magic enthusiasts and collectors. Of enormous importance to the field of amateur magic, Magic: Tricks & Illusions feature over 250 feats and tricks. All routines are outlined and illustrated, with a springboard of derivations offered for the ambitious entertainer. Ranging from simple routines to elaborate maneuvers, these tricks will appeal to the person with...
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This vintage book contains a detailed guide to mastering a variety of paper-based magic tricks. "Paper Magic" teaches the budding musician how to construct a variety of paper models, toys, puzzles, and more that can be used to impress anyone they meet! With simple, step-by-step instructions and helpful diagrams, this volume is highly recommended for the novice illusionist and those looking for tricks that can be performed on the go.
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Teach Yourself 25 Beginner Card Tricks! Amaze your friends and family with these easy to learn card tricks. Basic Card Magic contains 6 card magic routines with several tricks in each. You can use the routines as they are, tweak them, combine them, mix them up, or use any trick on its own. You can do all 25 card tricks using a standard deck of cards and with no prior setup. Stun your friends with your new skills, because learning card magic doesn't...
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Have some extra change rattling around in your pocket? Need a new party trick? Coin Magic: The Complete Book of Coin Tricks is your go-to reference for astonishing any audience—friends, family, people on the street, or even strangers sitting in a theater seat seeing your first public performance. Everyone will be amazed by your ability to captivate and charm.
Originally published in the 1930s, this highly acclaimed coin magic book
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First published in 1915, this volume contains a fantastic guide to mastering a variety of card tricks. With over 100 illustrations, "Modern Card Manipulations" will appeal to those with an interest in learning card tricks and is it not to be missed by the budding magician. Contents include: "Fun on the Billiard Table", "Simple Conjuring Tricks", "Hand Shadows", "Indoor Games for Children and Young People", "Simple Conjuring Tricks that Anybody can...
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Extrait: "Voici une nouvelle série de tours de « physique amusante » o l'on ne trouvera que des expériences faciles, à la portée de tous, quoique souvent brillantes, et qui pourront être exécutées aussi bien dans un salon que sur le petit théâtre des collèges, patronages, cercles et pensionnais, o les séances de magie blanche obtiennent toujours un grand succès."
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