| This
abundantly illustrated, easy-to-follow guide offers beginning magicians
expert adivce for successfully performing over 100 tricks, each
graded according to difficulty. Requiring neither sleight-of-hand
nor complex props, these fascinating tricks can all be performed
with everyday objects.
Step-by-step instructions, complemented with nearly 400 illustrations,
show you how to master such all-time classics as The Inexhaustible
Hat, The Cut and Restored Turban, Dyeing the Silks, The Chinese
Rings and The Vanishing Bowl of Water. You'll also learn to perform
the mystifying manipulations of The Rising Cards, The Telltale Card
and The Impossible Location and to execute such quick tricks as
The Invisible Lasso, Steel Through Steel and The Indestructible
Handkerchief. With this book as your guide, you'll even master such
baffling exploits of mental magic as Fingers That See, The Great
Telephone Trick, Magic Squares, Super Memory and dozens more. In
addition to complete instructions, the text includes a glossary
of professional terms, notes on constructing the necessary props
and a brief but fascinating section on great magicians, past and
present.
Like
many magicians, author Bill Tarr has been performing since an early
age. In this book, his enthusiasm, knowledge and admiration for
his subject are readily apparent. By following the expert advice
and instructions he has put forth in this easy-to-follow guide,
you'll soon be adept at a repertoire of tricks sure to dazzle friends
and family alike.
Paperbound,
224 8.5" by 11" pages, 392 illustrations. |