The Complete Beginner's Guide to MagicLearn how to set up your own magic show! Astound friends, family members, and audiences by--Shaking a piece of string into three knots; Producing a coin at the elbow of your jacket; Dealing yourself a Royal Flush; Stopping your own pulse through mental divination. Dazzle and delight others with these and other feats of magic artistry. You might just become the next David Copperfield. 85 illustrations. |
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All you need are two decks of cards a glass and a handkerchief | 3 |
THE MAGIC CARD | 10 |
HERES YOUR CARD | 13 |
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ace of spades Alan Truscott apple audience beginner boat bottom card buttonhole CARD TRICKS cards face center pile Chinese coin chosen card clubs COIN TRICK CONTRACT BRIDGE count CRACKERS deal three dealt diamonds drawing drop effect eight eleven cards face-down Figure finger fingertips fist forefinger Four Aces four cards four jacks handkerchief HARRY HOUDINI heaps hearts hold HOWARD THURSTON hypnotic left hand Lifetime Books look loop of string MAGIC SQUARE magician knows MATCH BOX mentally method Mike Shelley move MYSTERIOUS MYSTIC number of cards odd card orange packet pencil performer person picks position pushed put the pack queen right hand ring says SECRET selected card seven SHOPI shown in fig shuffle simple slip Spades spectator spelling SPINNING suit surprising tAbOrEt tell three cards three kings THREE-CARD MONTE thumb top card TRICK APPEARS turns his back watch WHISKAWAY