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Expert Card Technique

by Jean Hugard & Frederick Braué – Dover Publications (April 02, 2012)

Definitive work on card technique: everything from basic manipulations to advanced flourishes; also a wide variety of tricks. 318 illustrations.

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Encyclopedia of Card Tricks

by Jean Hugard – Dover Publications (April 02, 2012)

This giant-sized collection explains how to perform over 600 professional card tricks, devised by the world's greatest magicians. The finest single compendium available, the book features a clear style that...

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Card Tricks for Beginners

by Wilfrid Jonson – Dover Publications (March 13, 2012)

Diagrams and instructions for successfully performing The False Shuffle, Sensitive Finger Tips, Palming, The Glide, and 46 other techniques. 13 diagrams.

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Modern Coin Magic

by J. B. Bobo – Dover Publications (April 26, 2012)

The most complete treatise on sleight-of-hand coin conjuring, including best traditional methods and modern innovations. Guides you systematically from basic techniques, through integrated tricks to complete...

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Self-Working Table Magic: 97 Foolproof Tricks with Everyday Objects

by Karl Fulves – Dover Publications (June 10, 2013)

97 mystifying tricks done with ordinary objects that can be borrowed from the audience. Make coins appear or disappear; matchsticks jump into the air; classic cups and balls; more. 185 illustrations.

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My Best Self-Working Card Tricks

by Karl Fulves – Dover Publications (April 02, 2012)

Mystifying, entertaining illusions include "Prediction Wallet," in which the card a spectator has chosen is found in the magician's wallet; "Suspense," in which a card remains dangling in midair, others. 116...

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The Royal Road to Card Magic

by Jean Hugard & Frederick Braué – Dover Publications (May 31, 2012)

Simple-to-use book gives versatile repertoire of first rate card tricks. The authors, both expert magicians, present clear explanations of basic techniques and over 100 complete tricks. 121 figures.

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The Expert at the Card Table: The Classic Treatise on Card Manipulation

by S. W. Erdnase – Dover Publications (April 09, 2012)

The one essential guidebook to attaining the highest level of card mastery, from false shuffling and card palming to dealing from the bottom and three-card monte, plus 14 dazzling card tricks.

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Self-Working Rope Magic: 70 Foolproof Tricks

by Karl Fulves – Dover Publications (April 02, 2012)

From one of today's foremost experts: a guidebook with clear instructions and over 400 step-by-step illustrations that show readers how to perform 70 of the best, easiest-to-master, most entertaining rope tricks...

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Self-Working Coin Magic: 92 Foolproof Tricks

by Karl Fulves – Dover Publications (April 02, 2012)

Clearly worded instructions, 251 step-by-step illustrations show novices, veterans how to seemingly pluck coins from the air, make a coin penetrate a tabletop, perform psychic tricks with coins and bills, much...

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Practical Mental Magic

by Theodore Annemann – Dover Publications (March 30, 2012)

Outstanding collection of nearly 200 crowd-pleasing mental magic feats requiring no special equipment. Author offers insider's tips and expert advice on techniques, presentation, diversions, patter, staging,...

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Self-Working Mental Magic

by Karl Fulves – Dover Publications (April 02, 2012)

Sixty-seven sure-fire mental feats to delight and mystify: mind reading with cards, instant ESP, identifying the owners of objects given to you in random order, number prediction, much more. 73 illustrations....

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Self-Working Card Tricks

by Karl Fulves – Dover Publications (April 02, 2012)

Noted magician and magic authority offers 72 tricks that work automatically through nature of card deck. No sleight of hand needed. Often spectacular. 42 illustrations.

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101 Easy-to-Do Magic Tricks

by Bill Tarr – Dover Publications (April 02, 2012)

Illustrations, simple instructions for performing over 100 tricks, including The Inexhaustible Hat, The Chinese Rings, Steel Through Steel, Fingers That See, much more.

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Magic and Showmanship: A Handbook for Conjurers

by Henning Nelms – Dover Publications (April 02, 2012)

Highly instructive book by a noted authority on the subject analyzes every phase of conjuring, from sleights, devices, misdirection, and controlling audience attention to incorporating patter and the effective...

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New Era Card Tricks

by August Roterberg – Dover Publications (November 01, 2017)

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...

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Harry Houdini's Paper Magic

by Harry Houdini – Dover Publications (May 09, 2017)

Aspiring illusionists can learn from one of the world's greatest magicians with this facsimile of a 1922 book by Harry Houdini. The master sleight-of-hand artist explains how to use the simplest of props ―...

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Gilbert's Table Magic

by Alfred C. Gilbert – Dover Publications (October 26, 2016)

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...

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