The practical encyclopedia of magic : how to perform amazing close-up tricks, baffling optical illusions and incredible mental magic - reveals the secrets of over 120 magic tricks, with over 1100 photographs - includes magic with cards, matches, rope, silk, thimbles and money
Einhorn, Nicholas2014
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Magic is universally recognized as a wonderful form of entertainment. This book reveals the secrets of a wide range of tricks and explains how to achieve a polished performance. It explains how to grip, shuffle and control cards, do tricks with glasses, napkins, cutlery, straws, cups, sugar cubes, matches, string and rope, and how to create the impression of mind-reading and thought transference. Once you have learnt the basic techniques, there are also many tricks to perform with coins and banknotes.
Main title:
The practical encyclopedia of magic : how to perform amazing close-up tricks, baffling optical illusions and incredible mental magic - reveals the secrets of over 120 magic tricks, with over 1100 photographs - includes magic with cards, matches, rope, silk, thimbles and money / Nicholas Einhorn ; photography by John Freeman.
Edition:
[Updated] edition.
Imprint:
London : Southwater, [2014]©2014
Collation:
256 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 22 cm
Notes:
Previous edition: published as The art of magic and sleight of London: Lorenz, 2002.Includes index.
ISBN:
9781780193298 (pbk)
Dewey class:
793.8793.8 EIN
Language:
English
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BRN:
1056186