This book is the most complete treatise ever written on sleight-of-hand coin conjuring. Celebrated magician J.B. Bobo has gathered here the best and most useful of all coin tricks-not only his own, but those of some four dozen notable prestidigitators, including such greats as Robert-Houdin, Professor Hoffman and T. Nelson Downs.
With 510 superb illustrations, you will learn all about palms, holds, flips, switches, change-overs, steals, cuffing, sleeving, and other practical sleights. Tricks requiring special devices, are also included. The author guides you systematically from basic techniques, concealments and vanishes, through integrated tricks, to complete routined acts (18 in all).
Sleight-of-hand magic has consistently earned the respect of professional magicians. If you are yet an amateur, this easy to follow manual- together with regular practice- is the surest route to professional-level competence. For professionals, this volume is a convenient encyclopedic reference that gathers in one place all the best coin magic from antiquity to modern times.
Dedication
Preface
J.B. Bobo
Acknowledgements
Prologue
Scot on Monie, 1584
Chapter I: Coin Concealments
Chapter II: Basic Technique
Chapter III: Coin Vanishes
Chapter IV: Complete Coin Vanishes
Chapter V: Quick Tricks
Chapter VI: Cuffing
Chapter VII: The Art of Sleeving
Chapter VIII: Coins Across
Chapter IX: Coin Classics
Chapter X: Coin Boxes
Chapter XI: Trick Coin Trickery
Chapter XII: Shell and Folding Half
Chapter XIII: Stage Coin Magic
Chapter XIV: The Miser's Dream
Chapter XV: The Stanley Collins Section
Chapter XVI: Routines: 18 Routined Coin Acts
Index
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