116 Coin Sleights and 236 Coin Tricks
When
party guests request a few tricks, be prepared. Ask for a coin, and
perform some of the trick sin this book. Because you will not have been
aided by special stage apparatus, the results will be all the more
astonising. As tricks with coins are so readily improvised, they are
among the most impressive forms of legerdemain.
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 Hoffmann and-the greatest of all coin conjurers-T. Nelson
Downs.
All the tested, traditional methods of coin
magic are here. Bobo has added to these the best of the modern
innovations, while eliminating all the out-of-date and impractical
sleights of his sources. You will learn all about palms, holds, flips,
switches, change-overs, steals, cuffing, sleeving and other
sleight-of-hand techniques; coin 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). His clear explanations are
splendidly complemented by 510 illustrations.
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.
Paperbound, 5 3/8" by 8 1/2" pages, 510 illustrations.