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The original ad read:

Secrets for the tricks in this book, if purchased separately from magic supply houses, would cost well over $1000. Here, in non-technical language, are hundreds of tricks that require no special apparatus; tricks that can be performed with simple, common objects to be found anywhere. Tricks with coins, rope, handkerchiefs, cigarettes, rubber bands, pencils, playing cards – objects completely free of trickery. Includes complete routines for a close-up act, a mental act, a children’s show, and a catalog of magic and merchandise.

Hundreds of self-working tricks that require no skillTricks for anytime, anywhere (at the dinner table, at the card table, at a party)Ice breakers for business dealingsEasily constructed illusionsClose-up routines with silks, cards, coinsMental magicHow to buy tricksA gallery of legendary magiciansReproduction of the old classic The Black Art Exposed

Neil Foster wrote in the New Tops:

“Puts Magic in the Now! I recommend this book to everyone interested in the Art of Magic, be he amateur or professional. For the first time in decades a book has finally come along that puts Magic in the contemporary scene, all the dusty old myths have past into oblivion.”About The AuthorYou Can Do Great Magic TricksThe Ground Rules Of MagicAny Time, AnywhereThe Impossible KnotThe Instant One-Hand KnotThe Snap KnotThe Phantom KnotSilk Through The BodyTake Your ChoiceThe Blow KnotTriple ChoicePenetrationInstant Off And OnPin-A-RibbonImpossible PenetrationThe Indian Rice MysteryBurned And Restored Borrowed BillDollar Bill In CigaretteThe Great Coat TrickThe Priceless CupsThe Sponge BallsThe Vanishing Coat HangerParadise Dice RoutineWith Dessert And CoffeeThe Vanishing SpoonHeads Or TailsThe Coin And Glass IllusionSilver Through GlassBorrowed Ring On PencilWoofle Dust And IceKnife PenetrationThe Numerology TrickThe Magic SquareAt The Card TableMathematical Aces”Your Choice” Four AcesChoice PredictionMiraskill, By Stewart JamesMental Card SandwichHow To Force A CardSuper-SpellerSafety Check SpellerThe Torn Deck MiracleFalse ShufflesSimplex Poker DealThe Piano TrickThink StopThe Twelve-Card CountThe Golden MiracleYou Do As I DoYou, Card ManipulatorIn Your HatThe Card On The CeilingAl Baker’s Impossible Card LocationSheer NerveAnother “Think Of A Card”Follow-Up Card In PocketCountdownDouble ReverseStabbing A CardAnother Card StabbingRestoring A Torn CardSimulcastDublo-CationWant More Card Tricks?At A PartyThe Telephone Card TrickSwindles”Gag” Three-Card MonteThe “Glide” Find The LadyThe Australian BeltThe Shell GameThirty-OneA Ring, A Quarter And A HankieAfter-Dinner MintsFind The BodyIce BreakersClipped For A Snappy BuckKeep It BriefMatching PenniesSympathetic CoinsA Knotty ProblemPrint Your OwnThe Indestructible Rubber BandThe Jumping BandThe Rubber PencilYou’re A Mindreader!The Sex IndicatorThink Of A Finger!Mental ChoiceOne Chance In TenThe Hoax “Think Of A Card”Three-Way PredictionThe Three-Digit TestMoney TalksSimple Book TestIntermediaryStopping The PulseMessage ReadingMatchbook Mind ReadingThe Window EnvelopeA Clean RevelationThe Sealed Question Answering Act”In The Dark” MindreadingA Message From ZographosNewmann’s NumbersDowsing RodsPseudo-PsychometryPar-Optic VisionCoin TricksThe Classic Coin FoldThe No-Sleight Coin VanishThe Han Ping Chien Coin TrickThe Miser’s DreamCoins AcrossCoin ConMindreading With CoinsBreaking A BillThe Bending CoinThe Sympathetic CoinsChips Are MoneyHeads Or TailsThe Challenge 100-Foot Rope EscapeA Spectacular IllusionThe Nest Of BoxesFour AdsThe Gift Of The MagiA Close-Up RoutineThe Silk RoutineDouble-Knot VanishWorld’s Fastest KnotWorld’s Fastest Bow-TieBracelet From SilkSilk Through The ArmThe Silk RoutineImpromptu Close-Up RoutineThe Bill SwitchBracelet Over Rubber BandThe Bracelet On The StringThreading The NeedleOn Again, Off AgainThe Paddle TrickThe Rapping PencilThe Telephone Book TestRoutine With Borrowed CardsMagic Or MindreadingCard Routine With A Stacked Deck”Kit” Impromptu Table RoutineSquare Knot Cut And Restored RopeThe Afghan BandsClose-Up Mental RoutineLiving And Dead TestPsychic DrawingSpectator And SlateThe Rapping CricketMatchbook MindreadingA Routine For A Children’s ShowTorn And Restored Paper NapkinAllah PaloozaHydrostatic GlassBananasThe Educated SnakeThe Rabbit TubesPopping Corn In A Borrowed HatYou’re On-StageClub Act RoutineRope-StretchingRopes Around The NeckBlock And CordBananasHeavy WaterThe Needle TrickThe Card In The OrangeGreat PerformersWhere Do We Go From Here?Let’s Buy A TrickThe CollectorRobert-HoudinHarry HoudiniOkitoAlexander HerrmannHarry KellarMaskelyne’s MysteriesHarry BlackstoneJohn MulhollandHoward ThurstonThe Black Art, Fully Exposed And Laid BareAcknowledgementsAbout The Cover