World's Greatest Magic Tricks

World's Greatest Magic Tricks
Author: Charles Barry Townsend
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2005
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781402725456

Reissue A great new cover will make this perennial favorite even more appealing to magic-loving kids eager to build a repertoire of awesome tricks. It covers the spectrum, with illusions that use silk scarves, paper, rope, money, and cards. The secrets to success are subtle, with an emphasis on presentation not just sleight of hand. Earn a reputation as a wizard of wonders by mastering The Amazing License Plate Prediction, The Impossible Coin Vanish, and The Puzzling Paper Puff Ball. Or play a Devilish Game of Poker--a neat setup that results in five of the most staggering hands you've ever seen.

All the Secrets of Magic Revealed

All the Secrets of Magic Revealed
Author: Herbert L. Becker
Publisher:
Total Pages: 144
Release: 1996
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780811908221

Describes how a variety of magic tricks are performed by leading magicians, including Doug Henning, the Amazing Kreskin, Harry Houdini, Siegfried & Roy, and Mark Wilson.

The Greatest Magician in the World

The Greatest Magician in the World
Author: Matt Edmondson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781684640256

A showstopping quirky gift book for budding magicians, filled with mind-blowing removable magic tricks. Prepare to be amazed!Elliot is crazy about magic. It's all he talks about, all he thinks about, and even all he dreams about! And it's not surprising, because magic is in Elliot's blood. His great-grandfather had once been known as The Greatest Magician in the World and Elliot is desperate to follow in his footsteps. But it's hard when the only magic book in the library is missing half its pages, and there's no one around to teach you. But all that's about to change, when Elliot discovers a long-lost letter from his great-grandfather and embarks on a magical adventure that could change his life forever!Be bamboozled by the Mind-Reading Underpants Trick, or wowed with the Disappearing Object Trick! Written by former professional magician Matt Edmondson, The Greatest Magician in the World is an incredible interactive novelty gift book featuring a brilliantly witty and exciting quest story, a cast of personality-packed magicians and everything you need to perform seven jaw-dropping magic tricks. Abracadabra!

Encyclopedia of Card Tricks

Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
Author: Jean Hugard
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 422
Release: 1974-06-01
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780486212524

Provides instructions for performing card tricks of varying levels of difficulty

Tricks with Your Head

Tricks with Your Head
Author: Mac King
Publisher: Crown Archetype
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2010-05-12
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0307874672

“Mac King is a god.” —Penn and Teller Tricks with Your Head is the world’s greatest (and only) collection of hilarious, mystifying, and sometimes repulsive magic tricks that you can perform with your very own head. If you’ve only thought of your head as a receptacle for so-called higher learning, or as a structure for keeping your haircut from falling into your body cavity, rejoice! Now you can use that ten-pound meatball between your shoulders as a source of ribald entertainment. Best of all, when you learn to perform a head trick, you can never be caught without your prop. Mac King and Mark Levy have perfected the ultimate mix of head games (literally) in this clever illustrated volume that teaches you how to: * Make your head disappear * Penetrate your skull with a drinking straw * Make a french fry vanish up your nose * Read someone’s mind * Jab a fork in your eye

101 Greatest Magic Secrets - Exposed

101 Greatest Magic Secrets - Exposed
Author: Herbert L. Becker
Publisher: Citadel Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002
Genre: Magic tricks
ISBN: 9780806521541

Learn how to perform the illusions of levitation and passing through solid walls with the help of this totally accessible, how-to guide. From Houdini to Penn and Teller, the secrets of the world's greatest magicians are revealed by Becker, a.k.a. "The Great Kardeen." 100 photos & line drawings.

Magic

Magic
Author: Peter Eldin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1997-09-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0753450844

Discusses the history of magic from around the world, the classics of the repertoire, great masters of magic, and how magicians learn their craft.

Stars of Magic

Stars of Magic
Author: George Starke
Publisher:
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2017-06-20
Genre: Magic tricks
ISBN: 9780981916682

If you have not read and learned the magic contained in this book you have no business calling yourself a close-up magician. The magic by John Scarne, Dai Vernon, Bert Allerton, S. Leo Horowitz, Emil Jarrow, Francis Carlyle, Dr. Jacob Daley, Tony Slydini, Ross Bertram, Nate Leipzig, and Max Malini helped shape the art of close-up magic as we know it.It has often been said that mastering the magic in this book will make you an accomplished close-up and sleight-of-hand artist. In many ways, it contains all the magic you need to build a professional caliber repertoire. Many have earned a living performing these routines and now you can too.Includes: 41 incredible routines by 11 incredible artists, a historical introduction and a bonus section with private correspondence related to the Stars Of Magic.