Bill Severn S Guide To Magic As A Hobby

Chapter titles include: "Performing Magic, " "Women in Magic, " "Books and Magazines, " "Collecting Magic, " "Showplaces of Magic, " "Clubs and Conventions, " "The Dealers, " and "A Short Dictionary of Magic."

Presents step-by-step instructions for hundreds of tricks and illusions.

Explains the principles and techniques of more than sixty tricks involving cards, boxes, tubes, and assorted props and devices made from readily available materials

Provides detailed instructions for a variety of simple magic tricks using elastic bands, coins, bills, cards, and other props, including preparation, what moves to make, and what to say while performing them

Step-by-step instructions for performing over fifty magic tricks and presenting them in an entertaining way.

This handbook seeks to assemble in one place the basic bibliographical data needed to begin the study of most of the major areas of popular culture. Each chapter provides a brief chronological survey of the development of the medium or topic; a critical guide in essay form to the standard reference works, bibliographies, histories, critical studies, and journals; a description of research centers and collections of primary and secondary materials; and a bibliography of works cited in the text. The revised edition includes new material and chapters on topics such as business, catalogs, computers, dance, fashion, gardening, and graffiti. ISBN 0-313-25406-0 (set: lib. bdg.) $150.00 (For use only in the library).