Self Working Table Magic

Ninety-seven mystifying tricks done with ordinary objects that can be borrowed from the audience. Make coins appear or disappear; matchsticks jump into the air; classic cups and balls; more. 185 illustrations.

The quickest, most certain path toward achieving a reputation as a magician is to be able to perform at a moment's notice with borrowed objects: a coin, handkerchief, pencil or rubber band. Magicians should be able to do at least one amazing trick with that object. This book deals exclusively with just such tricks.

Sixty-seven sure-fire mental feats to delight and mystify: mind reading with cards, instant ESP, identifying the owners of objects given to you in random order, number prediction, magically reproducing drawings on slates, book tests, handwriting tricks, mind-reading done from a room away, much more. 73 illustrations.

Easy-to-master crowd-pleasing tricks, require a deck of cards and offer beginners experience in handling an audience. Instructions.

Clearly worded instructions, 251 step-by-step illustrations show novices, veterans how to seemingly pluck coins from the air, make a coin penetrate a tabletop, perform psychic tricks with coins and bills, much more. No special dexterity needed; no long hours of practice.

72 spectacular and entertaining tricks: card locations, coincidence tricks, mental magic with cards, tricks with double endings, tricks with two decks, predictions, tricks with borrowed decks, trick poker deals. Easy-to-learn, clearly illustrated, these tricks produce spectacular effects with a minimum of practice. 42 illustrations.

Clear instructions for 101 tricks and problems, many based on important math principles. Master such number phenomena as Lightning Calculations, Giant Memory, Magic Squares, nearly 100 more. 98 illustrations.

Master magicians of their time, Hatton and Plate recorded in this book — which they wrote in 1910 — solutions to problems that seemed unsolvable. Indispensible to today's amateur and professional magicians, the how-to manual explains 140 tricks performed with cards, coins, balls, eggs, handkerchiefs, and other common household items. 194 black-and-white illustrations.