Classic Secrets of Magic by Bruce Elliott

Bruce Elliott has a vast knowledge of magic, and writes with precision and clarity on twelve great magic classics, Misers Dream, Four Aces, Cups and Balls, Egg Bag, Razor Blades, Billiard Balls. One of the best out of print magic books you can find. Taylor)Ģ12 Out of the Smoke (Dave Spindell and Clayton Rawson)Ģ18 Jocko the Great (J. Book Sleeve is as shown in image is Damaged. Sixty-eight full pages of how-to-do-it line drawings illustrate these tricks.ġ3 CHAPTER 1: Novel Effects All Designed for Close-Up Performingġ7 A Twist Through The Wrist (John Boyko)Ĥ5 CHAPTER 2: Conjuring with Coins and Paper Moneyħ4 CHAPTER 3: The Magician Performs with Rings, Ropes, and Silksġ00 CHAPTER 4: Card Tricks that Work Themselvesġ03 One Good Trick Deserves Another (Walter Gibson)ġ22 CHAPTER 5: Card Tricks that Require Some Skillġ47 Double-Lift Deceptions (Clayton Rawson)ġ63 Pocketed (Paul Curry and Bill Woodfield)ġ72 CHAPTER 6: The ‘Expert’ at the Card TableĢ06 The Chinese Parrot (Franklin V. The final section of the book offers several routines that incorporate a series of deceptions, particularly useful for the amateur magician who expects some time to be on stage. Mr Elliott reveals how the ‘expert’ at the card table operates and he exposes the secrets of ‘mind-reading’. The author also includes tricks with coins and paper-money, rings, ropes and silks. Sleights for close-up performing, where the magic takes place right under the noses of the audience, and tricks with paper-folding, an ancient art adapted to modern magic, are outlined and shown in diagrams. Here are card tricks that are almost fool-proof, and others that require some skill and more practice. The inventions of some of our greatest magicians, these are sleights that involve a minimum of practice but achieve a maximum of effect. They are subtle, easy to do, and require little or no apparatus. From the Cover: “One of the most popular experts writing on magic today here presents over a hundred brand-new tricks. Published in the US as The Best in Magic, in the U.K. paintings of classical subjects and his innovative history pictures. Details: (Werner): Illustrated by Louis Ravielli. Charles Loring Elliotts centrally placed 1867 portrait of the gallerys benefactor.

Classic Secrets of Magic by Bruce Elliott