The Art of Magic

ca. 14 x 21,5 cm, 348 S., Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1980, broschiert For the magician who has learned the basic sleights of cards and coins, and who wants to make his act both mystifying and entertaining, the undisputed all-time best guide is T. Nelson Downs's The Art of Magic. Downs was one of the greatest sleight-of-hand performers who ever lived. Approximately two-thirds of the book is devoted to tricks with cards: Everywhere and Nowhere (2 methods), Houdini's Torn Card Trick, The Flying Cards (2 methods), Cards up the Sleeve (2 methods), The Card Through the Handkerchief, The Rising Card (6 versions), The Four Ace Trick (7 methods) and many others!!! The remainder of this book contains: over 20 unbeatable coin tricks (one of Downs's specialties), including the Latest Method for the trick of which he was the surpreme exponent, The Miser's Dream; tricks with eggs; tricks with balls; and miscellaneous tricks, including The Cigarette Paper Trick, The Torn Bank Note, The Vanishing Knot, and - the king of all rope ties and the most mysterious release ever invented - The Jacoby Rope Tie. The Art of Magic can be recommended as an indispensable book for all intermediate and advanced magicians!