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    The Book of Magic
    The Book of Magic
    The Book of Magic
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    The Book of Magic

    By Brian Busby

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    The Book of Magic is a treasure trove of magical illusions to be performed with playing cards, rope, rings handkerchiefs, banknotes and coins. Written by Bruce Smith, a professional magician and member of the Magic Circle, it tells you how to do a wealth of baffling and entertaining tricks, with easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions and illustrations. The Book of Magic offers and excellent grounding in the basics of magic, and offers you the opportunity to amaze your friends and family with a selection of convincing magic tricks.

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    Offers a grounding in the basics of magic, and provides the opportunity to amaze friends and family. This book includes 200 illustrations to help budding magicians.It also includes brief biographies of some of the great magicians and their classic tricks.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArcturus Publishing
    Release dateJul 1, 2007
    ISBN9781848588516
    The Book of Magic
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    Brian Busby

    Brian Busby is a literary historian, independent scholar, and writer. He has written two books: Character Parts and A Gentleman of Pleasure. He is also the editor of In Flanders Fields and Other Poems of the First World War and War Poems.

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      Book preview

      The Book of Magic - Brian Busby

      The Book of

      MAGIC

      Classic tricks of the great professionals

      Bruce Smith

      This edition published in 2012 by Arcturus Publishing Limited

      26/27 Bickels Yard,

      151–153 Bermondsey Street

      London SE1 3HA

      Copyright © 2012 Arcturus Publishing Limited

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act 1956 (as amended). Any person or persons who do any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.

      ISBN: 978-1-84858-851-6

      Contents

      Great Card Tricks

      Glossary of Terms

      Odd one out

      The seven pile trick

      Duck and deal

      Joker’s wild

      Scarlet Pimpernel

      The glide move

      Observation test

      Cutting the aces

      You are the magician

      Card on window

      The next card I turn over

      The stack

      Las Vegas poker deal

      Torn and restored card

      Card through handkerchief

      The crimp

      Magnetized cards

      Great Money Tricks

      Glossary of Terms

      Jumping coin

      Vanishing note

      The French drop

      The pinch vanish

      Multiply your money

      Miser’s dream

      Making money

      Coin up through hand

      Penetrating note

      Holey coin fold

      Into thin air

      E-Z coin vanish

      The vanishing banknote

      Two coins

      The roll down

      Flying coin

      Great Handkerchief Tricks

      Glossary of Terms

      Dissolving knot

      Vanishing wand

      The secret helper

      Hypnotized hanky

      The serpent silk

      Glorpy

      Hanky through hanky

      Houdini silk

      Penetrating handkerchief

      Appearing silk hanky

      The organ pipes

      Wine glass production

      Colour prediction

      Silk production and change

      Broken and restored match

      Twentieth century silks

      Great Rope and Ring Tricks

      Glossary of Terms

      Another one-handed knot

      Quick knot

      The pop-off knot

      Quick slip knot

      Appear-ring

      Knotty bracelet

      Triple knots

      The sliding knot

      Throwing a knot

      Buttonhole release

      Double escape

      The string and the straw

      Ring restoration

      Bangle release

      The captive knot

      Through the thumb

      Ring and band

      Cutting a girl in two

      Introduction

      If you want to amaze your friends and family by pulling off a range of tricks with playing cards, rope, rings, handkerchiefs, coins and banknotes, then The Book of Magic is for you. From Odd one out and Joker’s wild through The vanishing banknote and Hypnotized hanky to Buttonhole release and Cutting a girl in two, we reveal the secrets of the great magicians. And before you can say, Abracadabra", you’ll be putting together an act full of classic tricks. The pages that follow will show you how to perform authentic and entertaining magic effects, with easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions and illustrations. In addition the book is packed with fascinating tips and amusing bits of patter, plus brief biographies of famous magicians and insights into the history of magic. This book offers such an excellent grounding in the basics of magic that your audience will soon be scratching their heads, wondering just how you did it. This is the essential guide for budding magicians.

      Great Card Tricks

      Glossary of Terms

      Odd one out

      Effect A card flies invisibly from one pile to another.

      This trick works automatically. Try it out on a friend, following the instructions carefully.

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      1  Ask your friend to hold out their hands as in illustration 1 with their knuckles touching the table.

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      2  From your pack of cards put two cards into each gap between the fingers, except for the last gap, into which you put only ONE card – THE ODD CARD.

      3  Starting from the left, remove each pair of cards and split them. Place them separately on the table making two piles (illustration 3).

      4  Repeat this with all the pairs – splitting them and adding one card to each pile. Point out that two is an even number.

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      Put two cards in each gap, except for the last gap.

      5  Ask your friend to choose one pile. Explain that you will add the odd card to the pile they choose. When they have selected a pile, bury the odd card somewhere in the middle. Point out that this pile is now odd and the other is even.

      6  Replace the cards from the odd pile in pairs between the fingers of one hand, as you did originally – amazingly all the cards will be paired up and the odd card has vanished.

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      Deal the cards into two equal piles.

      7  Point out that there were an even number of cards. Your friend has two hands, ten fingers, eight gaps between them – all even numbers. The only odd thing in the trick is the one card which seems to have vanished.

      8  Replace the even pile in pairs between the fingers of the other hand. You will be left with one odd card. It appears as though it has magically jumped across.

      Top tips for tricksters

      Always practise what you are going to say with your tricks. This is known as the magician’s patter and should be rehearsed just as carefully as the working and method of the trick.

      Harry Houdini (1874–1926)

      Although he later became famous for his daring death-defying escapes, in his early days in show business Houdini was billed as the King of Kards (sic).

      He would perform sleight-of-hand card tricks similar to the ones described in this book. Even when he was a world famous escapologist he would still feature card tricks in his stage performances.

      The seven pile trick

      Effect A spectator has a free choice of four piles of cards. The magician has accurately predicted which pile would be selected.

      Requirements Write a prediction, as in illustration 2, reading YOU WILL CHOOSE THE SEVEN PILE. You also need four face-down piles of cards containing i) the four Sevens; ii) any seven odd value cards; iii) two Threes and an Ace; and iv) an Eight, Six, Four and Two.

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      1 Ask a spectator to select any one of the four-face down piles. Assure them they can change their mind until they finally settle on one chosen pile.

      2 If they choose i), ii), or iii) ask them to read the prediction. You now have an out for each pile. If they chose i) show they picked the only pile with the four sevens. If they chose ii) count the cards face down to show it is the only pile containing seven cards. And if they chose iii) show that it is the only pile in which the values add up to seven.

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      3 If they chose iv) you pick up the prediction and display it – as in illustration 3 – keeping your thumb over the S so that it appears to read: YOU WILL CHOOSE THE EVEN PILE. Show that their selected pile is the only one which contains even cards. Whichever pile they choose it seems as though you knew all along!

      Top tips for tricksters

      Your tricks will always have more impact if you routine three or four of them together to make a short show.

      Duck and deal

      Effect A pile of cards is mixed to a spectator’s instructions, but the cards end up in their original order.

      Requirements For this you will require all 13 cards from one suit.

      Preparation Set the cards in order Ace through to King as in illustration 1.

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      1 Spread the cards out face up on the table, as in illustration 1, to display the cards in suit order. Now explain to the audience that any casino will tell you that most of the traditional ways that cards are handled aren’t particularly secure! Cutting cards does not change the order of the cards and there are many false shuffles to enable

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