The Amateur Magician's Handbook

by Henry Hay

Hardcover, 1950

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Available

Call number

793.8

Collection

Publication

Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1950), Hardcover

Description

Tricks for magicians of all ages are given and at various levels of difficulty.

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LibraryThing member airship
I've got an old paperback copy of this that has been one of my best friends for a long time. I had this book long before I ever picked up a copy of Wilson's bigger, more comprehensive, and more workmanlike 'Complete Course in Magic'.
I love Hay's approach to magic. He doesn't just tell you 'how', he
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tells you 'why'. Read this book if you want to develop the attitude of a real magician.
Hay covers all kinds of magic: cards, coins, silks, and what have you. It's an excellent first magic book. And it's cheap.
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LibraryThing member hermit
A lavishly illustrated new edition of the classic handbook for conjurers is designed to help magicians of all levels, from beginning to advanced, hone their skills at legerdemain and develop new and exciting illusions to baffle the mind. This book helps you prove that the hand is quicker than the
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eye, and that the ingenuity of a master magician can defy the most suspicious scrutiny.
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