Self-Working Table Magic: 97 Foolproof Tricks with Everyday Objects: 97 Foolproof Tricks with Everyday Objects(Dover Magic Books)

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. If you are handed a coin, handkerchief, pencil, or rubber band, you should be able to do at least one amazing trick with that object. This book deals exclusively with just such tricks. It is a collection of some of the best tricks with ordinary objects.The approach throughout the book is simple. No unusual dexterity, gimmicks, or special sleights are required. The only props needed are simple, everyday objects - eggs, cards, dice, rubber bands, balloons, apples, whisk brooms, etc. Nor are long hours of practice necessary. Step-by-step instructions and over 180 helpful illustrations insure quick and effective mastery of each trick. Nearly 100 tricks in 10 categories include Money Magic, Elastic Illusions, Magic Show in a Matchbox, Hanky Panky, Dice Dexterity, Close-up Illusions, Conjuror's Collection, The Linking Pins, Psychic Tricks, and Pen-Ultimate MagicSome chapters have been designed to provide the reader with a complete act of close-up magic. For example, the chapter entitled ""Magic Show in a Matchbox,"" gives you about 15 minutes of excellent tricks and stunts to amaze and amuse your audience. Master the tricks in this book and you will be ready to entertain anytime, anywhere, with some of the finest of all close-up mysteries.Karl Fulves, one of the most renowned modern writers in the field of magic, has selected these tricks from both old and new magic stunts. Some are classic feats of time-tested wizardry, while others are new and inventive techniques. All, however, are easy-to-learn, foolproof routines that will enable you to dazzle and delight your audience.

Table of Contents:
MONEY MAGIC 1 Quicksilver 2 Mystery Vanish 3 Ghost Coin 4 The Backward Ghost 5 Hole in the Pocket 6 Sealed Silver 7 Merlin's Magic 8 The Escape Artist 9 Million Dollar Mystery MAGIC SHOW IN A MATCHBOX 10 Euclid's Triangle 11 Squaring the Square 12 Four Square 13 The Roman Equation 14 A Fish Story 15 Tipsy Cocktail 16 The Little House 17 Worlds Strongest? 18 Who Pays the Bill? 19 Matching Matches 20 The Jumping Match 21 The Penetrating Matches DICE DEXTERITY 22 Dice Catch 23 Controlled Dice Shot 24 The Thirteenth Turn 25 Dial-a-Spell 26 The New Dropout 27 Technicolor Dice 28 Mental Die 29 Logic Dice 30 The Red Prediction CONJUROR'S COLLECTION 31 The Cups and Balls 32 Movie Star Magic 33 Hocus Pocus Puppet 34 An Amazing Apple 35 The Apple Monster 36 The Great Bottle Mystery 37 Mystery Spinner 38 Strong Man Stunt 39 Calculated Capital 40 Balloon Burst 41 Puncture Proof 42 An Airtight Case 43 Loops Entwined PSYCHIC TRICKS 44 The Mind Dowser 45 Left-Handed Thoughts 46 The Psychic Motor 47 Unlisted Numbers 48 Right on Time 49 The Mind Transmitter 50 Clocks 51 The Eight-Object Test 52 Behind Closed Doors 53 The Borgia Cup ELASTIC ILLUSIONS 54 Twister 55 Tale Twister 56 Slippery Shears 57 Bet a Band 58 The Jumping Rubber Band 59 Double Jump 60 Flying Clipper 61 A Quick Getaway 62 Strange Interlude HANKY PANKY 63 Not a Knot 64 The Appearing Knot 65 Transposition 66 The Knot Paradox 67 The Second Paradox 68 The Third Paradox 69 Popper Up 70 Comedy Vanish 71 Fourth-Dimensional Hanks 72 The MacCarthy Hank Fold 73 Time Flies CLOSE-UP ILLUSIONS 74 Dexterous Digits 75 It Floats! 76 An Optical Trick 77 Whisk Away 78 Looking-Glass Logic 79 Hypercard 80 The Fifth Dimension THE LINKING PINS 81 Safety Pin-Up 82 Swindle Pins 83 The Impossible Unlink 84 The Repeat Impossibility 85 Un-Safety Pins 86 Quick Release 87 Pin-a-Tration 88 Ultra Penetro PEN-ULTIMATE MAGIC 89 Buttonholed 90 Loophole Magic 91 The Snapper 92 The Hands Only 93 Invisible Ink 94 Pen Kink 95 Write Off 96 Ink of Another Color 97 Pen Ultimate

About the Author :
Karl Fulves is one of the most respected authorities in the field of magic. For over 40 years, he has written hundreds of books on the subject and taught the art of illusion to thousands of people of all ages. This legendary figure also edited and published such magazines as Epilogue and The Pallbearers Review.