Self-working Handkerchief Magic

61 Foolproof Tricks

For magicians wishing to start a magic act  with a dramatic visual effect, there is no better choice than a  handkerchief trick. In fact, such airy bits of baffling illusion are  among the most graceful and sophisticated tricks in the magician's  repertoire.

This book is a treasury of handkerchief tricks that  are easy to perform. Karl Fulves, one of today's foremost authorities on  "self-working" tricks (i.e., tricks that do not require special feats  of dexterity or long hours of practice), has collected 61 of the finest  self-working handkerchief tricks and presented them in this  easy-to-follow, well-illustrated guidebook.

After a brief  introductory chapter describing necessary materials and helpful hints on  handling the "tools of the trade," the author proceeds to the tricks  themselves. Over 500 clear illustrations and step-by-step directions  show you exactly how to execute such "sleights of silk" as making  handkerchiefs appear (and disappear), penetrating handkerchiefs with  solid objects, cutting and restoring handkerchiefs, creating animated  figures and performing a variety of combined card and handkerchief  tricks.

Newcomers to this mystical art will quickly learn techniques for these astonishing illusions:

• Threading the Needle

• Houdini's Coat

• Freefall

• Paper Bag Vanish

• Switch over

• Decapitated Knot

• He Found It!

• Crazy Compass

• Silk from Silk

• Pop Up

• The Mouse

• Spooky Spoon

• Produce a Wand

• Zombie Card Rise

• and 47 more!

No  previous experience is necessary and most tricks require only a simple  handkerchief. A few use uncomplicated apparatus constructed from  cardboard or paper. Almost all can be mastered in a short time. With  this book and a little praactice you'll soon be dazzling friends and  relatives with an impressive array of handkerchief hocus-pocus.