Self-Working Table Magic

97 Foolproof Tricks with Everyday Objects

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, 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.  Self-Working Table Magic contains nearly 100 tricks in the following  categories:

• Money Magic

• Magic Show in a Matchbox

• Dice Dexterity

• Conjuror's Collection

• Psychic Tricks

• Elastic Illusions

• Hanky Panky

• Close-Up Illusions

• The Linking Pins

• Pen-Ultimate Magic

Some 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, editor of Pallbearer magazine and 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.