Classic Secrets of Magic

196 Pages·1962·9.607 MB·English

by  Bruce Elliott

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Here are some of the wonderfully effective and
baffling tricks that are fully explained in Classic
Secrets of Magic:
The Card on Ceiling Trick
The Chinese Rice Bowl Trick
The Paddle Trick
The Wine Glass Trick
The Four-Ace Tricks
The Miser's Dream Coin Trick
The Vanishing Egg Trick
The Bmiard Ball Trick
The Razor Blade Swallowing Trick
The Ambitious Card Trick
The Cups-and-Balls Trick
BRUCE ELLIOTT
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Illustrated by STANLEY JAKS
COLLIER BOOKS
NEW
YORK,
N. Y.
This Collier Books edition is published by arrangement with
Harper & Row, Inc.
Collier Books is a division of The Crowell-Collier Publishing
Company
First Collier Books Edition 1962
Copyright, 1953, by Harper & Brothers
All rights in this book are reserved. No part of the book may be
used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written
permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in
critical articles or reviews.
Hecho en los E.E.U.U.
Printed in the United States of America
For Judy
The cutest trick I know

Contents
Preface 9
1 The Spectator's Card Is Produced! 13
2 Corncobs 24
3 Water, Water, Everywhere! 29
4 The Very Peripatetic Paddle 40
5 Those Four Aces! 53
6 The Miser's Dream Come True! 72
7 The Egg Bag, Well Done 81
8 The Two Covers, and the Four Objects ... 90
9 Billiards, Magic Style 104
10 Razor Sharp 127
11 The Ambitious Card! 134
12 The Eternal Cups and Balls 147
In Conclusion 181
Appendix 184
Glossary 187
Index 189
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