Junior magic: Easy-to-learn tricks or magic made simple

296 Pages·1977·20.28 MB·English

by  Walter Brown Gibson

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BY THE SAME AUTHOR
Original Houdini Scrapbook
Junior Magic
©
1977 by Walter B. Gibson
adapted from "Magic Made Simple"
Copyright © 1963 by Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Published 1977 by Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
419 Park Avenue South, New York, N.Y. 10016
Distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Oak Tree Press Co., Ltd.,
P.O. Box J34, Brickfield Hill, Sydney 2000, N.S.W.
Distributed in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in the British Commonwealth
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by Ward Lock Ltd., 1 16 Baker Street, London 1
Manufacturedin the UnitedStates ofAmerica
Allrights reserved
Library ofCongress Catalog Card No.: 76-58624
Sterling ISBN 0-8069-4546-XTrade Oak Tree 7061-2549-5
4547-8 Library
SCHOOLS
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Have you ever wondered how a magician can
cut a rope into two pieces and restore it to one
long piece before your eyes? Have you ever
marveled at the variety of tricks that can be
performed with a deck of ordinary playing
cards? Have you ever seen a magician swallow
a billiard ball, only to make it reappear be-
hind his left knee? This book tells you the
secrets behind these and many other tricks.
Moreover, you are given step-by-step instruc-
tions, combined with easy to follow illustra-
tions, that will enable you to master even the
most complicated tricks and magical effects.
Many of the tricks are impromptu—they
can be performed on the spur of the moment
with materials supplied by the spectators.
Others take a few minutes' preparation, but
even the most advanced can be performed
with ordinary objects—no special equipment
need be purchased.
Here you will find clear explanations
and directions for making your own "trick"
card packs, bottomless cups, and special thim-
ble holders.
The author of this book, an accomplished
magician as well as an interesting and amusing
writer, takes you on a tour of the entire realm
of magic—from sleight of hand to mind read-
ing. You will learn how to throw a pack of
cards so that they all land on the floor face
down—
except the card a spectator has chosen,
which magically appears face up! You will
learn how to force a spectator to choose just
the card you want him to choose!
You will learn how to make a pencil rise
from your fist and how to pull a wand which
is two feet long out of a purse which is only
six inches deep.
You will learn how to perform all these—
and many, many more. For this book contains
over 175 different tricks, all designed to help
you become a successful and entertaining ma-
gician.
Magic can be an endless source of fun and
amusement for everyone—for the performer as
well as for his audience. You will be thrilled
by the expressions of amazement on your
friends' faces when you perform these tricks,
and you will derive great pleasure from dis-
playing the wealth of magical knowledge you
have learned from this book.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
HOW
TO MYSTIFY
13
. . . .
CHAPTER TWO
CLOSE-UP TRICKS
. . . . 17
18
Instant Cut and Restored String 19
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The Climbing Ring 22
. . . .
The Rising Pencil 24
The Hypnotized Match Box
(Impromptu Version) 26
. .
The Hypnotized Match Box
(Mechanical Version) 27
Vanishing Match Box 31
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The Matchless Match Pack 33
. .
Improved Matchless Match Pack 34
.
The Restored Match 36
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The "Repeat" Restoration 39
Three Vanishing Knots 42
Ring Off! 43
The Rubbery Pencil 45
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CHAPTER THREE
EASY CARD TRICKS
46
. . .
The Double Deal 47
Count-Down Cards 49
Four-Heap Deal 50
Let's Face It! 53
Up— Down
Face Face 56
The Red Card 57
You Do As Do 60
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New Do As Do 63
I . . . . . .
Coins and Cards 65
Ups and Downs 67
Behind Your Back 72
CHAPTER FOUR
TRICKS WITH ORDINARY
OBJECTS
75
One out of Three 76
The Suction Cup 79
The Slide-Along Knot 81
....
Cut and Restored Rope 85
...
Fooled—and Fooled Again! 89
Farmer and Sheep 92
Wand
Silk Through 97
CHAPTER FIVE
...
MAGIC WITH CARDS
100
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Cuts 100
The Single Cut 100
The Multiple Cut 100
The Undercut 101