The Best in Magic

by Bruce Elliott

One of the most popular experts writing on magic today here presents over a hundred brand-new tricks. They are subtle, easy to do, and require little to no apparatus. The inventions of some of our greatest magicians, these are sleights that involve a minimum of practice but achieve a maximum of effect.

Here are card tricks that are almost fool-proof, and others that require some skill and more practice. Sleights for close-up performing, where the magic takes place right under the noses of the audience, and tricks with paper-folding, an ancient art adapted to modern magic, are outlined and diagrammed. The author also includes tricks with coins and paper money, rings, ropes, and silks.

Mr. Elliott reveals how the "expert" at the card table operates. And he exposes the secrets of "mind-reading." The final section of the book offers several routines that incorporate a series of deceptions, particularly useful for the amateur magician who expects sometime to be on stage.

Sixty-eight full pages of how-to-do-it line drawings illustrate these tricks.

246 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1956

About the author

MA International Relations with specialisation in Globalization and International Political Economy of Development