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Now You See It, Now You Don't!: Lessons in Sleight of Hand | 
| Author: Bill Tarr
Publisher: Vintage
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
Buy Used: $2.45
You Save: $17.50 (88%)
Rating:  37 reviews
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 224
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.5
ISBN: 0394722027
Dewey Decimal Number: 793.8
EAN: 9780394722023
ASIN: 0394722027
Publication Date: October 12, 1976
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 One of the best "least known" titles about the basics of magic October 21, 2008
Thomas S. Ingle (Hell, Kentucky)
I first encountered this book as a child and immediately put it to use...Unfortuneately, I lost track of it and all of my other books about magic because life got in the way...
This is one of the best books about magic that you can get your hands on! Many of the effects detailed within its pages are secrets and slights actually used by several top magicians (Brad Christian and Daniel Garcia from Ellusionist.com just to name two!).
For the new magician or advanced prestidigitator, this book has a little something for EVERYONE!
Good reference book for sleights January 7, 2008
Erik Arfeuille (Belgium)
A basic visual reference guide to sleight of hand with cards, coins, balls, etc. A fast and visual oriented course in legerdemain. An addition to a magician's library. Though you will need some other magic texts if you wish to become an allround wizard.
It's great! January 12, 2007
Trax (Ann Arbor)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is one of the best sleight of hand books ever written! The pictures are very helpful and one accompanies every single trick. Inside you'll find card sleights, flourishes, coin tricks (including simple routines), and other various sleight of hand tricks. One of my personal favorites is the thimble magic and changing spots trick. The rating system is especially helpful for beginning magicians as they attempt things like the French drop and simple coin vanishes.
I always recommend this book to anyone interested in magic, even children can follow along! I think every amateur magician or magic enthusiast should own a copy.
Beautiful, Clear Illustrations July 29, 2006
Brian Ganek (Frankfurt, Germany)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a good instructional book with several close-up manipulation mangic tricks. I like the illustrations
 Good, but there are better. July 1, 2005
S. Keal (Tampa)
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
I recently purchased this book thinking that I would be getting some new tips in sleight of hand, which I did, but with much aggrevation. If you are a beginner I would not recommend this book. It's books like this that will make people turn away from magic. The concepts are good in this book, but the drawings are difficult to match with the instructions. The drawings and the explanations can cause a great deal of frustration and make one want to pass on tricks all together. Most of the stuff in this book is covered in Mark Wilson's book (which has 10 times better pics and explainations), so if you want just a few more tricks then get it, but altogether I wish that I hadn't bought it.
The only real good thing about this book is that it has some good cigarette vanishes and a good routine, but it may take you 10 hours o decipher what you are actually looking at. For beginners...not really...if you are a beginner...go to Mark Wilson. Cheers
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