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Sleight of Hand | 
| Author: Edwin Sachs
Publisher: Dover Publications
Category: Book
List Price: $12.95
Buy New: $3.78
You Save: $9.17 (71%)
Rating:  3 reviews
Media: Paperback
Pages: 408
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.4 x 1
ISBN: 048623911X
Dewey Decimal Number: 793.8
EAN: 9780486239118
ASIN: 048623911X
Publication Date: March 1, 1980
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Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: THIS ITEM IS UNUSED AND IN GOOD CONDITION. IT MAY HAVE SLIGHT SHELFWEAR BUT OTHERWISE IT IS FINE.
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 Magic Mania! June 25, 2003
Houdini's aprentice (United Kingdom)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
The amount of magic covered in this book is astonishing, a wide range of topics, that do not necasserily use sleight of hand.
A great book to turn an ammateur into a proffesional. Loads of proffesional techniques are covered and the language, though perhaps a little dated is stil easily understood. The odd reference to half pennies reveals it's age, but it truly is an incredible buy at great value...... if you've ever been interested in magic then this is a must buy
 I was disappointed May 5, 2000
13 out of 29 found this review helpful
I have bought this book in order to find a usfull guide in sleight of hand...instead I have gotten a lot of unusfull text with ONLY 57 illustration. Think twise before bying this book.
 Excellent reference book. April 17, 1997
30 out of 34 found this review helpful
This book has been hard to find in the hardcover edition, since it was originally privately printed. Dover has done their usual great job in producing this edition, and making it available at a price well within the budget of every magic lover and performer. The book contains enough information to take the beginner through his/her paces to become a finger-flinger capable of amazing audiences of lay people (and some magicians, too) using borrowed props. Not only actual sleight of hand moves, but actual routines built on the sleights and subterfuge are explained, and in many cases, illustrated with clear diagrams. Not only is this an excellent introduction to the art of magic without gimmics (some call sleight of hand "pure" magic), but it will also serve as the cornerstone of the magician's working library. Ask a performer to name classic texts on magic, and this title will be one of the ones included. Magazine articles in the conjuring periodicals will often cite a particular sleight that appears within these pages. For that reason alone, a copy of Sachs' treatise is recommended. Submitted by: Brett McCarron (http://www.olywa.net/blame
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