$8.95(1 review, 1 customer rating) ★★★★★
This famous book, now republished in three easy to handle ebook volumes. Illustrated with dozens of line drawings by Eric Lewis. The finest coverage of billiard ball work in print, excellent material on coins, and a large number of variety tricks in the Buckingham style and tradition.
- About Geoffrey Buckingham
- Chapter Nine
- Loading And Stealing
- Direct Loads From The Body
- Pick-Up Loads From The Body
- Substitution Loads
- Chapter Ten
- Holders For The Manipulator
- Coin Holders For A Single Coin
- For A Number Of Single Coins
- For A Stack Of Coins
- The Elastic Belt
- Billiard Ball Holders
- The Waistband Holder
- Inverted Trousers Pocket Holders
- Thimble Holders
- Holders On A Jacket
- General Remarks
- Chapter Eleven
- Thimble Manipulation A New Technique
- Single Thimble Palming
- Multiple Palming
- Separate Palming And Recovery
- Instantaneous Production Of Ten Thimbles
- The Finger Change
- The Finger Change - Another Method
- Vanish And Instantaneous Production Of Four Thimbles
- Chapter Twelve
- The Dancing Thimbles
- A Novelty Thimble Routine
- Chapter Thirteen
- The Final Word
1st edition 1952, 72 pages; 1st digital edition 2018, 74 pages.
word count: 28690 which is equivalent to 114 standard pages of text
Reviewed by Marshall Philyaw (confirmed purchase)
★★★★★ Date Added: Monday 19 January, 2026I distinctly remember witnessing Geoffrey Buckingham's lecture in Chicago during his tour of the U.S. back in the late 1970's, and I was very much impressed by his presentation. My memory is of a tall, thin, rather elderly and well-spoken English gentleman, very smooth and polished. Most amazing of his effects was his instant penetration of four thimbles through a large foulard, and I did get a lot of mileage out of his Four-Ended Rope routine. These, plus other very workable ideas, are included in Vol. 2 of this series. I believe it is well worth the price.
Marshall Philyaw
(a.k.a. The Grand Marshall of Magic)
