$4(1 customer rating) ★★★★★
Here's a terrific book for those who wish to entertain their friends or business associates with clever magic that leaves a lasting impression.
Until now, this hard to find, limited edition book has been available only to collectors, selling for up to 150 times its original price. Now introduced as a convenient, digital ebook, Lustig's work will baffle a new generation of audiences with feats of magic and mindreading.
Over 50 excellent, impromptu effects to show friends, family and others. While most of the effects require practice, the instructions are clear enough that even younger magicians can present baffling magic that will puzzle audiences of all ages.
Contents:
- Publisher's Introduction
- Foreword
- Opening Lecture
- The Obedient Card
- So Simple!
- Numerical Oddities
- Magical Weighing
- A Bit O' Byplay
- Magic Silk Knotting
- Eddie's Delight
- Mystic Coin Stunt
- Slap Happy
- A Baffling Watch Trick
- Where Did It Go?
- Si's Card Balance
- Will Power
- Mysterious Sound Waves
- Rising Coin
- Mysterious Catch
- Si's Wandering Card
- Vanishing Silver
- The Airplane Ace
- Just in Fun
- A Neat Coin Trick
- Mesmerized Cigar
- On Wings!
- Mysterious Silk Vanish
- Mental Detective
- Discovery of Four Cards
- Family Reunion
- Restored Postcard Trick
- Coin of Mystery
- Vanishing Card
- La Vellma's Card Location
- The Mint Trick
- Prescience
- Mesmerized Wand
- Dice Trick
- Divination
- Detective Work
- More Mystery
- The Wizard Trick
- Harold's Spirit Card Effect
- A Puzzler
- Si's Numerical Experiment
- Egyptian Wool Mystery
- Magic Figure Juggling
- Magic Reflection
- The Magi's Match Trick
- Dollar Bill and Lemon Trick
- Elimination
- The Mystery Card
- Silent Thought Transference
- Magnetic Touch
- Message Reading
- Telephone Telepathy
- When Darkness Reigns
- Mental Telepathy?
- Card Telepathy
- Si's Parlor Telepathy
- Some Final Advice
- About the Author
"This book is truly a multum in parvo of magic that anyone can do. Cards, coins, dice are made to do all sorts of stunts." - Sphinx Magazine review
1st edition 1920, PDF 66 pages.
word count: 18051 which is equivalent to 72 standard pages of text