Principles and Deceptions
by Arthur Buckley

Another great book from Arthur Buckley. He discusses some theoretical aspects of magic and then goes into detailed instructions of moves and routines with coins, cards, and billiard balls. I can highly recommend this book.

1st edition, 1948, Arthur Buckley; original 222 pages; PDF 185 pages.

• CHAPTER ONE
  3. Photograph of the Author
  9. Dedication
  10. Introduction by Theo Bamberg (Okito)
  11. Foreword by the Author
  22. The Principles of Magic
  25. Manipulation
  25. Substitution
  25. Duplication
  26. Camouflage
  26. Imitation
  26. False Partition
  26. Concealed Mechanism
  26. Falsification
  27. Arrangement
  27. Preparation
  27. Misdirection
  28. Concealment
  30. The Entertainment Value
  33. Showmanship
  33. Sleight of Hand
  34. Something New
  35. Invention
  37. Talking Acts Versus Silent Acts, and Pantomine
  37. The Practice of Leaving the Stage Unattended
  38. Assistants from the Audience
  38. Fakes and Accessories
  39. Gimacs
  40. The Plot
  40. Timing, Rhythm and Pace
  42. Footwork
  43. Presenting the Act in Public
• CHAPTER TWO - Magic with Coins
  47. Sleeving
  48. The Muscle Pass with One Silver Dollar
  49. Chinese Coin Mystery
  51. A Coin, A Ring and a Handkerchief
  52. The Bounce Vanish
  53. The Rear of the Thumb Palm
  54. The Pencil and the Silver Dollar
  55. The Turnover Pass With One Coin
  56. The Pinch Pass With a Single Coin
  56. A Very Pretty Disappearance
  57. Allan Shaw's Vanish of a Coin
  58. Front and Back of Hand Transfer of a Coin
  59. Three Methods of Producing a Coin
  61. Downs' Palm (first method)
  62. Downs' Palm (second method)
  63. The Vanish of a Coin From the Fold of the Pants Leg
  64.   Second Method
  64.   Third Method
  65. To Pass Four Coins From Hand to Hand, Through Your Head One At a Time
  65. The French Drop and the Eye-glass
  66. The "Roll Down" Production for Four Coins (Buckley Method)
  68. The Downs "Click Pass" Viewed from a New Angle (improved)
  69. An Illusive Pass (original)
  69. The Click Pass and the Table
  70. The Spread Vanish (Allen Shaw)
  70. The Color Changing Discs (original)
  72. A Fine Coin Transfer Pass (by Downs)
  73. The Throw Away Vanish of Five Coins (original)
  74. The Appearance of Five Coins One After Another At the Finger Tips (Allan Shaw)
  76. The Surprise Appearance of a Coin (by Ron Leonard)
  76. The Magnetic Pass With One Or Several Coins
  77. Silken Silver (by Frank Cruse)
  78. Borrowed Money
  81. John Mulholland's Slide Pass With a Single Coin
  82. Another Very Effective Production of Five Coins in the Left Hand (original)
  83. The Lynn Pennies (by Terry Lynn)
  84. The Steal (my method)
  85. Passing Several Coins Through the Table At Which You Are Seated
  86. The French Drop (improved)
  86. Another Original Five Coin Pass
  87. The "Miser's Dream"
  89. Finale To "The Miser's Dream" (by W. J. Alkinson)
  90. Coin Through Handkerchief (original)
  91. A Coin Vanish and Reappearance By That Clever Artiste (Carlyle)
  92. The Steal (by Cardini)
  94. Twenty-one Cents (by Ross Bertram)
  96. Coins Pass One By One From the Left Hand to the Right Hand
  99. The Transfer of a Silver Dollar From One Hand to the Other
  100. John Platt's Chinese Coin on Pencil Illusion (with permission)
  102. Five Silver Dollars and a Handkerchief Routine
  106. An Invisible Journey (improved)
  107. The Eureka Vanish (by T. Nelson Downs)
  108. Production of Five Coins One By One At Fingertips and An Original Change Over
  109. The Thumb Pass With a Silver Dollar
  110. Split Fans and Coin Production (original)
  112. A Production of Twenty-four Coins in a Series of Fans, An Original Routine (by John Brown Cook)
  114. "The Multiple Roll Out" (by John Brown Cook)
  115. A Phantasy in Silver - A Complete Act with Coins, Fully and Carefully Explained and Illustrated
  116. A Phantasy in Silver - A Complete Act as it was presented by the Author at the I.B.M. Show, Chicago, on Jan. 17, 1948.
• CHAPTER THREE - Magic with Cards
  137. Magic With Cards
  139. Foreword to Chapter Three
  143. Opening For a Card Act
  145. A Finish for a Card Act
  146. The Buckley False Shuffle
  148. Cards to Pocket, With Ten Cards (with improvements)
  151. The Count (original)
  152. The False Count for More
  153. My Card in Cigarette Illusion (with improvements)
  155. The Thirty Cards and Two Assistants (with improvements)
  157. Ten and Ten
  159. The Vanish of the Last Two Cards in Presenting the Ten Cards to Pocket
  160. Method of Double Cutting Cards
  161. The Triple Climax (original)
  164. An Amazing Card Illusion, Just Think of a Card
  167. The Crimp (one hand)
  168. Exchanging a Card in Passing
  169. The Peek Location
  169. The Hofzinser Force
  170. The Slap Shift
  171. Sighting While Fanning the Cards
• CHAPTER FOUR - Magic With Billiard Balls
  174. My Original Billiard Ball and Card Harness
  175. Pointers
  176. The Production of a Ball From Behind the Left Hand followed by the Take Away Vanish
  177. A Ball Held in the Finger Palm Position by the Left Hand is Secretly Removed by the Right Hand in Passing
  178. The Wrist Roll
  179. The Production of a Ball on the Fist
  180. Moving the Ball Down from the Fist Position to the First and Second Finger
  182. The Production of a Ball Between the Middle Fingers from the Palm Without Aid from the Thumb
  184. The "De'Biere" Production of a Ball
  186. The Ball Roll from Finger to Finger
  188. The Ball Roll with Another Ball Concealed in Your Palm
  190. The Knee Roll Vanish
  192. The Strike Vanish
  193. The Wrist Roll and Palm Off Vanish
  194. Concealing a Ball Behind the Hand While Both Palms Are Shown
  196. Color Changes (first method)
  198.   (second method)
  200.   (third method)
  202.   (fourth method)
  204. The Ball and the Handkerchief
  206. Production of Eight Solid Balls at the Finger Tips Without a Shell
  218. Concluding Remarks