The Complete Encyclopedia of Close-Up Magic by Walter B. Gibson

This definitive work features instructions for hundreds of classic, audience-pleasing manipulative and impromptu illusions. Entertain your friends, acquire magic skill, and build your self-confidence by mastering tricks like these:

Coin Magic

* Downs Palm
* False Drop
* Fist Vanish
* Palm-to-Palm Change

Billiard Ball Magic

* Fingertip and Fist Productions
* French Drop
* Change-overs, Transfers and Flashes
* Two-Way Twirl
* Special Color Change

Thimble Magic

* Color Changes
* Thumb and Thimble
* Four-to-Eight Production
* Productions and Vanishes

Mental Magic

* Message Reading
* Through the Crystal
* Cards and Dice
* Number Prediction
* Sixth Card-Sixth Sense

Matchbox Magic

* Modern Magnetic Matches
* Matchbox Vanish
* Penetrating Matches
* Turnabout Heads

Table Magic

* Magic Sugar Lumps
* Coins Through Table
* Magnetic Pencils
* Salt Vanish

Special Effects

* Coin Through Handkerchief
* Triple-Knot Trick
* Okito Coin Box
* Restored Paper Napkin
* Color-Changing Silk

Pages: 426 - 7" x 10" - Softcover - Black and white photos