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  • Hardcover: 472 pages
  • Publisher: Running Press (31 Dec 1991)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0894716239
  • ISBN-13: 978-0894716232
  • Product Dimensions: 28.2 x 22.1 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 428,377 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Provides diagrams and detailed instructions for performing more than three hundred magic tricks, including tricks with cards, money, ropes, handkerchiefs, and cups and balls.
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Ideal for beginers, lacks creativity for regualars, 1 Jul 2000
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The book itself is very useful as core book on the basics of magic. It starts off with many well known essentials in magic such as the art of forcing and plaming. But as it tries to offer variations of the same trick it seems to become repititive and lacking of true imagination. However the basics are extreamly well illusrated and supurbly simplified in language- very easy to understand. The book then takes you through many topics, each well done in quanity. But the book becomes too similar and only the presentation changes, which is good for beginers learning to form a unique style of magic, but far too cliched for regular magicians looking for something new in self-tutor books or bibles. On a personal note, the back of the book deals with stage magic and magic tricks involving complicated and unusual items like balls of wool. However these tricks will make you look like a poor Haven seaside entertainer and focus too much attention on the tricks being obvioudly gimmicked. For someone looking for a book involving instuctions mainly on levels of skill and manipulation, then it is too simple but for someone who likes the unusual gimmicked tricks then its perfect. Wilson delivers an assultment of a large varity. This book is perfect for children and people just looking for a playful hobbie but people who are slightly more serious begginers, who want to seriouly show off would be better off getting "An Idiots guide to magic". None the less its implications are good and is never a complete waste of money, there is always something to interest.
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10 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Not as great as other reviews will have you believe, 6 Jun 2005
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hmmm, having read the amazing reviews for this book and as a beginner** in the world of magic i thought this would be perfect for me. In content, you cant fault it - by that i mean the postman must've had a sore shoulder after deliveing this baby! visually it's great and all tricks are accompanied by clear diagrams which do help...however, its main flaw is 'the tricks arn't that good'!!!! i found myself getting bored reading it and it reminded me of my paul daniels days! the book is split mainly into two sections; the first is card magic, the second is everything else (ie coins, impromtu tricks, stage magic, rope magic, etc)...the whole first section is quite easily surpassed by 'the royal road to card magic' and the second half is a bolstered version of 'magic for kids'...as a total beginner to the world of magic this book would be great as an overview of all the basic concepts however i considered myself a beginner until i read this!? take from that what you will

**when i say beginner i mean i've been dabbling all my life (with paul daniels kits, etc...) but only began to take it seriously in the past year and am still building up my collection

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best introductory book for the budding magician., 20 Feb 1997
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Mark Wilson has done a great service for the magic community. This book is a must have for the young magician wanting to get started on his road to fun and msytery. This book covers cards, coins, sponge balls and all the way up to large stage illusions. This book belongs on every magicians shelf.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant grounding
Mark Wilson's book is a beautifully written, clearly illustrated guide for the novice magician, covering almost every genre of magic. Read more
Published 17 days ago

5.0 out of 5 stars That's Magic!
I have all the manual dexterity and magical nous of a breeze block but my son, for whom I bought this book, is a different prospect. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. M. A. Tomlinson

4.0 out of 5 stars THE magic textbook to own
I recently purcased this book after reading a recomendation for it from Derren Brown. This is a serious book to get you into the world of magic. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Thomas Farrow

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for budding close-up magicians
I was recommended this book by a professional magician ... It contains some great tricks including some intersting variations on the traditional 'Cups and Balls'. Read more
Published 16 months ago by gjb

3.0 out of 5 stars Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic
Excellent value for money and interesting to see how some old TV show tricks were done but to be honest I've not attempted any. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Roger Boyle

5.0 out of 5 stars Best book for amateurs and beginners
Being an amateur magician, I have read (and own) several books on the topic. Most books about Magic lack clarity and especially figures, so that they are really hard to read... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Andrea Cali

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great book.
Take no notice of the reviews saying this is not a good book. I have been doing magic for years and this book is a must for all serious magicians beginner or advanced. Read more
Published on 3 Mar 2007 by Mr. B. P. Trestain

5.0 out of 5 stars DESERVES MORE STARS THAN I CAN GIVE IT!
I have been interested in magic, and reading magic books, performing magic since I was a child. I have seen many books on magic and its various forms - some not for sale to the... Read more
Published on 21 Jul 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent for newcomers to magic
Mark Wilson has the magic to convey this wonderful subject to newcomers of magic, well written and the drawings are most informitive
Published on 1 Sep 1999

3.0 out of 5 stars This is a well written book, but only for the amatuers...
For the amatuer magician, this is the book to buy. It shows the simple and basic principles of the many top tricks of the classic performer. Read more
Published on 2 Jul 1999

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