The history of magic combined with a guide to conjuring tricks, enabling you to entertain spontaneously using anything from pocket items to baffling your audience with mental mysteries. This book is very well organized, with sections on cards, coins, close-up magic tricks, etc., as well as large stage presentations. It goes into meticulous detail about the techniques for successfully executing each trick, complete with a series of clear color photographs showing each step along the way. This is a most excellent book, well illustrated, in color. 224 pages. Size 9 x 12 inches. Published by Chartwell.