The Magic Book: The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Anytime, Anywhere, Sleight-Of-Hand Magic

316 Pages·1977·42.02 MB·English

by  Harry Lorayne

SB, 95
At last! The man who made The Memory
Book a #1 national bestseller reveals the
well-guarded secrets of his favorite hobby:
magic.
THE
MAGIC BOOK
THE COMPLETE BEGINNER'S GUIDE 10
/ANYTIME, /m/HERE, SLEIGHT-OF-HAND MAGIC
HAIWOWNE
In The Memory Book, Harry Lorayne
showed how anyone can develop a good
memory. Now, the master of recollection
proves that he is the best teacher of magic in
history. With characteristic wit and direct-
ness, he explains the secret of a few simple
techniques that will enable anyone to per-
form the most complicated magic.
Mr. Lorayne guides the novice magician
through the principles of performance and
execution which he perfected after 40 years
of painful trial and error. In no time you’ll
be dazzling yourself and your friends with
incredible feats of legerdemain—card tricks,
coin tricks, number tricks, and much, much
more.
Best of all, there are no props to buy, no
preparations to make, no gadgets to con-
struct. Every feat in THE MAGIC BOOK can be
performed with common household items:
a deck of cards, coins, rubber bands, even a
potato.
After the basics, Mr. Lorayne provides
simple step-by-step instructions for hun-
dreds of amazing tricks and, after each
section, the magician answers your personal
questions—he discusses the problems most
beginners have with the trick which has just
been explained; he teaches the philosophy
of performing magic as it’s never been
taught before. In addition, there are over 200
illustrations which make the learning pro-
cess simple—and fun!
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MAGIC BOOK
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Books by Harry Lorayne
How TO DEVELOP A SUPER-POWER MEMORY
SECRETS OF MIND POWER
INSTANT MIND POWER
MIRACLE MATH
MEMORY ISOMETRICS COURSE
MENTAL MAGNETISM COURSE
GOOD MEMORY— GOOD STUDENT!
GOOD MEMORY— SUCCESSFUL STUDENT!
THE MEMORY BOOK
REMEMBERING PEOPLE (THE KEY TO SUCCESS)
CLOSE-UP CARD MAGIC
PERSONAL SECRETS
MY FAVORITE CARD TRICKS
DECK-STERITY
DINGLE’S DECEPTIONS
REPUTATION-MAKERS
THE GREAT DIVIDE (A Manuscript)
TARBELL #7
RIM SHOTS
AFTERTHOUGHTS
THE EPITOME LOCATION
THE MAGIC BOOK
TLip
MAGIC BOOK
THE COMPLETE BEGINNERS GUIDE TO
ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, SLEIGHT-OF-HAND MAGIC
HAIW DRAYNE
ILLUSTRATIONS BY RICHARD KAUFMAN
G. P PUTNAM'S SONS, NEW YORK
Copyright © 1977 by Harry Lorayne, Inc.
All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced
in any form without permission. Published simultaneously in Canada
by Longman Canada Limited, Toronto.
SBN: 399-11956-6
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Lorayne, Harry.
The magic book.
1. Card tricks. 2. Coin tricks. 3. Magic.
I. Title.
GV1549.L64 1977 795.4'38 77-1080
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
For my wife, Renee
and my son, Robert
who love me
That’s my greatest
trick!