The Magic Book: The Complete Beginner's Guide to Anytime, Anywhere, Sleight-of-hand Magic

Tight binding. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, 1977. Black cloth hardcover with silver spine lettering and Harry Lorayne facsimile signature stamped in silver on front board. Original photographic dust jacket present with rubbing, scuffing, edge wear, and small chips and short tears, particularly along the upper edges and spine ends. Illustrated by Richard Kaufman. Please Zoom Photos. Description Harry Lorayne’s The Magic Book is a comprehensive introduction to practical sleight-of-hand magic, designed to teach beginners effects that can be performed with ordinary objects and without elaborate apparatus. The book covers card tricks, coin tricks, and other close-up magic, emphasizing techniques that can be performed virtually anytime and anywhere. Published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons in 1977, with illustrations by noted magician and magic author Richard Kaufman. Lorayne was a celebrated magician, memory expert, author, and teacher whose work had a major influence on generations of close-up performers. This substantial instructional volume remains of interest both as a working magic manual and as part of a collection of modern conjuring literature.…