The Ultimate Compendium of Magic Tricks

The complete step-by-step guide to magic, with more than 375 fun & simple-to-learn tricks. A fully accessible guide to amazing conjuring tricks, including card magic, stage & optical illusions, stunts, puzzles, party & dinner table pranks & much more. Each trick is expertly described, enabling budding magicians to perform feats like bending a knife, making money appear from thin air, cutting a person in two & dissolving a coin. Color photographs guide you through every illusion, showing both the performer's & the audience's perspectives, & a special section detail show to put on a show, covering everything from invitations to costumes, as well as running orders & ideas for how to link tricks together. Every conjuring trick is simply explained in more than 2500 easy-to-follow color photographs.