Adair, Ian: 100 Magic Tricks ©1991 Quintet Publishing Ltd., London Hardcover, w/dj, 128 pages Printed in the USA by Chartwell Books

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Comments: Color photo illustrated. Nicely presented book for beginning and intermediate magicians.

Contents (from USA edition book):

6 Introduction - Welcome to Magic
6 The Rules of Magic
7 Practice
7 Selecting the Correct Branch of Magic
8 The Origins of Magic
10 Magic Dealers
10 Joining Magic Clubs and Societies
11 Subscribing to Magic Magazines
11 Advertising and Publicity

12 Simple Sleight of Hand and Manipulation

12 Cards
12 Palming Cards
13 Producing Cards
15 Vanishing Half a Pack
16 Producing Fans of Cards

17 Thimbles
17 Producing Thimbles
17 - Producing a Single Thimble
18 - Producing a Succession of Thimbles
19 Vanishing Thimbles
19 - Poke-In Thimble Vanish
20 - A Simple Thimble Vanish

20 Balls
20 Palming a Ball
20 - Palm Grib
20 - Finger-Grip Palm
21 Vanishing a Ball
21 - Take-Away Vanish
22 - Poke-In Vanish
23 - Lift-Up Vanish

24 Cigarettes
24 Producing Cigarettes
24 - Producing a Single Cigarette
24 - Repeat Production
25 - Hat Production
25 Rising Cigarette
26 Stealing Cigarettes From a Box of Matches
26 Vanishing Cigarettes
26 - Poke-In Vanish
27 - Take-Away Vanish

28 Coins
28 Producing and Vanishing a Coin
29 Producing Several Coins

30 Clever Card Tricks
30 Upon Reflection: card stab
31 Mystic Five: reversed card finds selection
32 Red and Black Separation: magician determines which cards are red and which black
33 Triple Card Divination
34 Elimination: determine selection sealed in an envelope
34 Fast Find Card Trick: quickly find the selected card in the deck
36 Fifty-Two Thoughts: name each card without looking at its face
37 Clean Cut: another card stab
37 Misdirection
38 In the Dark: magician names three selections in the dark
39 Printer's Dream: a blank deck becomes printed
40 Forcing Cards
40 - False Shuffling
42 - The Famous Fan Force
43 - In The Palm of Your Hand
44 - Clip-It
45 - Hat Force
46 - Criss-Cross Force
47 - Undercover

48 Classics of Conjuring
48 The Chinese Linking Rings: using standard 8 ring set
52 The Multiplying Billiard Balls
54 Cups and Balls
58 Rabbit From a Hat: using a table
60 The Famous Cut and Restored Rope
62 The Classic Egg Bag
64 20th Century Silks
65 The Inexhaustible Box
66 Unequal Ropes
69 The Wonderful Changing Bag: with 20 trick ideas
71 The Amazing Card Box: with 20 trick ideas
73 The Thumb Tip: how to handle it
76 Effects Using the Thumb Tip
76 - Producing a Handkerchief From Thin Air
77 - Vanishing a Silk Handkerchief
78 - Vanishing a Lighted Cigarette
80 - Burnt and Restored Handkerchief
82 - Passing the Salt
83 - The Penetrating Thumb

84 Magic in Close Up
84 A Date With a Magician: magician determines date of coin in an Okito box
86 Spent Matches: unburnt matches in box turn into burnt ones
87 Domino Card: dominoes used to find selection
88 Match-Ic: burnt match is restored in matchbook
89 Odds of Evens: match box effect
90 One In the Middle: paper clipped card puzzle
91 Key-Riffic!: key is restored to key ring

92 Miscellaneous Magic
92 Fan-Tastic!: electric fan revelation of three selections
93 Stiff-N Rope: limp rope becomes stiff
94 Currency Cut: envelope with bill inside is cut with bill unharmed
95 Dy-a-Bolical: dry red silk removed from glass of water
97 Baffling Beaker: vanish and production utility
100 Hitting the Headlines: torn and restored
102 Can-Can: can of soda and glass transpose between cylinders
103 Baffling Balloons: red and blue balloons transpose
104 In Between Silk: silks become tied within a bag
106 Spotless: effect with a large Die

108 Mental Mysteries
108 Perplexing Pens: magician determines which color pen given behind the back
110 Duplicated Divination: magician duplicates which block side is up in a box
112 A Baffling Book Test: with paperback book
113 How Many?: determine the number of matches in a box as selected by spectator
114 Match That!: spectator's selection matches a card in an envelope

115 The Illusion Show
116 Sensational Sack Escape
117 Rod Through Body
118 Two Tubes Illusion: uses black art principle
120 Folding Screen Production: for stage

122 Bibliography
122 - Books
123 - Magazines
124 Glossary of Terms
126 Index and Acknowledgements