Evans, Cheryl & Ian Keable-Elliott: The Usborne Complete Book of Magic ©1989 Usborne Publishing Ltd., England Softcover, perfect-bound, 8.5x11", 64 pages ISBN 0-7460-0300-5

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Comments: Illustrated by Kim Raymond, Paul Sullivan, John Davey, Chris Lyon Kim Blundell, and Joseph McEwan. Beginner's book of magic with colorful illustrations.There is also a combined book The Usborne Complete Book of Magic & Magic Tricks that combines this volume with Usborne's Book of Magic Tricks book (listed separately).

Contents (from book):

2 About Magic
4 Kinds Of Magic
5 - Where's the Coin?: quick trick with a coin
6 Props
7 - Magic Coin Spin
8 Acting And The Magician
8 - Slight of Hand: false transfer with a coin
10 Misdirection
10 - Coin Vanish
12 Patter
14 Silent Acts
15 Costume
16 Rehearsing
16 - Coin Through a Handkerchief
18 Assistants, Volunteers And Stooges
19 - Coin Vanish With Handkerchief
20 When Things Go Wrong
21 - Coin Recovery: an impromptu vanish
22 Planning An Act
24 Eking A Professional
26 The Story Of Magic
28 Famous Names
30 Cards: First Handling Skills
30 - Overhand Shuffle
30 - The Three Burglars: card trick
31 - Cutting the Cards
31 - Classic Card Spread
32 Close-Up Cards 1
32 - The Glimpse
32 - Card Spread and Flourish
32 - Do As I Do: card trick
33 - Key Card Control
33 - Turn Around Card: trick using the Key Card
34 Close-Up Cards 2
34 - Forces: Cut Force & Classic Force
34 - Double Lift
34 - Instant Revelation: using the Double Lift
35 - Shuffle Control
35 - Countdown: card trick
36 Close-Up Coins
36 - Sleights: Finger Palm, Classic Palm, Thumb Palm, Thumb Palm Vanish
36 - Quick Trick: vanish and reappearance of con
36 - Copper and Silver: transposition
37 - Top Pocket Vanish: with coin
37 - Coin Switch: in the hands
38 Close-Up With Other Props
38 - The Paddle Move: with dice
38 - Dice Swap: effect using the move
39 - Sugar Lump Jump: a matrix type effectw with sugar cubes
39 - Glass Through Table: sucker trick
40 Silent Magic: Card Manipulation
40 - Thumb Fan: with cards
40 - The Back Palm
41 - Springing the Deck
41 - Back Palming Several Cards
41 - Basic Back Palm Routine
42 Silent Magic: Coin Manipulation
42 - The Edge Palm
42 - Talking Coins
42 - The Miser's Dream
43 - Edge Palming Lots of Coins
43 - Stealng and Loads
44 Manipulating Billiard Balls
44 - Ball Roll Flourish
44 - Billiard Ball Slights
44 - Swallowing the Ball
44 - Bottom of Fist Vanish
45 Manipulating Thimbles
45 - Thumb Palm
45 - Thumb Palm Vanish
45 - Jumping Thimbles
46 Cabaret Magic
46 - Afghan Bands: cut loops of paper create different results
46 - Cabaret Tips
47 - Cut and Restored Rope
48 Cabaret Magic 2
48 - Coin in Wool: coin vanishes and appears in a ball of yarn
49 - Hankie Vanish
49 - Two Card Trick: using double facing cards
50 Mentalism
50 - Book Test
50 - Newspaper Prediction
51 - Personality Probe
51 - Tips on Mentalism
52 Children's Magic
52 - Hello Routine: ice breaker
52 - Farmyard Noises: with animal cards
53 - Colorful Silks: silks and tube
53 - Magic Word Book: comedy effect
54 Escapology
55 - Sack Escape
55 - Rope Escape
55 Illusions
55 - Pushmi-Pullu: rope illusion for stage
55 - Tips on Illusions
56 Quick Effects
56 - Jumping Match
56 - Twangy Band: rubber band jumps
56 - Rubber Pencil: optical illusion
56 - Stretching Silk
57 - Dollar Bill Puzzle: flips over
57 - Levitating Matches: matches suspend in box
58 Props To Make
58 - Production Tube
58 - Thimble Holder
59 - Foxes and Chickens: platform effect with color cubes
60 Magic Variations
60 - Thumb Surprise: pulling your thumb off
60 - Glasses and Bottles: bottle and glasses transpose under covers
61 - Bangle on a String
61 - Pegasus Coin: one coin joins another
61 - Variations to Try
62 Magic Information: books, shops, magazines, etc.
64 Index