Fulves, Karl: Easy Magic ©1995 Karl Fulves, Dover Publications Softcover, perfect-bound, 5.5x8.5", 96 pages ISBN: 0486286223

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Comments (Dover Publications): 63 easy-to-learn tricks from a master magician show you how to use simple props like cards and coins to show off your seemingly rare powers to predict, read minds and find answers through extra-sensory perception. With easy-to-follow instructions and diagrams.

Contents (from book, updated April 2022)

iii Introduction

1 Tricks with Cards
1 No Guesswork
2 Secret Thought
3 Think of a Card
5 The Lie Detector
6 Sum and Difference
7 I've Got Your Number
8 Stock-Market Magic: impromptu
10 What's in a Name?
11 The Computer Deck: four Ace production

13 It Figures
13 Think of a Number: number prediction
14 Iced Dice: with three dice and a bag
15 Figure Fun: magician determines number chose from charts
17 Number Magic: reveal two numbers chosen
18 Murder by Calculation: calculator murder mystery

20 Out of Sight
20 Trisecting the Paper: challenge stunt
21 Time Out: a test in timing
22 Time Further Out: magician advances watch hands to two hours later
23 Ghost Ring: bracelet becomes linked on handkerchief tied between the hands
24 Behind That Door: another version
25 Loopy Loop: finger and string trick
27 Band It: rubber band trick
28 Interval of Darkness: impromptu version

30 Mental Magic
30 Beyond Numbers: newspaper test
31 Devil's Dictionary: dictionary test
32 Knowing the Future: a selected card on a board matches prediction
34 Ribbon Revealed: magician determines which of three ribbons selected
36 "Red, White, Blue": prediction with cards and envelopes

39 Paper Magic
39 The Paper Rabbit: paper tear
40 Lucky Lollipop: paper puzzle
42 Boys and Girls: center tear
43 WOW! MOM!: comedy prediction
45 Out of Nowhere: production cup
46 Jumbled Numbers: papers in random order are blindly arranged to match phone number
48 Red Magic: optical illusion
48 The Rings of Saturn: Afghan bands
50 Favorite Food: trick with a change bag

53 Novelty Magic
53 Vanishing Ring: in handkerchief
54 Hank the Ghost: strange things happen behind a handkerchief
56 Reverso: optical illusion in a glass of water
57 Chair Lift: physical stunt
58 Raise Your Foot: another

60 Two-Person Mind Reading
60 Truth in Labeling: who sipped the soda?
62 Reading the Classifieds: assistant duplicates words chosen from newspaper ads
63 Behind Closed Doors: assistant in other room determines chosen coin in envelope
64 Behind Closed Doors II: another version
66 Magic Mind: spoken code
68 Think Alike: assistant determines which of 10 objects chosen
69 Think Alike Again: another version
70 Who Done It?: assistant in other room knows who held the water pistol
71 The Three-Object Test: a physical code
72 Crime Does Not Pay: another for a murder mystery

74 Money Magic
74 Strongman Stuff: physical stunt
75 "By George, He Got It!": four part coin and bill prediction
76 Guessing Game: while spectators guess a dime or a penny, coin changes to half dollar
77 Watch George: bill reverses while folding
78 Bare-Handed Vanish: coin vanish with handkerchief
80 Spirit of '76: clever question prediction with coins
81 Pocket Presto: after some calculations, magician know how much change in each pocket
83 Cloak of Invisibility: coin vanish and appearance in a glass

85 Confederates
85 Numbers in Mind: addition revelation
87 Guilty Party: another murder mystery
88 A Mind for Money: magician writes which coin turned over with her back turned
89 The Nine-Cent Card Trick: with cards and pennies