Leveridge, Mark: Art of Hopping Tables
©1986 Mark Leveridge
Softcover, saddle-stitched, 8.5x11", 65 pages
(also issued as comb-bound)

©1992 Expanded Edition, 88 pages

Art of Hopping Tables
Image courtesy of e-Bay seller LeoCuellar

Comments: Cartoons and Cover by JAT. There was an expanded edition of this book released in 1992; I don't know what was added. Also, the contents of this book are now part of the larger The Strolling Magician (which is 120 pages of material).

Contents: (From the 1st edition ToC, not the expanded)

4 Introduction

6 Section A
6 You
6 Confidence
7 Relationships
7 The Unexpected
8 Quick Qit
8 Critical Audience
10 Likeable Close Up
10 Close Up Supplies
10 Pressure
12 Late Night Work
12 Difficult Conditions
12 Stand Up v Sit Down
14 Carrying Props
16 Table Hopper's Stage
16 Repertoire
17 Approaching a Table
21 First Trick
21 The Act
23 Give Aways
23 Tips
25 Slow Down!
25 Professionalism
25 Getting Work

29 Section B
29 A Bite to Eat
32 Rolled Coin
36 Zippered
43 Business of Bits
46 Beer Money
54 A Groan Man
55 Aces Under Control
58 The Hypnotized Coin
63 Postscript


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