Sumpter, Gary: Ultimate Street Magic ©2006 Gary Sumpter, New Holland Publishers, UK Hardcover, no dj, 128 pages ISBN 1-84537-307-3

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Comments: Photographs by Duncan Soar. A beginner's book of magic. Well illustrated.

Contents (from book ToC):

8 Introduction

12 Street Card - Amazing Card Magic
14 Snatch: two selections are instantly snatched from the deck
18 The Ambitious Nines: they jump to the top of the deck
22 Restoration: torn and restored
26 The Dexterous Disappearance: card vanish

28 Street Hustler - Unbelievable Coin Magic
30 Kangaroo: coin jumps from one hand to the other
32 Cost of Living: bill change
36 Bank Transfer: borrowed coin transposition
40 Squeezed and Gone!: coin vanish

44 Street Band - Mind Stretching Rubber Band Magic
46 Jumping Band: from one pair of fingers to another
48 The Homing Band: boomarang band
50 Two-to-One: two bands melt into one

52 Street Fire - Red Hot Magic
54 Match Revival: dead match lights
56 Finger Flash: Match lit in the fingers
58 Scorcher: Reveal spectator's chosen card, magically signed
62 Ashes: prediction appears from the flames

66 Street Mind - Surreal Mind Magic
68 Three-Way: magician determins which color was selected
70 Vanishing Thought: vanish a card the spectator thinks of
74 Mind Over Body: control a spectator's actions with three words
76 Lift Up: remove a spectator's strength without even touching them

78 Street Freak - Scary Magic
80 Snap: magician appears to break his finger
82 Impaled: push a plastic fork through your finger
84 Nose-Plug: pencil up the nose
88 Glassed: eating glass
92 Eye Popper: magician appears to put out his eye
96 The Street Levitation: float anywhere
98 The Jacket Levitation: another version
102 The Floating Can: floats between your hands

104 Street Smart - Fancy Card Flourishes
106 Card Fanning
106 - The Two Handed Fan
108 - The One Handed Fan
110 - The Double-tiered Fan
112 - The S-shaped Fan
116 Card Shooting: boomerang card
116 - The High Flier
118 - The Gentler Glider
120 The One Handed Cut
122 The Coin Roll

124 Starting Out and Establishing Yourself
125 A Few Words on Hecklers
125 Final Thoughts
126 Further Reading & Useful Addresses
127 Index