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Thaw, Barbara & Stephen Ronson: The
Armchair Magician © 1995 First British Edition, Souvenir Press Ltd., London |
 Image courtesy eBay seller DiddyWench |
Comments: Instructional Illustrations by William Ruggieri;
Cartoon Illustrations by John Caldwell.
Contents (from book):
7 Foreword (Siegfried & Roy)
8 Before the Show
9 Common Fallacies
13 The Principles, or What’s Really Up the Magician’s Sleeve
14 - False Assumption
16 - Misdirection
18 - Concealment
20 - Magician's Choice or Forcing
23 A Few Words About Patter
25 It’s Showtime
26 The Categories of Magic
28 The Effects
29 ACT ONE: False Assumption
30 The Fastest Card Trick: deck is placed behind back and
selection appears face up
32 The Colour-Changing Thimble
34 The Coincidental Cut: Spectator's and Magician's cut to cards
end up next to each other
36 Coin Through Table
39 Business Lunch Trick: selected cards predicted on a business
card that is used to stab the deck
43 Twin Miracle: you do as I do coincidence with cards
46 Three Dice Trick: a physical stunt
48 ACT TWO: Misdirection
49 The Surprise Vanish: pencil vanishes while trying to vanish a
coin
51 The Conjuror's Coin Trick: coin vanish by rubbing into elbow
53 The Impossible Ropes: equal/unequal ropes
57 Cut The Pack: deck stab prediction
60 Anything Can Happen: in an attmept to pass a coin though the
table, the salt shaker passes instead
63 Needles in a Haystack: two selections by two spectators located
69 Underwater Journey: coin penetrates glass of water
72 ACT THREE: Concealment
73 The Reappearing Match: a match is removed from a book and
burnt, but the burnt match returns to the book
76 The Mystical Silk: silk appears and vanishes in the hands
79 Bead Penetration: wooden bead release from string
82 The Flying Cards: four cards join others in an envelope
85 The Vanishing Lit Cigarette: pushed into hankderchief
88 Water Suspension: water suspends in a rolled up dollar bill
91 Banknote Transposition: marked bill vanishes and appears in a
covered glass
94 Mystic Mending: cut and restored ribbon
96 ACT FOUR: Magician's Choke
97 Coin Prediction: coins are eliminated and the remaining coin
matches prediction
100 The Travelling Ashes: ashes move from one of the spectator's
hands to the other
103 The Mating Cards: two piles of cards are mixed, yet end up in
matching order
107 Bravo! Encore!: tips on practice
108 Eenie Meenie Chile Beanie: performing for children
108 The Thumb Tip: about the prop
110 Do's and Don'ts
111 For Further Reading
111 For Magic Supplies
112 Want To Be a Part of the World of Magic?: club offer
