Magic, step-by-step

WITH JUST A LITTLE PRACTICE YOU CAN MAKE COINS DISAPPEAR, PRODUCE CIGARETTES FROM THE AIR, PULL A RABBIT FROM A HAT, EVEN MAKE A LADY VANISH. IN MAGIC AS IN ALL OTHER THINGS-IT-S EASY WHEN YOU KNOW HOW. HE BEGINS WITH EASY TRICKS THAT CAN BE DONE WITH HOUSEHOLD OBJECTS AND REQUIRE NO SPECIAL SKILL-TRICKS WITH ALMOST ANYTHING-CARDS, MATCHES, SCARFS, PAPERCLIPS, PENCILS, COINS. FROM THESE HE GOES ON TO MORE AMBITIOUS TRICKS LIKE TELEVISION ACES, PRANKY PAPERS, THE TRAVELING TRANSISTOR, THE MARVELOUS MONEY BOX AND THE STARTLING SACK ESCAPE. THROUGHOUT THE BOOK YOU'LL FIND ACTION PHOTOGRAPHS OF MR. ADAIR'S HANDS, ARRANGED IN STEP-BY-STEP SEQUENCE, ILLUSTRATING SOME OF THE MORE DIFFICULT AND INTRICATE EFFECTS. IAN ADAIR, A WELL-KNOWN PROFESSIONAL MAGICIAN, REVEALS HOW ANYONE WITH JUST A LITTLE PRACTICE CAN MAKE A SIMPLE MAGIC TRICK SEEM LIKE A MASTERPIECE OF MYSTERY.