Arthur Buckley’s masterwork on sleight of hand magic with coins, cards and balls. Over 300 B&W photographs of the author detail some of the most beautiful and deceptive moves with coins, cards, and balls ever conceived. These include an array of visual coin vanishes, productions and reproductions, various acquitments, flourishes, and more. Plus, the Miser’s Dream along with Buckley’s own 10-minute coin act – A Phantasy in Silver. More than half the book is dedicated to coin sleights and effects. Card material includes the Buckley False Shuffle, Hofzinser Fan Force, One Hand Crimp, Peek Location, Slap Shift, False Count, and more; as well as card tricks, such as Just Think of a Card, Card in Cigarette, Triple Climax, Cards to Pocket, and more. Sleights and routines with balls include color changes, productions, and vanishes. Completely re-typeset and formatted for US 8-1/2″ x 11″ or European A4 page size, 176 pages, photo-illustrated.

For coin work, we also recommend Jack Chanin’s Coin Routines – “Handle with Gloves” (no gloves required).

CONTENTS:

CHAPTER ONE

Introduction by Theo Bamberg (Okito)
Foreword by the Author
The Principles of Magic
Manipulation
Substitution
Duplication
Camouflage
Imitation
False Partition
Concealed Mechanism
Falsification
Arrangement
Preparation
Misdirection
Concealment
The Entertainment Value
Showmanship
Sleight of Hand
Something New
Invention
Talking Acts Versus Silent Acts, and Pantomine
The Practice of Leaving the Stage Unattended
Assistants from the Audience
Fakes and Accessories
Gimmicks
Illusion
The Plot
Timing, Rhythm and Pace
Footwork
Presenting the Act in Public

CHAPTER TWO
MAGIC WITH COINS

Sleeving
A Short Routine
The Muscle Pass with One Silver Dollar
Chinese Coin Mystery
A Coin, A Ring and a Handkerchief
The Bounce Vanish
The Rear of the Thumb Palm
The Pencil and the Silver Dollar (Rosini)
The Turnover Pass With One Coin
The Pinch Pass With a Single Coin
A Very Pretty Disappearance
Allan Shaw’s Vanish of a Coin
Front and Back of Hand Transfer of a Coin
Methods of Producing a Coin
Downs’ Palm (first method)
(second method)
The Vanish of a Coin From the Fold of the Pants Leg
Second Method
Third Method
To Pass Four Coins From Hand to Hand,
Through Your Head One At a Time
The French Drop and the Eye-glass
The “Roll Down” Production for Four Coins (Buckley Method)
The Downs “Click Pass” Viewed from a New Angle (improved)
An Illusive Pass (original)
The Click Pass and the Table
The Spread Vanish (Allen Shaw)
The Color Changing Discs (original)
A Fine Coin Transfer Pass (by Downs)
The Throw Away Vanish of Five Coins (original)
The Appearance of Five Coins One After
Another At the Finger Tips (Allan Shaw)
The Surprise Appearance of a Coin (by Ron Leonard)
The Magnetic Pass With One Or Several Coins
Silken Silver (by Frank Cruse)
Borrowed Money
John Mulholland’s Slide Pass With a Single Coin
Another Very Effective Production of Five
Coins in the Left Hand (original)
The Lynn Pennies (by Terry Lynn)
The Steal (my method)
Passing Several Coins Through the
Table At Which You Are Seated
The French Drop (improved)
Another Original Five Coin Pass
The “Miser’s Dream”
Finale To “The Miser’s Dream” (by W. J. Alkinson)
Two Playing Cards, Four Half
Dollars and a Handkerchief
Coin Through Handkerchief (original)
A Coin Vanish and Reappearance
By That Clever Artiste (Carlyle)
The Steal (by Cardini)
Twenty-one Cents (by Ross Bertram)
Coins Pass One By One From the Left Hand to the Right Hand
The Transfer of a Silver Dollar From One Hand to the Other
John Platt’s Chinese Coin on Pencil Illusion (with permission)
Five Silver Dollars and a Handkerchief Routine
An Invisible Journey (improved)
The Eureka Vanish (by T. Nelson Downs)
Production of Five Coins One By One
At Fingertips and An Original Change Over
The Thumb Pass With a Silver Dollar
Front Thumb Palm
Split Fans and Coin Production (original)
A Production of Twenty-four Coins in a Series of Fans, An Original Routine (by John Brown Cook)
“The Multiple Roll Out” (by John Brown Cook)
A Phantasy in Silver—A Complete Act with Coins, Fully and Carefully Explained and Illustrated

CHAPTER THREE
MAGIC WITH CARDS

Foreword to Chapter Three
Opening For a Card Act
A Finish for a Card Act
The Buckley False Shuffle
Cards to Pocket, With Ten Cards (with improvements)
The Count (original)
The False Count for More
My Card in Cigarette Illusion (with improvements)
The Thirty Cards and Two Assistants (with improvements)
Ten and Ten
The Vanish of the Last Two Cards in Presenting the Ten Cards to Pocket
Method of Double Cutting Cards
The Triple Climax (original)
An Amazing Card Illusion, Just Think of a Card
The Crimp (one hand)
Exchanging a Card in Passing
The Peek Location
The Hofzinser Force
The Slap Shift
Sighting While Fanning the Cards

CHAPTER FOUR
MAGIC WITH BILLIARD BALLS

My Original Billiard Ball and Card Harness
Pointers
The Production of a Ball From Behind the Left Hand followed by the Take Away Vanish
A Ball Held in the Finger Palm Position by the Left Hand is Secretly Removed by the Right Hand in Passing
The Wrist Roll
The Production of a Ball on the Fist
Moving the Ball Down from the Fist Position to the First and Second Fingers
The Production of a Ball Between the Middle Fingers from the Palm Without Aid from the Thumb
The “De’Biere” Production of a Ball
The Ball Roll from Finger to Finger
The Ball Roll with Another Ball Concealed in Your Palm
The Knee Roll Vanish
The Strike Vanish
The Wrist Roll and Palm Off Vanish
Concealing a Ball Behind the Hand While Both Palms Are Shown
Color Changes (first method)
(second method)
(third method)
(fourth method)
“The Throw Vanish”
The Ball and the Handkerchief
Production of Eight Solid Balls at the Finger Tips Without a Shell
Concluding Remarks