World's Best Card Tricks [Paperback]

Bob Longe (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up

These are 36 of the greatest impromptu card tricks ever invented. Longe shows you not only how each one works, but also how to put them over, with clear step-by-step instructions and illustrations. A special chapter in the back even explains how to bluff your way through a trick if it goes wrong. Great for kids from eight to eighty. 128 pages, 17 b/w illus., 5 3/8 x 8 1/4.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Sterling; First Edition edition (June 30, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806982330
• ISBN-13: 978-0806982335
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #933,186 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous for the beginning Magician!, December 2, 2001

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R. Hummel III "capthummel" (Los Angeles, CA (USA)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: World's Best Card Tricks (Paperback)

I'm a magician member of the Magic Castle now, but in my early forays into card magic this book helped wean me away from trick Svengali and stripper decks, so that I could be handed a deck of cards from anyone and perform a nice trick. They're not all home runs. But I still get great responses from several of the tricks contained within here.
...and yes, I now own Card College, have read Royal Road to Card Magic several times, but those books should come after this one. This one will help you decide if you're serious about persuing more card magic or not.
A fabulous starter book, but make sure you practice!!

25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The title is BS!, May 2, 2002

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Mark Thomas (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: World's Best Card Tricks (Paperback)

I have been doing card tricks for a while, and I have to say that anything of Bob Longe's is a waste of money.

The tricks in this book are terrible. These are certainly NOT the "World's Best Card Tricks". I can't believe some of this [stuff] is even in here.

I highly recommend the reader to learn card magic from great authors such as Jean Hugard, S.W. Erdnase, and Arthur H. Buckley.

If you are a beginner, get the "Royal Road to Card Magic" By Hugard and Braue. It is of MUCH higher value and the tricks in this book will be 100x better than the stuff that's in Bob Longe's books. There is absolutely no way you can be the life of the party with these tricks, as the author claims.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very useful, practical advice for the beginner, March 9, 2005

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Matt Hetling "Matt" (Bethel, ME USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: World's Best Card Tricks (Hardcover)

I like this book of card tricks for the fact that it is user-friendly and practical-minded.

After a brief introduction, Longe guides the reader through a series of card-manipulating exercises that have applications in hundreds of card tricks. He then lays out a series of card tricks, rated for their difficulty level, and complete with advice on what kind of audience might be best suited for any particular trick. The illustrations are simple and clear, and the tricks range from the basic to the extremely clever and inventive.

There's nothing new under this sun, but a beginner will find this guide much better than average when seeking to learn the basic skills necessary to amaze their friends and strangers.