101 Easy-to-Do Magic Tricks (Paperback)

~ Bill Tarr (Author)

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Product Description

Abundantly illustrated, easy-to-follow guide shows beginning and veteran prestidigitators how to successfully perform over 100 tricks, including The Inexhaustible Hat, The Cut and Restored Turban, The Chinese Rings, The Rising Cards, Steel Through Steel, Fingers That See and dozens of other remarkable feats—each graded according to difficulty.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (December 21, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486273679
• ISBN-13: 978-0486273679
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #36,534 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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65 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An extremely good basic magic book with no garbage, March 10, 1998

By	[e-mail] "lunchbun" (Coon Rapids, MN) - See all my reviews

Unlike many magic texts, this book has incredible illustrations that make every trick easy to understand. The book includes simple ways to create functinal apparatus like Chinese Sticks, chinese Rice Bowls, simple production boxes etc. It also includes a simple routine for the Chinese Linking Rings, the only trick you can't make yourself. With thousands of drawings by an excellent illustrator, this book is a must for anybody interested in learning magic. Mr. Tarr has also written Now You See It, Now You Don't which is undoubtably the best beginning text on sleight of hand on the market. It isn't best because Mr. Tarr is the best, it is best because the writing is clear, the illustrations are top notch, and the material is chosen to teach.

24 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Read this book!!!, June 21, 1998

By A Customer

this is a really good work for someone just starting in the field. The text is clear and interesting, and the explainitory art leaves nothing to be desired

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 101 Easy-todo-magic-tricks, July 13, 2006

By	M. Rivers "Record Keeper" (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Well, the title of the book pretty much explains the book. For me, It was a litle too easy, but I'm 16 years old. This book is better suited towards kids. But if you are interested solely in card magic, I recommend not getting it. This book only has self-working card tricks. Although, if you are only interested in a couple easy cards tricks to impress people, then that is what this book offers. This book also contains other tricks, such as dolar bill in a lemon, chinese wands, chinese rings, the inexhaustible hat, the rising cigarette, ring on a string, and the great matchbox escape, to name a few. This book isn't very long. I didn't enjoy the book that much, because I am interested in street magic, and these tricks are not suited to that type of magic, because they all require set-up and need a table or are too angle sensitve, ect. But overall, I would have to say that you shouldn't buy this book (because there are so many better books that hold more information) unless you are a kid. If you are older and a beginner in magic I recommend another book.