The quickest, most certain path toward achieving a reputation as a magician is to be able to perform at a moment's notice with borrowed objects. If you are handed a coin, handkerchief, pencil, or rubber band, you should be able to do at least one amazing trick with that object. This book deals exclusively with just such tricks. It is a collection of some of the best tricks with ordinary objects.The approach throughout the book is simple. No unusual dexterity, gimmicks, or special sleights are required. The only props needed are simple, everyday objects ? eggs, cards, dice, rubber bands, balloons, apples, whisk brooms, etc. Nor are long hours of practice necessary. Step-by-step instructions and over 180 helpful illustrations insure quick and effective mastery of each trick. Nearly 100 tricks in 10 categories include Money Magic, Elastic Illusions, Magic Show in a Matchbox, Hanky Panky, Dice Dexterity, Close-up Illusions, Conjuror's Collection, The Linking Pins, Psychic Tricks, and Pen-Ultimate MagicSome chapters have been designed to provide the reader with a complete act of close-up magic. For example, the chapter entitled "Magic Show in a Matchbox," gives you about 15 minutes of excellent tricks and stunts to amaze and amuse your audience. Master the tricks in this book and you will be ready to entertain anytime, anywhere, with some of the finest of all close-up mysteries.Karl Fulves, one of the most renowned modern writers in the field of magic, has selected these tricks from both old and new magic stunts. Some are classic feats of time-tested wizardry, while others are new and inventive techniques. All, however, are easy-to-learn, foolproof routines that will enable you to dazzle and delight your audience.

MONEY MAGIC1 Quicksilver2 Mystery Vanish3 Ghost Coin4 The Backward Ghost5 Hole in the Pocket6 Sealed Silver7 Merlin's Magic8 The Escape Artist9 Million Dollar MysteryMAGIC SHOW IN A MATCHBOX10 Euclid's Triangle11 Squaring the Square12 Four Square13 The Roman Equation14 A Fish Story15 Tipsy Cocktail16 The Little House17 Worlds Strongest?18 Who Pays the Bill?19 Matching Matches20 The Jumping Match21 The Penetrating MatchesDICE DEXTERITY22 Dice Catch23 Controlled Dice Shot24 The Thirteenth Turn25 Dial-a-Spell26 The New Dropout27 Technicolor Dice28 Mental Die29 Logic Dice30 The Red PredictionCONJUROR'S COLLECTION31 The Cups and Balls32 Movie Star Magic33 Hocus Pocus Puppet34 An Amazing Apple35 The Apple Monster36 The Great Bottle Mystery37 Mystery Spinner38 Strong Man Stunt39 Calculated Capital40 Balloon Burst41 Puncture Proof42 An Airtight Case43 Loops EntwinedPSYCHIC TRICKS44 The Mind Dowser45 Left-Handed Thoughts46 The Psychic Motor47 Unlisted Numbers48 Right on Time49 The Mind Transmitter50 Clocks51 The Eight-Object Test52 Behind Closed Doors53 The Borgia CupELASTIC ILLUSIONS54 Twister55 Tale Twister56 Slippery Shears57 Bet a Band58 The Jumping Rubber Band59 Double Jump60 Flying Clipper61 A Quick Getaway62 Strange InterludeHANKY PANKY63 Not a Knot64 The Appearing Knot65 Transposition66 The Knot Paradox67 The Second Paradox68 The Third Paradox69 Popper Up70 Comedy Vanish71 Fourth-Dimensional Hanks72 The MacCarthy Hank Fold73 Time FliesCLOSE-UP ILLUSIONS74 Dexterous Digits75 It Floats!76 An Optical Trick77 Whisk Away78 Looking-Glass Logic79 Hypercard80 The Fifth DimensionTHE LINKING PINS81 Safety Pin-Up82 Swindle Pins83 The Impossible Unlink84 The Repeat Impossibility85 Un-Safety Pins86 Quick Release87 Pin-a-Tration88 Ultra PenetroPEN-ULTIMATE MAGIC89 Buttonholed90 Loophole Magic91 The Snapper92 The Hands Only93 Invisible Ink94 Pen Kink95 Write Off96 Ink of Another Color97 Pen Ultimate