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Now You See It, Now You Don't!: Lessons in Sleight of Hand Paperback – October 12, 1976

by Bill Tarr (Author)
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A new and simple learn-by-picture method that makes it easy for anyone aged twelve and up to perform all the classic sleights just as they are done by the world's greatest professional magicians. Long-time magician Bill Tarr has teamed up with Barry Ross, an illustrator famous for his instructional sports diagrams, for easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions, so that with the help of more than 1,500 line drawings that capture each eye-fooling movement, you'll learn everything from simple sleights you can master in minutes to the great classics of magic. With ordinary objects -- a regular deck of cards, a coin from someone's pocket, a few balls of crumpled aluminum foil -- you'll soon be doing ...

Card Fanning

Springing the Cards from Hand-to-Hand

The Lit-Cigarette Trick

The Three-Shell Game

The Cups and Balls

Three-Card Monte

The Cut and Restored Rope

The Miser's Dream

plus ...

Unbelievable Card Tricks

Coin and Cigarette Vanishes

and dozens and dozens of the world's greatest sleight-of-hand effects!
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  1. Reading age
    11 - 15 years
  2. Print length
    224 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Dimensions
    8.52 x 0.52 x 10.95 inches
  5. Publisher
    Vintage
  6. Publication date
    October 12, 1976
  7. ISBN-10
    0394722027
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0394722023
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A new and simple learn-by-picture method that makes it easy for anyone aged twelve and up to perform all the classic sleights just as they are done by the world's greatest professional magicians. Long-time magician Bill Tarr has teamed up with Barry Ross, an illustrator famous for his instructional sports diagrams, for easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions, so that with the help of more than 1,500 line drawings that capture each eye-fooling movement, you'll learn everything from simple sleights you can master in minutes to the great classics of magic. With ordinary objects -- a regular deck of cards, a coin from someone's pocket, a few balls of crumpled aluminum foil -- you'll soon be doing ...

Card Fanning

Springing the Cards from Hand-to-Hand

The Lit-Cigarette Trick

The Three-Shell Game

The Cups and Balls

Three-Card Monte

The Cut and Restored Rope

The Miser's Dream

plus ...

Unbelievable Card Tricks

Coin and Cigarette Vanishes

and dozens and dozens of the world's greatest sleight-of-hand effects!

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A new and simple learn-by-picture method that makes it easy for anyone aged twelve and up to perform all the classic sleights just as they are done by the world's greatest professional magicians. Long-time magician Bill Tarr has teamed up with Barry Ross, an illustrator famous for his instructional sports diagrams, for easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions, so that with the help of more than 1,500 line drawings that capture each eye-fooling movement, you'll learn everything from simple sleights you can master in minutes to the great classics of magic. With ordinary objects -- a regular deck of cards, a coin from someone's pocket, a few balls of crumpled aluminum foil -- you'll soon be doing ...
Card Fanning
Springing the Cards from Hand-to-Hand
The Lit-Cigarette Trick
The Three-Shell Game
The Cups and Balls
Three-Card Monte
The Cut and Restored Rope
The Miser's Dream
plus ...
Unbelievable Card Tricks
Coin and Cigarette Vanishes
and dozens and dozens of the world's greatest sleight-of-hand effects!

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vintage; English Language edition (October 12, 1976)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0394722027
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0394722023
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 11 - 15 years
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.52 x 0.52 x 10.95 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 183 ratings

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MrMagic
5.0 out of 5 stars Great first magic book
Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2010
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This is one of those rare magic books that comes along and makes it very very easy for the beginner to pick up and learn real slight of hand. Im so happy to see this till in print I got my first copy back in early 80's and what a help it was in opening up my world of magic. I got this as a gift for a friend and Im sure it will do the same for them. The illustrations are very easy to follow and the text is well written. The true beauty of this book I feel is you need no knowledge of the art of slight of hand to start in it. The book takes you through the basics and into the advance handling.You will learn both the handling of cards and coins but tricks to do with them as well. I have this in my magical library and I suggest if you love magic you do to.
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Patrick Roberts
5.0 out of 5 stars Such a great way to learn!
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2022
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This book is fantastic step by step way to learn sleight of hand. It has a lot of lessons and they all build on each other. I've been looking for a way to pick up basic sleight of hand skills but I've never known where to start. This starts with the very basic basics then shows you how to grow.
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4.0 out of 5 stars great book for begginners
Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2012
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This book is very helpful for begginners who want to become experts. It has lots of good tricks but is not very advanced. It is not the only book you should buy, but if you want to perform good card tricks, with out getting caught, you should get this book.
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Trax
5.0 out of 5 stars It's great!
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2007
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This is one of the best sleight of hand books ever written! The pictures are very helpful and one accompanies every single trick. Inside you'll find card sleights, flourishes, coin tricks (including simple routines), and other various sleight of hand tricks. One of my personal favorites is the thimble magic and changing spots trick. The rating system is especially helpful for beginning magicians as they attempt things like the French drop and simple coin vanishes.

I always recommend this book to anyone interested in magic, even children can follow along! I think every amateur magician or magic enthusiast should own a copy.
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Paulo E. A. Silveira
5.0 out of 5 stars Really good trick book, very well illustrated
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2001
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I really dont understand why some people here didnt give good scores for this book. It is really amazing the number of ilustrations that this book have. And all of them are very good, very real and practive.
I dont like magic that you need some apparatus to do it, so, I really enjoy this book, and if you try hard, you can amke really good stuff.
All card magics (as the others) are based on your had skill, so there are no tricks, only hand tricks like making a card vanish... it is really cool.
Another good book is Modern Coin Magic by J B Bobo... all kinda coin vanishiment is here.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Now you see it, now you don't
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2017
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This is one awesome book on slight of hand that was recommend to me and I am glad that I did purchase the book. I have been using it on a regular basis since I received it in the mail.
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Nick
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for beginners
Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2019
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Great book, easy to understand. Learning tricks to mess with my nephews, gotta be that uncle!
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FUN1
3.0 out of 5 stars Confusing illustrations
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2020
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When a book is showing you an illustration of a right hand, telling you to use the left hand... VERY confusing, pretty much worthless.
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ChaPaLouny
5.0 out of 5 stars Basic
Reviewed in Germany on December 3, 2020
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Für Anfänger die leichten basics hat mir das grundfahigkeit wie Kenntnisse gelehrt
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Horatio Alger
5.0 out of 5 stars This book here is the one you want
Reviewed in Canada on November 4, 2017
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Best book on sleight of hand for beginners
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ASH14
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 2, 2017
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Great book! Highly recommended!
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旅川　朗
5.0 out of 5 stars 買ってよかった
Reviewed in Japan on January 18, 2005
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マジック歴はそこそこの私ですが、この本からは新しいスライハンド、考え方、演じ方を学ぶことができました。
皆さんのレビューにもある通り、絵が本当に多いので英語が駄目な方でも普通に理解できると思います。
カード、コインは特に目新しいものはありませんでしたが、シガレット関係やトリックの部分がとてもよかったです。
日本発売の本でここまで広範囲のマジックを紹介しているものはないと思いますし、値段もお得です。日本だと３０００円くらいは当たり前ですものね・・・
とにかく、買って後悔することはない一冊だと思います。
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Patrick Mangel
5.0 out of 5 stars Klare Kaufempfehlung.
Reviewed in Germany on December 8, 2018
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Perfektes Handbuch zum Lernen und Verstehen von zaubertricks. Unverzichtbare Ausrüstung für alle interessierten Anfänger und fortgeschrittene die sich mit der Materie beschäftigen wollen.
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