Dolan, Edward F., Jr.: The Complete Beginner's Guide to Magic ©1977 Edward F. Dolan, Jr., Doubleday Hardcover, w/dj, 149 pages ISBN 978- 0-385-11555-5

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Comments: B&W photo illustrated.

Contents (from book ToC):

1 Welcome To Magic

5 1 Easy Magic

5 Magic Without Preparation
5 The Restless Napkin
7 Chain Lightning
8 The Christmas Tree
10 The Jumping Rubber Band
10 Two For One
12 The Obedient Coins

13 Magic Needing Preparation
13 Presto! A Knot
14 The Card Finder
16 Magic Matches #1
17 Magic Matches $2
17 The Magic Matchbox
18 Read The Coin

20 Performing Tips

21 2 First Card Magic

22 Card Tricks That Work Bv Themselves
22 All Four-Of-A-Kind
22 The Friendly Trio
23 Card Calculator #1
24 Magic Twenty-One
26 Card Calculator #2

27 Handling The Cards

29 Easy Card Magic
29 See Through The Deck
31 Card Memory
33 Chosen Card Up
34 Card Touch #1
35 Card Touch #2

36 Performing Tips

38 3 Puzzle And Game Magic

39 Puzzles
39 Cards Cross
39 Two-By-Four
40 Turn-Around Triangle
41 Subtracting Squares
41 Four Squares
42 Friends Together
43 Three Coins Up
43 Heads Up
44 Square The Matches
45 Four To Five
45 The Two-Cut Square
46 Checkerboard Frustration

46 Games
46 The Hourglass Race
47 The Twenty-One Clock
49 Last-Card Challenge #1
50 Last-Card Challenge #2
51 Solutions To Puzzles And Card Races

60 4 More Card Magic

60 Key-Card Magic
61 This Is Your Card
62 Follow The Leader
64 Card Pointer # 1
65 Card Pointer #2

67 Handling The Cards

70 From Force To False Shuffle
70 The Ascending Card
72 Spell Your Name
72 The Shovel Trick
73 The Change-Of-Color Ace

75 Performing Tips

76 5 Stunt Magic
76 The Impossible Card

77 Physical Stunts
77 The Balanced Card
77 Card Target Practice
78 Card Defying Gravity
78 The Balancing Glass
79 The Steady Bottle
79 Two Steady Bottles
80 The Coin In The Middle
82 The Invisible Coin
82 Gravitational Pull

82 Mental Stunts
83 Magic Calculation
85 Dates To Remember
86 The Time Tap

88 6 String And Silk Magic

88 String Magic
88 The Magic Knot
90 The Mystery Lasso
92 String Restoral
94 The String Guillotine
95 The Magic Bracelet
95 String And Straw
96 The Tightrope Walker

97 Silk Magic
97 Silk And String Together
97 The One-Handed Knot
100 The Dissolving Knot
101 The Silken Escape
102 Silken Penetration
103 Performing Tips

105 7 Coin Magic

105 Coin Magic—On Stage
105 Coin And Card
106 Coin Defying Gravity
106 The Coin Through The Handkerchief
108 The Torn Coin
109 The Flying Dime
111 The Flying Matchbox
112 Coin In The Water

114 Coin Magic—At The Dinner Table
114 The Wrist Flip
114 Heads For Heads
114 The Vanishing Dime
115 Body Temperature
115 Odd Or Even
116 Coin In The Elbow
118 From One Hand To Another

119 Performing Tips

120 8 Mind Magic

120 Mind Magic By Yourself
120 The Burning Name #1
121 The Burning Name #2
123 The Talking Penny

124 Mind Magic With An Assistant
125 Color Sense
127 Hidden Words
128 Thought Transference
129 Blindfolded Mentalism #1
131 Blindfolded Mentalism #2
132 Name The Card

133 Performing Tips

134 9 Toward Advanced Magic

135 Sleight-Of-Hand Magic
135 The Sister Aces
137 The Mystery Knot
139 The Money Multiplier

140 Equipment Magic
141 Rabbit In The Box
143 The Silken Rainbow
145 The Ace In The Orange

149 A Final Performing Tip