Books in the Dover Magic Books series

Covers every significant aspect -- from palming to clairvoyance, vanishing and producing an object, etc. Explains hundreds of astonishing tricks -- with coins, cups and balls, handkerchiefs, cards, more. 57 illustrations.

This profusely illustrated book demonstrates step by step the astonishing card magic cultivated by one of the premier sleight-of-hand artists of the 20th century. Australian-born Arthur H. Buckley became well-known in America for the magic he worked with cards on the major vaudeville circuits of the 1920s. Here he reveals the secrets of his art.