Magic of the Hands by Edward Victor - paperback book

  MAGIC OF THE HANDS by Edward Victor paperback! This is a classic in sleight-of-hand magic. From the foreword: This BOOK is mainly on the art of sleight-of-hand and it is my earnest hope that these pages will afford practical help to both the specialist and the amateur magician. During the period of over twenty-five years of practical magic I have formed the conclusion that in all conjuring, no matter how cleanly a trick may have been worked, it is the effect that counts. A magical effect that one desires to "get over" must be definite and surprising. By definite I mean an easily followed plot or routine. By surprising I mean that a climax should be striven for that has not been foreseen by the audience. Paul Fleming wrote: It is a rare thing for a reviewer to come across a sizable book on magic which contains only tricks that have been tested by the author, and rarer still for that author to be a prominent professional magician. But this unusual combination is found in The Magic