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This book is in GREAT condition
This book is out of print and extremely collectible
This is a book about the close-up magic of Bobby Bernard ...
The book which you hold contains a wealth of moves, tricks and routines, from which any discerning reader could select a repertoire likely to gain him a reputation.
Of particular interest is section 3 with several short essays and opinions on a variety of subjects interesting to the conjurer.
Foreword
A Few Words on the English Language
Introducing...Bobby Bernard!
SECTION I: COINS
"Impetus" Coin Production
Face-to-Face Vanish
"Television Coin-Vanish" (or Change)
"Fingertip Folly"
The "Trouser-Vanish"
Coin in Tie "Vanish"
A Useful Switch
Bernard Switch
Versatile Coin Move
Indian Rope Trick
Bobby Bernard on "Sleeving"
The "Tourist" Coin
The Pawrus Coin
The "Heads or Tails" Coin-Vanish
Bar-Top Coin Change
The Hook Coin
INTERLUDE
"On Being Fawkes"
SECTION II: CARDS
A Double Lift
Al Koran's Top-Change
The "Logicality" False Cut
Just a Thought on the "Charlie Chaplin Shuffle"
A "Sure-Fire" Turnover
Bobby Bernard's "Crimp" Sequence
Oriental Card Divination
The "Detective" Card Trick
The "Opportunist" Card in Pocket
"The Sands of the Pharaoh"
SECTION III: BOBBY BERNARD SAYS
Bobby Bernard on Misdirection
Bobby Bernard on "The Actor in Magic"
Bobby Bernard on "Sleight-of-Hand"
Bobby Bernard on "The Classics of Close-Up"
Bobby Bernard on "Conventions"
Bobby Bernard on Television
Bobby Bernard on the Movies
Bobby Bernard on Close-Up Presentation
Summing Up
A Few Concluding Observations
1st edition 1982, 123 pages
