Description
Some have argued that George Kaplan’s Fine Art of Magic is the best magic book ever published. Juan Tamariz, says: “Hardly a performance where I do not include an effect from this book. It’s the only book that contains only good and excellent tricks.”
This magic treatise has stood the test of time. It has become a standard magic reference work. The First Edition is one of the most sought after magic books.
“Everything anyone could expect of a book on magic – An outstanding collection of new, completely practical and easily workable tricks. … There are no idle dreams,… but practical effects which have been audience tested time and time again. The close attention given to detail, the simplicity of working and the various subtleties employed, all point to the fact that much careful thought has gone before and that only a result approaching perfection would suffice … It’s a fine book.” – J.G. Thompson, Jr.
“I’ve spotted a dozen tricks I’ve put down for immediate use, and any number of other items I’ll get into in the future. … The material is good solid magic – there are no pipe-dreams … I can’t praise the book too highly.” – Frederick Braue
“Here is a book of exquisite conjuring. I recommend it enthusiastically to every magician … It’s great.” – John Crimmins
Contents
Forward To The First Edition
Introduction To The Second Edition
Preface
About George G. Kaplan
About Warren J. Kaps
Chapter 1 Corner-Short & Breather
The Corner-Short
The Secret Gadget
The Breather Crimp
Advantages Of The Corner-Short And Breather Procedure
The Pencil Dot
Locating The Corner-Short Or Breather, And The Delayed-Action Control
Avoiding Contrasts
To Bring The Corner-Short Or Breather To The Top Of The Pack
The Kaplan Fan Cut
To Bring The Corner-Short Or Breather To The Bottom Of The Pack
To Control A Selected Card By Means Of The Corner-Short Or Breather
The Kaplan Control Of A Glimpsed Card By Means Of The Corner-Short Or Breather
Retaining Control Of Several Glimpsed Cards By Means Of The Corner-Short Or Breather
Controlling Three Selected Cards By Means Of The Corner-Short Or Breather
To Bring A Prearranged Packet Above A Chosen Card By Means Of The Corner-Short Or Breather
Obtaining A Desired Packet Instantly By Means Of The Corner-Short Or Breather
Using The Corner-Short Or Breather To Retain A Prearranged Deck In Order
Chapter 2 Subtle Sleights
Master Card Control
The Rifle-Force – A New Angle
The Gambler’s False-Cut
The Peek
The Step-Control Of A Peeked At Card
To Glimpse Or Sight A Card Secretly
Impromptu Marking Of Cards
Chapter 3 Tricks Employing Corner-Short Or Breather Crimp
Out-Of-The-Room Selection
The X-Ray Location
Double-Back Corner-Short Location
Mind-Reading With Two Subjects
The “Impossible” Discovery
The Twenty-Sixth Card Location – Using A Corner-Short
Au Naturelle
The Topsy-Turvy Fan
The Kings Arise
Chapter 4 Close-Up Card Tricks
Will-O’-The Wisp Routine
New Card Affinity
Revello Card Circle
The “Stop!” Fan Discovery
Kaplan’s Clock Trick
A Lesson In Misdirection
Rex Card Mystery
Multiple Do As I Do
Follow The Arrow
The Card In The Shoe
The Royal Assembly
The Captain Kid Card (1st Version)
The Captain Kid Card (2nd Version)
Magnetic Thought Transference
The Jokers Are On Me!
Chapter 5 Platform Card Tricks
The Lie Detector
Giant Trio-Flight
Card-Stabbing
The Kaplan Rising Cards
The Card In The Balloon
A Winning Wager
The Kaplan Torn And Restored Card
The Chameleon Card
Chapter 6 Mind Reading Tricks With Cards
Ultra Modern Mentalism
The Calcutta Mystery (First Version)
The Calcutta Mystery (Second Version)
The Bombay Mystery
Think
Do As I Do
The Princess Card Trick
The Yogi’s Secret
The New Brain-Wave Deck
Mahatma Thought Control
Psychic Sympathy
Twenty-One Cards – A Double Prediction
Crystal Clairvoyance
Dial
Information, Please!
The Medium’s Card Test
Yogi Spelling Test
The Eighteen-Cards Spelling Trick
The Triple Spelling Trick
The Three-Billet Test No. 1
The Three-Billet Test No. 2
And Then There Were None
Zig-Zag
Chapter 7 More Mind-Reading Tricks
The Trance Quick-And-Dead Test
A Capitol Problem
An Improved Sealed-Message Reading
Mind-Figures
The Spirit-Slates And Magazine Test
A Cigarette-Paper Pellet Switch
The Three-Billet Test No. 3
Forcing Three Numbers
The Odd-Even Force
Chapter 8 Coin Tricks
The Kaplan Coin Switch
The Kaplan Okito-Box Presentation
I Do As You Do
The Stack Of Quarters
The Sympathetic Coins
Coin-Extraction Perfected
The Kaplan Coin Transposition
Chapter 9 Selected Tricks
The Spirit Handkerchief
A Billiard-Ball Transposition
The Brema Tube And Bill
The Cigarette Vanish In Handkerchief
The Trap-Door ‘Kerchief
Tying The Knot For The Rope Trick
The Bent Pin And Nail
The Game Of “Thirty-One” Played With A Die
The Game Of “35”
The Fifteen Match-Sticks Puzzle
Calendar Trick
Chapter 10 Miscellaneous Platform Tricks
Ben Ali’s Rope
The Lemon Trick
Card And Crystal Ball
The Gypsy Thread Trick
The Comedy Of Errors
The Kaplan Nest Of Boxes Routine
The Mystery Of The Red Block
Chapter 11 Amusement Area
Whats My Line
He Done Her Wrong
Solid Objects
High Finance
Mathematchsticks
In One Year And The Other
Magic Cross
On The Level
Affair Question
Party Lines
Hire Education
Chapter 12 Concluding Observations
