Modern Coin Magic/J.B. Bobo. New Delhi,
Sterling, 2004, xviii,
358 p., figs., $15 (pbk). ISBN 1-84557-069-3.
Modern Coin Magic/J.B. Bobo. New Delhi,
Sterling, 2004, xviii,
358 p., figs., $15 (pbk). ISBN 1-84557-069-3.
Contents: Preface. 1. Coin concealments: palms, holds, clips. 2. Basic technique: switches flips, change-over, steals. 3. Coin vanishes. 4. Complete coin vanishes: palm, pocket, sucker, hanks, envelope. 5. Quick tricks: 27 tricks. 6. Cuffing. 7. The art of sleeving. 8. Coins across. 9. Coin classics: 34 tricks. 10. Coin boxes. 11. Trick coin trickery: 27 tricks. 12. Shell and folding half: 18 tricks. 13. Stage coin magic: 5 tricks. 14. The Miser's dream: Rohert-Houdin, Downs, Harrison, Whitford. 15. The Stanley Collins section. 16. Routines: 18 routined coin acts. Index.
"The magician who can pull money out of thin air is a guaranteed hit with any audience.
Magic with coins is amongst the most fascinating and audience-appealing of impromptu tricks, or close-up magic. Money has a natural fascination for every individual, and the performer who can make money magically appear or multiply, vanish or change, penetrate through tables and brass boxes has the advantage of working with a prop of everyday interest. Bobo's Modern Coin magic is the classic work on coin magic, by an acknowledged master of the subject.
In 358 pages, with 510 illustrations, this book details over one hundred coin sleights and moves, and 236 coin tricks of every conceivable nature. A virtual encyclopaedia on the subject, the book covers tricks with ordinary coins, gimmicked or trick coins, special coin boxes like the Okito and Boston Coin Box, and much, much more.
If there is a coin routine in existence, it is in this book, or has its roots in this work. A must for anyone interested in magic with coins."