Ultimate Street Magic: Amazing Tricks For The Urban Magician

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Sumpter, Gary: Ultimate Street Magic
©2006 Gary Sumpter, New Holland Publishers, UK
Hardcover, no dj, 128 pages
ISBN 1-84537-307-3

Comments: Photographs by Duncan Soar. A beginner's book of magic. Well illustrated.

Contents (from book ToC):

8 Introduction

12 Street Card - Amazing Card Magic
14 Snatch: two selections are instantly snatched from the deck
18 The Ambitious Nines: they jump to the top of the deck
22 Restoration: torn and restored
26 The Dexterous Disappearance: card vanish

28 Street Hustler - Unbelievable Coin Magic
30 Kangaroo: coin jumps from one hand to the other
32 Cost of Living: bill change
36 Bank Transfer: borrowed coin transposition
40 Squeezed and Gone!: coin vanish

44 Street Band - Mind Stretching Rubber Band Magic
46 Jumping Band: from one pair of fingers to another
48 The Homing Band: boomarang band
50 Two-to-One: two bands melt into one

52 Street Fire - Red Hot Magic
54 Match Revival: dead match lights
56 Finger Flash: Match lit in the fingers
58 Scorcher: Reveal spectator's chosen card, magically signed
62 Ashes: prediction appears from the flames

66 Street Mind - Surreal Mind Magic
68 Three-Way: magician determins which color was selected
70 Vanishing Thought: vanish a card the spectator thinks of
74 Mind Over Body: control a spectator's actions with three words
76 Lift Up: remove a spectator's strength without even touching them

78 Street Freak - Scary Magic
80 Snap: magician appears to break his finger
82 Impaled: push a plastic fork through your finger
84 Nose-Plug: pencil up the nose
88 Glassed: eating glass
92 Eye Popper: magician appears to put out his eye
96 The Street Levitation: float anywhere
98 The Jacket Levitation: another version
102 The Floating Can: floats between your hands

104 Street Smart - Fancy Card Flourishes
106 Card Fanning
106 - The Two Handed Fan
108 - The One Handed Fan
110 - The Double-tiered Fan
112 - The S-shaped Fan
116 Card Shooting: boomerang card
116 - The High Flier
118 - The Gentler Glider
120 The One Handed Cut
122 The Coin Roll

124 Starting Out and Establishing Yourself
125 A Few Words on Hecklers
125 Final Thoughts
126 Further Reading & Useful Addresses
127 Index


Everything that would-be magicians and entertainers need to take their magic to the streets, bars, malls, and supermarkets, and wow crowds up close and personal is in this exciting new guide. From amazing card tricks to mind magic and stunning illusions, a professional magician reveals all the tricks of the trade—with easy-to-grasp instructions and 300 illustrations—that can be performed any time, anywhere. Perplex and baffle urban audiences with unbelievable coin tricks, rubber band magic, and street fire; confuse the steel-willed with mind-over-matter feats like street levitation and telepathy; and scare the strong-of-stomach with freaky tricks like eye poppers and glass eating. Includes advice on starting out; flourishes to polish performances; plus a few words on hecklers. Fans will love it too!