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Bobofthetram
01-19-2009, 12:44 AM
http://www.magicworld.co.uk/magic-shop/image.php?productid=183

Definetely one of the best magic books a beginner Magician Could Ever Purchase.

503 Pages Long
$50 from various booksellers

Includes Partial History of Mark Wilson's career aswell as various tricks, the contents show many sections each with atleast 12 tricks in each they are:
Biography
Card Magic
Self Working Card tricks
THe Hindu Shuffle
Overhand Shuffle
Forcing a card
The Double Lift
The Glide
Double Backed Card
Double Faced Card
The Short card
Giant Cards
Special Card Tricks
Flourishes
Genii Cards
Money Magic
Money Magic-Bills
Rope Magic
Silk & Handkerchief magic
Impromptu Magic
Mental Magic
Betchas
Make at Home Magic
Sponge Ball Magic
Billiard Ball Magic
Cups & Balls
Magical Illusions - Stage Magic
Reputation Makers - Great Tricks
Your Future in Magic

Each section has substaintial and easy to understand diagrams and explanations that range from easy to moderately hard to perform. Personally I reccomend Buying this book for beginners, it will help you to understand most tricks sold from magic sellers and will save you ALOT of money on tricks from shops or websites.

Personally i have found the book very useful as many of you may know companies such as ellusionist or other magic websites take a away basic tricks from 30 years ago that Generation Y may have never known of and labelled them as their own. Even some stage magic that has been performed by either David Copperfield or criss angel has been adapted from these methods and used on a larger scale as you will soon find.

So In 3 Words "BUY THIS BOOK"

It changed my view on magic and will improve yours!

Also if Anyone wants to request a trick from the book i will be happy to post it in this section with the permission of the moderators
magick
01-19-2009, 12:47 AM
there are 2 books by bill tarr that are really great for young magicians.....

"now you see it, now you don't"... is the first one
Bobofthetram
01-19-2009, 02:04 AM
A Great Quote from Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic,
"Some say the secrets of Magic should never be revealed... But I
Believe if you are truly interested you should have the finest, clearest
instructions possible." - Mark Wilson

Which is a statement i think all of us can agree on.
traumatised-magic
01-19-2009, 10:27 AM
sounds interestin, is it more for beginers of magic or would an intermediate magician get some use out of it. cause some of the sections to me sound like they are set out for a beginer
Bobofthetram
01-19-2009, 01:01 PM
The Magical Illusions section has all kinds of stage tricks that Are BUILT and
would be good for an intermediate though there are basically 1 or 2 tricks in
each section that are not meant for beginners ( the whole sponge ball section
is one continuous routine (not for beginners)).

The stage magic section gives you blueprints for all the built illusions.
iliketricks
06-29-2009, 11:55 PM
The book is great, especially for beginners. Good diagrams and good explanations. There is something in it for everybody but yes it is mainly for beginners and I would advise ALL beginners to get it.

472 pages. enough said
citrusjrb
06-29-2009, 11:57 PM
The book is great, especially for beginners. Good diagrams and good explanations. There is something in it for everybody but yes it is mainly for beginners and I would advise ALL beginners to get it.

472 pages. enough said

Yeah that was the first magic book I ever got and it had some much stuff in it.
Jferkin
06-29-2009, 11:59 PM
Im going to move this to reviews....
traumatised-magic
06-30-2009, 12:09 AM
Im going to move this to reviews....

why not just do it instead of tellin us ur goin to do it....personally dont think u need to post that justin lol
nine of kings
06-30-2009, 01:08 PM
I have this book. I got it as a beginner and it was AMAZING to me when I first looked in. It's a combination of two of his books into one big volume. It's definetely geared for beginners and early intermediates, but the tricks in it can be used by everybody.
iliketricks
06-30-2009, 10:55 PM
Oh yeah I forgot to brag about how much I paid for the book: $2.66 mint condition....Gotta love Amazon
citrusjrb
06-30-2009, 10:59 PM
Oh yeah I forgot to brag about how much I paid for the book: $2.66 mint condition....Gotta love AmazonAre you serious my mom bought it for $40.
iliketricks
07-19-2009, 11:08 PM
Yeah, I saw 2.66 and did not hesitate. I paid twice as much for expert at the card table. Amazon is work checking consistently cuz you never know whats going to be put up for what proce.