If you truly aspire to be a magician, you'll need to be ready to perform at a moment's notice, and that's where this book will be the best investment you make all year.

A book of magic as you like it—unique and baffling, but light and humorous. Tricks and routines developed and used over a period of fifteen years, but NEW to the magic fraternity because, prior to this book, they were never before published.

All the routines revolve around the idea of beginning with no visible apparatus and having "nothing in your hands."

John Stanfield says hand magic has always seemed to be much more fascinating than mechanical or apparatus magic, both from the standpoint of the performer and of the spectator. For that reason, and also for reasons of convenience and economy, he developed an act in which every object used is either produced or taken from his pockets.

This premise doesn't limit the number of tricks that can be used as much as you may believe at first thought; it's surprising how much can be concealed on one’s person with a little thought and ingenuity.

Partial contents:

• Stanfield's Safety Matches
• Stanfield's Ball Routine
• Producing a Rope
• Producing a Pair of Scissors
• Linking Rope Climax
• Producing a Bottle
• Stanfield's Coin in Bottle Routine
• Loading Coin Into Breast Pocket
• Breast Pocket as a Servante
• Stanfield's Burnt Bill Routine
• Stanfield's Thimble Routine
• Back-Palming a Thimble
• Card Through Handkerchief
• The Bashful Bandit
• Stanfield's Fifteen Card Routine
• The Psychiatric Silks
• Stanfield's Remote Control
• Cuffing a Coin
• Invisible Hair