Close-Up Magic Secrets

A professional performer presents tricks for magicians at every level of skill, especially novices. Intended for performances in bars, restaurants, and other close-up venues, these 29 routines include original tricks as well as tried-and-true crowd pleasers. Over 300 photographs illustrate clear instructions for illusions involving cards, money, fire, mind reading, and comedy.

A professional magician since the age of 16, Dallas-based Diamond Jim Tyler performs, gives private lessons and group lectures, invents routines, and markets magic effects all over the world.

Introduction by Jeff Davis Foreword by Jon Racherbaumer A Night in the Life of Diamond Jim 1. The Gunslinger 2. New Age Spellbound 3. One-Armed Aces 4. The Hitchhiker 5. Baseball Diamond 6. The FBI Trick 7. Paperweight 8. Finger Ring and String 9. Soaring Straw 10. Comedy Shuffling Routine 11. Invisible Thumbscrews 12. Cat and Mouse 13. Fireball 14. Mathemagic 15. The Animated Cardbox 16. Three Burnt Matches 17. Burning Impression 18. Trapdoor Coins 19. Diamond Back 20. Reel Fun 21. Frog Hair 22. Sacring of Wicca 23. The Smoking Spoon 24. Diamond's Dazzler 25. Nimble Corks 26. Wise Guys Can't Count 27. Whatever It Takes 28. Pieces of Eight 29. The Birthday Bill Glossary About the Author