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Summary: Incredible resource
Review: This book contains page after page of techniques and tricks. As the other reviews have pointed out, it is outstanding and sets the standard for books on coin magic. The only negatives are the quaint chapters on sleeving and cuffing, which date the book. However, I have found gem after gem while combing through the pages. The price definitely makes this essential.
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Summary: Incredible resource
Review: This book contains page after page of techniques and tricks. As the other reviews have pointed out, it is outstanding and sets the standard for books on coin magic. The only negatives are the quaint chapters on sleeving and cuffing, which date the book. However, I have found gem after gem while combing through the pages. The price definitely makes this essential.
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Summary: The last word in coin magic. MUST HAVE!!!!
Review: This book covers the A-Z of coin magic. It's a classic. Well written and illustrated. Original written over 45 years ago but updated and expanded. An absolute must.
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Summary: The Bible of coin magic
Review: This book has to be the bible of coin magic although it takes a while to start getting into it it is well worth the read. It is not your bed-time story book, however take time to read it and work through it slowly. I have not found a more comprehensive book on coin magic yet! GET IT NOW!
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Summary: The best book on coin tricks
Review: This book is king. Period.If you are (or want to be) a magician you can not disregard this book. Even if you do not want to do coin tricks you should still have it on your shelf (and read it) because it would simply be an embarrassment to say that you are not familiar with it. This would be as bad as to say that you are a painter and that you've never heard of Picasso. Literally. The book is good for beginners, intermediate magicians and the highly-skilled top-notch professionals. In fact if you are a beginner you should make it your habit to periodically go through it as your sill evolves throughout the years. All the material in this book is audience-tested working material that Bobo performed and developed throughout his career as one of the most prominent professional magicians of his time. There is not one single bad trick or description and it is very well written and to the point. There may and will be some descriptions of techniques that you will not be able to do right away, but this is just one of the values of this book. I actually kind of secretly wish that this book was never discovered -- by anyone other than myself, that is. Read it and you'll know why. This is the first book you should own on coin magic. And if it ends up being the only one you ever read, you won't miss much. It's that good. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Grand-daddy of all coin magic books
Review: This book is older than Joan Rivers but has aged much more gracefully. Slieght of hand coin magic just really doesn't change over time and this is the motherload for learning coin magic. If this is a side of magic that interests you than do yourself a favor, read and learn. You can learn these tricks just from this book because of the excellent drawings but it will take practice like any skill.
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Summary: Grand-daddy of all coin magic books
Review: This book is older than Joan Rivers but has aged much more gracefully. Slieght of hand coin magic just really doesn't change over time and this is the motherload for learning coin magic. If this is a side of magic that interests you than do yourself a favor, read and learn. You can learn these tricks just from this book because of the excellent drawings but it will take practice like any skill.
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Summary: A tome of information for the close up magician...
Review: This book is one of the classic evergreen books that every magician worth his name has a personal copy of, and has read cover to cover... The book details not only the most complex of coin magic, but also the simplest of tricks. Also covered is coin manipulations and flourishes to amaze your spectators... With this book and a little practice, you will be able to produce coins out of thin air, vanish coins into nothingness, multiply one coin into four, and much much more... Bobo's Coin Magic is the ultimate reference point for anybody who is interested in the genre of coin and pocket magic... be it for research, or for improving your performance value.
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Summary: "The Bobo book"
Review: This book is one of the true classics of magic. It contains the basics for almost all of coin magic. In other words you wouldn't have to read any other book and you could still be a top-notch coin magician. MCM contains everything you need to know concerning concealment, production and alteration of coins. It has outstanding plots and routines and patter suggestions. It gives detailed accounts of some of the most cherished and "pet" tricks and routines of some of the finest "coin-men" in history. It is laid out very well with a fine index. It also has a history of coin magic. There is so much here that no matter where you start reading, you'll find yourself saying, "hey, I would really like to learn this!". Even though it is a fascinating read and fun to just glance through and dream over, I contend that if you decide to pick an effect, sleight or routine out of MCM and are determined to make it yours NO MATTER WHAT, you will be rewarded with the true wonder of magical study...RESULTS! Many magic books contain great items but lack good explanation which leads to frustration and lack of fulfillment. MCM has a unique quality about it. I think that is what I like most. It really provides the necessary explanation and instruction to actually teach you...if you let it and stay at it. But you have to want to read and study this book if you want the results. Self-working coin tricks are very rare. While lecturing over the years I had the pleasure to meet many of the contributors of MCM. This was like magic in itself for me. One quick story. I was running the booth for Sasco Magic about 10 years ago at the St. Louis, IBM convention. Needless to say I was demonstrating coin effects, day after day...all day. A number of the true legends of coin magic were at the convention, many of which had effects in the "Bobo Book" (the generic name for MCM). It was a real treat to actually meet them and have them show me the same effects I had read about for years. But the biggest surprise was when Jim Buffaloe, after showing me his phenomenal items, told me that Bobo himself was there and that if I'd like, he'd bring him over to meet me. I could go on and on about the lengthy session that I, along with many other lucky magicians, witnessed that day, but let me say that J.B. Bobo was absolutely no fluke! He could do EVERYTHING in his book to perfection! That was the highlight of the whole convention as far as I was concerned. It was like one of those rare, surreal times we all experience once in a great while. What a trip! I guess I could go on and on but let me just mention a few of the items I enjoy the most ( it's tough because I could say the whole book!). Guess which Hand p134 Coin through Ring p171 The Bent Penny p186 Silver Extraction p187 Rattle Box Routine page 207 Presto Chango p245 Stack of Halves p255 Routine #4 p342 You haven't lived until you've curled up with Modern Coin Magic (The "Bobo Book").
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Summary: The most practical guide to slight of hand
Review: This book took me from being the most inept magician to one that can wow the crowd. Its concept includes names for all of the holds in legerdemain not to mention all of the routines. Some of the routines are obviously dated but with a little creativity one can produce a great, and I mean a great act.
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