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Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic
Cover of 1988 edition.
Author Mark Wilson Illustrator Julia Laughlin; Manny Katz Cover artist Weaver Lilly; Tony Schmidt Language English Subject Magic Genre Non-fiction Publisher Courage Books: Running Press Book Publishers
Publication date
1975 Publication place USA Pages 472 pages ISBN 0-89471-623-9 OCLC 17805952
Dewey Decimal
793.8 19 LC Class GV1547.W763 1988
Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic Mark Wilson .[1] [2]
Description of Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic [ edit ]
This description is based on the 1988 edition.
The book is organized into sections; each devoted to a particular topic, as follows:
Introductory sections [ edit ]
Table of Contents
Listing of all sections and effects with page numbers.
This volume contains no index.
Dedication
Introductory Letter
Mark Wilson addresses his reader as "Dear Student," and expounds on his views of the basics of performance magic .
Throughout, Wilson refers to illusions as "tricks."
Biographies [ edit ]
Mark Wilson
Walter Gibson , co-author
U.F. "Gen" Grant, co-author
Larry Anderson, co-author
Rakesh Menon, budding magician
Practice Makes Perfect [ edit ]
Misdirection [ edit ]
Wilson's exposition on the basics of misdirection.
Acknowledgements and Credits [ edit ]
Course Coordinator: Larry Anderson
Don Wayne [3]
Illusions (Tricks) [ edit ]
The main body of the book comprises tricks (Wilson's term) and prerequisite techniques and skills required to perform them. The key elements are illustrated with line drawings and explained in detail in the accompanying text.
Each trick is divided into logical sub-sections:
Effect
What the audience is intended to see
Secret and Preparation
Setting up the props, and how they work.
Method
How the performer achieves the effect, step by step.
Comments and Suggestions
Tips, pointers, and hard-won experience from the authors.
Card Magic [ edit ]
The section on card effects is divided into classes of tricks; each class contains multiple individual techniques and tricks, as follows:
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 [ edit ]
As with Card Magic, the section on money effects is divided into classes of tricks; each class comprises multiple individual techniques and tricks, as follows:
Money Magic
Money Magic — Bills
Rope Magic [ edit ]
The section on rope effects is not divided, but comprises multiple individual techniques and tricks.
Silk & Handkerchief Magic [ edit ]
This section comprises multiple individual techniques and tricks.
Impromptu Magic [ edit ]
This section comprises multiple individual techniques and tricks, mainly with household objects readily at hand.
Mental Magic [ edit ]
This section comprises multiple individual techniques and tricks.
Betchas [ edit ]
This section comprises multiple individual techniques and tricks of the kind which the magician might bet he can do something the spectator cannot: "I'll bet you."
Make At Home Magic [ edit ]
This section comprises multiple individual techniques and tricks, requiring apparatus which can be constructed as build-it-yourself projects.
Sponge Ball Magic [ edit ]
This section comprises multiple individual techniques and tricks, requiring compressible balls as props.
Billiard Ball Magic [ edit ]
This section comprises multiple individual techniques and tricks with incompressible balls.
Cups & Balls [ edit ]
Perhaps the first illusions performed; definitely the first recorded in writing (in ancient Egypt). This section comprises multiple individual techniques and tricks.
Magical Illusions [ edit ]
"In magical terms an "Illusion" is any trick or effect involving a human being." (p. 435) This section comprises multiple individual illusions, according to the quoted definition.
Your Future In Magic [ edit ]
Wilson and co-authors' parting words of encouragement to their readers and students.
References [ edit ]
^ Wilson, Mark (1975). Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic . Courage Books. ISBN 0-89471-623-9
^ Wilson, Mark (2003) [First published 1975]. Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic (Paperback ed.). Running Press Books. ISBN 978-0-7624-1455-0
^ Wilson, Mark (1975). Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic . Ottenheimer Publishers. p. 16. ISBN 0-89471-623-9
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