Trost Collection. 1988, hard bound, 472 pages, photos and illustrations.

Dust Jacket: The secrets to more than 300 classic magic tricks from sleight of hand to levitation are carefully explained in this 472 page volume. Card Magic, Coin Magic, Rope Magic, Mental Magic, Make at Home Magic, Sponge Ball Magic, Billiard Ball Magic, Cups and Balls Magic, and Magical Illusions. More than 500,000 still photographs were taken of the detailed execution of the tricks considered worthy to include in this course, and these photographs were edited and converted into hundreds of simplified line drawings. The straightforward text follows Mark Wilson's step method of magic instruction using the same method he used to teach magic to Tony Curtis, Telly Savalas, Bill Bixby, Dick Van Dyke, Peter Falk, Bernadette Peters, John Denver and other professional entertainers.

Chapters on: 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, Your Future In Magic. Light foxing endpapers and page edges. Condition very good.