The perfect magician

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The perfect magician
Publication country Germany
editor Otto Maier Verlag, Ravensburg
Publishing year 1960
Presentation bound
Illustrations 154 b / w illustrations, 21 photo pages
Languages) German
Page size 115
theme General magic
ISBN not yet taken
author
Martin Michalski

The Perfect Magician is the title of one of the essential books for learning the art of magic . It mainly deals with magic tricks that have to be performed with everyday objects.

content

The book written by Martin Michalski describes tricks that can be demonstrated without great technical effort, but with a few necessary handicrafts for the private sector. Particular importance is attached to exact technical information with precise dimensions, in order to give the student the opportunity to reproduce exactly. A few technical terms from the arts of magic conclude the book.

The book went through several editions.

The chapters

  • introduction
  • Servante
  • Self made silk scarves
  • The high school of magic (palmage)
  • The missing mark piece
  • The newspaper trick
  • The lucky bag
  • The color miracle
  • The cloth chain
  • Chinese rice wonder
  • Aladdin's sparkler
  • Telepathic prediction
  • The ghost pipe
  • Tie combination
  • The floating ball (after Okito)
  • The magic table
  • The throw card
  • The four-jack trick
  • American card fizz
  • ABC of technical terms
  • Good advice

expenditure

  • 1st edition 1960, see info box
  • 2nd edition 1963
  • 3rd edition 1992

Book review

"Michalski, who is undoubtedly an amateur magician, as you can easily see from the photo provided, does not describe typical beginner tricks in his work, but diligently explains tricks from specialist literature and those that are sold by dealers."