Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic: 50th Anniversary Edition

by Mark Wilson

The ultimate book of magic for kids from a world-famous magician, complete with photographs for easy to follow instructions.

From one of the world's premier practitioners of classic magic, with years of experience instructing younger readers in the magical arts, comes this new revision of his complete guide to learning and performing fantastic feats of prestidigitation. Acclaimed by the Los Angeles Times as "the text that young magicians swear by," it's full of step-by-step instructions. More than 2,000 illustrations provide the know-how behind 300 techniques, from basic card tricks to advanced levitation, along with advice on planning and staging a professional-quality magic show.

Genres: Magic, Nonfiction, Reference

512 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

James "Mark" Wilson (born 1929) is an American magician and author. He is widely credited as becoming the first major "television magician" and in the process establishing the viability of illusion shows as a television format.

Reviews

[Luk Worknik · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the best books in this category. Well worth buying.

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i think it is a nice book

[Zion Phoenix · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book if you want to learn magic. It will teach how to float a spectator, being able to predict what word a spectator will choose from a magazine, how to make a coin disappear, and more.

BUT BE WARNED:
Since there are so many tricks revealed, it will most likely take away your belief in magic.

[WIZE FOoL · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bought this book many years ago! Stumbled across it recently and brought back many memories!
The book is packed with many different styles of tricks. Rope, coin, card, cup, to name but a few. Every classical trick can be found in this book.
It seems to have been written for all ages and all levels.
Great book to start you on the road to magic tricks!
Enjoy.

[Nicholas Bradley · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love magic tricks and this was the first book I received. It explains tricks very well and has a wide variety of tricks. Most books have one style of tricks and this one could potentially give you enough to create a whole magic show. Great for beginners of all ages. Enjoy.

[Clive Warner · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good fun. I tried one or two of the tricks on my students at school, which baffled them for a little while. The tricks are do-able.

[Randy Hulshizer · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book for beginners.

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[Daniel Robison · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best books in magic. Thos book kickstarted many magicians of today. Mark did an excellent job. Highly recommended!!

[I O · Rating 5 out of 5]

When I got this book I was 11, the goal at the time was to learn a few trick to amaze my friends and parents. As I kept reading through, learning more I slowly started to find myself leaning to card magic… in this book I learn most of the basics to my magic journey. Without this I don’t think I would of seen magic thought at the age of 11.

[Ryan Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

great book for beginners and anyone that wants too know most of basics of magic knowledge.

[Owen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wonderfully broad overview of so many kinds of performance magic. I'll be going back and referring to it for years.

[Raju · Rating 5 out of 5]

i want to know magic