{"product_id":"the-amateur-magicians-handbook-book","title":"The Amateur Magicians Handbook - Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis lavishly illustrated fourth edition of the classic handbook for conjurers is designed to help magicians of all levels, from beginning to advanced. It will let you hone your skills at legerdemain and develop new and exciting illusions to baffle the mind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten by Henry Hay, with an introduction by Milbourne Christopher. Features a new section on Shows for Children, as well as a new essay from The Amazing Randi (James Randi) on Coaching yourself with videotape.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eix Introduction by Milbourne Christopher\u003cbr\u003exi A Few Words Before Curtain Time\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 \u003cu\u003eChapter One\u003c\/u\u003e: The Magic State of Mind: essay\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10 \u003cu\u003eChapter Two\u003c\/u\u003e: Hard Easy Tricks and Easy Hard Tricks: essay on practice, learning magic, presentation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e19 Part One Hand Magic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e19 \u003cu\u003eChapter Three\u003c\/u\u003e: Hand Magic With Cards:\u003cbr\u003e20 Hand Magic: Requirements\u003cbr\u003e21 Hand Magic with Cards: cards to use and so forth\u003cbr\u003e22 1a. Breaks: little finger\u003cbr\u003e24 1b. The Glimpse\u003cbr\u003e25 As Easy As Spelling Your Name: Spectator peeks at a card, shuffles the deck, and spells his name to the selected card. Uses glimpse.\u003cbr\u003e27 1c. Permanent Breaks: the crimp or bridge\u003cbr\u003e28 Paul Rosini’s Location\u003cbr\u003e29 2. Shifts or Passes\u003cbr\u003e30 2a. The Conventional Two Handed Shift\u003cbr\u003e32 The Stabbed Pack: effect\u003cbr\u003e34 2b. The side Steal or Side Slip\u003cbr\u003e35 You Must be Wrong: effect\u003cbr\u003e36 2c. The Herrmann Pass\u003cbr\u003e37 2d. One Handed Shifts “New-Method” Robert Houdin\u003cbr\u003e30 2e. One Handed Shifts Old Method\u003cbr\u003e40 2f. One Handed Shifts: The Charlier Pass\u003cbr\u003e41 3. Forcing\u003cbr\u003e41 3a. The Fan Force: the Classic Force\u003cbr\u003e42 3b. Thought Forces: similar to classic force\u003cbr\u003e43 3c. Sure-Fire Force: The slip: my personal favorite\u003cbr\u003e44 3d. Sure Fire Force: Stanley Collins Method (knife)\u003cbr\u003e45 Everybody’s Card: Four spectators each pick the same card, but end up holding a different card. The selection ends up in performer’s pocket\u003cbr\u003e46 3e. The Shift\u003cbr\u003e47 4. Palming\u003cbr\u003e48 4a. The Top Palm\u003cbr\u003e48 Charles Bertram’s Four Ace Trick\u003cbr\u003e51 4b. The Bottom Palm (right hand)\u003cbr\u003e51 4c. The Bottom Palm (left hand)\u003cbr\u003e53 5. False Shuffles\u003cbr\u003e53 5a. Overhand: provides definitions from Erdnase for Stock, Run, Jogs, etc.\u003cbr\u003e56 Luis Zingone’s Table Spread: Cards selected from table spread end up in performer’s pocket\u003cbr\u003e58 5b. Dovetail: extensive coverage\u003cbr\u003e64 5c. Hindu Shuffle\u003cbr\u003e64 6. Changes\u003cbr\u003e65 6a. The Double Lift\u003cbr\u003e65 6b. The Top Change\u003cbr\u003e66 Step on It! Magician and spectator cards change places\u003cbr\u003e67 6c. The Bottom Change\u003cbr\u003e68 6d. Palm Change\u003cbr\u003e69 6e. Double Palm Change\u003cbr\u003e70 The Phoney Aces: Three’s passed off as Aces turn into the real Aces, then Three’s again\u003cbr\u003e71 7. Color Changes\u003cbr\u003e72 7a. The Clip (Felicien Trewey)\u003cbr\u003e72 Wiping Out the Spot and a Production Flourish\u003cbr\u003e73 7b. Sidesteal Color Change\u003cbr\u003e74 Correcting a Mistake: effect\u003cbr\u003e75 7c. Far End Steal Color Change\u003cbr\u003e75 7d. Snap Change\u003cbr\u003e76 8. Trick Deals\u003cbr\u003e76 8a. Second Deal\u003cbr\u003e77 Five Hands: effect\u003cbr\u003e78 8b. Bottom Deal\u003cbr\u003e79 Flourishes\u003cbr\u003e80 9a. The Riffle\u003cbr\u003e80 9b. Springing the Cards\u003cbr\u003e81 9c. Fanning\u003cbr\u003e83 9d. The Back Palm\u003cbr\u003e87 Vanish and Recovery: effect Using the Back Palm\u003cbr\u003e88 9e. Scaling or Throwing Cards\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e89 \u003cu\u003eChapter Four\u003c\/u\u003e: Give Them A Rest (Tricks where no cards are chosen)\u003cbr\u003e89 1. The Four Aces: Aces assemble to one packet; variations\u003cbr\u003e92 Nate Leipzig’s Slap Aces: Effect\u003cbr\u003e93 Cardini’s Ace Trick: effect\u003cbr\u003e94 2. The Cards Up the Sleeve: includes false count, variations\u003cbr\u003e98 3. The Diminishing Cards\u003cbr\u003e100 4. The Thirty Card Trick: cards pass from spectator to spectator\u003cbr\u003e103 5. More Flourishes: Cards from the mouth and Fan Away\u003cbr\u003e104 6. The Ambitious Card: The whole deck becomes Jokers\u003cbr\u003e105 7. The Three Card Trick: Basic Monte explanation with pointers to references and the Mexican Turnover\u003cbr\u003e108 8. Reading the Cards: various methods mentioned\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e110 \u003cu\u003eChapter Five\u003c\/u\u003e: Please Take a Card – Standard Card Tricks\u003cbr\u003e111 1. Locations\u003cbr\u003e111 1a. The Tap (in-jog)\u003cbr\u003e111 1b. The Side Crimp\u003cbr\u003e111 1c. Approximation, with the Optical Fan Location\u003cbr\u003e113 The Optical Fan Location (John Mulholland)\u003cbr\u003e115 2. Card at Any Number\u003cbr\u003e116 3. Stop Me\u003cbr\u003e117 4. Spelling Trick with Spell Charts\u003cbr\u003e119 4a. The Automatic Speller (chancy!)\u003cbr\u003e120 4b. Mental Selection Speller\u003cbr\u003e121 5. Reversed Cards\u003cbr\u003e122 6. The Card in the Pocket\u003cbr\u003e123 7. The Rising Cards: sleight versions, IT, etc.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e129 \u003cu\u003eChapter Six\u003c\/u\u003e: Hand Magic with Coins\u003cbr\u003e130 1. The Tourniquet or French Drop\u003cbr\u003e131 2. The Finger Palm\u003cbr\u003e132 3. The Flat Thumb Palm\u003cbr\u003e132 4. The Regular Thumb Palm\u003cbr\u003e132 5. The Regular Palm\u003cbr\u003e133 6. The Edge, Oblique, or Downs’ Palm\u003cbr\u003e135 7. The Change Over Palm\u003cbr\u003e136 8. The Back Palm\u003cbr\u003e139 9. The Crotch Palm\u003cbr\u003e140 10. Sleeving (Brief Coverage)\u003cbr\u003e140 11. The Downs’ Click Pass\u003cbr\u003e141 12. The Downs’ Fan Pass\u003cbr\u003e142 13. The Squeeze Pass\u003cbr\u003e143 14. The DeManche Change\u003cbr\u003e144 15. The Handkerchief Fold: for vanish or penetration through handkerchief\u003cbr\u003e145 16. Flourish: Coin Roll or Steeplechase\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e147 \u003cu\u003eChapter 7\u003c\/u\u003e: The Miser’s Dream and Other Great Coin Tricks\u003cbr\u003e147 1. Miser’s Dream: lengthy discussion of approaches\u003cbr\u003e151 2. Catching Five Coins (Downs’ Eureka Pass)\u003cbr\u003e152 3. Manuel’s Thumb Gag\u003cbr\u003e153 4. Nate Leipzig’s Slow Motion Vanish\u003cbr\u003e156 5. Leipzig’s Coin from Hand to Hand\u003cbr\u003e157 6. Coin From Hand to Hand: 3 methods\u003cbr\u003e159 7. Silver and Gold: Three silver join 3 gold coins. Version of Dai Vernon’s Winged Silver\u003cbr\u003e160 8. The Sympathetic Coins: Coin Assembly\/Matrix. Downs’ Version\u003cbr\u003e164 9. Coins Dissolving in a Handkerchief (click pass)\u003cbr\u003e164 10. The Shake Penetration (Senor Mardo)\u003cbr\u003e165 11. Coins to Handkerchief\u003cbr\u003e167 12. Coin from Handkerchief to Handkerchief\u003cbr\u003e167 13. Trouser Leg Vanish\u003cbr\u003e168 14. The Dissolving Coin (no disk version)\u003cbr\u003e169 15. Finding the Chosen Coin: Spectator 2 finds Spectator 1’s coin\u003cbr\u003e170 16. Date Detection (Eddie Joseph): similar to above, uses one ahead principle\u003cbr\u003e171 17. Coins Up The Sleeve: Coins travel from left hand to right trouser pocket\u003cbr\u003e174 Heartbreakers: lots of practice, but little reward\u003cbr\u003e174 18. Heads or Tails: always predict coin flip\u003cbr\u003e175 19. Coins to Glass\u003cbr\u003e176 20. Coin Star (One handed)\u003cbr\u003e176 21. Coin Star (Two handed)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e178 \u003cu\u003eChapter 8\u003c\/u\u003e: Hand Magic With Billiard Balls\u003cbr\u003e180 1. The Palm\u003cbr\u003e181 2. The Finger Palm\u003cbr\u003e181 3. Simulation (acting as though the ball is in the palm)\u003cbr\u003e182 4. Standard Passes\u003cbr\u003e182 5. The Trip Pass\u003cbr\u003e183 6. The Kick Pass\u003cbr\u003e183 7. The Change Over Palm\u003cbr\u003e184 8. Color Changes\u003cbr\u003e185 9. Flourish: Cardini’s Climbing Billiard Balls\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e187 \u003cu\u003eChapter 9\u003c\/u\u003e: The Multiplying Billiard Balls\u003cbr\u003e187: Hay’s Routine: basic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e192 \u003cu\u003eChapter 10\u003c\/u\u003e: Other Hand Magic With Balls\u003cbr\u003e192 1. Cups and Balls: small ball palm, Bosco little finger palm, loading, tips on routining\u003cbr\u003e196 2. Sponge Balls: basic ideas only\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e198 \u003cu\u003eChapter 11\u003c\/u\u003e: Hand Magic with Thimbles\u003cbr\u003e198 1. The Thumb Palm\u003cbr\u003e198 2. The Steal Pass\u003cbr\u003e199 3. Thimble Changes\u003cbr\u003e199 4. The Multiplying Thimbles\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e201 \u003cu\u003eChapter 12\u003c\/u\u003e: Hand Magic With Cigarettes\u003cbr\u003e201 1. The Thumb Palm\u003cbr\u003e202 2. Tip Tilt Pass\u003cbr\u003e202 3. Poke Through Pass\u003cbr\u003e203 4. King Size Pass\u003cbr\u003e204 5. Tonguing\u003cbr\u003e206 6. Lighted Cigarette Through Handkerchief\u003cbr\u003e207 7. Card in Cigarette\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e209 Part Two: Applied Art: Head Magic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e210 \u003cu\u003eChapter 13\u003c\/u\u003e: Head Magic With Cards\u003cbr\u003e210 1. Locations\u003cbr\u003e210 1a. Unprepared Key Cards: With applications. One Way decks, pointer cards, divided deck\u003cbr\u003e214 1b. Prepared Key Cards: Thick, long, short, cornered, rough \u0026amp; Smooth, pop-eyed popper deck\u003cbr\u003e216 2. Mechanical Decks: stripper, Svengali (Mirage), Mene-Tekel, With brief application.\u003cbr\u003e218 3. Setups\u003cbr\u003e218 3a. Systems: Si Stebbins, 8 Kings, Nikola\u003cbr\u003e220 Behind Your Back\u003cbr\u003e220 The Shuffled Setup\u003cbr\u003e221 The Foolproof Card in Pocket\u003cbr\u003e222 3b. Special Setups\u003cbr\u003e222 Sound of the Voice\u003cbr\u003e223 Spot Location\u003cbr\u003e224 Got any Good Phone Numbers?\u003cbr\u003e224 The Royal Marriages (Dai Vernon)\u003cbr\u003e226 The 10 Card Trick\u003cbr\u003e227 4. Card Reading\u003cbr\u003e227 4a. By the One Ahead Method\u003cbr\u003e228 4b. The Whispering Queen: Perfect self working\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e229 Chapter 14: Varied Head Magic\u003cbr\u003e229 1. Find the Dime (Al Baker): find dime under one of 3 cards\u003cbr\u003e229 2. Who Has Which? Mathematical coin find\u003cbr\u003e230 3. Money Sense: As above, but different method\u003cbr\u003e231 4. Date Reading: 2 methods, read the dates of coins\u003cbr\u003e232 5. Coin Telepathy: cards match the coin date\u003cbr\u003e232 6. Torn and Restored Paper: various methods (brief)\u003cbr\u003e234 7. Pellet Paper Repeat: One is thrown away but comes back\u003cbr\u003e235 8. Rubber Pencil: illusion\u003cbr\u003e235 9. Rising Cigarette from Pack\u003cbr\u003e235 10. Restored Matches: impromptu with pack of matches\u003cbr\u003e236 11. Linking Matches: held between thumb and ring finger\u003cbr\u003e236 12. Ring On Stick (Major Branson, Indian Army)\u003cbr\u003e238 13. The Potsherd Trick: Image transfers from sugar cube to palm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e241 Part Three: Apparatus Magic. An essay on logical apparatus\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e241 \u003cu\u003eChapter 15\u003c\/u\u003e – Silks\u003cbr\u003e244 1. Productions:\u003cbr\u003e244 Stillwell Ball\u003cbr\u003e244 Roterberg Vanisher\u003cbr\u003e245 False Finger\u003cbr\u003e245 Drumhead Tube\u003cbr\u003e246 Phantom Tube\u003cbr\u003e246 2. Vanishes:\u003cbr\u003e247 Traditional Method\u003cbr\u003e247 Poke Through Vanish\u003cbr\u003e247 Pulls\u003cbr\u003e249 3. Color Changing:\u003cbr\u003e250 Color Changing Handkerchief\u003cbr\u003e250 Dye Tube\u003cbr\u003e252 4. Knots\u003cbr\u003e252 Dissolving Knot\u003cbr\u003e253 Appearing Knot\u003cbr\u003e255 Fake Square Knots\u003cbr\u003e257 Knot That Unties Itself\u003cbr\u003e258 Sympathetic Silks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e260 \u003cu\u003eChapter 16\u003c\/u\u003e: Small Gimmicks and Fakes\u003cbr\u003e260 Thumb Tip\u003cbr\u003e262 Finger Tip\u003cbr\u003e262 Thumb Writer\u003cbr\u003e262 Card Index\u003cbr\u003e263 Card Box\u003cbr\u003e264 Card Frame\u003cbr\u003e265 Pulls\u003cbr\u003e265 Hooks\u003cbr\u003e266 Tumblers\u003cbr\u003e266 Mirror Glass\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e267 \u003cu\u003eChapter 17\u003c\/u\u003e: Standard Stuff\u003cbr\u003e267 1. Cut and Restored Rope: 3 methods, no graphics though\u003cbr\u003e269 2. The Egg Bag: skeleton routine only\u003cbr\u003e271 3. The Passe Passe Bottle and Glass: description and basic routine\u003cbr\u003e272 4. Liquid Tricks\u003cbr\u003e272 4a. The Lota: inexhaustible vase of water\u003cbr\u003e274 4b. The Rice Bowls: old style\u003cbr\u003e275 4c. The Funnel: comedy water funnel\u003cbr\u003e275 4d. The Ching Ling Foo Water Can\u003cbr\u003e276 5. Productions: what to produce\u003cbr\u003e277 5a. Hat Productions\u003cbr\u003e277 5b. The Tambourine\u003cbr\u003e278 5c. Carpet of Bagdad: servante load\u003cbr\u003e278 5d. The Jap Box: False flip bottom\u003cbr\u003e279 5e. The Organ Pipes: nesting tube production\u003cbr\u003e280 6. The Chinese Wands: strings seem to be connected\u003cbr\u003e281 7. The Linking Rings: Parts of a routine provided with some photos. Link, Crash Link, Crash unlink, simple count, slow unlink, some routine basics. Okay as an intro.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e287 Part Four: Mental Magic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e287 \u003cu\u003eChapter 18\u003c\/u\u003e: Mental Magic – Theo Annemann\u003cbr\u003e287 1. Magician or Mind Reader? Spelling Master from Chapter 5\u003cbr\u003e288 2. Psychic Slate Test: setup deck\u003cbr\u003e289 3. Extrasensory Perception: setup picture cards\u003cbr\u003e290 4. The Stolen Center Ruse: center tear\u003cbr\u003e291 5. Question and Answer: billet switch\u003cbr\u003e292 6. Stuart Robson’s Newspaper Test: uses classified ad\u003cbr\u003e293 7. Sid Lorraine’s Forty Thousand Words: book test\u003cbr\u003e295 8. One Ahead Reading\u003cbr\u003e295 9. A Day of Your Life: Performer divines items about person’s day after he has written them down. One ahead principle.\u003cbr\u003e297 10. More Alive Than Dead: Performer determines “dead” note among 4 papers. Also, Dead or Alive variation.\u003cbr\u003e299 11. A Mentalist With Money: serial number identification\u003cbr\u003e300 12. The Lyons Bill Switch: no TT\u003cbr\u003e301 13. Dr. Daley’s Slates: flap style\u003cbr\u003e303 14. The Mystery of the Blackboard: blindfold\u003cbr\u003e304 15. Taps: steel ball raps answer (TT)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e305 Part Five: Intimate Magic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e305 \u003cu\u003eChapter 19\u003c\/u\u003e: Close Up Performance\u003cbr\u003e309 1. Matches\u003cbr\u003e309 1a. The Fire Proof Hand\u003cbr\u003e309 1b. The Extinguisher\u003cbr\u003e309 1c. The Balanced Match\u003cbr\u003e309 1d. The Leaping Flame\u003cbr\u003e310 1e. The X-Ray Cross\u003cbr\u003e310 2. Coin in Roll\u003cbr\u003e311 3. The Torn Cigarette\u003cbr\u003e311 4. Tumblers\u003cbr\u003e311 4a. Balanced Liquid Diet\u003cbr\u003e311 4b. Glass Levitation\u003cbr\u003e312 4c. Coin Through Glass (Bertram)\u003cbr\u003e313 4d. Vanishing Tumbler (glass through table)\u003cbr\u003e313 4e. The Ghost Echo (tuning fork)\u003cbr\u003e313 4f. Singing Glass, Peculiar Pellet\u003cbr\u003e314 5. Stringing ‘Em Along:\u003cbr\u003e315 5a. The Spiral: Endless Chain, Chain of Chance move\u003cbr\u003e315 5b. The Snare\u003cbr\u003e316 5c. The Triple Circle Routine (Jack Salvin and Fred Lowe)\u003cbr\u003e317 5d. Jumping Rubber Band on Fingers\u003cbr\u003e317 5e. Wild West: throw knots in a rope equal to numbers thrown on bottom of dice\u003cbr\u003e319 6. Knocking the Spots Off: paddle dice trick\u003cbr\u003e320 7. Coin Boxes\u003cbr\u003e320 7a. German Box: Ganson routine (summarized)\u003cbr\u003e321 7b. The Okito Box: Tea for Okito from Lewis Ganson’s Close Up Vol II\u003cbr\u003e323 7c. Boston Box: Fred Lowe’s Boston Three Step from Ganson’s Close Up Vol 1\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e325 Part Six: Children’s Shows\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e325 Chapter 20: Performing for Children\u003cbr\u003e325 Children’s Venues\u003cbr\u003e326 Resources\u003cbr\u003e326 Your Audience\u003cbr\u003e329 Casting Yourself\u003cbr\u003e329 Children Are Your Guests\u003cbr\u003e330 Assistants\u003cbr\u003e332 Sucker Gags\u003cbr\u003e333 Never Lose Your Temper\u003cbr\u003e333 Noise Level\u003cbr\u003e335 Closing the Act\u003cbr\u003e335 Time\u003cbr\u003e336 How Should You Dress?\u003cbr\u003e337 The Act\u003cbr\u003e339 Music\u003cbr\u003e340 Animals\u003cbr\u003e340 Hand Puppets\u003cbr\u003e342 Giveaways\u003cbr\u003e342 What Tricks?\u003cbr\u003e344 1. The Afghan Bands\u003cbr\u003e345 2. The Breakaway Fan\u003cbr\u003e345 3. The Cake Baked In a Hat\u003cbr\u003e347 4. Nest of Boxes\u003cbr\u003e348 5. Sun and Moon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e351 Part Seven: Platform Magic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e351 \u003cu\u003eChapter 21\u003c\/u\u003e: Platform Magic\u003cbr\u003e351 Things You Should Know\u003cbr\u003e354 Take Those Articles Along\u003cbr\u003e355 The Wand\u003cbr\u003e356 Clothes\u003cbr\u003e356 Faked Furniture\u003cbr\u003e356 Servante\u003cbr\u003e357 Black Art Wells\u003cbr\u003e359 Coaching Yourself with Videotape (The Amazing Randi)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e365 \u003cu\u003eChapter 21\u003c\/u\u003e: How to Stage a Magic Show: Some Professional Advice\u003cbr\u003e365 1. Comedy\u003cbr\u003e367 2. Pantomime (Louise Gifford)\u003cbr\u003e371 3. Music (Henry Blanchard, Boyd C. Roche)\u003cbr\u003e372 4. Night Club Shows\u003cbr\u003e374 5. Business Methods\u003cbr\u003e376 6. Publicity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e379 Appendix: Further Tricks and Illusions Glossary\u003cbr\u003e393 Biography and Bibliography: Index of magicians and publications\u003cbr\u003e405 Index\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Castle Books\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 414\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocation: Edison, NJ, USA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6.5 x 1.75 x 9.5 inches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBinding: Hardbound\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePublication date ‏ : ‎This edition \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJanuary 1, 1996, prior editions \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e1950, 1982\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLanguage ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN-10 ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0785802045\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN-13 ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e978-0785802044\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Castle Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43266904457264,"sku":"BK-HAAM","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0271\/6922\/6800\/files\/Amateur_Magicians_Handbook.jpg?v=1780698545","url":"https:\/\/www.magicinc.net\/products\/the-amateur-magicians-handbook-book","provider":"Magic Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}