1976
Written by Bill Tarr
Work of Bill Tarr
224 pages (Hardcover), published by Random House
Illustrated with drawings by Barry Ross
Language: English
193 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Page Categories
Bill Tarr A Special Note to Women
8
Bill Tarr Introduction
9
Bill Tarr How to Use this Book
11
Bill Tarr A Few Important Tips... with comments
  • Be Natural
  • Watch Your Angles
  • Practice Palming Wherever You Are
  • Presentation Is Half The Battle!
  • Never Repeat A Trick!
  • Patter is Important
  • Practice Intelligently
  • Never Show Anything You Can't Do Perfectly
  • Don't Tell!
  • You Can Learn Sleight Of Hand!
  • Stay With It!
  • Don't Neglect Your Hands
  • Practice Is What It's All About
12
Bill Tarr Misdirection
  • Disguise
17
Bill Tarr Cards
19
Bill Tarr About Cards
  • Types of Shuffles
  • Self-Working Card Tricks
20
Stripper Decks short comment
21
Bill Tarr Palming different positions
  • Classic Palm
  • Pinkie Palm
  • Back Palm
22
Top Palm
23
Bottom Palm
23
The Pass
24
"Say When" Pass bluff pass
26
Pass Flourish packets roll back and forth between both hands, control of card
Related to 28
Double-Lift - First Method pick-up at lower left corner
30
Double-Lift - Second Method thumb-count
30
Double-Lift - Third Method pick-up at inner end
31
Double-Lift - Fourth Method method to pick up a break by riffling up as preparation for double lift
31
False Shuffle Number One block slip shuffle
Also published here 32
False Shuffle (Two) in-jog shuffle
Also published here 33
False Triple Cut
34
Hindu Shuffle with pick-up control
36
Force
38
Riffle Force slip
40
The Glide
42
A Quicky Card Trick single-phase ambitious card
43
Card Transposition tabled card and pocketed card
44
Five Card Trick
46
False Count buckle count with unusual take
46
Spelling Trick key card and face-up count
48
The Upside-Down Card double-lift reverse method
50
The Changing Card Trick wrong card changes into selection
52
Three-Card Monte
54
The Secret Move monte switch
54
Bill Tarr Flourishes
57
Riffle Shuffle
58
Weave Shuffle
59
Tips on Fanning
60
The Snapback one-handed fan closing
60
Bill Tarr Exhibition Card Fans
61
Bill Tarr How to Treat an Exhibition Fanning Deck
61
Thumb Fan
62
Spring Fan pressure fan
63
Reverse Fan
64
One-Hand Fan
Also published here 65
One Hand Reverse Fan
Also published here 66
Diminishing Fan
67
Twin Fans one-handed fans with both hands
68
Giant Fan faroed cards
69
Peel Away Fan fan is split in two fans
70
Peel Away Fan in Reverse fan is split in two fans
71
Fan Away Pack packet of cards vanishes when other hand waves fan over it
72
The Waterfall
74
Springing the Deck
75
Charlier Pass
76
Knuckle Cut
Also published here 78
A New Changing Card back card stolen
80
Card Bits
82
Snap Change snap-over change
82
Card Count Flourish one-handed
82
Rising-Card Bit out-stretched fourth finger of other hand
82
Rising-Card Two card rises up angled, thumb pushed back card
83
Comedy Cut jump cut
83
Visible Card Change
Related to 83
The Boomerang Card optional catching in deck
84
Card Throwing long distance
85
Card Spreads on table, turnover flourish, on arm, catching from arm
86
Back and Front Palm pivot
88
Bill Tarr Coins
91
Palming
92
Finger-Palm
92
Classic Palm
92
Thumb-Palm
92
Back and Front Palm
  • Coin Pivots on this Axis
93
Bill Tarr Coin Gimmicks
94
Shell Coins
94
Hooked Coin
94
Double-Faced Coins
94
$1.35 Trick short description of gaff set
95
Coin Wands no details
95
Dropper for Single Coin simple holder
95
Toss Vanish back and forth between hands
96
Flick Vanish
98
Multiple Coin Vanish
99
Coin Switch
100
Pocket Vanish pocket ditch with handkerchief
101
Thumb-Palm Vanish
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Thumb-Palm Switch
103
Sleeving inertia type
  • First Method
  • Second Method
104
Sleeve Coin Switch
105
After the French Drop sleeving clean-up
105
Squeeze Vanish pumpkin seed sleeving
105
Rising Coin Trick coin rises up from bottom of glass filled with water
106
Coin Roll
108
Coin Production Move from thumb palm
109
Bill Tarr An Impromptu Coin Routine coin vanish and reproduction, transformation, vanish with handkerchief
110
The Come Back Coins all three vanish as climax
112
Coins Through Table four coins
114
Bill Tarr The Miser's Dream with bucket
116
Bill Tarr Balls
119
Bill Tarr Balls and Ball Gimmicks
  • wooden balls
  • foil balls
  • sponge balls
  • cork balls
  • droppers
  • shell
120
Bill Tarr Palming Balls
122
Classic Palm
122
Finger-Palm
123
Touch-Palm classic palm with one finger curled in holding the ball
123
French Drop
124
Top-of-Fist-Vanish
126
Bottom-of-Fist-Vanish
127
Palm Vanish
128
Fingertip Production one-handed
130
Palm Roll Vanish
131
Recoveries
  • From your nose
  • From under hand
132
Ball Acquitment
134
Color Change
136
Bill Tarr The Bill Tarr Continuous Ball Production
138
Ball Roll
140
Elevator two balls rolled upwards between palms
141
Basic Multiplying Ball Moves
142
Bill Tarr Basic Billiard Ball Routine
144
Shell Color Change
146
Shell Vanish
147
Basic Sponge Ball Vanish
148
Fist Vanish
149
Bill Tarr Mini Sponge-Ball Routine with spectator's hand
150
Bill Tarr Cups and Balls
152
Palming
152
Introducing the Ball loading the cup
152
Basic Cups and Balls Vanish
153
Placing Ball under Cup
153
Appearing to Place Ball under Cup
153
The Penetrating Cups
153
Bill Tarr A Cups and Balls Routine
154
Bill Tarr Thimbles intro
157
Thumb Palm
158
Thimble Gimmicks
  • Giant Thimbles
  • Holders
159
Basic Thimble Vanish
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See-Through Vanish
162
Push Vanish
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Thumb Vanish
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Thimble Hop between first and second finger
166
Pop Thimble Recovery
167
The Jumping Thimble from hand to hand
168
Bill Tarr Cigarettes and Silks intro
171
Palming Cigarettes
172
Thumb-Palm
172
Finger-Palming two ways
172
Gimmicks
173
Cigarette Dropper
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Cigarette Tank
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Cigarette Pull
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Thumb Tip
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Basic Cigarette Vanish
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Cigarette Palm Vanish
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Thumb Tip Vanish
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Impromptu Production
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Bill Tarr Mini-Routine vanish, acquitment and recovery, lit or unlit
180
Tap Vanish
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Cigarette Roll flourish
183
Lit Cigarette Production from ten to twelve cigarettes
184
Bill Tarr Silks
  • Flags
  • Streamers
  • Rainbows
  • Card Silks
  • Specialty Silks
186
Silk Gimmicks
187
Handkerchief Ball
187
Die Tube just illustration
187
Hollow Billiard Ball for the Silk to Ball Effect just illustration
187
Another Gimmick for the Bare-Hand Production of a Silk just illustration
187
Vanishing Knot
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Instant Knot
189
The Untying Silk thread
190
Color-Changing Silk tube
192
Pocket Vanish
194
Barehand Silk Production with ball gimmick
196
Bill Tarr Tricks
199
Torn and Restored Paper tissue paper
200
Torn and Restored Cigarette Paper
202
Bits and Tricks with Matches
204
Wood through Wood two matches between first finger and thumb of both hands
204
Jumping Match
  • match lying on matchbox jumps up when touched with another match, flick method
  • metal foil method
  • jumps away as one is trying to light it
204
Self-Lighting Candle match inside tip of candle
205
Changing Spots Sack's routine
206
Cut and Restored Rope
208
Three Shell Game
  • Required
  • The Basic Move
  • To Load Pea into Shell
  • A Typical Series of Moves
210
The Stretching Thumb Trick
212
Upside-Down George bill folded and unfolded
213
Magical Stunts
214
The Bent Spoon with both hands on table
214
Burning Sugar Cube
215
Rubber Pencil optical illusion
215
The Vanishing Salt Shaker with paper cover, during coin trick
216
Stretching a Rope sleeve
218
Bill Tarr Glossary
220
Bill Tarr A Few Magical References...
222
Bill Tarr About the Author
224
Barry Ross About the Illustrator
224
Data entered by Denis Behr.