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Sachs sleight of hand 2nd edition text based pdf conjuring arts. Sleight of hand feats and tricks with apparatus for amateur and profesional conjurers, and for both parlor and stage performance. As you can see from the beginning it is also a very effective trick for how simple it is. This book has been around for years, has stood the. Sachs reiterates the chronological succession from juggling which belongs to a bygone era to conjuring which describes. It includes both stage and closeup magic, chapters.
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