Impromptu Magic by Bill Severn - Book

New, shopworn copy.

Master magician Bill Severn's latest volume of intriguing magic features dozens of tricks that anyone can easily learn to do using everyday objects. Here are original tricks of all kinds that require no difficult preparation, special expertise,
or elaborate equipment. They have been created especially so that you can amaze
your friends-seemingly on the spur of  the moment-wherever you happen to
be: in the living room, at the card table, during an office coffee break, or outdoors
at a picnic.
Using drawings and clear, step-by-step instructions, Bill Severn shows you how
the tricks are done and, equally important, how to present them entertainingly,
giving "patter" and professional pointers on timing and handling.
Each trick is followed by suggestions  for "other ways to do it," variations in the
presentation or props and ideas for creating new tricks from those already mastered. There is also a special chapter describing small prearranged props and
simple devices that can be used to turn apparently impromptu tricks into mystifying feats.