About the Book: Now You See It, Now You Don’t!

A simple learn-by-picture method that makes it easy for anyone aged twelve and up to perform all the classic sleights just as they are done by the world’s greatest professional magicians. Long-time magician Bill Tarr has teamed up with Barry Ross, an illustrator famous for his instructional sports diagrams, for easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions, so that with the help of more than 1,500 line drawings that capture each eye-fooling movement, you’ll learn everything from simple sleights you can master in minutes to the great classics of magic.

Additional information:

With ordinary objects — a regular deck of cards, a coin from someone’s pocket, a few balls of crumpled aluminum foil — you’ll soon be doing …

  • Card Fanning
  • Springing the Cards from Hand-to-Hand
  • The Lit-Cigarette Trick
  • The Three-Shell Game
  • The Cups and Balls
  • Three-Card Monte
  • The Cut and Restored Rope
  • The Miser’s Dream

The Second Now You See It, Now You Don’t! More Lessons in Sleight of Hand

The Second Now You See It, Now You Don’t! More Lessons in Sleight of Hand By Bill Tarr, Illustrated by Barry Ross; a prize winning member of the NY Society of Illustrators. This book is follow up expansion of the first book, Now you see it, now you don’t! Both serve as a thorough easy to understand introduction course to the techniques of sleight of hand. There are over 1,500 drawings which capture each split second movement of the major magic hand tricks. The book was written and designed for beginners as well as for the more sophisticated practitioner with step by step illustrations for each sleight of hand. With a little practice any beginner can quickly be fooling their friends from just inches away.

This is an original hardcover copy, brand new in mint condition and can be personally signed for the buyer by Barry Ross. This book is a first edition and was originally copyrighted in 1978 published in the United States by Random House, Inc.

The cover slip says: “Take a silver dollar and make it disappear… pull cards and cigarettes out of thin air… predict what card will materialize out of a deck.” The book captures each split-second movement of all sorts of tricks, all you have to do is remember: even the most fabulous sleight is as simple as: “now you see it… now you don’t.”
Author: Bill Tarr
Illustrator: Barry Ross
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9780394409818

The Second Now You See It, Now You Don’t! More Lessons in Sleight of Hand

The Second Now You See It, Now You Don’t! More Lessons in Sleight of Hand By Bill Tarr, Illustrated by Barry Ross; a prize winning member of the NY Society of Illustrators. This book is follow up expansion of the first book, Now you see it, now you don’t! Which serves as a thorough easy to understand introduction course to the techniques of sleight of hand. There are over 1,500 drawings which capture each split second movement of the major magic hand tricks. The book was written and designed for beginners as well as for the more sophisticated practitioner with step by step illustrations for each sleight of hand. With a little practice a beginner soon be fooling your friends from just inches away.

This is an original paperback copy, brand new in mint condition and can be personally signed for the buyer by Barry Ross. This book is a first edition and was originally copyrighted in 1978 published in the United States by Random House, Inc.

The book captures each split-second movement of all sorts of tricks, all you have to do is remember: even the most fabulous sleight is as simple as: “now you see it… now you don’t.”
Author: Bill Tarr
Illustrator: Barry Ross
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9780394727660