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411:, Ethics at a Magic Performance, Silk Handkerchief Magic, Mystic Knots, The Dissolving Single Knot, The Speedy Single Knot, The Fade-Away Double Knot, Quick Release Double Knot, Leg Tie & Release with Handkerchief, The Magical Bow Knot, Repeat Handkerchief Vanish, AN Eggs-traordinary Eggs-Plantation, A "Sucker" Handkerchief Vanish, A One-Man Handkerchief Vanish, The Sympathetic Silks, Elusive Silks
509:, Production of a Large Bowl of Water, Production of Stack of Four Bowls of Water, Chinese Production of the Four Bowls, Production of a Child, Modern Production of Bowl of Water on Table, Chinese Production of Doves, The Mysterious Self-Filling Lota, Ching Ling Foo's Magic Water Can, Mystery of the Paper Ball, Egg, Frog, & Baby Chicken
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Publishers T. Grant Cooke and Walter A. Jordan hoped to produce a correspondence course in magic in the mid-1920s and approached Harlan
Tarbell and Walter Baker to work on the project. Baker abandoned the project early on to concentrate on his performances. Tarbell was thus dropped from the project.
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and Steve Burton. It collected
Tarbell's widely scattered and previously uncollected writings on magic, which Kaufman then fashioned into something resembling the first six volumes of the course. Since most of the book was written and illustrated by Tarbell, it is linked more closely to the rest of
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This magic volume series was originally designed as a correspondence course for budding magicians. Once they were collected and bound, the series has become an unparalleled reference standard for magicians. In its impact on the magic world, it is second perhaps in its influence on the art of magic
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The course was ultimately so successful that it became a textbook for magicians all over the world. A magician traveling in India offered to buy some of the secrets of a Hindu Fakir and was surprised to learn that they came from the
Tarbell Course. In Africa, tribal medicine men asked that the
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417:, The Burning Cigarette & Silk Handkerchief, The Phantom Cigarette, The Vanishing Cigarette, The Dollar Bill in the Cigarette, Catching Cigarettes in the Air, An Odd Cigarette Vanish, Cardini's Floating Cigarette, to Produce Lighted Cigarette from Box
451:, The Handkerchief Ball, The Soup Plate & Handkerchiefs, Two Soup Plates & Handkerchiefs, The Twentieth Century Silks, Tarbell's Color Changing Handkerchief, Double Handkerchief Color Change, The Dyeing Handkerchiefs, The Birth of Old Glory
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The series sold 10,000 copies until Cooke and Jordan discontinued it in 1931. In 1941, Louis Tannen purchased the rights to the course and reworked the correspondence lessons into book form and ultimately added three additional volumes.
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D. Robbins and Co./ E-Z Magic purchased all rights from
Tannens in 1962 and is the current publisher and distributor of the Tarbell Course in Magic. The Encyclopedia was also translated into the Korean and Japanese language.
393:, Unlimited Opportunities in Magic, Specialization, Presentation, Creating of Effects, Experiments of Super Mentality, The Chess Knight's Tour, A Mind Reading Act, The Yogi's Prediction, The X-Ray Cards, Telepathic Pictures
399:, Wand from Pocketbook, Cigar from Pocketbook, Wand from Card Case, Silk Production from Hat, A Rabbit Traveling Bag, Deluxe Silk Production from Hat, Production of Rabbit from Silks, Chinese Box Vanish for Rabbit
467:, The "Vice-Versa" Color Changing Handkerchiefs, Handkerchief to Billiard Ball, The Elusive Rainbow, Spot the Red, Watch the Lemon, The Magic Chocolates, Popping Corn in a Hat, Nursing Bottle from the Hat
491:, The Dark SĂ©ance at the Table, The Dark Circle, Gysel's Mysterious Lights, Dr. Bridge's Thought Projection, The Siberian Chain Escape, The Cabinet SĂ©ance, Another Good Tie, The Throw-Away Coat Tie
503:, Tarbell's Mysterious Firecrackers, Kolar's Balloon & Silks, Ching-A-Ling Chinese Lantern Production, The Hindu Mango Tree Growth, Tarbell's Hindu Plant Growth, Comedy Flower Growth
439:, Chinese Color-Changing Coins, Chink-a-Chink, The Phantom Knot, The Mystic Knots, Chefalo's Knot, Mysterious Japanese Tie, The Chinese Burning Tapes, Hindu Cut & Restored Turban
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and compiled from contributions by other magicians; it is valued largely for its comprehensive index, subdivided by title, contributor, and properties, to the first seven volumes.
433:, Production of Cards from the Mouth, Cascade Production from Boy's Nose, Easy Methods for Forcing Cards, The Circus Trick, False Counting, Four Ace Effects, Card Fountains
340:, Keeping up with the Times, Making an Impression, Maintain a Healthy Attitude Toward Magic, The Vanishing Wand, King Solomon's Marriage Bands, Arrangement of Programs
131:. It is the most comprehensive literary work in magic history. The original five volumes contained sixty correspondence lessons with more than 3,000 illustrations.
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to create the course. Houdini declined due to lack of time but recommended
Tarbell. Ultimately, the publishers agreed and offered Tarbell $ 50,000 for the course.
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387:, The Egg, the Glass, & the Handkerchief, The Wandering Handkerchief, The Silk & the Flame, The Candle, the Silk, & the Paper Tube, The Educated Knot
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445:, Japan-O-Tie, The Mystic Smoke, The Chinese Sticks, The Climbing Balls, The Disappearing Grain, The Hindu Jar of Grain, The Productive Japanese Lantern
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479:, A Novel Transmission of Smoke, Wine & Water, The Wandering Glass & Bottle, A Magical Transformation, A Cooking Lesson, The Welsh Rarebit
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334:, Bewitched Rising Cards & Envelope, Rising Cards from Book, A Book & a card, Rising Cards Through Hat, Rising Cards out of a Hat
405:, Rapid Mental Transference, A Good "One Man" Mind Reading Act, Distant Mental Communication, Blindfold Card Reading, A Mystic Discovery
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From 2016 onward, Penguin Magic adapted the
Tarbell Course for online video, with each trick and technique taught in order by magician
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311:, Various Principles of Palming & Shifts, The Conjurer's Touch, A Mysterious Discovery, "Marvello," Cards, Envelope & Hat
357:, The Coin, Envelope & Handkerchief, The Passé Coins & Glasses, The Passé Coins from Hand-to-Hand, the Phantom Coin
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544:, The Mystery of the Dancing Girls, The Doll House Illusion
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455:Character Analysis Related to Magic
421:Twelve Impromptu Effects with Cards
260:Magic & the Science of Medicine
789:Hunt, Douglas; Hunt, Kari (1967),
332:The Enchanted Cards & Envelope
229:Original Mail-Order Course Lessons
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409:Your Relation to Other Magicians
477:Chemical & Mechanical Magic
275:The Principles of Card Effects
240:The History of Sleight-of-Hand
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265:The Rope & Tape Principle
1064:The Expert at the Card Table
1048:The Discoverie of Witchcraft
689:Miscellaneous Late Arrivals
627:Spirit Ties and Vest Turning
291:Cards That Pass in the Night
250:Development of Superstitions
1080:Thirteen Steps to Mentalism
570:Advertising & Publicity
497:, Weber's Emergency Routine
403:A Modern Crystal Gazing Act
338:How to Please Your Audience
280:Confidence & Enthusiasm
245:Necromancy & Divination
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471:Coat & Hat Productions
460:Billiard Ball Manipulation
426:Sleight-of-Hand with Cards
344:Sleight-of-Hand with Coins
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565:Making the Box Office Pay
560:The Phantom of the Circus
489:More Spiritualistic Magic
391:Divisions of Modern Magic
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513:The Tarbell Rope Mystery
293:, The Cars up the Sleeve
146:, the history of magic,
507:Specialty Chinese Magic
449:More Handkerchief Magic
397:Making Money with Magic
379:The Famous Needle Trick
309:Guide to Card Positions
77:Tarbell Course in Magic
17:Tarbell Course in Magic
1129:Hugard's Magic Monthly
607:Mind Reading Mysteries
369:, Effects with Rabbits
1200:Films about magicians
495:Chinese Linking Rings
367:I am Saving You Money
361:Humpty Dumpty Outdone
1272:Encyclopedias of art
793:, Atheneum, New York
737:Magic with Apparatus
483:Spiritualistic Magic
285:The Penetrating Ring
255:Magic & Religion
235:The History of Magic
1246:Midnight ghost show
1171:Smoke & Mirrors
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702:Thoughts and Advice
592:Unique Card Effects
536:The Black Art Table
501:More Oriental Magic
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524:Building Illusions
182:Richard J. Kaufman
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