The original advertisement stated:

This book contains secrets to tricks that, if acquired individually from magic suppliers, would exceed $1000. Here, in straightforward language, you’ll discover hundreds of tricks that require no special tools; these can be executed using everyday items found almost anywhere. From coins and ropes to handkerchiefs and playing cards, these tricks are devoid of gimmicks. The book also includes complete routines for close-up performances, mentalism acts, children’s shows, and a catalog of magic supplies.

• Countless self-working tricks that need no prior skill
• Performable anytime, anywhere (dinner tables, card games, parties)
• Effective ice breakers for business interactions
• Simple-to-create illusions
• Close-up routines featuring silks, cards, and coins
• Mentalism techniques
• Guidance on purchasing tricks
• A showcase of iconic magicians
• Reproduction of the classic The Black Art Exposed

Neil Foster commented in the New Tops:

“This book revitalizes magic! I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the art, whether amateur or professional. For the first time in decades, a book has emerged that brings magic into the modern era, leaving behind outdated myths.”

• About The Author
• Mastering Great Magic Tricks
• The Fundamental Principles of Magic
• Anytime, Anywhere Tricks
  • The Impossible Knot
  • The Instant One-Hand Knot
  • The Snap Knot
  • The Phantom Knot
  • Silk Through The Body
  • Take Your Choice
  • The Blow Knot
  • Triple Choice
  • Penetration
  • Instant Off And On
  • Pin-A-Ribbon
  • Impossible Penetration
  • The Indian Rice Mystery
  • Burned And Restored Borrowed Bill
  • The Great Coat Trick
  • The Priceless Cups
  • The Sponge Balls
  • The Vanishing Coat Hanger
  • Paradise Dice Routine
• Dessert And Coffee Tricks
  • The Vanishing Spoon
  • Heads Or Tails
  • The Coin And Glass Illusion
  • Silver Through Glass
  • Borrowed Ring On Pencil
  • Woofle Dust And Ice
  • Knife Penetration
  • The Numerology Trick
  • The Magic Square
• Card Table Tricks
  • Mathematical Aces
  • “Your Choice” Four Aces
  • Choice Prediction
  • Miraskill, by Stewart James
  • Mental Card Sandwich
  • How To Force A Card
  • Super-Speller
  • Safety Check Speller
  • The Torn Deck Miracle
  • False Shuffles
  • Simplex Poker Deal
  • The Piano Trick
  • Think Stop
  • The Twelve-Card Count
  • The Golden Miracle
  • You Do As I Do
  • You, Card Manipulator
  • In Your Hat
  • The Card On The Ceiling
  • Al Baker’s Impossible Card Location
  • Sheer Nerve
  • Another “Think Of A Card”
  • Follow-Up Card In Pocket
  • Countdown
  • Double Reverse
  • Stabbing A Card
  • Another Card Stabbing
  • Restoring A Torn Card
  • Simulcast
  • Dublo-Cation
  • Want More Card Tricks?
• Party Tricks
  • The Telephone Card Trick
  • Swindles
  • “Gag” Three-Card Monte
  • The “Glide” Find The Lady
  • The Australian Belt
  • The Shell Game
  • Thirty-One
  • A Ring, A Quarter And A Hankie
  • After-Dinner Mints
  • Find The Body
• Ice Breakers
  • Clipped For A Snappy Buck
  • Keep It Brief
  • Matching Pennies
  • Sympathetic Coins
  • A Knotty Problem
  • Print Your Own
  • The Indestructible Rubber Band
  • The Jumping Band
  • The Rubber Pencil
• Mindreading Techniques
  • The Sex Indicator
  • Think Of A Finger!
  • Mental Choice
  • One Chance In Ten
  • The Hoax “Think Of A Card”
  • Three-Way Prediction
  • The Three-Digit Test
  • Money Talks
  • Simple Book Test
  • Intermediary
  • Stopping The Pulse
  • Message Reading
  • Matchbook Mind Reading
  • The Window Envelope
  • A Clean Revelation
  • The Sealed Question Answering Act
  • “In The Dark” Mindreading
  • A Message From Zographos
  • Newmann’s Numbers
  • Dowsing Rods
  • Pseudo-Psychometry
  • Par-Optic Vision
• Coin Tricks
  • The Classic Coin Fold
  • The No-Sleight Coin Vanish
  • The Han Ping Chien Coin Trick
  • The Miser’s Dream
  • Coins Across
  • Coin Con
  • Mindreading With Coins
  • Breaking A Bill
  • The Bending Coin
  • The Sympathetic Coins
  • Chips Are Money
  • Heads Or Tails
• The Challenge 100-Foot Rope Escape
• A Spectacular Illusion
  • The Nest Of Boxes
  • Four Ads
  • The Gift Of The Magi
• A Close-Up Routine
• The Silk Routine
  • Double-Knot Vanish
  • World’s Fastest Knot
  • World’s Fastest Bow-Tie
  • Bracelet From Silk
  • Silk Through The Arm
  • The Silk Routine
• Impromptu Close-Up Routine
  • The Bill Switch
  • Bracelet Over Rubber Band
  • The Bracelet On The String
  • Threading The Needle
  • On Again, Off Again
  • The Paddle Trick
  • The Rapping Pencil
  • The Telephone Book Test
• Routine With Borrowed Cards
  • Magic Or Mindreading
• Card Routine With A Stacked Deck
• “Kit” Impromptu Table Routine
  • Square Knot Cut And Restored Rope
  • The Afghan Bands
• Close-Up Mental Routine
  • Living And Dead Test
  • Psychic Drawing
  • Spectator And Slate
  • The Rapping Cricket
  • Matchbook Mindreading
• A Routine For A Children’s Show
  • Torn And Restored Paper Napkin
  • Allah Palooza
  • Hydrostatic Glass
  • Bananas
  • The Educated Snake
  • The Rabbit Tubes
  • Popping Corn In A Borrowed Hat
• You’re On-Stage
• Club Act Routine
  • Rope-Stretching
  • Ropes Around The Neck
  • Block And Cord
  • Bananas
  • Heavy Water
  • The Needle Trick
  • The Card In The Orange
  • Great Performers
• Where Do We Go From Here?
• Let’s Buy A Trick
• The Collector
  • Robert-Houdin
  • Harry Houdini
  • Okito
  • Alexander Herrmann
  • Harry Kellar
  • Maskelyne’s Mysteries
  • Harry Blackstone
  • John Mulholland
  • Howard Thurston
• The Black Art, Fully Exposed And Laid Bare
• Acknowledgements
  • About The Cover