Sleight of Hand

A classic Victorian manual of legerdemain: palming, coins, cups and balls, handkerchiefs, cards and tricks at the table, then advanced chapters for the serious performer. This scan is the second, greatly enlarged edition of 1885.

Edwin T. Sachs, 1877. Complete 207-page PDF. Free to download: check out at $0 and the file arrives by email and on your order page.

This classic is in the public domain. Scans come from library copies, so expect the odd stain or stamp of an old book.