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'''The Amateur Magician's Handbook''' was expanded by Hay three times and is currently in its fourth edition. 


Originally published in five sections, there were a total of 18 chapters. By the fourth edition it had expanded to seven sections with 22 chapters.
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The "Hand Magic" section covers sleight-of-hand with cards, coins, billiard balls, cups and balls, thimbles and cigarettes. Almost half the pages in the book are devoted to this section.
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Some of the names behind the material throughout this book are [[Ross Bertram]], [[Annemann]], [[Cardini]], [[T. Nelson Downs]], [[Nate Leipzig]], [[Paul Rosini]], [[Sid Lorraine]], [[Stanley Collins]] and [[John Mulholland]].
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== Accolades ==
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* [[Hugard's Magic Monthly]] (July 1950): [[John Crimmins]], Jr. said, "Offhand the material...seems to this reviewer to be much too technical for a beginner...it is an excellent reference book for the advanced amateur and the professional."
* [[Genii 1950 November]]: [[Dariel Fitzkee]] praised the book for its value to the beginner.
* [[Genii 1985 November]] obituary by [[Richard Hatch]]: "Engagingly written and profusely illustrated with excellent photographs of the author's hands, the book continues to set the standard as a textbook on the fundamentals of magic."


== Editions ==
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* 1950, 1951, 1958 (first editions)
* 1965 (second edition)
* 1971 (first UK edition)
* 1972 (with a Canadian edition in 1972 as well)
* 1974 (third edition)
* 1982, 1994 (fourth edition)(three different publishers including Canadian) 
Editions have been in cloth covers and trade paperback.


== References ==
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* http://www.geniimagazine.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=148675#Post148675


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