It's Easier Than You Think (Series) by Geoffrey Buckingham - Book

This famous book, now republished in three easy-to-handle volumes, thoroughly explains the magic of FISM winner and legendary stage manipulator Geoffrey Buckingham (1902-1996.) Illustrated with dozens of line drawings by Eric Lewis, this material set the course of stage manipulation in the twentieth century. It's the finest coverage of billiard ball work in print, contains excellent material on coins, and has a large number of variety tricks in the Buckingham style and tradition.

Volume 1 is 74 pages, line illustrated, and teaches: Aerial Treasury, Multiple Back Palm, Coin Roll, Palming, Human Coin Ladder, Coin Spread, Miser's Dream, Multiplying Billiard Balls, Eight Ball Production Ten Production,Twelve Ball Production, Thirteenth Ball, Ball Flourishes, Finger Roll, One Handed Finger Roll, Two Ball Palm Roll, Catching Between Fingers, and The Two Ball Tumble.

Volume 2 is 74 pages, line illustrated, and includes: Loading and Stealing, Direct Loads From Body, Pick Up Loads Substitution Loads, Holders for the Manipulator, Coin Holder for a Single Coin, Coin Holder for a Number of Coins, Coin Holder for a Stack of Coins, Elastic Belt, Ball Holders, Pocket Holders, Thimble Holders, Thimble Manipulation, Single Thimble Palming, Multiple Thimble Palming, Separate Palming and Recovery, Instant Production of Ten Thimbles, Finger Changes, Vanish and Production Four Thimbles, Dancing Thimbles, Novelty Thimble Routine, and Final Word.

Volume 3 is 104 pages, photo illustrated, and includes: Twelve Cards to Pocket, Super Do As I Do, The Palmist, Showers of Pips, Simplicity Cards and Coins, A Blindfold Card Stab Miracle, Gambling Legend, Any Card Torn and Restored, One Handed Pack Switch, A Four Ball Production Without A Shell, Production of Four Solid Billiard Balls, The Blondin Ball, Silk and Billiard Ball Penetrations, Simplest Silk and Thimble Penetration, Penetration of Three or Four Thimbles Through Silk, Flash Finish to a Thimble Routine, The Giant Thimble, Striking Opener to a Thimble Routine, Running Thru the Alphabet, Newspaper and Dollar Bill, Conjurer's Choice, Doubling a Silk, Four-Ended Rope, The Gypsy Thread, and The Rising Cigarette.