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Oh yeah, whoops. Mixed up the exchange rate. I fell dumb .

The only problem is that I don't want someone to spend $160 on one magic item for me. Plus, if I got the first seven books at once and not the eighth, I'd go crazy (watch as my Asperger's kicks into high gear). It amy end up costing me more money, but I'm a teenager so I don't have to be fiscally responsible.

$160 is £80, although if you get these books from the US (I assume you're in the UK) there is a heavy postage charge.

Volume 1 is not a bad place to start, as the course is intended to be worked through systematically. You can see the contents of all the volumes (and many other books) here:
http://magicref.tripod.com/books.htm

You can also get the original Tarbell correspondence course as a CD-ROM - the printed books are a reworking and expansion. See here:
http://www.lybrary.com/index.php

Barry

Actually, I am in the U.S. so the main store that I'm looking at material is the Hanke Lee's Magic Factory site. That's where I found the deal for the first seven books of Tarbell for $160.

Tarbells are the best magic books you can buy. They explore every genre of magic, in many cases more than once. And no problem about the ebook your personal preferences.

monker59 wrote:Actually, I am in the U.S. so the main store that I'm looking at material is the Hanke Lee's Magic Factory site. That's where I found the deal for the first seven books of Tarbell for $160.

You'll find that everything is cheaper in the US! If you shop around, you'll probably even find a dealer that does free US postage. I wouldn't worry about Volume 8; the first seven volumes for $160 is a good deal (depending on the postage cost). You can always pick up Vol 8 afterwards and as you're in the US it won't cost you an arm and a leg.

Basically, Vols 1-6 are the revamped original course. Vol 7 was written later by Harry Lorayne and includes indexes to vols 1-7. Vol 8 was put together later from material in the original course which was left out of vols 1-6.

Barry

Well, that's convinced me. I am definitely telling my mom to get that for me (no one else would spend that much on me ). So, I've looked at the other books at the forum. I love what you have suggested and I look forward to more!

P.S. I've found that Amazon.com and the site for Hank Lee's Magic Factory has got a lot of these books in case anyone else wanted to buy them themselves.

Have fun with them! There is a wealth of knowledge in those books, and as common as they are to magicians, the magic is, for some odd reason, often what you are looking right now: obscure magic.

Tarbell is available on CD from http://www.lybrary.com/tarbell-course-p ... rers_id=18 and, naturally, is less costly then the printed versions at just $39.00 which includes facsimilies of the original typewritten pages as well as in a more modern format.

I wouldn't completely disregard e-books, Monker. Check out lybrary.com - there are quite a few classics available for next to nothing. You can also find both Annemann books I mentioned there. It's a great place to find books you might have trouble getting in print.

It's a great site, and worth checking out. However, like you - I understand the feeling of having a book in your hands. Nothing quite like it.

I love technology and computers, but I feel ebooks can't compete with a good leather-bound classic. I love to just sit on the couch on a cruddy day and read until I finish the book. Reading: the real thing.

Look around eBay for Tarbell courses. I got my set (1-8 ) for a mere $120 . Luck was on my side then, but you might get lucky too.

I would strongly suggest that in the purchase of the Tarbell course, you purchase one book at a time, give that book time for your reading pleasure, then, after having perused it you go onto buying further volumes, again, one at a time.

Of course, you save some cash buying them all at once, but the problem is that it is an information overload. Just too much, all at once.

That is expressly an opinion, though.

Mike.

I guess that would be true. Too much information causes an overload, but the money, Michael, think of how much money is saved!

I don't know. All in all I think it would be a good idea just to get volumes 1-7 for my birthday and work through them at a reasonable pace. Maybe I'll finish them in time for my eighteenth birthday!

If you wish to be knowledgeable about magic, buy all of the volumes, but, if you wish to be a skilled performer, buy one book at a time and perfect as much in it as you have time for......Slydini did not have many books...

opie

I just think it would be better if I had everything at my fingertips so I had options from each book. I would never just simply skim over tricks and perform them right away. That just ain't how I roll.