A great hard-to-find book by the famous Argentinian master of close-up. Coins, cards and more. Many great stories. A must for the close-up magician's library. This book completes the collection of his professional routines, marvels and miracles created over a 40-year period. "I have added beauty to astonishment", Lavand has said. Ascanio writing of his friend said, "transforming doing a trick into this ephemeral beauty is Rene's grand secret." There are tricks with normal decks: I was a Gambler, Just a Moment, The Cumanes, Swing with a Sonnet, and more. Tricks with prepared decks: Peace, Madrid Rehearsal, Pygmaleon, Poker Bagatella, Mahtub; a section on Color Changing Knives; and wonderful essays on the theory and presentation of magic illustrated with more illusions, such as Playing Pirates, a cards across using a Himber wallet. Also photographs of the sleights taught in Vol. I, and an Appendix explaining names mentioned in this work. 128 pages; perfect bound.