Greetings,

I own the Dover Edition. I read somewhere that the hard cover one cointains about 4 more chapters. Is the contents of the other chapters worth buying the hardcover edition even though I own the Dover edition?

Thanks.

Not knowing what the missing chapters are, I would still say buy the hard cover edition. Here are my reasons:

Bobo's Moder Coin Magic is a book you will use a lot if you are interested in coin magic. Most of Dover's paperback editions are made for the mass market ... they aren't made as well as the Magic Inc. version of "Bobo"

Since "Bobo" is the standard for coin magic, and often mentioned in references, you'll want the entire books so you can look up references.

My opinion is spend the $30 - $35 on the hardback edition. Think of how many effects you can buy for $35 anyway. How many effects would be described in the missing 4 chapters ... 100?

Just my 2c.

Dave Birtwell

Greetings,

Thanks for your reply.
After doing a little digging on the subject myself, I found out that the new chapters are (accordinng to Douglas Atkinson's post at alt.magic):
Lessons in Coin Magic (29 tricks);
Selected Coin Tricks (28 tricks);
Trick Coin Miscellany (35 tricks);
Latest Coin Box Magic (3 types, 17 tricks).
A total of 109 new tricks, and some sleights I presume, so the hardcover book is already on my list.
Thanks.

And I believe it's called THE NEW MODERN COIN MAGIC with the extra chapters.

Hi,
I own THE New Modern Coin Magic, and I chose it over the dover edition because the print is larger, the pictures are larger, it's revised (meaning some of the descriptions have been edited) and contains extra material. Check out this site http://magicref.tripod.com/books/bobocoin.htm which contains a detailed listing of all the info in bobo and the new material. Hope this helps.

The Dover Edition is missing about 1/3 of the book. Dover re-prints books who's copyrights have expired. When the "new" chapters of Bobo's was added to the original book, they did not understand that you had to copyright EVERYTHING, not just the "new" stuff. So, when the copyright expired on the original book, Dover was able to print the book minus the "new" stuff.

Probably the only reasonably priced thing I saw at Magic Masters was the revised edition for $30.00!

You can find the "new" version with all the extra stuff go on e-bay often for around 10-15 bucks.

I would say own both. There are 12 years of additional collecting between Modern Coin Magic (that is what your Dover publication is) and The New Modern Coin Magic. Also, according to the preface in my edition of New Modern Coin Magic, Bobo deleted some material foumd in the original book. I would also say having been a printer that the hardbound is going to take the heavy use better than the paperback. It would be great if it had been released in Comb binding to lay flat. Hope this helps.

Definitely invest in New Modern Coin Magic, even if you have the Dover edition. You will appreciate the difference.
Shanester