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BUCK, Dan and Dave. If an Octopus Could Palm. Los Angeles: ...

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BUCK, Dan and Dave. If an Octopus Could Palm. Los Angeles: Dan and Dave Industries, 2011. FIRST EDITION. Yellow cloth lettered red with pictorial jacket. Illustrated. Square 4to. This book teaches over a dozen conceptual palming techniques designed to inspire new ways of thinking about the age-old practice of holding out. Near fine, and now uncommon.

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