The magician behind the counter was wise enough not to sell it to me, but instead sold me two books which I still own today - "Scarne on Card Tricks" and "Scarne on Magic Tricks".
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	2:det	Bridge=19<23|Discourse=causal-cause:17->22:1|Entity=(23-person-acc:inf-cf5-2-sgl
2	magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	7:nsubj	_
3	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	5	case	5:case	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	5:det	Bridge=19<24|Entity=(24-place-acc:inf-cf6-2-sgl
5	counter	counter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	2:nmod:behind	Entity=24)23)
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	7:cop	_
7	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	0:root	_
8	enough	enough	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	7:advmod	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	11:advmod	Discourse=elaboration-additional:18->17:0
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	11:mark	_
11	sell	sell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	7:advcl:to	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	11:obj	Entity=(21-object-giv:act-cf2-1-ana)
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	14:case	_
14	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	obl	11:obl:to	Entity=(2-person-giv:act-cf1*-1-ana)|SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	18:punct	_
16	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	18:cc	Discourse=adversative-contrast_m:19->17:1
17	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	18:advmod	_
18	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	7:advcl:to|11:conj:but	Entity=(25-event-new-cf10-1,14,15,19,21,22-disc
19	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	iobj	18:iobj	Entity=(2-person-giv:act-cf1*-1-ana)
20	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	21	nummod	21:nummod	Entity=(26-object-new-cf4-2-coref
21	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	18:obj|25:obj	_
22	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	25	obj	21:ref	Discourse=elaboration-attribute:20->19:0
23	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	25:nsubj	Entity=(2-person-giv:act-cf1*-1-ana)
24	still	still	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	25	advmod	25:advmod	_
25	own	own	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	acl:relcl	21:acl:relcl	_
26	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl:tmod	25:obl:tmod	Entity=(27-time-acc:com-cf7-1-coref)26)
27	-	-	PUNCT	:	_	29	punct	29:punct	_
28	"	''	PUNCT	``	_	29	punct	29:punct	Discourse=elaboration-additional:21->20:0|Entity=(26-object-giv:act-cf4-2,4,5,9,11,12-appos|SpaceAfter=No
29	Scarne	Scarne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	appos	21:appos	Entity=(28-abstract-new-cf8-1,3,4-sgl(29-person-new-cf3-1-coref-John_Scarne)
30	on	on	ADP	IN	_	32	case	32:case	_
31	Card	Card	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	compound	32:compound	_
32	Tricks	trick	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	29	nmod	29:nmod:on	Entity=28)|SpaceAfter=No
33	"	''	PUNCT	''	_	29	punct	29:punct	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	36:cc	_
35	"	''	PUNCT	``	_	36	punct	36:punct	SpaceAfter=No
36	Scarne	Scarne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	conj	21:appos|29:conj:and	Entity=(30-abstract-new-cf9-1,3,4-sgl(29-person-giv:act-cf3-1-coref-John_Scarne)
37	on	on	ADP	IN	_	39	case	39:case	_
38	Magic	Magic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	compound	39:compound	_
39	Tricks	trick	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	36	nmod	36:nmod:on	Entity=30)|SpaceAfter=No
40	"	''	PUNCT	''	_	36	punct	36:punct	Entity=26)25)|SpaceAfter=No
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	7:punct	_
