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NEW MAGICAL SLEIGHTS & FAKES by Reginald Morrell and Frederick LLoyd1906

$ 15.83

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  • Condition: Book Condition: Hardcover boards with some general scuffing, edge wear and age staining but in fairly decent shape overall. Pages are clean (of note a couple of pages have some small edge tears) and and binding is a little worn but sound.
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  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
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  • Genre: Magic
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  • Type: Magic Book

    Description

    NEW MAGICAL SLEIGHTS & FAKES
    by Reginald Morrell and Frederick LLoyd
    Published by Hamley Bros., Ltd.
    ,
    London, 1906. Hardcover, 50 pages illustrated with a few black and white photos.
    Contents:
    3 Preface
    5 Chapter 1 - Tricks With Thimbles And Coins
    5 Thimbles
    5 An Improved Thumb-Palm
    8 The Melting Thimbles
    9 Tricks With Coins: a coin vanish
    10 A New Handkerchief Fold for a Coin
    12 A Matchbox Change: Half-Crown changes to penny in a matchbox
    13 The Rising Coin: in a glass of water
    15 Chapter 2 - Tricks With Cards
    15 Changing a Card
    15 - Method 1
    18 - Method 2
    19 - Method 3
    19 - Method 4 To Change a Card by Tapping It
    21 The Card of Mesmer
    23 Chapter 3 - Miscellaneous Mechanical Tricks
    23 The Magical Salad: examined bowl is immediately filled with flowers
    24 An Effective Rope Release
    25 The Simultaneous Production of Three Billiard Balls at the Finger Tips: uses two shells
    28 The Appearing, Travelling Chameleon Ball: board explained
    30 - First Effect the Sudden Appearance of the Ball
    31 - The Travelling Ball
    32 - The Chameleon Travelling Ball
    32 The Spiritualistic Blackboard: used in conjunction with the Magic Dial effect
    37 A New Black-Art Illusion: assistant levitation and vanish
    39 Chapter 4 - Modern Telepathy
    39 Introduction: the general method explained
    41 No. 1: blindfolded assistant determine total of numbers on a board
    41 No. 2: a mathematical calculation
    42 No. 3: another
    43 No. 4: another mathematical calculation determined by the assistant before the spectator can perform it
    44 No. 5: Assistant determines calculation on numbers on the board
    44 No. 6: to name the figure crossed out of an answer obtained in a subtraction
    46 No. 7: to obtain an answer to a subtraction sum long before the spectator
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