Further Magic Of The Hands (Edward Victor)

Description

This is a pre-owned book that’s in good undamaged condition. It has green cloth hard covers with 112 pages. It is the first American edition and was published in 1946 by Max Holden in New York.

This text contains a guide on mastering a variety of sleights and magical effects with cards, coins, ropes, cigars, thimbles, cigarettes, handkerchiefs, and many other objects. Including handy tips, detailed descriptions, and helpful diagrams, this text is ideal for the novice magician and makes for a great addition to collections of such literature.

The chapters of this book include: ‘Sleights and Aids in Card Work’, ‘Some Fresh Card Effects’, ‘On Coins’, ‘On Ropes’, ‘On Billiard Balls’, ‘On Cigars and Cigarettes’, ‘G.W. Hunter’s Card Effects’, ‘Miscellaneous Effects’, and ‘Conclusion’.

Contents:

PREFACE

AUTHOR’S FOREWORD

CHAPTER I…………… SLEIGHTS AND AIDS IN CARD WORK
An Invisible Palm
The “Diagonal-Palm Shift” As An Aid To The “Rising Card Trick”
A Useful Envelope For The “Card In Cigarette Effect”
Switching A Pack

CHAPTER II……………SOME FRESH CARD EFFECTS
The Haunted Pack
A Miracle Burnt And Restored Card
The Awkward Ace
Another “Do As I Do” Effect
A New Pocket To Pocket Effect
Veneri’s Card Trick

CHAPTER III…………………ON COINS
A New Single-Handed Coin Production
A Further Changing Coin Effect
An Impromptu Coin Transposition

CHAPTER IV………………ON ROPES
The “E. V.” Stretching Rope

CHAPTER V………………..ON BILLIARD BALLS
A New Billiard Ball Holder And Its Uses
A “Drop-Vanish” Sequence
A Production Routine For Seven Solid Billiard Balls
A “Quick” Colour Change

CHAPTER VI…………….ON CIGARS & CIGARETTES
A Useful Cigarette Vanish And Recovery
The Rising And Falling Cigarette
A Novel Cigar Production

CHAPTER VII…………….G. W. HUNTER’S CARD TRICKS
No. 1 “Four Of A Kind”
No. 2 “The Sense Of Weight”
No. 3 “The Three Prophecies”
No. 4 “A Mental Impression”
No. 5 “A Nap Hand”
No. 6 “Spelling Bee”
No. 7 “Think Of A Card”

CHAPTER VIII……………..MISCELLANEOUS EFFECTS
An Impromptu Handkerchief And Thimble Routine
“Spiritualistic” Visiting Card Mystery
“Multiple Palming”
A “Mental” Dice Effect
The “Ghost” Mail

CONCLUSION