Blyth, Will: Impromptu Conjuring ©1924 C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd. Softcover, perfect-bound, 122 pages |
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Comments: "Without Apparatus, Preparation, or Sleight of Hand".
Contents:
9 Introduction
15 With Matchboxes
15 Matchbox Jugglery
18 The Performing Matchbox
22 The Herculean Matchbox
25 The Sexangular Matchbox
28 The Inverted Statue
30 With Corks
30 Upright Flotation
32 Lifting the Cork
34 Erect Emplacement
36 Bottling the Cork
38 The Travelling Corks
42 Lifting Two with Two
46 The Cork Walk
47 With String
47 The Manacle Puzzle
50 The Mysterious Handcuffs
55 The Penetrating String
58 Removing the Loop
62 Pricking the Garter
65 With Knives
65 The Human Ostrich
69 The Raiser Knife
72 Three-Way Bridge
74 Four-Way Bridge
76 With Dice
76 Dual Dice Divination
78 Threefold Numeration
81 Penetrative Vision
84 The Topsy-Turvy Spots
86 The Mysterious Spot
89 Catch-as-Catch-Can
92 With a Pencil
92 Reversing the Pencil
94 Gravity Defied
98 Looping the Loop
100 The Balanced Pencil
102 With a Ring
102 Ringing the Finger
105 The Twirldrop Ring
108 The Released Ring
110 A Matrimonial Puzzle
114 Catches
114 Introduction
114 The Three Hats
116 Billet Reading
118 The Disappearing Chocolate
119 Naming the Date
121 Light and Heavy