Dexter, Will: Sealed Vision ©1956 George Armstrong Hardcover, 66 pages ©1989 Magico Magazine, NY (reprint) Softcover, perfect-bound, 66 pages |
1956 Edition Image courtesy Bryan-Keith Taylor |
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Contents (source - book ToC, updated Jan 2017)
7 Foreword (Peter Warlock)
8 Introduction
9 Part One Transparent Blindfolds
9 Unprepared Silk Foulard
12 The Divided Bag 1
15 The Divided Bag 2
17 The Felt Mask
18 The Leather Mask
18 The Perforated Coin
22 Painted Goggles
23 Magnetized Goggles
25 Polarized Goggles
25 Clear Spot Goggles
27 The Faked Newspaper
28 Paper Bag Blindfold 1
29 Paper Bag Blindfold 2
30 Paper Bag Blindfold 3
31 Friction Scarf Blindfold
35 Part Two
35 Methods Using the Downward Glimpse
35 Reversed Crease Blindfold
36 Blindfold Plus Pads
39 Peter Warlock's Pad
40 Surgical Plaster Blindfold
41 Watch Glass Reflector
43 The Button Reflector
44 The Tray Reflector
45 Duncanson's "Sight Unseen"
46 Part Three
46 Subtleties
46 One Ahead System
47 Prior Observation
48 Stage Setting
49 Property Plot
50 Forcing
52 Card Set-Ups
53 Memorising
54 Genuine Blindfolds
56 Psychological Approach to the Audience
60 Part Four
60 Ideas on a Programme of Blindfold Effects
60 The Blindfold Drive
61 The Letter Delivery
61 The Blindfold Cycle Ride
61 A Suggested Stage Programme
62 - Colour Matching
62 - Design Matching
63 - Word Test
63 - Book or Newspaper Test
63 - Sum Test
63 - Watch Test
63 - Card Reading
63 - "Pseudo Psychometry"
63 - Darts Game
65 Appendix of Selected Effects