Douglas, Bert: ABC Book of Patter © Edward Bagshawe & Co., London, England Softcover, saddle-stitched, 37 pages plus ads

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Comments: Gags, Patter Lines, Jokes; arranged in easy reference form for the Magical Entertainer. Examples: Balls - what does a ball do when it stops rolling? It looks round. Liquids - Water is an excellent thing if taken in the right spirit.

Contents:

3 Apparatus
4 Apparatus Miscellaneous
4 Assistants
5 Balls
7 Candles
7 Cards
9 Cigarettes
10 Closing Remarks
11 Definitions
11 Dice
13 Eggs
13 Envelopes
15 Fruit
17 Glasses
19 Handkerchiefs
20 Hats
20 Hands
21 Liquids
23 Matches
23 Money
24 Miscellaneous
27 Opening Remarks
29 Paper
30 Pistol
30 Plate
30 Pockets
31 Rope
33 Stands
33 Scissors
35 Tubes
35 Thimbles
37 Wand
37 Watches

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