Douglas, Bert: Magic Worth Knowing ©1934 Edward Bagshawe & Co., London Hardcover, w/dj, 59 pages plus ads

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Comments: Revised edition of the author's articles in the Linking Ring magazine, with new illustrations by Sid Lorraine.

Contents: (From book, updated Apr 2020)

7 Original Hat and Cane Table: hat and cane transform into a table
9 Book and Cane Transformation: variation of the above
10 The Camera Table: camera apparatus transforms into a table
12 A Box of Tricks: box to carry your apparatus and acts as a stand for your act
14 A Smoker’s Dilemma: cigar to cigarette with vanishing pipe, etc.
16 The Tail of the Tie: spots on a tie and a collar transpose, tie changes color, etc.
16 - Transposition of the Spots
17 - Dyeing the Tie
17 - The Tie and Candle
18 - Tie Changes to Shirt
18 Comedy Vanishing Lamp: during a shooting trick, magician accidentally shoots a lamp globe away
20 The Emblem of Degree: color changing wand
21 Magic Golf: a miniature golf bag and clubs set transpose with a golf ball under two cylinders
24 A Glass of Scotch: production, vanish and reproduction of glass of liquid
26 The Multiplying Pipes: description of cleverly gimmicked pipes for multiplying with full routine
29 B.D. Torn and Restored Newspaper: gimmick allows for quick preparation, and newspaper can be handed out at the end
32 Super Card Reading: blindfolded card peeking
34 A Novel Penetration (Sid Lorraine): three cards with holes separate from pack with cord through it
36 The Spider and the Flies: spots from a card "feed" a crumbled paper - the spider - and end up on the paper
39 Sinbad the Sailor: imaginary cigarette becomes real
40 Smoke Magic: the image in candle soot on the bottom of a plate matches the card selection
42 Master Card Manipulations: cards vanish and reappear in the hands using back and front palms and a special easel
45 A Smoke Screens: cigarettes appear, are dropped in a folded cloth and spell out Have a Smoke
46 The Stolen Watch: pocket watch reappears on the end of a chain
48 Simplex Card in Cigarette: torn card is burnt but appears back in a cigarette minus matching corner
50 Simplex Handkerchief Vanishing Gun: mechanical effect described
52 The Wealth Collector: a Miser's Dream using a pail you can assemble yourself
55 The Card and Balloon: an approach to the selected card appearing in a burst balloon on a stand
57 The Devil’s Darts: three selected cards are located by throwing a dart at the spread pack, the third dart thrown by the spectator
58 - First Method: marked cards, spectator can't throw a dart
58 - Second Method: using gimmicked decks