Downs, T. Nelson & Nathan Dean (editor): Conjuring With Coins
©1916 C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd., London
Softcover, perfect-bound, 6x9", 125 pages plus ads
Downs / Dean
              Conjuring With Coins
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T. Nelson Downs & Nathan Dean (editor): Conjuring With Coins

Comments: "Including Tricks by Nelson Downs and Other Well-Known Conjurers". Second Impression 1919, Third Impression 1922. Illustrated by B&W photos.

Contents (from book, updated Dec 2022):

11 The Principles of Natural Magic
16 The Conjurer’s Clothes: for men and for women
18 The Conjurer’s Table

20 Sleights Used in Coin Tricks
20 To Palm a Coin
23 Another Useful "Palm": The Finger Palm
24 The Back and Front Palm (T. Nelson Downs)
33 The French Drop, or Torniquet
34 To Change a Coin (H. De Manche)
38 Coin Tricks

40 Some Simple Coin Tricks
40 To Vanish a Coin from the Table
41 A Coin Spun in the Air and Vanished
42 The Mysterious Match-box: coin spun on a table vanishes when smacked with a match-box
44 Gone!: coin vanishes in a matchbox
46 Head or Tail?: performer knows even when blindfolded
48 The Mesmerised Coin: balances on the fingers
49 A Coin Wrapped in Paper Disappears
54 A Chinese Coin Trick (Chung Ling Soo): ring removed though trapped by a Chinese coin in a handkerchief

57 Pocket Tricks
58 Can You See Through It?: penny vanishes in a brass cap
60 The Escaping Penny: penny penetrates a glass, uses a shell
62 The "Mascot" Vanishing Coin Trick: a Boston Box presentation
65 The Oriental Coin and String Trick: coin removed from a string

68 Coin Tricks with Sleight of Hand or Apparatus
68 The Vanishing Halfpenny Box: Halfpenny vanishes when put in a box
69 The Pepper Box: metal box with a rattle gimmick allows coin to vanish
70 The Rattle Box: a wooden box with rattle gimmick to vanish a coin
71 The Plug Box: used for vanishing, exchanging, and reproducing coins
73 The Coin Casket: box vanishes one coin at a time
74 The Coin Wand: coin produced at the end of a wand
75 The Money Plate: coins multiply when dropped from a play
77 The Multiplication of Money: coins increase in the spectator's hand
79 The Cap and Pence (L. Graham Lewis): classic routine using a cap rolled from paper
85 Coin and Glass Trick (Chas. O. Williams): cover placed over a glass, a coin dropped in, and coin is found under the glass
87 Marked Florin and Penny Placed in Two Separate Handkerchiefs Change Places
88 After Wrapping Four Florins Securely in a Handkerchief, To Cause them to Vanish and be Afterwards Found in the Possession of the Person Holding the Handkerchief
92 To Pass a Marked Coin Into Either of Two Oranges
94 To Pass Ten Coins Held In the Left Hand Into a Glass Held in Right Hand at Arm's Length (T. Nelson Downs)
100 The Aerial Mint (Charles Bertram): Miser's Dream
105 An Impromptu Coin Trick (Stanley Norton): not really impromptu, uses a slot glass
108 My Grandfather's Legacy (P.T. Selbit): using a coin stand, coin slide board, etc.
117 A Combination Coin Effect: coin routine using a variety of apparatus

122 Concluding Remarks



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