Joseph Dunninger & Joseph Kraus: Science and Invention Popular Magic Volume One
Dunninger, Joseph & Joseph H. Kraus (editor): Popular Magic Vol 1
©1926 Experimenter Publishing Company, Inc., NY
Softcover, perfect-bound, 8x10", 111 pages
Dunninger: Popular Magic Volume 1
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Comments: Compiled from Science and Invention magazine. "A selected series of magical tricks for the Layman, Amateur, Lyceum Entertainer and Stage Performer."

Contents (from book ToC):

6 Introduction
7 HRH Prince of Wales Astounded
8 The Dunninger Series
8 Magic for Everybody — No. 1 of a Series
10 Simple Mental Telepathy — No. 2 of a Series
12 Spectacular Innovations — No. 3 of a Series
13 Mummy Changes to Dancer
14 A Few Master Mysteries - No. 4 of a Series
15 Mystifying Juggler Tricks (LJ Smith)
16 Nights of Mystery - No. 5 of a Series
18 Crystal Gazing - No. 6 of a Series
19 Hypnotism as an Art - No. 7 of a Series
20 Sleight of Hand - No. 8 of a Series
21 The Mysterious Box - No. 9 of a Series
22 A Miracle Man's Methods - No. 10 of a Series
23 A Ball and a Sieve - No. 11 of a Series
24 Tricks for Lyceum and Club - No. 12 of a Series
25 The Zodiac Mystery - No. 13 of a Series
26 The Mysterious Painting - No. 14 of a Series
27 Off the Beaten Trail - No. 15 of a Series
28 Some Unique Effects - No. 16 of a Series
29 A Sharpshooting Magician - No. 17 of a Series
30 Simple Mysteries Thrill Many - No. 18 of a Series
31 The Magician is the Life of the Party - No. 19 of a Series
32 Stage and Lyceum Tricks - No. 20 of a Series
33 The Magic Wand - No. 21 of a Series
34 The Conjurer’s Art - No. 22 of a Series
35 The Magnetism of Magic - No. 23 of a Series
36 Simple Deception - No. 24 of a Series
37 Home Stunts for Amateurs - No. 25 of a Series
38 Seeing is Believing - No. 26 of a Scries
39 Showing Them How - No. 27 of a Series
40 Keeping Them Guessing - No. 28 of a Series
41 How Professionals Do It - No. 29 of a Series
42 Manipulating for Fun - No. 30 of a Series
43 Behind the Scenes with Magic - No. 31 of a Series
44 The Perfect Mysteries - No. 32 of a Series
45 Stage and Parlor Tricks - No. 33 of a Series
46 The Spooks of Magic - No. 34 of a Series
47 Paper Tricks (Jean Irving)
48 Lifting Stunts for Your Parlor
50 Parlor Sorcery
51 Popular Home Magic
52 Parlor Juggling—Tricks that All Can Do (LJ Smith)
53 Stunts for the Smoker (Walter B. Gibson)
54 Handkerchief Tricks (Walter B. Gibson)
55 Scientific Match-Box Puzzles (Walter B. Gibson)
56 Balloon Tricks (Sam Brown)
57 Chemical Magic (Nicholas Klein)
58 Scientific Tumbler Tricks (Walter B. Gibson)
59 Easily Performed Match Tricks (Walter B. Gibson)
60 Dice Tricks Simplified (Walter B. Gibson)
61 Scientific Coin Puzzles (Walter B. Gibson)
63 Hero's Magic Horse (Charles Beecher Bunnell)
64 Sawing a Woman in Half (A. Hazelton Rice Jr.)
65 Trick Stage Makes Dwarfs
66 How Electricity Makes Possible Modern Stage Wonders (H. Winfield Secor)
69 Plaster Masks Simply Made (RC Leibe)
70 Mystic Feats of liindu Fakirs (Leon Grebsnal)
73 Scientific Stage Illusions (H. Winfield Secor)
75 The Cause of Illusions (M. Girsdansky M.D.)
76 The Magic Spirit Bell
78 The Magic Fire-Bowl
80 The “Talking Skull”
81 Mysterious Shadow Illusion (LJ Smith)
82 The Rapping Hand
83 Ghost Spectacle for Amateur Stage (LB Robbins)
84 The Mystic Roulette Wheel
86 The Coin Wand
87 “Perpetual Motion” Advertising Device
88 The Wonder Fountains
90 Parlor Tricks Easily Performed
91 This Clock Tells “Bug” Time
92 A Few Good Parlor Tricks Without Apparatus
94 Japanese Lanterns and Parlor Tricks
96 The Black and White Slates
97 Mystification in Candle Tricks (Charles D. Tenney)
98 Shooting Through a Woman
99 Hindu Rope Trick Exposed
100 The Mysterious Candles
102 The Obedient Candles
103 Paper Butterflies that Fly
104 Chemical Entertainments (Fred W. Dixon)
104 Pocket Shocking Coil (K. McLean)
105 Tricks of Mediums (Rev. Crawford Trotter)
106 Tricks of Mediums (Edward Merlin)
107 Tricks of Mediums (Edward Merlin
108 Science Odds and Ends (T. O'Conor Sloane PhD. LL.D.)
109 Science Odds and Ends (T. O'Conor Sloane PhD. LL.D.)
110 The Magic in Physics (John J. Furia A.M.)
111 Mysterious Japanese Mirror (V. Volynkin)


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