Dusheck, Steve & James Klein (editor): Dusheck's Thumb Tip Magic ©1991 James M. Klein, American Magic Company, PA Hardcover, no dj, 6x9", 62 pages

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Comments: Artwork by Dawn Gribb. Number 1 in the Dusheck Magic Series. Other books in the series are: #2 Dusheck's Coin Magic; #3 Dusheck's Card Magic; #4 Dusheck's Mental Magic; and #5 Dusheck's Close Up Magic.

Contents (from book):

I Dedication
iii Table of Contents
v Special Artistic Thanks
vii Forward - Dusheck is "Thumb-Thing" (Larry White)
xi Introduction (Jim Klein)

1 The Beginning: about thumb tip magic
2 Obtaining Thumb Tips
3 Basic Handling
4 Why a Book on Making Thumb Tips?
5 Silk Bilk: silk color change as it passes through your fist
7 Fireproof Thumb Tip: silk produced, cigarette vanish, and a lit match vanished
9 Mum's the Word: coin to flower
11 Subtle Silk to Egg Surprise: sucker effect with color changing silk
15 French Fried: sponge fry vanish
21 A Reel Thumb Tip: how to build and use
25 A Looped Thumb Tip: salt pour
29 The Wallpapered Thumb Tip: a dollar bill camo tip
31 A Trip Down the Garden Path: an invisible silk becomes invisible
33 This Bud's For Me: flower vanish
36 Thumb Tip Writer: making a Swami gimmick
41 Twins and Triplets: make predictions in multiple colors
44 Experiments in Thumb Tippery: ideas that didn't quite work
44 - Experiment No. 1
45 - Experiment No. 2
47 - Experiment No. 3
48 - Experiment No. 4
48 - Experiment No. 5
50 - Experiment No. 6
51 - Experiment No. 7
52 - Experiment No. 8
53 - Experiment No. 9
53 - Experiment No. 10
54 - Experiment No. 11
55 - Experiment No. 12
56 - Experiment No. 13
57 - Experiment No. 14
57 - Experiment No. 15
58 - Experiment No. 16
58 - Experiment No. 17
59 - Stop the Presses!: Split Hinged Tip improvement
61 More Thoughts
62 Conclusion - Or Is It?