Falkner, Bob: Magic! A Communications Tool Vol. 1 ©1974 Robert D. Falkner, Bob Falkner Publications Softcover, saddle-stitched, 135 pages

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Comments: "For speakers, educators, salesmen & all who would communicate more effectively."

Contents (from book ToC):

ii Preface

1 I Digital Deception
- Removing a Thumb
- Stretching It
- Breaking One’s Nose

7 II Wand Wizardry
- Large Wand from Small Purse
- Wand Defies Gravity
- Wand Penetraton
- Performance Tips
- The Rising Wand

19 III Card Clairvoyance
- A Silent Card Code
- Telephone Telepathy

21 IV Knotty Problems
- Snap Knot
- Challenge Knot
- Impossible, Yet...
- Spectator Does It

27 V Figuratively Speaking
- Magician Devines Number in Unusual Fashion

35 VI Match-ic
- The Animated Match Box

41 VII Coffin-nail Combination
- Ghost Cigarette
- Money in Tobacco
- Magnetic Attraction
- Vanishing Cigarette

49 VIII Tricky Tumblers
- Ubiquitous Glass
- Anti-gravity
- Hydrostatic Glass

57 IX Straw Sorcery
- Straw Strength
- Skewered Spud
- Straw Flute
- String Sorcery

63 X Promotional Prestidigitation
- Magic Paint Paddle
- Color ESP
- The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

73 XI More Promotional Ideas
- The Capacity Tester
- Impossible?
- Big Coin, Small Hole

79 XII More Match-ic
- Match Levitation
- Pseudo Levitation
- Nine Match Puzzles
- “Happy Birthday!”
- Impromptu Levitation

95 XIII Comedy Mindreading
- A Burlesque Telepathy Routine

101 XIV Visual Perception

113 XV Gaining and Holding Attention Via:
- Movement
- The Familiar
- The Novel
- Suspence
- Conflict
- Humor
- The Vital

131 XVI Concluding Thoughts
- Fountain of Youth
- Bringing Happiness to Others
- Hobby Versus Income

135 XVII Addendum
- Magic for Learning: A proven tool for teaching