Farelli, Victor: Convincing Coin Magic
©1946 George Armstrong, London
Hardcover, no dj, 92 pages

Victor Farelli: Convincing Coin Magic
Image courtesy eBay seller Bhishma

Comments: Illustrated with 54 photographs and diagrams.
Available as an 83 page e-Book from Lybrary.com

Contents:

9 Preface (Dr. Camille Gaultier, L.L.D.)

10 Entre Nous
10 Digital Ability 10
11 Practice And Surprise
11 The Quack Conjurer
12 An Artist In Magic
13 Experience Versus Theory
14 The Fixed Routine

15 Lest We Forget
15 One
15 Two
15 Three
15 Four
15 Five

16 Chapter I Coins
16 The Owen Clark Method Of Milling
16 Coins For Back Palming
17 Special Palming Coins

18 Chapter II Vanishes Sleight Of Hand Methods
18 The Clip And Palm Combination
21 The Okito Slap
22 The Simplicity Vanish

25 Chapter III Palming And Acquitments
25 The Transfer
26 Puzzling Acquitments
26 Convincing Acquitments
27 Finger Palming A Stack

28 Chapter IV Coin Folding
28 Standard Method Of Folding
30 Money For Nothing

34 Chapter V Prepared Handkerchiefs
34 Section One Dummy Coin In Corner Of Handkerchief
38 Section Two Faked Handkerchiefs And Scarfs

42 Chapter VI With A Borrowed Handkerchief
42 The Shome System
44 Topit
44 A Pure Swindle
45 The Rubber Band Method
46 The Fold Method
47 By Means Of A Pull

50 Chapter VII Bang Went A Penny!
50 A Sharper's Trick

55 Chapter VIII A Chung Ling Soo Masterpiece

60 Chapter IX The Puzzling Plates

65 Chapter X A Complete Coin Act
65 Apparatus And Arrangement
68 A Special Sleight Or Move
69 Remarks Anent Back Palming
70 Music
70 Presentation

80 Postface
80 Parade Of Dexterity
80 Casting A Spell
81 A Final Word
82 Bibliography


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