Sid Fleischman: Between Cocktails
Fleischman, Sid: Between Cocktails, With a Packet of Matches
©1939 Abbott's Magic Co., Colon, MI
Softcover, saddle-stitched, 6x9", 34 pages
Sid Fleischman: Between Cocktails
Image courtesy eBay seller SickofChanging

Comments: A short biography of Sid at the Rosen Publishing site states that Sid wrote this at the age of 19. Magic with Matches.

Contents (from book ToC, sub-chapter page numbers estimated):

7 Part One

7 Chapter 1 Thumb Palming

9 Chapter 2 The Production Via Sleight-Of-Hand
9 Knee Action Production
2—Snappy Production
3—Simplicity Production

11 Chapter 3 The Vanish Via Sleight-Of-Hand
11 Streamline Vanish
13 Deceptive Vanish
14 Suave Vanish

15 Chapter 4 Getting And Getting Rid Of The Matches

18 Part Two

18 Chapter 1 The Adventures Of A Matchless Packet

19 Chapter 2 With Sleight-Of-Hand
19 The Pipe

20 Chapter 3 It’s Your Choice

23 Part Three

23 Chapter 1 Paper Matches Only
24 Matches That Blush
25 When Smoke Gets On Your Match
26 Item Of Transportation

27 Chapter 2 A Simple Matter Of Deduction

28 Chapter 3 Perambulations Of Three Matches


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