Fromer, Roy: Floating Ball Magic
©1972 D. Robbins & Co. Inc.
Softcover, saddle-stitched, 5.5x8.5", 34 pages
Floating Ball Magic
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Comments: This is the second book in a series of specialized manuals by Roy Fromer published by D. Robbins and Co., Inc. The first book was entitled "The Cups", a compilation of tips, routines, effects and anecdotes related to that classic of magic, The Cups and Balls.

Contents: page numbers after 18 are estimates

4 Publisher's Note
5 Introduction
6 The Basic Routine
7 Publisher's Suggestions
7 Ball Suspension From Rope
8 The Ashra Ball Routine
8 Ball on Book Suspension
9 Instant No Gimmick Method
9 Clinging Ball
9 Another Magnet Idea
10 Floating Balloon
10 "No Hole" Miracle Ball
10 Color-Changing Silk Interlude
11 Miracle Writing
11 A Production
11 The Vanishing Miracle Ball
11 A New Miracle Ball Method
12 Cigar Box Juggling
13 Double Miracle Ball Balance
13 Balancing Ball on Handkerchief
14 Balancing Ball on Wand or Cane
14 Balancing Ball on Rope
14 Balancing Ball on Jumbo Card Fan
14 Balancing Egg on Fan
14 Impromptu Miracle Ball
15 Umbrella Routine
15 Bouncing Ball Gag
15 Fingertip Balance
15 Another Clinging Ball
15 3 Methods for "the Ghostly Ball"
16 Still Another Clinging Ball
16 The Dunninger Floating Ball
17 An Idea With "The Pop-Up Tie"
17 Casper the Friendly Ghost
17 Roll Up Gimmick
18 Miracle Floating Bulb
18 The Giant Zombie
18 Emergency Miracle Ball
19 Kite Komedy Routine
19 The Self-Knitting Sweater
20 The Floating Puppet
20 Miracle Puppet Show
21 The Ghost Silk
21 A Finger "Tip"
21 Rukssell Floating Ball
22 Miracle Floating Card
22 Miracle Card Rise
23 A Suggestion
23 The Thurston Rising Ball
23 The Miracle Cloth
24 The Floating Microphone
24 The Roving Microphone
24 Uncle Roy's Esoteric Exotica
24 The Cape of Dracula
25 Claude Soucie Presentation
25 Soucie Patter #1
25 Soucie Patter #2
25 The Electric Ball
26 Brandy Snifter Rise
26 Color Changing Ball
26 The Floating Fone
26 Balloon Ascension
26 Rocket Rise
27 2001
27 $50.00 Miracle Indian Rope Trick
28 A Comedy Act: "The Miracle Dog"
30 The Original Zombie Routine
31 The Black Light Theatre of Prague
31 Your Head Floats
31 The Rising Hat
32 The Floating Hand
32 The Floating Bicycle Horn
32 Living Letters
32 The Floating Fountain
33 Electric Card Rise
34 Miracle Cane
34 The Floating Orb



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