Ganson, Lewis: Reelistic Magic
©1961 (circa) Harry Stanley, London
Softcover, saddle-stitched, 5.5x8.5", 56 pages
Reelistic Magic
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Lewis Ganson: Reelistic Magic

Comments: Line drawings and B&W photos. Magic using a reel.
I believe there are four general versions of the book. The first is the 1941 Reel Magic by Albenice. The first of the Reelistic Magic editions has no author listed on the cover and is published by Harry Stanley, with 30 pages and no drawings. A later version states "compiled by Chavel" and includes 5 pages of drawings and a price list. This edition by Lewis Ganson includes B&W photos and a few additional effects. The Albenice and Chavel editions are listed separately.
Available as an eBook from Lybrary.com.

Contents (from book ToC, updated Feb 2022):

3 The Reel
4 Re-Threading The Reel
6 Ken Brooke's Method For "The Untying Silk"
11 The Self-Tying Silk
12 The Untying Silk Again

13 Penetrations With Silk
13 - Right - Thru
15 - Silk - Thru - Cane
16 Lightning Chair Penetration
17 Single Handed Chair Penetration
19 Reel-Ly Pulled Apart

21 More Magic With Silks
21 Floating Silk
23 "Reel" 20th Century Silks
25 Suspended Card Silk

26 Magic With Cards
26 The Rising Cards
29 Ribbon - Card

31 Magic With Rope
31 "Untying Rope"
31 Snap Rope Restoration
33 The Determined Knot
35 Acrobatic Knot
37 The Indian Rope
39 The Reel-Ing Knot
41 Variation Of "Snap" Rope Restoration

42 Magic With Cigarettes
42 Repeat Vanishing Cigarette
44 Where's That Cigarette?

45 Miscellaneous Magic
45 "The Vanishing Button"
46 The Magnetic Wand
47 Rising And Falling Ring
48 "Vanishing Coin"
49 The Flying Note
50 Thimble Vanish
51 Bird Cage Vanish
52 A Fountain Pen Vanish
53 Dropped Thimble
54 The Flying Ring
55 The Elusive Note



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