Ganson, Lewis: Routined Manipulation Part Two ©1950 Harry Stanley Unique Magic Studio, London Softcover, saddle-stitched, 6x9", 134 pages Routined Manipulation Parts I and II (combined) ©1976 D. Robbins & Co., Inc. Softcover, perfect-bound, 6x9", 251 pages

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Comments: Photos by F. Oberhoff, Stanley Hart, & Kenneth Pratt, Illustrated by Frank Webster and Ted Elliott. Part Two of a Three Part Set. Parts One and Two were also published in a single volume by D. Robbins & Co.

Contents  (just Part Two, from book, updated Apr 2018):

7 Money Attracts Money: Ganson's coins across routine. Uses a 5th silver coin to "attract" the coppers
7 Performance
11 Outline

12 The Colour Changing Pocket Knife
12 The Type of Knife to Use: uses three knives: W/R, W/B, and Striped
12 A Convenient Holder
13 Methods of Making the Knife Twist: three methods
15 Three Vanishes
17 The Knife Changes Colour Whilst Held By a Spectator
18 To Change One Knife for Another
19 The Routine and Patter

21 Thimble Manipulation:
21 Objections: Three Objections to Thimble Magic addressed
22 Wilfred Bader's Thimble Routine
22 Thimbles: Uses one red and 10 yellow thimbles, recommends giant wooden thimbles
23 Holders: described
23 Preparation
24 Sleights and Steals
27 Performance of the Routine
34 Alternative Presentations: doing thimbles for a cabaret setting or a children's show
35 Levitation: levitating a thimble.

37 The Crystal Prism: A selected card is revealed in a prism.

38 Card Quota: Section presents variations on common card sleights
38 The Glide
39 A New Location: for controlling a torn-off corner card
40 - The Card in Wallet: use of location with the commercial wallet by Bill O'Conner, gaff not exposed
41 - The Card on the Ceiling
41 A Simple Pack Switch
42 Card Coin Cut (Dr. Georg Schitzkowski): Spectator cuts deck through a handkerchief, and a coin marks the selection

45 Ken Brook's Chapter:
45 The Ken Brooke Routine For the Cap and Pence: Includes Ken's effective vanish for small items.
45 - Requirements: stack of pence gimmick, stack of pennies, a box of matches, and two peanuts
45 - Preparation
45 - Performance
47 - A Clean Prediction
47 - Effect: Prediction removed several in a hat matches chosen object, no stooges.
48 - The Actual Force
49 - Method of Working

51 Henry Hay's Coins Up the Sleeve: Includes descriptions of Hay's palm and vanish sleights
51 - The Palm
51 - The Vanish

55 Colour Change, Penetration, and Vanish: a silk routine using the dye tube; includes a Jack Chanin vanish.
55 The Colour Change
58 Penetration Plus
58 Performance
59 A Vanish

61 Beer is Best: a paddle routine
61 The Paddle Twist
62 Beer is Best Routine

63 Cecil Keech's Ropan Silk: 
63 Effect: Silk transposes between a long and short rope, and the rope grows
63 Equipment: uses a gimmicked rope
63 Preparation
64 Performance

66 My Opening Card Routine
66 Effect: Production of multiple fans of cards
66 Sleights Used
66 Requirements: white gloves, playing cards, champagne bucket dress stick or cane
67 Performance

70 Dr. Geimer's Dice Routine (Dr. Alexander Geimer)
70 The Dice Move: the basic move used for the routine
70 The First Effect
71 The Second Effect
71 The Third Effect
71 The Fourth Effect

72 Koran's Miracle Blindfold Card Act: A complete act with seven card revelations performed while blindfolded
72 Requirements
73 Preparation
73 Performance
73 Sense of Touch
74 Stop - By Power of Thought
74 Three Times Three
75 Double Thoughts
76 Prediction Plus
76 Force Superb
77 The Payoff

78 Harold G. Beaumont's Quartet: 4 effects
78 - The Coincidental Cut: card routine with red & blue decks where the odd cards find their matches
79 - Maybe This Is Crazy!: Production of a giant fan of cards
79 - Clean Cut Transposition. Four aces transpose with four spot cards in glasses
80 - The Sympathetic Ropes: Tied and untied ropes transpose, required knowledge of Tom Osborne's Three to One rope trick

82 The Sympathetic Disks: Hilliard's Sympathetic Coins (Matrix) using coloured disks
82 Performance
83 Suggestions (Terence J. Coates)
84 To Show Both Sides of the Discs
85 Turning The Disc Under the Card

86 Egg Bag, Bag Egg: adapted from Percy Abbott routine
86 Effect: does not have a spectator handling the bag
86 Requirements: uses a Japanese silk egg bag, a duplicate ungimmicked bag, hollow egg with hole, latex rubber egg, etc.
87 Preparation
87 Performance

91 Will Ayling's Fashion Parade: a rolled up magazine rises and falls over two cords

93 Modern Billiard Ball Manipulation: Introduction and brief history of ball magic
94 The Type and Size of Balls to Use: discussion of various types and colors available with advantages and disadvantages
95 The Half Shelf: to use or not to use
96 The Care and Preparation of the Hands
97 The Two Palm Positions:
97 - The Palm Proper
97 - The Finger Palm
98 Simulation
98 Exercises With the Palm Proper
99 Exercises With the Finger Palm
99 Methods of Vanishing a Billiard Ball: 5 methods
103 Producing a Ball In the Hand: 2 methods
104 Productions With the Aid of the Shell: 2 methods
108 Acquitments with Billiard Balls: 6 methods to show the hands apparently empty
113 Manipulation of the Shell
114 Palming the Shell: 5 methods
115 Acquitments With the Shell
115 Apparatus Used for Obtaining a Ball Secretly
116 The Use of Misdirection
118 The First Routine: single ball multiplies to four
122 The Second Routine: An extension to routine one
123 Colour Changes with Billiard Balls
123 The Substitution of One Ball for Another: 5 methods
127 Colour Changes by Means of the Shell: 2 methods
129 The "Eight Ball" Routine: climaxing with the production of 8 balls

133 Conclusion