Gibson, Walter: Junior Magic ©1977 Walter B. Gibson, Sterling Publishing Co., NY Hardcover, no dj, 287 pages ISBN 0-8069-4546-X

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Comments: Adapted from Magic Made Simple ©1963 by Doubleday & Co.

Contents (from book):

3 About This Book

13 Chapter One How To Mystify

17 Chapter Two Close-Up Tricks
18 The Rapid Knot
19 Instant Cut And Restored String
22 The Climbing Ring
24 The Rising Pencil
26 The Hypnotized Match Box - Impromptu Version
27 The Hypnotized Match Box - Mechanical Version
31 Vanishing Match Box
33 The Matchless Match Pack
34 Improved Matchless Match Pack
36 The Restored Match
39 The “Repeat” Restoration
42 Three Vanishing Knots
43 Ring Off!
45 The Rubbery Pencil

46 Chapter Three Easy Card Tricks
47 The Double Deal
49 Count-Down Cards
50 Four-Heap Deal
53 Let's Face It!
56 Face Up-Face Down
57 The Red Card
60 You Do As I Do
63 New Do As I Do
65 Coins And Cards
67 Ups And Downs
72 Behind Your Back

75 Chapter Four Tricks With Ordinary Objects
76 One Out Of Three
79 The Suction Cup
81 The Slide-Along Knot
85 Cut And Restored Rope
89 Fooled-And Fooled Again!
92 Far1ner And Sheep
97 Silk Through Wand

100 Chapter Five Magic With Cards
100 Cuts
100 - The Single Cut
100 - The Multiple Cut
101 - The Undercut
102 Shuffles
102 - The Dovetail Or Riffle Shuffle
103 - The Overhand Shuffle
104 - The Front And Back Shuffle
104 Dealing Cards
104 - The Group Deal
105 - The Reverse Deal
106 - The Turnup Deal
107 False Cuts And Shuffles
107 - False Single Cut
108 - False Three-Heap Cut
109 - False Triple Cut
110 - False Dovetail Shuffle
110 - False Overhand Shuffles
111 - The Pull Away
112 - Top To Bottom
112 - Bottom To Top
112 - Stacked Pack Shuffle
112 - Overhand Cut Shuffle
113 - Front And Back Cut Shuffle
113 - The Alternating False Shuffle Or Packet Shuffle
115 Simple Card Sleights
115 The Glide
118 The Slip
119 The Slide
120 The Turnover
121 Turning The Pack
121 The Glimpse
123 The Double Lift
125 Palming A Card
126 Single-Cut Force
127 The Fan Force
129 The Draw Shuffle
131 - The Bottom Glimpse
131 - The Flash Force
132 - Draw-Shuffle Location
133 - Draw-Shuffle Control

135 Chapter Six Finding A Chosen Card
136 The Riffle Glimpse
137 The Wrist Glimpse
139 The Divided Pack
140 - Reds And Blacks
140 - Two-Suit Setup
141 - Odds And Evens
142 The Pointer Pack
144 Bottom-Card Location
145 Count-Down Location
147 Card Controls
147 The Shuffle Pass
149 The Turned-Up Joker
150 The Push-Away Pass
151 The Delayed Cut
152 Automatic Reverse
154 Double Reverse

156 Chapter Seven Revealing A Chosen Card
156 Any Number Down
157 Quick-Count Trick
158 The Card Turns Up
159 The Knockout
160 Double Choice
161 Spell It Out
162 You Can't Get It
163 The Magnetized Card
164 A Hair Raiser
165 Turn It Over
166 Just Say Stop
167 Three Heaps Three Cards
168 The Seventeen Cards
171 Card From A Hat
172 Card On The Wall
172 The Card That Finds Itself
175 Doubled Thoughts
176 Four-Ace Deal
179 The Assembled Aces

182 Chapter Eight Magic With Coins
183 How To Palm A Coin
183 - The Finger Bend
184 - The Thumb Palm
185 - The Standard Palm
187 Coin Vanishes
187 Simple Vanish
189 The Throw Vanish
190 The French Drop
191 The False Drop
194 Multiple Coin Vanish
196 The Sleeve Vanish
197 The Spin Vanish
198 Simple Coin Productions
198 - From The Finger Bend
198 - From The Thumb Palm
199 - From The Standard Palm
199 - Other Effective Productions
200 From Hand To Hand
204 March Of Dimes
205 Coin From Wand
207 Double Coin Production

208 Chapter Nine Thimble Tricks
209 The Thumb Palm
210 To Produce A Thimble
211 Production At Knee Or Elbow
212 Simple Thimble Vanish
213 Swallow Vanish
214 The Finger Switch
216 The Take-Away Vanish
218 Twist-Away Vanish
220 Eight Thimble Production
227 Color-Changing Thimble

231 Chapter Ten Mental Mysteries
232 Tap The Numbers
234 Paired Thoughts
237 Face-Card Fantasy
241 The Ten Pairs
244 Cup, Dish And Saucer
248 The Word-Cards
250 Within The Circle
253 Predicted Thoughts
255 The Nine Slips
257 Mystic Book Test
260 The Repeat Book Test
262 A Sense Of Taste
264 The Two Rows
268 Name The Number
271 Cards And Symbols
274 Coins And Colors

279 Chapter Eleven Planning A Magic Show

281 Index
287 About the Author