Walter Gibson: Secrets of Magic Ancient and Modern
Gibson, Walter: Secrets of Magic Ancient and Modern
©1967 Walter Gibson, Grosset and Dunlap, NY
Hardcover, w/dj, 147 pages

©1973 in Softcover, perfect-bound, 8.5x11"
Walter Gibson: Secrets of Magic Ancient and Modern
Image courtesy eBay seller magicgal1010
Walter Gibson: Secrets of Magic Ancient and Modern
Softcover Edition
Image courtesy Bryan-Keith Taylor

Comments: Illustrated by Kyuzo Tsugami. "70 Amazing feats of magic revealed, with over 100 illustrations and diagrams."

Contents (from book ToC):

9 Part 1 The Secrets of the Ancients
11 Ancient Egyptian Marvels
13 Pharaoh’s Serpents
14 The Statue of Memnon
16 The Idol of Bel
17 The Tomb of Belus
19 The Temple of Thunder
21 The Mysterious Altar
22 The Ever-Full Fountain
24 The Sibylline Temple
25 Hero’s Decapitated Horse

27 Part 2 Magic of the Middle Ages
29 Medieval Torture Tricks
31 The Decapitation Mystery
33 The Wizard’s Omelet
35 Cagliostro’s Crucibles
37 The Demons of The Colosseum
39 The Visions of Nostradamus
41 Fire Eaters
42 The Secret of the Burning Oven
44 The Invisible Girl
45 Catching A Cannon Ball

47 Part 3 Modern Mysteries
49 Franklin’s Miracle
51 The Automatic Chess Player
53 The Ghost Gun
54 Sword Swallowing
56 The Electric Girl
57 The Mysterious Ball
58 The Human Fly
60 The Bullet-Proof Man
61 The Georgia Magnet
62 The Modem Samson

65 Part 4 Magic of India
67 The Colored Sands
69 The Jumping Stone
70 Indian Snake Charmers
72 The Obedient Cobra
73 The Marvelous Mango Tree
76 The Indian Basket Trick
78 The Hypnotized Weight
79 The Human Chimney
81 The Entranced Fakir
84 The Indian Rope Trick

87 Part 5 Oriental Magic
89 The Boiling Water Ordeal
91 The Ladder of Swords
92 Fire Walking
94 The Japanese Rice Mystery
96 The Water Fountain Mystery
98 The Dancing Duck
99 The Bundar Boat
101 The Spikes and The Stone
102 Mind Over Matter
105 Buried Alive

107 Part 6 Secrets of Stage Magic
109 The Sword Stabbing Mystery
111 The Living Head
112 The Girl In The Swing
114 The Floating Lady
116 Sawing A Woman In Half
119 Marching Under Water
120 Underwater Escape
122 Houdini’s Vanishing Elephant
124 The Automatic Artist
125 The Secrets of Knife Throwing

127 Part 7 Methods of Fake Mediums
129 A Spirit Seance
131 Spirit Table Lifting
133 Spirit Raps
135 The Ghostly Trumpet
136 Spirit Forms
138 Spirit Paintings
140 Spirit Materialization
141 Slate Messages
143 The Blood Writing Test
145 Spirit Photographs


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