Goldston, Will: Easy Road to Magic
in Seven Lessons ©1916 Will Goldston, Ltd, London Softcover, ribbon-bound at the top, 7.5x10", 47 pages |
Image courtesy eBay seller JayAndLefty |
Comments: Photo & drawing illustrated
Contents (from book ToC and Lybrary.com):
3 Introduction
5 Lesson One: Hints and Suggestions
9 Lesson Two: Tricks, without apparatus, for the Drawing-room
17 Lesson Three: A Programme for the Concert Platform (Tricks with
Apparatus)
19 Movements: illustrated
25 Lesson Four: Sleight-of-Hand Experiments (with Patter) and
other Matters
29 Lesson Five: Studying Magic from Books. How to Invent New
Tricks, etc.
31 Billiard Ball Passes: Illustrated
35 Lesson Six: Simple Illusions
37 Lesson Seven: Money from Magic
41 Tips
43 Sixteen Wonderful Tricks That Are Easily Learned
- Remade Cigarette Paper
- Spot The Spots
- Remove It!
- Single Hand Knotting
- Cut String Chewed Whole
- Mind Reading Cards
- Watch Case Reflection
- Mesmerised Match Box
- A Returning Match
- The New Way Out
- The Mystery Ring
- The Mended Match
- The Knife Swallower
- The Knot That Is Not
- Where's My Ring?
- A Coin Vanish
47 Sixteen Pocket Tricks: patter