Grant, U.F.: Grant's Secret
Service ©1975 (circa) U.F. Grant eBook, PDF format |
Advertisement in January 1975 The New Tops |
Comments: Each secret was sold for about 79 cents each in the mid-70s. Entire selection available as an eBook from Abbott's Magic
Contents (from web description, numbers are not page numbers):
1 Aerial Fishing: Catching live goldfish on the end of a line
2 Dramatic Pantomime Torn Card: Card tossed, caught, torn into
small pieces, restored, and tossed again
3 Nu-Questions Answering: Written questions sealed in envelopes
4 De Lawrence Cards to Pocket: Ten cards pass to pocket one at a
time with no palming.
5 Jumbo Cards to Pocket: Five Jumbo cards covered with a silk,
three pass into the pocket.
6 Giant Fish Production: from newspapar into bowl of water
7 Nu-Knot in Silk or Hanky: You can even have a coin appear inside
the knot
8 Slate Design: design on slate revelation
9 Challenge Slate Writing: message on slates that were washed and
shown both sides, No flaps, No switch
10 Bill-Egg & Walnut: vanished bill to walnut in egg
11 Grant's Altar Lite: lighted candle will not burn fingers,
bills, silk etc; flame penetrates the bottom of a tumbler
12 Escape From Any Handcuff: No picks or sets of keys needed
13 Real Secret of Muscle Reading: Sometimes called Hellstromism
14 Resista-Girl You Can Not Lift: They cannot lift your skinny
girl assistant
15 Flower Pot Trick: Produce a real artificial plant
16 Williston Stop Card Trick: stop as cards passed through the air
from hat to hat, revealing selections
17 Grant's Card Stabbing: card stab in newspaper, with third
selection in wallet
18 Ali-Axiom Blindfold: blindfold act
19 Scarne Impromptu Bug on Paper: bug spells out words on an
alphabet paper
20 Houdini Fooled: assistant finds hidden objects in the dark
21 Headlines in Cement Block: Prediction in vial and tin can
sealed in a block of cement which they keep
22 Nail Bending: ungimmicked heavy nail bends in the hands
23 Dancing Broom: between legs and dances
24 Nu-Torn Cigarette: Just one cigarette used