Grant, U.F.: Grant's Annual of Magic ©1935 Nelmar System Softcover, stapled manuscript, 8.5x11'', 57 pages Gen Grant's Manual of Magic ©1964 Ireland Magic Co., Chicago Softcover, comb-bound, 5.5x8.5", 64 pages ©1980 Magic, Inc., Second printing

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Comments: Grant's Annual of Magic originally released in 1935 was rewritten, revised, and republished by The Ireland Magic Company as Gen Grant's Manual of Magic. Contains a compilation of 10 books: 25 Tricks and Ideas Part 1, 25 Tricks and, Ideas Part 2, 20 Tricks With a Short Card, 5 Super Card Mysteries (Lu-Brent), Grant's Card in Envelope, Rice Thimble Routine, Grant's Rising-Floating-Dancing Silk, Lit Cigarette Act, In-detectable Thot Transference With Objects.

Contents (From 1980 edition):

3 Part One 25 Tricks and Ideas
4 The Sense of Touch: living/dead test
4 The Moving Paper: another version
4 The Name of the President: more elaborate version using the name of a non-living President
5 Card to Matchbox
6 Magic Butterflies: using novelty flying butterfly/moth
6 Clock Dial and Paper: Clock Dial effect used with paper tearing
6 The Floating Paper: another paper tear
7 The Magic Hen: idea for your Hen Egg Bag
7 Dice to Sugar
8 Colored Cardboard: Idea for modifying Powell's Stung card trick for larger audiences
8 Do It Again!: idea for vanishing wand
8 Cards and Dagger: three selections impaled by a knife
8 Glasses of Wine: production of 6 glasses of wine at the fingertips
9 Spirit Message: comedy
9 The Light Bulb: floats
10 Penknife Thru the Trousers: only for loose weave tweed
10 Mysterious Pearls: variation of Grandmother's necklace
10 Vanishing Card Trick: one of five card selected and instantly vanishes
11 Find the Card
11 Vanishing Handkerchief: for magicians
11 Fountains of Smoke: chemical
11 Jumping Card: out of a hat
12 Publicity Trick: with a pack of cigarettes
12 The Hold Up!: comedy routine with a pocket-watch
12 The Shooting of Dan McGrew: card story using Jumbo Cards
14 About The Author: short biograpy of "Gen" Grant.

15 25 Tricks and Ideas Part Two
16 Suspended Water: water poured into paper cylinder doesn't come out
16 Balanced Card: card balanced on hand
16 Bending a Cigarette: can be lit and smoked
16 Lighting A Cigar: as it is removed from pocket
17 Ball and Tube: idea for getting rid of the tube
17 Rising Cards: impromptu
17 Flying Cigarette: marked cigarette mysteriously travels
18 Slow Motion Cigarette Vanish
18 Four Ace Trick
19 Six and Five Are Eleven: gag card trick
19 Milk and Ring Trick: ring removed from milk dry
19 Kling Klang: silks
20 Twenty One Cents: performance tip
20 Human Magnet: battery causes things to stick to fingers
20 Spirit Sceance: make your own Seance cloth
21 Spirit Alarm Clock: how to make one
21 Gag for the Sucker Die Box
21 Spirit Hand: working the spirit rapping hand
22 Billiard Ball Routine: routine for the standard multiplying set
23 A Card Trick
23 Jap Box: different routine for the handkerchief box
23 Bi Kolor Kut: idea for this commercial trick
24 Bill and Lemon: using your Ball and Tube gimmick
24 Vanishing Milk: using a clear glass
24 The Phantom Voice: idea for using a radio transmitter
25 Evolution of a Trick: article on Grant's inventive capabilities

27 Tricks With a Short Card
28 The Short Card
28 Locating Card
28 Spelling the Name
29 Behind the Back
29 Double Location
30 Reversed Card Location
30 Vanishing Card
30 Card From Nowhere
31 In Again Out Again
31 On the Top
31 X-Ray Eyes
31 A Color Change
32 The Cut Card Force
32 Number Please?
33 The Horoscope Card
33 The Birthday Card
33 A Spelling Trick
34 A Problem in Weight
34 How Many?

35 Five Super Card Mysteries
36 You Find It: spectator locates selection behind his back
37 A Comedy Twin Card Prediction
37 Stop Predicto Card Trick
38 Transpo Color Change: two different color decks transpose, impromptu
39 Transpo Color Change Follow Up: another reverse